Framework for achieving climate neutrality

Amendments tabled for the plenary sitting on this text, in their own numbering series. This is a different set from the committee amendments tracked elsewhere on AmendEU, and is not counted in any of the site’s amendment totals.

1. Amendment 1Proposal for a regulation · Recital 2
   Current text

   (2) Through the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council5 , the Union has enshrined in legislation a binding objective of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050, thus reducing emissions to net zero by that date, and the aim of achieving negative emissions thereafter, established a binding Union 2030 intermediate climate target and provided for the setting of a Union-wide intermediate climate target for 2040. __________________ 5 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 and (EU) 2018/1999 (‘European Cli…

   Amendment

   (2) Through the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council5 , the Union has enshrined in legislation a binding objective of economy-wide climate neutrality by 2050, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by that date, and the aim of achieving negative emissions thereafter. That Regulation also established a binding Union 2030 intermediate climate target and requires the setting of a Union-wide intermediate climate target for 2040. __________________ 5 Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 June 2021 establishing the framework for achieving climate neutrality and amending Regulations (EC) No 401/2009 a…

   Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
   official amendment document ↗
2. Amendment 2Proposal for a regulation · Recital 3
   Current text

   (3) Taking into account the scientific advice by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change and based on a detailed Impact Assessment, the Commission presented a recommended target of a 90% net greenhouse gas emission reduction compared to 1990 levels for 2040 in its Communication of 6 February 2024 on Securing our future: Europe's 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 building a sustainable, just and prosperous society6 . __________________ 6 COM(2024) 63 final.

   Amendment

   (3) Taking into account the scientific advice by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (‘the Advisory Board’) and based on a detailed Impact Assessment, the Commission presented a recommended target of a 90% net greenhouse gas emission reduction compared to 1990 levels for 2040 in its Communication of 6 February 2024 on Securing our future: Europe's 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 building a sustainable, just and prosperous society6 . __________________ 6 COM(2024) 63 final.

   official amendment document ↗
3. Amendment 3Proposal for a regulation · Recital 4
   Current text

   (4) In order to propose the Union 2040 climate target, the Commission considered the best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Advisory Board; the social, economic and environmental impacts, including the costs of inaction; the need to ensure a just and socially fair transition for all; cost-effectiveness and economic efficiency; competitiveness of the Union’s economy, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and sectors most exposed to carbon leakage; best available cost-effective, safe and scalable technologies; energy efficiency and the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle, energy…

   Amendment

   (4) In order to propose the Union 2040 climate target, the Commission considered the best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) and the Advisory Board; the social, economic and environmental impacts, including the costs of inaction; the need to ensure a just and socially fair transition for all; cost-effectiveness and economic efficiency; competitiveness of the Union’s economy, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and sectors most exposed to carbon leakage; best available cost-effective, safe and scalable technologies; energy efficiency including the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle,…

   Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
   official amendment document ↗
4. Amendment 4Proposal for a regulation · Recital 5
   Current text

   (5) In order to achieve the 2040 climate target it is essential to, inter alia, fully implement the agreed 2030 framework, ensure and provide support to the competitiveness and resilience of the European industry, ensure transition pathways based on best available cost-effective, safe and scalable technologies, set a greater focus on a just transition that leaves no one behind, ensure fair competition with international partners, decarbonise the energy system with all zero and low carbon energy solutions (including renewables, nuclear, energy efficiency, storage, CCS, CCU, carbon removals, geothermal and hydro-energy, and all other current and future net-zero energy technologies), and organi…

   Amendment

   (5) In order to achieve the 2040 climate target it is essential to, inter alia, fully implement the agreed 2030 policy framework, ensure and provide support to enhance and bolster the competitiveness and resilience of the European industry, ensure sustainable food systems as well as the resilience of rural communities and food security through a sustainable and robust European agricultural sector, ensure transition pathways based on best available cost-effective, safe and scalable technologies, and set a greater focus on a just transition for affected regions, sectors and vulnerable households that leaves no one behind, for example through support from the Social Climate Fund in the transiti…

   Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
   official amendment document ↗
5. Amendment 5Proposal for a regulation · Recital 5 a (new)
   Amendment

