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ESMC urges the European Commission to extend the carbon border adaptation mechanism (CBAM) into a key -off solar products.
Feedback Of the Council published on the Commission website says the mechanism, A rate for carbon -intensive products imported into the European UnionSolar modules and finished solar panels, mounting structures with aluminum and steel frames and sun frackers must include.
The Council’s statement emphasizes that, although a typical PV structure mounted on the ground is almost entirely made of steel and aluminum materials that are characterized under the CBAM-the system itself is currently not covered by the mechanism due to the power-reaching nature.
ESMC says that this creates “a critical asymmetry”, because European solar manufacturers import steel and aluminum for domestic production are necessary to buy CBAM certificates, while Chinese manufacturers are exempt from these costs when they export finished solar products to the EU.
“As a result, a Chinese-made module that enters Europe receives a free pass on its embedded carbon, giving it a cost benefit compared to EU-made solar modules,” adds the Council’s statement. “This Maas in the law undermines fair competition and is in contradiction with the primary goal of CBAM: to prevent carbon leakage.”
The Council’s statement adds that the expansion of the CBAM to power -reducing solar constructions would also be in accordance with the wider climate objectives of the EU, would close an unintended gap in the carbon price regime and ensures that the mechanism remains fair and extensive.
It also says that the European solar industry is currently under serious pressure of unfair competition from China, what it adds, is an existential threat to European manufacturers, creates enormous data and risks in the field of energy breach and is both climate and environmentally untenable.
The Council has recommended the approval of specific customs codes for solar mounting systems and trackers. It suggests the movement Would facilitate the application of CBAM to these products.
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