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Tax Commissioner and Bakostra said that more than 80 percent of European Union companies eligible to obtain a new carbon border tax will be exempted under the reforms planned by Brussels.
Tell Hoekstra Ft that he wants to restrict Carbon Border control mechanism (CBAM) for the largest importers and spare most companies to comply with compliance and fees as part of the batch of the mass to reduce the red strip and increase productivity.
He said: “Less than 20 percent of companies in the range are responsible for more than 95 percent of products in the products,” he said.
“Nothing does to reduce (reducing) the importance of climatic goals, but it is a way to make life much easier for a wide range of companies throughout the continent.”
This step will be released up to 180,000 from 200,000 companies affected by compliance.
European companies complained of filling complex and expensive models during a CBAM experimental group, which aims to protect the heavy industry in the European Union-a sector that must already pay the price of greenhouse gas emissions.
Importers in seven sectors, including aluminum, steel, iron and fertilizers, are required to report carbon content of their products. From next year, they must then pay the difference between the price of carbon emission in the European Union and in the country in which it was made.
Since a few countries have European Union emissions trading plans, or calculate carbon content, the plan has proven The arduous European Union importers.
In March, a report found that only about 10 percent of companies in Germany and Sweden are expected to report emissions.
Hoekstra said: “It is logical that if you are not part of the range, there is also a little point to fill a lot of leaves,” Hoekstra said.
The first system of severe attack by commercial partners such as the United States and India, who are likely to be imposed on their tax companies by importers.
But European Union officials insist that the goal of the latest reforms is to help European Union companies and not reduce the impact, as more than 95 percent of imports will remain covered.
They also hope that the two countries will be convinced to implement their carbon trading systems.
The Dutch will consult this step, and hope that it will be done through the giant “omnibus” simplification law expected this month. It should be approved by most member states and members of the European Parliament.
Brussels pledged to reduce the red tape by 25 percent – and 35 percent for small companies – to enhance economic growth and investment and close the growing gap with the United States and China.
Hoekstra this year will make a separate CBAM review, which applies to cement, aluminum, electricity and hydrogen. It can extend to other sectors such as glass, ceramics, pulp, paper and bulb chemicals.
The steel industry presses for greater protection. She wants to be exempted from the goods that were exported outside the European Union, were treated abroad, and then were re -met in the European Union. He also wants to cover steel ingredients such as beams and planes.
“We'll look carefully at the range,” said Hixstra. “We will look carefully at exports. We will do it with an open mind, but we also know that this is not necessarily easy.”
