European Parliament · 10 March 2021

A WTO-compatible EU carbon border adjustment mechanism

Adopted

444 in favour · 70 against · 181 abstained. 695 members voted.

What it asks for, in the Parliament's words

• Urges the Commission to minimise the risk of exporters to the EU trying to bypass the mechanism or compromise its effectiveness, for example by re-routing production between markets or exporting semi-finished goods
• Stresses that any mechanism must create an incentive for industries in the EU and abroad to produce clean and competitive products and avoid carbon leakage, without endangering trade opportunities
• Stresses that Least Developed Countries and Small Island Developing States should be given special treatment in order to take account of their specificities and the potential negative impacts of the CBAM on their development

Quoted from A9-0019/2021, which says more than these lines. Each is a whole paragraph; this site does not rewrite them.

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Check it at the European Parliament

• Roll-call results, 10 March 2021
• Minutes of the sitting
• Procedure file A9-0019/2021
• Open data record for the sitting