Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexey Overchuk gave a number of departments and officials of the instructions related to the development of the general position of the country about the project of a transboundary corrective carbon mechanism (CBAM) of the European Commission – the so-called “carbon tax”, writes RBC with reference to the meeting of the meeting from 30 July.
The government expects concerted proposals and comments to the new EU initiative by September 6.
at the meeting attended profile high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Economic Development and the Ministry of Finance, the heads of the Ministry of Earth, Roshydromet and Rosleschoz, as well as the general director of the Inter Rao Boris Kovalchuk, the adviser to the President of Russia, the Special Representative on Climate Ruslan Edelgriev and the Special Representative of the Presidential Relations with International Organizations to achieve The objectives of the sustainable development of Anatoly Chubais.
Now Chubais together with the Ministry of Economic Development, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the Ministry of Education are entrusted to create a working group with the participation of European Commission representatives to discuss the CBAM project, follows from the Protocol. It will be necessary to work and the ability to negotiate at a high level. These ministries will have to submit their comments and proposals for the project, agree on them to Edelgriyev and Chubas special representatives and place on the European Commission website.
At the same time, officials were asked to refrain from premature assessments until a negotiation position was formed on the level of government. “Premature statements, which may differ from the position formed as a result, can serve soil to appear a distorted perception of this issue,” commented in the Overchuk secretariat.
In Brussels, the presentation of the CBAM project, claimed that they were ready to interact with other countries that would affect carbon tax. There were no conclusion of bilateral agreements with specific states in order to avoid the use of CBAM on the sectors in which these countries will strive for decarbonization.
The project of the European Commission introduced in mid-July. It is assumed that when importing cement, fertilizer, electricity, iron, steel, steel and aluminum in a few years, it will be necessary to buy special certificates, which will be an analogue of carbon tax. The Ministry of Economic Development was calculated that as a result of the introduction of carbon tax on Russian exporters, an additional load in more than 50 billion dollars to 2030 was found.
According to the estimates of the Sandbag and E3G environmental groups, by 2035, Russia’s damage from European tax on carbon emissions will be 600 million euros (710 million dollars). This level of annual costs leads the country to the main victims of the new bill.