   (5a) In its conclusions of 23 October 2025, the European Council stated that enhancing the Union’s competitiveness, bolstering its resilience, and advancing the green transition are mutually reinforcing objectives that must be pursued together, and called for an urgent stepping up of efforts to secure the supply of affordable and clean energy and build a genuine Energy Union before 2030, including by leveraging the new Energy Union Task Force, as well as for accelerating work aimed at lowering energy prices and supporting sustainable energy production domestically in the Union. With a view to ensuring a cost-effective, fair and just, pragmatic and socially balanced transition towards climate…

   Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
   official amendment document ↗
6. Amendment 6Proposal for a regulation · Recital 5 a a (new)
   Amendment

   (5aa) Furthermore, the European Council also recalled in its conclusions of 23 October 2025 the urgent need to intensify collective efforts to ensure Europe’s industrial renewal, modernisation and decarbonisation in a technologically neutral manner. It underlined in this context that particular attention should be paid to traditional industries, notably the automotive, shipping, and aviation industries as well as energy-intensive industries, such as steel and metals, chemicals, cement, glass and ceramics, and pulp and paper, so that they remain resilient and competitive in a global market and a challenging geopolitical environment. In this regard, it welcomed the recent Commission proposal t…

   Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
   official amendment document ↗
7. Amendment 7Proposal for a regulation · Recital 5 b (new)
   Amendment

   (5b) The Clean Industrial Deal also focuses on better access to public and private finance, an integrated and interconnected Union energy market ensuring energy security, promotion of circular economy, a global level playing field including through the effective implementation and extension of CBAM to downstream goods, introducing anti-circumvention measures and action to address export carbon leakage, and clear enabling conditions such as streamlined permitting and the uptake and scaling of clean technologies, in order to strengthen the Union’s competitive edge and industrial competitiveness as well as innovation in the EU taking into account the challenging geopolitical environment.

   official amendment document ↗
8. Amendment 8Proposal for a regulation · Recital 7
   Current text

   (7) Priority should be given to domestic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, complementing it by increased removals, including through both natural and technological solutions. In the development of the post-2030 policy package, due attention should be paid to the contribution of gross emission reductions versus natural and technological removals. Nature-based and industrial removals play an increasing role in the Union’s economy in the next decades, in view of the need to balance greenhouse gas emissions and removals at the latest by 2050 and negative emissions thereafter. Incentives will be developed on the occasion of the review of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and o…

   Amendment

   (7) Priority should be given to domestic reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, complementing it by increased removals, including through both natural and technological solutions. In the development of the post-2030 policy package, due attention should be paid to the contribution of gross emission reductions versus natural and technological removals. Natural removals have characteristics that should be taken into account, such as forest age structure, proportion of organic soils, natural variability, and uncertainties related to the impacts of climate change, to natural disturbances and to changes in methodologies. Natural and industrial removals play an increasing role in the Union’s econo…

   Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
   official amendment document ↗
9. Amendment 9Proposal for a regulation · Recital 7 a (new)
   Amendment

   (7a) While some enabling policies have already been implemented and their impact is already visible, this is not yet the case for all. The Commission should continue to strengthen the initiatives concerning the enabling framework and aim to accelerate their adoption to ensure that conditions are in place to support European industry and citizens throughout the transition, in full respect of Union law.

   official amendment document ↗
10. Amendment 10Proposal for a regulation · Recital 8
    Current text

    (8) The Union has in place a regulatory framework to achieve the 2030 climate target. The legislation implementing that target consists, inter alia, of Directive 2003/87/EC, which establishes the EU ETS, Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council8 , which introduced national targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 , which sets net carbon removal targets for the land use sector. The Commission should assess how the relevant Union legislation would need to be amended in order to achieve the 2040 climate target. When designing the future architecture, the Commission should…

    Amendment

    (8) The Union has in place a regulatory framework to achieve the 2030 climate target. The legislation implementing that target consists, inter alia, of Directive 2003/87/EC, which establishes the EU ETS, Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council8 , which introduced national targets for reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030, and Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council9 , which sets net carbon removal targets for the land use sector. In order to ensure a smooth transition to the EU ETS2, the application of Article 30(k)(2) letters (a) to (e) of Directive 2003/87/EC should be postponed of one year. The Commission should assess…

    Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
    official amendment document ↗
11. Amendment 11Proposal for a regulation · Recital 8 a (new)
    Amendment

