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2021/0211A(COD)COM(2021)551EP_ITRE

Revision of the EU Emissions Trading System

Amending Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union, and Decision (EU) 2015/1814 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading scheme

Stage
In force, reached 16 May 2023
Procedure
Ordinary legislative procedure
Rapporteur
Peter Liese (EPP)
Lead DG
DG CLIMA
Commissioner
Frans Timmermans
Last activity
16 May 2023
Legal basis
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (consolidated version 2010)
11 entries · record as of 14 Sept 2026

Where it stands

Latest: Published in the Official Journal, 16 May 2023.

  1. 13 Sept 2021
    • Referred to committee
  2. 8 Jun 2022
    • Plenary vote results
  3. 22 Jun 2022
    • Plenary vote results
    • Plenary amended the proposal
    • Referred back to committee for interinstitutional negotiations
  4. 17 Apr 2023
    • Debate in plenary
  5. 18 Apr 2023
    • Plenary adopted first-reading position
    • Plenary vote
  6. 8 May 2023
    • Plenary sitting
  7. 10 May 2023
    • Signed
  8. 16 May 2023
    • Published in the Official Journal
12 people

Who is on it

The Parliament's rapporteurs, shadow rapporteurs and opinion rapporteurs currently on this file.

RoleNameGroupCountryCommittee
RapporteurPeter LieseEPPDEENVI
Shadow rapporteurAlexandr VondraECRCZENVI
Shadow rapporteurDanilo Oscar LanciniPfEITENVI
Shadow rapporteurEmma WiesnerRenewSEENVI
Shadow rapporteurMichael BlossGreens/EFADEENVI
Shadow rapporteurMohammed ChahimS&DNLENVI
Shadow rapporteurSilvia ModigThe LeftFIENVI
Rapporteur for opinionJosé Manuel FernandesEPPPTBUDG
Rapporteur for opinionValérie HayerRenewFRBUDG
Rapporteur for opinionAntoni Comín I OliveresNIESDEVE
Rapporteur for opinionMauri PekkarinenRenewFIITRE
Rapporteur for opinionAndrey NovakovEPPBGTRAN
701 amendments

Amendments

Tabled between 31 May 2022 and 12 Apr 2023. The texts are in the amendment documents below.

By committee

  • ENVI214

Covers 214 of the 701 amendments.

By author

  • Pascal Canfin227
  • Hermann Tertsch109
  • Margarita de la Pisa Carrión109
  • Alexandr Vondra · ECR76
  • Anna Zalewska65
  • Jadwiga Wiśniewska65
  • Veronika Vrecionová65
  • Paolo Borchia62
  • Maria Grapini47
  • Andrey Novakov44
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  • Gheorghe Falcă44
  • Jorge Buxadé Villalba44
  • Miriam Lexmann44
  • Andrey Kovatchev43
  • Daniel Buda43
  • Dolors Montserrat43
  • Elżbieta Katarzyna Łukacijewska43
  • Emil Radev43
  • Esteban González Pons43
  • Eugen Tomac43
  • Ewa Kopacz43
  • Gabriel Mato43
  • Isabel Benjumea Benjumea43
  • Iuliu Winkler43
  • Janusz Lewandowski43
  • Javier Zarzalejos43
  • Juan Ignacio Zoido Álvarez43
  • Krzysztof Hetman43
  • Loránt Vincze43
  • Massimiliano Salini43

Amendments each member tabled or co-signed. The record names an author on 457 of the 701 amendments.

By article

  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2153
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 643
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point g30
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point b23
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 2 – point d22
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b13
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 1011
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point a9
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)9
  • Article 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 – point c9
Show 20 more provisions
  • Recital 309
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point a8
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point c – point ii8
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 67
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 57
  • Recital 297
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point e6
  • Recital 286
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point a – point i5
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point c5
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 75
  • Recital 275
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 11 – point d a (new)4
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 12 – point d a (new)4
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 14 – point b a (new)4
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 19 b (new)4
  • Article 1 – paragraph 1 – point 44
  • Recital 264
  • Recital 314
  • Recital 334

Covers 332 of the 701 amendments.

23 documents

Documents

Newest first. Each opens at its source.

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Summary

Generated

This revision of the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) accelerates the annual reduction of emission allowances and expands the cap-and-trade system to include maritime transport. It affects energy-intensive industries, power generators, aviation, and shipping. The legislation entered into force in May 2023.

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