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Motion for a resolution 2025-03-28

Energy-intensive industries

28.3.2025 B100209/17

Amendment 17

Jana Nagyová, Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Ondřej Knotek, Pascale Piera, Aleksandar Nikolic, Julie Rechagneux, Raffaele Stancanelli, Filip Turek, Auke Zijlstra, Barbara Bonte

on behalf of the PfE Group

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Recital F

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F. whereas the emissions trading system (ETS) provided long-term investment signals and helped bring down the emissions of ETS sectors by 47 %; whereas the energy market has profoundly changed since the introduction of the ETS, especially after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and the shift from pipeline gas to liquid natural gas (LNG); whereas a lack of carbon market transparency risks hampering EIIs’ competitiveness; whereas ETS revenues are used unevenly across Member States, failing to adequately support EIIs’ decarbonisation;

F. whereas the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM), as conceived today, is likely to be an ineffective tool, also for the risk of resource reshuffling and circumvention; whereas the ETS allowances have been subject to financial speculation; whereas the energy market has profoundly changed since the introduction of the ETS, especially after the Russian invasion of Ukraine and the shift from pipeline gas to LNG; whereas lack of CO2 market transparency, risks hampering EIIs’ competitiveness; whereas ETS revenues are used unevenly across Member States, failing to adequately support EIIs’ decarbonisation;

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28.3.2025 B100209/18

Amendment 18

on behalf of the PfE Group

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Paragraph 1

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1. Reiterates its commitment to the EU’s decarbonisation objectives and to stable and predictable climate and industrial policies;

1. Affirms its commitment to fostering stable and predictable industrial policies that take into account the impacts on competitiveness of EU companies; commits to uphold the principle of technology neutrality when adopting such policies;

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28.3.2025 B100209/19

Amendment 19

on behalf of the PfE Group

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ITRE

Energy-intensive industries

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Paragraph 1 a (new)

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1a. Calls for the suspension of the implementation of the economically harmful policies of the Green Deal, in order to re-evaluate their objectives and application;

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28.3.2025 B100209/20

Amendment 20

on behalf of the PfE Group

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Paragraph 1 b (new)

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1b. Expresses concern about the excessive regulatory burden suffered by EU companies, which undermines their competitiveness; calls on the Commission to move forward with significant simplification and even deregulation, where necessary;

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28.3.2025 B100209/21

Amendment 21

Pascale Piera, Jana Nagyová, Paolo Borchia, Silvia Sardone, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Ondřej Knotek, Aleksandar Nikolic, Julie Rechagneux, Raffaele Stancanelli, Filip Turek, Auke Zijlstra, Barbara Bonte

on behalf of the PfE Group

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Paragraph 1 c (new)

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1c. Urges the Commission to refrain from proposing a legislative initiative on the intermediate 2040 target of a 90 % net greenhouse gas emissions reduction;

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28.3.2025 B100209/22

Amendment 22

Jana Nagyová, Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Ondřej Knotek, Pascale Piera, Aleksandar Nikolic, Raffaele Stancanelli, Filip Turek, Barbara Bonte

on behalf of the PfE Group

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Paragraph 2

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2. Calls on the Member States to accelerate permitting and licensing processes for clean energy projects, ensuring administrative capacity, and to facilitate grid connections to enable clean, on-site energy generation, especially in remote areas; stresses that the growth of renewables and electrification will require massive investment in grids and in flexibility, storage and distribution networks; calls on the Commission to develop, beyond the concept of overriding public interest, solutions for speeding up decarbonisation projects;

2. Invites Member States to accelerate permitting and licensing processes for clean energy projects, ensuring administrative capacity, and to facilitate grid connections to enable clean on-site energy generation, especially in remote areas; stresses that the growth of clean and low-carbon energy sources, including low-carbon hydrogen, will require massive investments in grids, flexibility, storage and distribution networks;

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28.3.2025 B100209/23

Amendment 23

Jana Nagyová, Paolo Borchia, Isabella Tovaglieri, Silvia Sardone, Margarita de la Pisa Carrión, Ondřej Knotek, Pascale Piera, Aleksandar Nikolic, Raffaele Stancanelli, Filip Turek, Auke Zijlstra, Barbara Bonte

on behalf of the PfE Group

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Paragraph 6

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6. Underlines the need to phase out natural gas as soon as possible; stresses that some sectors cannot rely substantially on electrification in the short to medium term; calls on the Member States – over the same time span and for these limited sectors – to develop measures to address gas price spikes in duly justified cases; calls on the Commission to develop tools to ensure gas supply at a mitigated cost, by enabling demand aggregation, building on AggregateEU, and joint gas purchasing, while keeping decarbonisation objectives; highlights the importance of encouraging stable contracts with gas suppliers, diversifying supply routes and improving market transparency and stability, in line with current legislation; calls for an impact assessment in the upcoming ETS review to analyse the relationship between the gas market and CO2 prices and the role of the market stability reserve and its parameters;

6. Stresses the indispensable role of natural gas in the energy mix; stresses that there are sectors that cannot rely substantially on electrification; calls on Member States to assess measures to address gas price spikes; calls on the Commission to recommend tools to ensure gas supply at a mitigated cost, while reviewing the decarbonisation objectives; highlights the importance of fostering stable contracts with gas suppliers, diversifying supply routes and improving market transparency and stability, in line with existing legislation; calls – in the upcoming review of ETS – for an impact assessment to analyse the relationship between the gas market and CO2 prices and the role of the Market Stability Reserve and its parameters;

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28.3.2025 B100209/24

Amendment 24

on behalf of the PfE Group

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Paragraph 12

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12. Stresses that an effective implementation of the carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) is essential to ensure a level playing field for EU industries and prevent carbon leakage, taking into account the impact of the parallel phasing out of the ETS free allowances and the risk of increased production costs; calls on the Commission to address the risks of resource shuffling and circumvention of the CBAM; asks, furthermore, for the implementation of an effective solution for EU exporters and an analysis of the possible extension to further sectors and downstream products, preceded by an impact assessment;

12. Stresses that the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) risks being an ineffective tool to ensure a level playing field for EU industries and prevent carbon leakage; underlines that the CBAM, as currently designed, in parallel with the phasing out of the ETS free allowances, will undermine EU competitiveness by increasing the production costs and the administrative burden for EU companies; notes the measures of the Omnibus package, but calls on the Commission for a structural revision of the CBAM and urges the postponement of phase out of ETS free allowances for EIIs; further asks for the implementation of an effective solution for EU exporters and an analysis of the possible extension to downstream products, preceded by an impact assessment;

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