    (8a) A number of elements to facilitate the achievement of the 2040 climate target should be appropriately reflected, including an adequate contribution towards the 2040 climate target of high-quality international credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement, in the second part of the 2031-2040 decade, in a way that is both ambitious and cost-efficient and in line with accounting rules of the Paris Agreement, including a pilot period to initiate a high-quality and high-integrity international credit market for the period 2031-2035; the role of domestic permanent removals (such as Biogenic emissions Capture with Carbon Storage (BioCCS) and Direct Air Capture with Carbon Storage (DACCS)) in…

    Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
    official amendment document ↗
12. Amendment 12Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
    Current text

    While some enabling policies have already been implemented and their impact is already visible, this is not yet the case for all. The Commission shall aim to accelerate and strengthen the enabling framework to ensure that conditions are in place to support European industry and citizens throughout the transition, in full respect of EU law.

    Amendment

    The Commission shall continue to strengthen the initiatives concerning the enabling framework and aim to accelerate their adoption and implementation to ensure that conditions are in place to support affected legal and natural persons, such as European industry and citizens throughout the transition, towards the targets set out in paragraphs 1 and 3 of this Article, the objective set out in Article 2(1) and a climate-neutral economy.

    official amendment document ↗
13. Amendment 13Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – introductory part
    Current text

    Within the framework of the review referred to in the first subparagraph, in order to facilitate the achievement of the target set out in paragraph 3 of this Article, the Commission shall ensure that the following elements are appropriately reflected in the legislative proposals:

    Amendment

    Within the framework of the review referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 4, in order to facilitate the achievement of the target set out in paragraph 3 of this Article, the Commission shall ensure that the following elements are appropriately reflected in the legislative proposals:

    official amendment document ↗
14. Amendment 14Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point a
    Current text

    (a) Starting from 2036, a possible limited contribution towards the 2040 target of high-quality international credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement of 3% of 1990 EU net emissions supporting the EU and third countries in achieving net greenhouse gas reduction trajectories compatible with the Paris Agreement objective to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels - the origin, quality criteria and other conditions concerning the acquisition and use of any such credits shall be regulated in Union law;

    Amendment

    (a) Starting from 2036, an adequate contribution towards the 2040 climate target of high-quality international credits under Article 6 of the Paris Agreement of up to 5% of 1990 EU net emissions corresponding to a domestic reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions by 85% compared to 1990 levels by 2040, in a way that is both ambitious and cost-efficient, supporting the EU and third countries in achieving net greenhouse gas reduction trajectories compatible with the Paris Agreement objective to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C and pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels ensuring the environmental integrity of…

    Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
    official amendment document ↗
15. Amendment 15Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point b
    Current text

    (b) the role of domestic permanent removals under the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system within the Union (‘EU ETS’) to compensate for residual emissions from hard to abate sectors;

    Amendment

    (b) the role of domestic permanent removals under the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system within the Union (‘EU ETS’) to compensate for residual hard-to-abate emissions;

    official amendment document ↗
16. Amendment 16Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point c
    Current text

    (c) enhanced flexibility across sectors, to support the achievement of targets in a cost-effective way;

    Amendment

    (c) enhanced flexibility within and across sectors and instruments, to support the achievement of targets in a simple and cost-effective way;

    official amendment document ↗
17. Amendment 17Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point c a (new)
    Amendment

    (ca) the realistic contribution of carbon removals to the overall emission reduction effort, while taking into account the uncertainties of natural removals and ensuring that possible shortfalls would not be at the expense of other economic sectors, without prejudice to the possibility for Member States to use surplus natural removals to compensate their emissions in other sectors;

    official amendment document ↗
18. Amendment 18Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point c b (new)
    Amendment

    (cb) the need to maintain, manage and enhance, as appropriate, natural sinks in the long term and protect and restore biodiversity, to promote sustainable and circular bioeconomy, as well as take into account the effects of differences in forest age structure, natural variability and uncertainties notably those linked to the impacts of climate change and natural disturbances in the land use, land use change and forestry sector;

    official amendment document ↗
19. Amendment 19Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point d
    Current text

    (d) Member States post-2030 targets and efforts should reflect cost-efficiency and solidarity, in light of national circumstances;

    Amendment

    (d) Member States post-2030 targets and efforts should reflect cost-efficiency and solidarity, taking into account different national circumstances and specificities, including those of islands and outermost regions;

    official amendment document ↗
20. Amendment 20Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point f
    Current text

