REPORT on the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards revised benchmark values for the heat and fuel benchmarks for the period from 2026 to 2030

Tabled by Jorge Buxadé Villalba, Silvia Sardone, Roman Haider, Viktória Ferenc, Barbara Bonte, Antonín Staněk, Ondřej Knotek, Mathilde Androuët, Marie-Luce Brasier-Clain, Jana Nagyová, Valérie Deloge, Anne-Sophie Frigout

Added: (2a) In order to address the concerns of the Union ceramic industry, which faces significant costs arising from the adjustment of benchmark values within the EU ETS, installations producing ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain, covered by Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC, shall be exempted from the obligation to surrender allowances under Article 12(3)(a) of Directive 2003/87/EC for the period from 2026 to 2030. This modification is particularly relevant in light of the importance of ceramic manufacturing installations, which directly employ over 200 000 people, and have close ties to their local communities, as well as the fact that these installations account for only around 1 % of industrial emissions covered by the EU ETS.

Wording as published by the EP, in English. PE788.374