The contribution based on the weight of non-recycled plastic packaging waste is a national contribution, which entered into force in January 2021, encouraging Member States to reduce packaging waste while leaving to them the possibility of defining their most appropriate policy to do it. This contribution will be adjusted after July 2023, when the final data will be available. 

 

The Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) provides for a tax on any product imported from a country outside the EU that does not have a carbon pricing system, to adjust the price of imported goods and guarantee fairness for European businesses. The European Parliament adopted a resolution on 10 March 2021, in favor of integrating the CBAM into the EU’s own resources. The European Commission introduced the CBAM within the climate package presented on 14 July 2021. The Parliamentary committee for the environment, public health and food safety is the associated main committee and the rapporteur is Mohammed Chahim. The CBAM is expected to be introduced during the period 2023-2025 for the sectors of fertiliser, aluminum, steel, cement and power generation. By 2026, the CBAM is expected to be fully implemented and the European Commission will determine whether it should be extended to other sectors. 

 

The EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) allows companies to buy or receive emission allowances. The ETS was introduced in the climate package presented by the European Commission on 14 July 2021. The Parliamentary Committee for the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety is the associated main committee and its rapporteur is Peter Liese. MEP Sunčana Glavak is the rapporteur for the aviation ETS. From 2023 to 2025, the ETS will impose the gradual introduction of the obligation to surrender allowances in the maritime transport sector. From 2025, a new ETS will be put in place for the construction and road transport sectors. From 2026, the free quotas contained in the ETS will be phased out for the sectors included in the CBAM. By the end of 2026, the ETS will impose the total phase-out of the free allocation of allowances to aircraft operators. On 1 January 2027, it will impose the full auctioning of aviation allowances. From 2027, the Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA) will be fully implemented. 

 

The digital levy would arise from digital business activities and would be a solution to the current inadequacy of corporate tax rules for the digital economy. The digital levy might however be replaced by the reallocation of resources from the Pillar I of the international agreement of the OECD, addressing the tax challenges arising from the digitalisation of the economy, that reallocates the rights of each jurisdiction to impose on certain multinational companies, and could further bring revenues in the numeric sector - if the international agreement were to proceed as planned.

 

The Common Consolidated Corporate Tax Base (CCCTB) is a unique set of rules requiring companies with cross-border activities to comply with a single European system for determining their taxable income, rather than different national regimes in which the activity is carried out. 

 

The financial transaction tax helps harmonise uncoordinated financial tax initiatives of Member States, which could otherwise lead to fragmentation of the single market in financial services and double taxation. 

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The European Commission proposition for the next generation of new own resources (22 December 2021)

 

The new own resources package was originally due to be presented by the European Commission in June 2021, but has been postponed to 22 December 2021. 

On 22 December 2021, the European Commission published a communication to the other EU institutions “The next generation of own resources for the EU Budget”. The communication proposes three new EU own resources: 

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• 25% of the revenues generated by the EU emissions trading system (ETS) could fuel the EU budget 

  • With the extension of the ETS to the maritime sector, its increase of aviation allowances’ auctioning and the establishment of a new ETS for building and road transport. 

  • Revenues for the EU budget are estimated at around 9 billion euros per year over the period 2023-2030, a share of which will enable the financing of the Social Climate Fund. Ultimately, these revenues are expected to reach around 12 billion euros per year on average over the period 2026-2030. 

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• 75% of the revenues generated by a Carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) could fuel the EU budget 

  • The affected sectors that will be the first to have to buy allowances to offset their greenhouse gas emissions are cement, steel and iron, aluminum, fertilizers, and electricity. 

  • Revenues for the EU budget are estimated at around 0.5 billion euros per year over the period 2023-2030 and one billion euros per year on average over the period 2026-2030.

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• 15% of the share of the residual profits of the largest and most profitable multinational enterprises that are reallocated to the EU Member States under the agreement on a reform of the international tax framework (Pillar I of the international agreement of the OECD) could fuel the EU budget 

  •  Revenues for the EU budget could amount to up to 2.5-4 billion euros per year over the period 2023-2030. 

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Next steps

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According to the Commission's proposal, the new resources will be introduced gradually as of 1 January 2023. The Commission will now work with the European Parliament and with the Council towards the approval of the EU new own resources. The Council committed to deliberate on the first basket of new own resources by 1 July 2022. 

For the new own resources to be effective, two European texts have to be modified : 

• The  decision relative to EU own resources - revision to be adopted at the unanimity by the Council, after the consultation of the European Parliament; 

• The regulation laying down the multiannual financial framework for the years 2021-2027, revision to be adopted at the unanimity by the Council, after the approbation of the European Parliament

The Commission will propose additional new own resources by the end of 2023: the Business in Europe: Framework for Income Taxation (BEFIT).

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The French Presidency of the EU Council, which will begin on 1 January 2022 for six months, is expected to prioritize the texts containing the climate package, which was previously presented on 14 July 2021 by the European Commission, in particular the conclusion of an agreement between the EU Member States to establish the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism. For more information on the French Presidency of the EU Council please consult our commercial offer.