    (f) the social, economic and environmental impacts;

    Amendment

    (f) the social, economic and environmental impacts across Member States including in relation to the objectives of decarbonisation and competitiveness for European industry;

    official amendment document ↗
21. Amendment 21Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point h
    Current text

    (h) the need to ensure a just and socially fair transition for all;

    Amendment

    (h) the need to ensure and support a fair and just, pragmatic, cost-effective and socially balanced transition for all, taking into account different national circumstances and paying particular attention to impacts on consumer prices, energy and transport poverty and to regions and sectors, including their investment capacity, small and medium-sized enterprises, farmers and vulnerable households affected by the transition to climate neutrality;

    official amendment document ↗
22. Amendment 22Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point i
    Current text

    (i) simplification, technology neutrality, cost-effectiveness, economic efficiency, and economic security;

    Amendment

    (i) simplification and reduction of administrative burden, technology neutrality, cost-effectiveness, economic efficiency, and economic security;

    official amendment document ↗
23. Amendment 23Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point j
    Current text

    (j) climate action as a driver for investment and innovation;

    Amendment

    (j) climate action as a driver for investment, innovation and increased competitiveness;

    official amendment document ↗
24. Amendment 24Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point k
    Current text

    (k) the need to strengthen the global competitiveness of the Union’s economy, in particular small and medium-sized enterprises and industrial sectors most exposed to carbon leakage so as to ensure fair competition;

    Amendment

    (k) the need to strengthen the resilience and global competitiveness of the Union’s economy and reduce risk of carbon leakage, in particular for small and medium-sized enterprises and industrial sectors that are most exposed to carbon leakage, including in relation to exports, so as to ensure fair competition;

    official amendment document ↗
25. Amendment 25Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point m
    Current text

    (m) energy affordability, security of supply, energy efficiency and the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle;

    Amendment

    (m) energy availability and affordability, security of supply, energy security, energy efficiency including the ‘energy efficiency first’ principle, as well as strengthening of electricity grids and interconnections with a view to building a genuine Energy Union and promoting domestically produced energy;

    official amendment document ↗
26. Amendment 26Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point m a (new)
    Amendment

    (ma) the role of zero-, low carbon and renewable fuels in the decarbonisation of transport, including road transport beyond 2030 and concrete measures to assist heavy duty vehicles manufacturers to reach their targets, taking into account European content;

    official amendment document ↗
27. Amendment 27Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point o
    Current text

    (o) the need to ensure environmental effectiveness and progression over time;

    Amendment

    (o) the need to ensure environmental effectiveness and progression over time, while also safeguarding social cohesion as well as ensuring food security and a just transition;

    official amendment document ↗
28. Amendment 28Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point p
    Current text

    (p) the need to maintain, manage and enhance natural sinks in the long term and protect and restore biodiversity, as well as take into account uncertainties notably those linked to the impacts of climate change in the land use sector;

    Amendment

    deleted

    official amendment document ↗
29. Amendment 29Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point q
    Current text

    (q) investment needs and opportunities, including access to public and private finance;

    Amendment

    (q) investment needs and opportunities, including access to public and private finance as well as support for innovation and access to innovative technologies across all Member States, taking into account geographical balance;

    official amendment document ↗
30. Amendment 30Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 5 – point r
    Current text

    (r) international developments and efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ultimate objective of the UNFCCC, as well as the support of the Union to its partners in addressing climate change and its impacts..

    Amendment

    (r) international developments and efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement and the ultimate objective of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), as well as the support of the Union to its partners in addressing climate change and its impacts.

    official amendment document ↗
31. Amendment 31Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new) · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 4 – paragraph 8 (new)
    Amendment

    (2a) in Article 4, the following paragraph is added: '8. Starting from one year after the adoption of this Regulation, the Commission shall biennially assess and report on the implementation of the intermediate targets and decarbonisation trajectories set out in this Regulation, taking into account the latest scientific evidence, technological advances and evolving challenges to and opportunities for the EU’s global competitiveness. The assessment may be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals.';

    official amendment document ↗
32. Amendment 32Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new) · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c (new)
    Amendment

    (3) in Article 11, first paragraph, the following points are added: '(c) the evolving challenges to and opportunities for global competitiveness of European industries across Member States, in particular of energy-intensive industries and of small and medium-sized enterprises;';

    official amendment document ↗
33. Amendment 33Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new) · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c a (new)
    Amendment

