Contexte has obtained compromise parliamentary amendments (here, here and here) on a proposal to extend the CBAM tax on carbon-intensive imports.
If there’s severe disruption to the internal market, CBAM revenues could be redirected to aid affected sectors, they said. This would replace the controversial Article 27a, a temporary emergency brake on the levy.
The amendments also increase, to 277 product categories (CN codes), the list of 180 extra goods the Commission proposed to bring within scope.
For this new list, MEPs lowered, from 150 to 50 kilotonnes of CO₂ equivalent, the emissions thresholds used to include products.
Another amendment focuses on EU candidate countries facing an “immediate security situation” that makes on-site verification impossible — an implicit reference to war-torn Ukraine.
Such countries would be allowed to use default emission values without a mark-up.
The amendments also suggest applying CBAM to imports made via online retailers.
They also seek to simplify reporting obligations for the least developed countries and strengthen anti-circumvention measures.
This draft could still change ahead of a 6 July vote in the environment committee, ENVI, but should be adopted by a large majority ranging from The Left to the centre-right EPP groups.
