The own-initiative report on the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) was approved, on Friday 5 February, by the European Parliament’s Committee on Environment (ENVI) by 58 votes to 8 with 10 abstentions. It details the European Parliament’s vision for the future CBAM (see EUROPE 12650/7).
The rapporteur, Yannick Jadot (Greens/EFA, France), said: “This is a major political and democratic test for the EU, which must put an end to a certain naivety. And impose the same carbon price on products made inside and outside the EU”.
Several NGOs and think tanks welcomed the report. These include the Climate Action Network, theJacques Delors Institute and Carbon Market Watch. However, they stressed the need to move away from the free quota system. TheInstitute for European Environmental Policy (IEEP) regretted that some sectors are not covered by the CBAM in the report, such as agriculture. (Original version in French by Léa Marchal)