    (ca) the evolution of energy prices and its impact on European industries and households;

    official amendment document ↗
34. Amendment 34Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new) · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point c b (new)
    Amendment

    (cb) the socioeconomic impacts including the effects on employment;

    official amendment document ↗
35. Amendment 35Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new) · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point d (new)
    Amendment

    (d) technological advances and deployment across Member States and sectors of innovative technologies;

    official amendment document ↗
36. Amendment 36Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new) · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point e (new)
    Amendment

    (e) the estimated level of net removals at Union level in relation to the targets of this Regulation. If the Commission finds that the estimated level of net natural removals for 2040 is significantly diverging from what would be required to achieve the 2040 intermediate target, including where due to natural disturbances, the Commission shall propose, where appropriate, measures at Union level, including if necessary an adjustment of the 2040 intermediate target corresponding to and within the limits of the possible shortfalls, and ensure that possible shortfalls will not be at the expense of other economic sectors;

    official amendment document ↗
37. Amendment 37Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new) · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point f (new)
    Amendment

    (f) the progress towards the intermediate targets set out in this Regulation.

    official amendment document ↗
38. Amendment 38Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 3 (new) · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 11 – paragraph 1 – point g (new)
    Amendment

    (g) the flexibility for Member States to use high-quality international credits to fulfil up to 5% of their post-2030 targets and efforts in sectors that are not regulated in the EU ETS.

    official amendment document ↗
39. Amendment 39Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 4 (new) · Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 · Article 11 – paragraph 2
    Current text

    The Commission’s report may be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals to amend this Regulation.

    Amendment

    (4) In Article 11, the second paragraph is replaced by the following: ‘The Commission’s report shall be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals to revise this Regulation, including the intermediate 2040 target, and by additional measures to strengthen the initiatives concerning the enabling framework supporting the continued effective implementation of this Regulation, in line with Article 4(5), and securing EU competitiveness, prosperity and social cohesion.’

    official amendment document ↗
40. Amendment 40Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 a (new)
    Amendment

    Article 1a Postponement of the operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors The operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors set out in Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87 is postponed until 2028. The rules set out in Article 30(k)(2) letters (a) to (e) of Directive 2003/87 shall apply. The provisions of Article 10a(8b) of Directive 2003/87 shall apply also in 2026.

    official amendment document ↗
41. Amendment 41The LeftProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Current text

    3. In order to reach the climate neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), the binding Union 2040 climate target shall be a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by 90 % compared to 1990 levels by 2040.

    Amendment

    3. In order to reach the climate neutrality and net-negativity objectives set out in Article 2(1), the Union shall achieve a binding domestic reduction of gross greenhouse gas emissions by at least 92 % compared to 1990 levels by 2040, equating to a maximum of 419 MtCO2e gross emissions in that year. The contribution to the climate-neutrality target of net removals from the LULUCF sector and permanent carbon removals shall be limited and based on a thorough impact assessment of their sustainable scale-up, taking into account risks, benefits, tradeoffs including with regard to planetary boundaries, and the scientific advice of the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change. The proj…

    Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
    official amendment document ↗
42. Amendment 42The LeftProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Current text

    (b) the role of domestic permanent removals under the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system within the Union (‘EU ETS’) to compensate for residual emissions from hard to abate sectors;

    Amendment

    deleted

    official amendment document ↗
43. Amendment 43The LeftProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Current text

    (c) enhanced flexibility across sectors, to support the achievement of targets in a cost-effective way;

    Amendment

    deleted

    official amendment document ↗
44. Amendment 44The LeftProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Amendment

    (ja) climate action as a driver of co-benefits for citizens and their quality of life, including inter alia for health and well-being, job creation, a clean and healthy environment;

    official amendment document ↗
45. Amendment 45The LeftProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Amendment

    (na) the need to fully implement the UAE Consensus agreed at COP28 and transition away from fossil fuels, removing all fossil fuel subsidies and moving towards renewables and energy efficiency;

    official amendment document ↗
46. Amendment 46ECRProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Amendment

    (g a) the functioning and contribution of the flexibilities related to Article 4;

    official amendment document ↗
47. Amendment 47PfEProposal for a regulation

    Replaces or inserts a longer passage — full text in the official document.

    official amendment document ↗
48. Amendment 48PfEProposal for a regulation · Recital 9
    Current text

    (9) Since the objective of this Regulation, namely to set a Union-wide climate target for 2040, cannot be sufficiently achieved by the Member States but can rather, by reason of its scale and effects, be better achieved at Union level, the Union may adopt measures, in accordance with the principle of subsidiarity as set out in Article 5 of the Treaty on European Union. In accordance with the principle of proportionality, as set out in that Article, this Regulation does not go beyond what is necessary in order to achieve that objective.

