Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards the extension of its scope to downstream goods and anti-circumvention measures

Tabled by Silvia Sardone, Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Roman Haider, Jana Nagyová, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Antonín Staněk

(3) Removed: As the CBAM aims to create incentives for the reduction of emissions by operators in third countries, the Union is committed to working with and supporting low and middle-income third countries towards the decarbonisation of their manufacturing industries as part of the external dimension of the European Green Deal5 and in line with the Paris Agreement6 . Added: The CBAM should address the risk of carbon leakage by ensuring a level playing field between Union industries and those in third countries that do not have climate rules equivalent to those imposed by the Union due to the EU Green Deal. However, as currently designed, the CBAM risks increasing the administrative burden for Union industries and undermining their competitiveness. The Union should Removed: continue to support those countries Added: be committed to supporting Union producers, especially those of energy-intensive sectors, including through the Union Removed: budget, especially LDCs, in order to contribute to ensuring their adaptation to the obligations under this Regulation. The Union should continue to support climate mitigation and adaptation actions in these countries, including in their efforts towards the decarbonisation and transformation of their industries within the ceiling of the multi-annual financial framework and the financial support provided by the Union to international climate finance. This is further reinforced in the EU global climate and energy vision7 , which indicates that the EU will engage proactively with partners to ensure better coherence between internal and external EU policies. While the CBAM gradually enters into application, the Union intends to strengthen partnerships and support broader climate mitigation efforts, including by providing financial support to countries’ decarbonisation efforts. 5 Communication: The European Green Deal, COM/2019/640 final. 6 OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4. 7 Joint Communication: EU global climate and energy vision: securing Europe's competitive role in world markets and accelerating the clean transition, JOIN(2025) 25 final. Added: budget.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.236