Category: EU Parliament
Key Impact Points: With 457 votes in favour, 92 against and 32 abstentions, MEPs endorsed a deal reached with the Council to further cut emissions from fluorinated gases. The text foresees...
Key Impact Points: The new rules would make it easier for persons with disabilities to travel in the EU by ensuring access to special conditions, including parking, in all member...
Key Impact Points: The European Commission has approved a €2.9 billion French scheme for supporting investment in green industries (tax credit for investment in green industries) to foster the transition towards a net-zero...
The European Union will begin an anti-dumping investigation into biodiesel imports from China, which the bloc’s industry said has slashed domestic production. In August, it began investigating whether biodiesel from...
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules a €17.7 billion Italian scheme to support the construction and operation of a centralised electricity storage system. The measure contributes...
The European Commission has approved, under EU State aid rules, a €1.3 billion French scheme to support the development of non-fossil flexibility technologies to ensure that the electricity supply matches...
The European Energy Exchange (EEX) has published the 2024 calendars for the auctioning of EU allowances (EUA) and EU Aviation Allowances (EUAA), with the below timings and notes on auction...
The Council reached an agreement on its negotiating mandate on a proposal for a regulation on environmental, social and governance (ESG) ratings, with the aim of boosting investor confidence in...
The EU and Kenya signed an Economic Partnership Agreement (EPA) to boost bilateral trade in goods, increase investment flows, and contribute to sustainable economic growth. The EPA provides a platform...
Road vehicles to stay cleaner for longer, to improve air quality On Monday, Parliament and Council reached a provisional agreement on new rules to reduce road transport emissions for passenger...
The Commission has published its assessment of EU Member States’ draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and issued recommendations to assist Member States in raising their ambitions in line with EU targets for 2030....
The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached today between the European Parliament and Council on updated EU rules to decarbonise the gas market and create a hydrogen market. The new rules will...
Parliament and Council negotiators agreed on an update to the so-called “ecodesign” regulation that aims to improve various aspects of products throughout their lifecycle to make them more durable and...
At the COP28 in Dubai, Commission President Ursula von der Leyen, Founder of Breakthrough Energy Bill Gates, and European Investment Bank President Werner Hoyer announced the first two European projects to...
The new rules will reduce air, water and soil pollution, and steer large agro-industrial installations in the green transition. Late on Tuesday night, negotiators from the Parliament and Council reached...
The Commission launched the first auction under the European Hydrogen Bank to support the production of renewable hydrogen in Europe, with an initial €800 million of emissions trading revenues, channelled through the Innovation Fund. Producers of...
The Commission is opening the Innovation Fund‘s 2023 call for proposals with a record budget of €4 billion to support the deployment of innovative decarbonisation technologies. The call is funded by revenues from...
The Commission is proposing a Forest Monitoring Law that will plug existing gaps in the information on European forests and create a comprehensive forest knowledge base, to allow Member States, forest owners and forest...
Parliament has adopted its position on a new EU certification framework for technological and natural carbon removals to help achieve EU climate neutrality by 2050. With 448 votes to 65...
The Commission welcomes the provisional agreement reached between the European Parliament and Council on a new EU Regulation to reduce energy sector methane emissions in Europe and in our global supply...
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