Compte rendu in extenso des débats

Mardi 18 avril 2023 - Strasbourg

4.5. Mécanisme d'ajustement carbone aux frontières (A9-0160/2022 - Mohammed Chahim) (vote)

– After the vote:

  Kadri Simson, Commission. – Madam President, honourable Members of Parliament, the Commission recalls that the final agreement reached by the co-legislators on the establishment of the carbon border adjustment mechanism has evolved significantly in terms of the human resources required for its implementation within the Commission, compared to the legislative and financial statement which accompanied the original proposal, which was based on a decentralised model of implementation.

The additional Commission human resources required by the final agreement endorsed by the co-legislators will not allow the Commission to respect the principle of stable staffing and will require additional resources, to be authorised by the European Parliament and the Council during the annual budget procedure, along with related budgetary appropriations.

Without any additional means to commit, the options to finance the necessary administrative costs of CBAM cannot be easily found. Heading 7, European Public Administration, of the Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027 was built on the principle of stable staffing, and there is no margin to finance additional officials.

The margin in Heading 3, Natural resources and Environment, may in principle accommodate IT-related expenditure, subject to its limits. The reduced availabilities under the heading will limit the capacity of the EU budget to finance new political priorities.