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On 30 November 2022, as part of the European Green Deal, the European Commission presented the legislative proposal for a Union certification framework for carbon removals. The initiative was first announced in the March 2020 new circular economy action plan and again highlighted in the climate target plan, as well as in the 'fit for 55' revision of the Regulation on land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF), as an essential tool to drive progress towards the 2050 climate neutrality target. ...

On 15 December 2021, the Commission presented a proposal to regulate methane emissions reductions in the energy sector. The proposal is part of the second batch of proposals in the 'fit for 55' package, seeking to align EU climate and energy laws with the EU Climate Law's 2030 target. The proposal addresses gaps in the current legislation: those relating to methane emissions from upstream exploration and the production of oil and fossil gas, but also those from the gathering and processing of fossil ...

In July 2023, the Commission tabled a package of proposals for the greening of freight transport. Among the three proposals is one on the revision of the Weights and Dimensions Directive, which sets limits for heavy goods vehicles in international road transport. The proposal seeks to further promote use of zero-emission trucks by allowing these to exceed the standard weight limits. It also seeks to clarify the rules on use of heavier and longer vehicles in cross-border transport operations between ...

Le paquet «Ajustement à l’objectif 55» de juillet et de décembre 2021 a été conçu pour atteindre les objectifs de la loi européenne sur le climat: la neutralité climatique d’ici à 2050 et une réduction de 55 % des émissions nettes de gaz à effet de serre d’ici à 2030 par rapport aux niveaux de 1990. Il se composait de 13 propositions, étroitement liées, de révision de la législation européenne en vigueur sur le climat et l’énergie, ainsi que de six nouvelles propositions législatives. Toutes les ...

Le 5 avril 2022, la Commission européenne a présenté une proposition de règlement relatif aux gaz à effet de serre fluorés, afin d’abroger le règlement sur les gaz fluorés en vigueur. Cette proposition, qui entend réduire davantage les émissions de gaz à effet de serre fluorés, modifierait le système de quotas existant et abaisserait progressivement l’offre d’hydrofluorocarbones (HFC) sur le marché de l’Union à 2,4 % des niveaux de 2015 d’ici à 2048. Elle interdirait également les gaz à effet de ...

Le règlement sur l’ozone est le principal instrument juridique régissant les substances qui appauvrissent la couche d’ozone (SACO). Bien qu’il soit toujours considéré comme adapté à sa finalité, il est nécessaire de réduire davantage les émissions de SACO conformément aux objectifs du pacte vert pour l’Europe et de la loi européenne sur le climat. En avril 2022, la Commission a présenté une proposition tendant à modifier ce règlement. Un accord provisoire a été conclu le 5 octobre 2023 dans le cadre ...

The impact assessment (IA) provides a useful information package supporting the 'CountEmissionsEU' proposal. It presents a substantiated problem definition and illustrates the scale of the problems. The analysis relies on an external IA supporting study, stakeholder consultation and independent research. The IA assesses the economic, social and environmental impacts of all six policy options. It openly explains the assessment's limitations, in particular the fact that empirical evidence to underpin ...

Road transport is responsible for almost a fifth of the EU's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The revision of the regulation on CO2 emission limits for new cars and vans under the 'fit for 55' package ensures an increasingly higher share of clean vehicles on European roads. All new cars registered after 2035 must be zero-emission vehicles. The new Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Regulation (AFIR) meanwhile provides for roll out of the necessary recharging points.

On 14 July 2021 the European Commission adopted the 'fit for 55' package, which adapts existing climate and energy legislation to meet the new EU objective of a minimum 55 % reduction in greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 2030. The 'fit for 55' package is part of the European Green Deal, which aims to put the EU firmly on the path towards climate neutrality by 2050. A key element in the 'fit for 55' package is the revision of the Renewable Energy Directive (RED II), to help the EU deliver the new ...

The carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM) puts a price on the carbon emissions of goods imported into the EU, thus levelling the playing field between EU industry, which is subject to a carbon price in the EU emissions trading system (EU ETS), and foreign producers in countries that do not have an equivalent system in place.