Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/956 as regards simplifying and strengthening the carbon border adjustment mechanism

Tabled by Patryk Jaki, Jadwiga Wiśniewska, Dominik Tarczyński, Kosma Złotowski, Piotr Müller

Added: (27 a) Coking coal is a critical raw material of strategic importance for European industry, which underpins the green and digital transition. Listed under Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a, coking coal is of a strategic importance for the overall Union economy, and therefore its internal European production should be promoted. Imports of coking coal from third countries with less stringent environmental legislation in place negatively impact the European domestic production of coking coal and places European producers at a competitive disadvantage and risks undermining Union's climate and industrial objectives. In order to ensure the level playing field between the European production of coking coal and its imports from third countries, the Commission should present, as part of its assessment referred to in Article 30(2) the possibility to extend the scope of Regulation (EU) 2023/956 to cover the coking coal sector. 1a Regulation (EU) 2024/1252 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 April 2024 establishing a framework for ensuring a secure and sustainable supply of critical raw materials and amending Regulations (EU) No 168/2013, (EU) 2018/858, (EU) 2018/1724 and (EU) 2019/1020 (OJ L 1252, 3.5.2024, p.1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1252/2024-05-03).

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE772.580