    Amendment

    (9) The setting of a 2040 target should be suspended in accordance with Article 4 of this Regulation.

    official amendment document ↗
49. Amendment 49PfEProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
    Current text

    (1) in Article 1, second paragraph, the following sentence is added: ‘This Regulation also sets out a binding Union target for 2040.;’

    Amendment

    deleted

    official amendment document ↗
50. Amendment 50PfEProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
    Amendment

    (1a) The following article is inserted: ‘Article 1 a Suspension of 2040 target setting The Union shall not set or implement any binding climate target for the year 2040. The Commission may, where appropriate, present assessments and scenarios for post-2030 developments without proposing binding intermediate targets prior to 2050.'

    official amendment document ↗
51. Amendment 51PfEProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Current text

    3. In order to reach the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), the binding Union 2040 climate target shall be a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by 90 % compared to 1990 levels by 2040.

    Amendment

    3. The originally foreseen binding Union 2040 climate target shall be suspended.

    official amendment document ↗
52. Amendment 52Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Current text

    3. In order to reach the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), the binding Union 2040 climate target shall be a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by 90 % compared to 1990 levels by 2040.

    Amendment

    3. In order to reach the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), the binding Union 2040 climate target shall be a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by 83 % compared to 1990 levels by 2040.

    official amendment document ↗
53. Amendment 53Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
    Amendment

    (2 a) Review Within six months of each global stocktake referred to in Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, together with the conclusions of the assessments referred to in Articles 6 and 7 of this Regulation, on the operation of this Regulation, taking into account: (a) the best available and most recent scientific evidence, including the latest reports of the IPCC and the Advisory Board; (b) international developments and efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement; (c) the evolving challenges to and opportunities for global competitiveness of European industries across Member…

    Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
    official amendment document ↗
54. Amendment 54Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 a (new)
    Amendment

    Article1a Postponement of the operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors The operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors set out in Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC shall be postponed for three years. The rules set out in Article 30k(2), points (a) to (e), of Directive 2003/87/EC shall apply accordingly. The provisions of Article 10a(8b) of Directive 2003/87/EC shall apply also in 2026.

    official amendment document ↗
55. Amendment 55Proposal for a regulation · Recital 3 a (new)
    Amendment

    (3 a) A unilateral Union target of reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 90 % by 2040 compared to 1990 levels could affect the competitiveness of Union industry if other major economies do not undertake comparable efforts. To reduce such asymmetric risks, part of the reduction target for 2040 should therefore be made conditional upon measurable progress in greenhouse gas emissions reductions by selected major economies or upon their commitment to international climate finance goals. Such conditionality should be applied in a cooperative manner, recognising that some major economies are pursuing mitigation strategies in the context of strengthening their energy independence from fossil fuels.…

    Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
    official amendment document ↗
56. Amendment 56Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 a (new)
    Amendment

    (2a) in Article 11(1), the following point is added: ‘(c) measurable progress in greenhouse gas emissions reductions by selected major economies and upon their effective commitment to international climate finance objectives.’

    official amendment document ↗
57. Amendment 57Proposal for a regulation · Recital 3
    Current text

    (3) Taking into account the scientific advice by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change and based on a detailed Impact Assessment, the Commission presented a recommended target of a 90% net greenhouse gas emission reduction compared to 1990 levels for 2040 in its Communication of 6 February 2024 on Securing our future: Europe's 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 building a sustainable, just and prosperous society6 . _________________ 6 COM(2024) 63 final.

