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2016/0231(COD)COM(2016)482

Effort Sharing Regulation

Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 for a resilient Energy Union and to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change

Stage
In force, reached 19 Jun 2018
In force
In force since 9 Jul 2018 · CELEX 32018R0842
Procedure
Regulation · Ordinary legislative procedure
Lead DG
DG CLIMA
Commissioner
Miguel Arias Cañete
Last activity
9 Jul 2018
27 entries · record as of 30 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Publication in the Official Journal, 19 Jun 2018.

Show the earlier record: 16 dates, 20 Jul 2016 to 16 Oct 2017
  1. 20 Jul 2016
    • Adoption by Commission
  2. 26 Jul 2016
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  3. 27 Jul 2016
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 18 Aug 2016
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  5. 12 Sept 2016
    • Referral of the legislative proposal to the EP committee responsible (announced in plenary)
  6. 30 Sept 2016
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  7. 29 Nov 2016
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  8. 14 Dec 2016
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  9. 30 Jan 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  10. 31 Jan 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  11. 7 Jun 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  12. 14 Jun 2017
    • Adoption by EP plenary of the mandate for interinstitutional negotiations and referral of the matter back to the committee responsible
    • EP decision on amendments to the legislative proposal
    • EP opinion on 1st reading
  13. 20 Jun 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  14. 4 Oct 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  15. 12 Oct 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  16. 16 Oct 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  1. 17 Oct 2017
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  2. 17 Apr 2018
    • EP position at first reading
  3. 20 Apr 2018
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  4. 26 Apr 2018
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  5. 27 Apr 2018
    • Discussions within the Council or its preparatory bodies
  6. 14 May 2018
    • Approval of the EP's first reading position by the Council (adoption of the legislative act)
    • Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
  7. 30 May 2018
    • Signature by the president of the EP and by the president of the Council
  8. 19 Jun 2018
    • Publication in the Official Journal
66 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 9 Jun 2017 and 12 Jun 2017. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • ENVI49

Covers 49 of the 66 amendments.

By author

  • Gerben-Jan Gerbrandy4

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed, among signers matched to our directory. The record names a matched author on 4 of the 66 amendments.

By article

  • Article 10 – paragraph 22
  • Article 9 a (new)2
  • Recital 122
  • Recital 32
  • Recital 42
  • Recital 52
  • Annex III1
  • Annex III – subheading 11
  • Article 1 – paragraph 11
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new)1
Show 20 more provisions
  • Article 11 a (new)1
  • Article 11 – paragraph 11
  • Article 11 – paragraph 21
  • Article 11 – title1
  • Article 12 – paragraph 21
  • Article 12 – paragraph 31
  • Article 12 – paragraph 61
  • Article 131
  • Article 14 – paragraph 11
  • Article 15 a (new)1
  • Article 2 – paragraph 31
  • Article 2 – paragraph 3 a (new)1
  • Article 41
  • Article 4 - paragraph 21
  • Article 4 a (new)1
  • Article 51
  • Article 5 – paragraph 21
  • Article 5 – paragraph 61
  • Article 6 – paragraph 11
  • Article 6 – paragraph 3 a (new)1

Covers 36 of the 66 amendments.

7 acts

Delegated and implementing acts beneath it

By status: 7 published.

ActKindStatusAdoption
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2026/895Implementing · DecisionPublished
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2026/109Delegated · RegulationPublishedQ2 2025
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/1405Implementing · DecisionPublished
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1884Implementing · DecisionPublished
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1319Implementing · DecisionPublished
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126Implementing · DecisionPublished
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1124Delegated · RegulationPublished

Titles link to EUR-Lex where the act has been published.

15 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

Summary

Generated

The Effort Sharing Regulation sets binding annual greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for each Member State from 2021 to 2030, covering sectors outside the EU ETS (energy, industry, agriculture, waste). It is in force, amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/857.

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