SWD/2021/643 final
Impact assessment accompanying the document Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council: establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism
- publication date
- 14 July 2021
- additional information
For the assessment of policy options, the models JRC-GEM-E3, EUROMOD and PRIMES are used.
The baseline scenario builds on the most recent EU reference scenario [1]. For details, please check the text of the impact assessment report.
The evaluation of policy options was supported by the "Study on the possibility to set up a carbon border adjustment mechanism on selected sectors" (Ramboll, DIW, Umweltbundesamt, FAU Erlangen-Nuremberg and Ecologic Institute, Study on the possibility to set up a carbon border adjustment mechanism on selected sectors. Final report, Contract number: TAXUD/2020/AO-14, 14.07.2021, https://ec.europa.eu/taxation_customs/green-taxation-0/carbon-border-adjustment-mechanism_en).
[1] European Commission, EU Reference Scenario 2020: Energy, Transport ad GHG Emissions: Trends to 2050, Publications Office, Luxembourg, 2021, https://doi.org/10.2833/35750.
- related EPRS documentation
- Initial Appraisal of a European Commission Impact Assessment: ‘Fit for 55’ package: Carbon border adjustment mechanism An initial analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the European Commission's impact assessment.
- models involved in baseline and assessment of policy options