    Amendment

    (3) Taking into account the scientific advice by the European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change, the Commission presented a recommended target of a 90% net greenhouse gas emission reduction compared to 1990 levels for 2040 in its Communication of 6 February 2024 on Securing our future: Europe's 2040 climate target and path to climate neutrality by 2050 building a sustainable, just and prosperous society6 , while the Paris Agreement, which establishes the objective of carbon neutrality by 2050, does not require a 2040 target to be set. _________________ 6 COM(2024) 63 final.

    official amendment document ↗
58. Amendment 58Proposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
    Amendment

    (1 a) in Article 4, a new paragraph 1a is inserted: ‘In order to enable the achievement of the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) of this Regulation, the Commission shall review as soon as possible all relevant legislative texts to implement the principle of technological neutrality and recognise the role of nuclear energy in decarbonisation, such as Regulations (EU) 2018/1999 and (EU) 2019/2088 and Directive (EU) 2023/24131a, by revising this latter into a low-carbon Directive, as well as all the secondary legislation of these texts.’ _________________ 1a Directive (EU) 2023/2413 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 October 2023 amending Directive (EU) 2018/…

    Excerpt — full text in the official PDF.
    official amendment document ↗
59. Amendment 59ECRProposal for a regulation

    Replaces or inserts a longer passage — full text in the official document.

    official amendment document ↗
60. Amendment 60ECRProposal for a regulation · Recital 6
    Current text

    (6) In light of the 2050 climate-neutrality objective, by 2040 greenhouse gas emissions should be reduced and removals enhanced, to ensure that the net greenhouse gas emissions, that is emissions after deduction of removals, are reduced economy-wide by 90 % by 2040 compared to 1990 levels.

    Amendment

    deleted

    official amendment document ↗
61. Amendment 61ECRProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
    Current text

    This Regulation also sets out a binding Union target for 2040.;

    Amendment

    deleted

    official amendment document ↗
62. Amendment 62ECRProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1
    Amendment

    Article 1a (new) Withdrawal of the operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors The entry into force of the emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors set out in Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC shall be withdrawn.

    official amendment document ↗
63. Amendment 63ECRProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new)
    Amendment

    (1 a) Article 1b (new) Postponement of the operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors The operation of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors set out in Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC shall be postponed until 2030. The rules set out in Article 30k(2), points (a) to (e), of Directive 2003/87/EC shall apply accordingly. The provisions of Article 10a(8b) of Directive 2003/87/EC shall apply also in 2026.

    official amendment document ↗
64. Amendment 64ECRProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Current text

    3. In order to reach the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1), the binding Union 2040 climate target shall be a reduction of net greenhouse gas emissions (emissions after deduction of removals) by 90 % compared to 1990 levels by 2040.

    Amendment

    deleted

    official amendment document ↗
65. Amendment 65ECRProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Amendment

    (a a) the need to strengthen the competitiveness of the Union's economy and to address the issue of high production costs in Europe, which exacerbates the risk of carbon leakage, including through the revision of the Directive 2003/87/EC (EU ETS Directive), which shall aim to ensure continued access to free allowances for the industry, and introduce structural changes to the functioning of the Market Stability Reserve (MSR) to enhance market flexibility; and address the need for the continued and increased Modernisation Fund to support Member States in the energy transition;

    official amendment document ↗
66. Amendment 66ECRProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Amendment

    (h a) the need to ensure food security and the stability of food supply in the Union, in particular through support of European agriculture production to ensure food availability and affordability;

    official amendment document ↗
67. Amendment 67ECRProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Amendment

    (h b) ensure that all new legislation shall be accompanied by a detailed impact assessment to assess its impact on vulnerable and low-income households in order to ensure that it does not exacerbate energy and transport poverty;

    official amendment document ↗
68. Amendment 68ECRProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Amendment

    (n a) the geopolitical situation, including the defence challenges of the Union and the needs of the military forces of its Member States and their defence industries;

    official amendment document ↗
69. Amendment 69ENVIProposal for a regulation

    Replaces or inserts a longer passage — full text in the official document.

    official amendment document ↗
70. Amendment 70ESNProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Amendment

    4 a. The measures adopted in the application of this Regulation shall not lead to a structural increase in the Union's strategic dependencies on third countries for its energy supply or critical raw materials.

    official amendment document ↗
71. Amendment 71ESNProposal for a regulation · Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2
    Amendment

    4 b. Union policies shall be implemented in a manner that does not negatively affect the Union's industrial competitiveness or employment, or the standard of living of European households.

    official amendment document ↗
72. Amendment 72ECRProposal for a regulation

    Replaces or inserts a longer passage — full text in the official document.

    official amendment document ↗