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EDF welcomes the intention of the Commission to review the Energy Taxation Directive (ETD). The current Energy Taxation Directive does not contribute to the EU’s climate and energy policy goals: there is no link between minimum tax rates and their energy content and CO2 emissions. The ETD does not provide preferential tax treatment for low-carbon energy final consumption.

Abridged Version - See attached PDF General remark In Annex I of the Proposal we notice the “horizontal” character of the minimum tax rates irrespective of each MS’s economic indicators, industrial profile or GHG emissions.

1. General Comment: Τhe AFIR’s revision should be based on the principle of infrastructure neutrality taking also under consideration that infrastructure is one of the key factors which will further promote the use of renewable fuels thus allowing for the decarbonisation of the transport sectors (both road and maritime).

EDF welcomes the European Commission proposal for a Regulation on the deployment of alternative fuels, as part of the “fit for 55” package. The transport sector should indeed decrease its GHG emissions drastically to reach the renewed climate objectives enshrined within the EU Green Deal and carbon neutrality by 2050.

EDF highlights that the decline of the use of fossil fuels in the EU energy mix is a necessity to reach the European climate objectives following different pathways and pace depending on the initial energy mix of each country.

The turbulence of the energy market regarding volatile natural gas prices and especially the threat of a sudden significant disruption of Russian gas supplies, affects Europe as a whole. Without a doubt, a policy to mitigate its consequences would become more effective if implemented at EU rather than only at national -Member State- level. In this respect, DEPA Commercial S.A.