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T&E welcomes the Commission’s initiative to align the ETS directive with the EU’s 2030 target of at least -55% emissions reduction and to ensure that all sectors contribute, in line with the EU’s international commitment to economy-wide action under the Paris Agreement. However, T&E regrets that the Commission is considering to switch gear on tackling emissions in the road sector.

The Fit for 55 Package risks weakening the existing carbon leakage protection measures as the EU increases its climate ambition in light of the European Green Deal. As long as competitors in third countries are not subject to equivalent carbon costs and constraints, carbon leakage is a major threat for the EU industrial value chain.

Feedback from the federation ENERGIA, the sector organisation in Belgium of companies proposing mobility and energy solutions. Our members are active in the refining, distribution and storage in Belgium of energy solutions for transport, heating and industry as well as in the production of feedstock for the petrochemical sector.

This response is about the inclusion of 1)shipping and 2)road transport into the ETS: 1.SHIPPING Shipping accounts for around 3.5% of the EU’s total GHG emissions, but has so far avoided regulation on its climate impact. Integrating shipping into the ETS is a positive step in the right direction and will put shipping on the path towards climate neutrality in line with the Paris Agreement.

While every other sector’s climate emissions have decreased since 1990, on average, transport emissions have increased by almost 30% since 1990 (aviation emissions, for one, have more than doubled). Each mode of transport faces varying challenges to reverse this trend and reduce them in the coming decade.

Our sector is in favour of aligning the taxation of energy products with the EU’s energy and climate objectives. The introduction of both an energy & environment (CO2 based) tax for transport must be part of a comprehensive approach and an integrated tax mechanism. The objective is to give a credible price signal to guide citizens’ choices gradually towards “lower carbon mobility solutions”.

EU car CO2 standards are a modern day climate and industrial policy, pushing investment into automotive transformation and securing supply of affordable electric cars to achieve zero carbon transport in Europe. T&E’s analysis shows that the 2020/21 standard of 95g/km will result in plug-in sales of 10% this year and 15% in 2021, making Europe a leading electric car market.

T&E welcomes the opportunity to input into the design of the impact assessment regarding van CO2 standards, and advocates to: (1) Assess CO2 emission reduction targets of 20% for 2025, 31% for 2027 (brought forward from 2030), at least 60% for 2030, at least 86% for 2033 and 100% for 2035 (i.e.

The revision of the tailpipe CO2 standards for cars misses the opportunity to stimulate the deployment of different innovative low-carbon technologies complementing each other to enable the effective and efficient decarbonisation of the transport sector.

Transport & Environment feedback on car CO2 standards. Transport & Environment (T&E) welcomes the Commission’s (EC) proposal for a revision of the EU CO2 standards for cars. The 2020/21 EU car CO2 standards have resulted in an unprecedented drop in CO2 emissions from new cars (18%) compared to 2019, driven by the production and sale of a growing offer of EVs (reaching 16% in the first half of 2021).

Linked to the surge in home deliveries, vans are the EU’s fastest growing source of road transport emissions. Unlike for cars, the EU's van CO₂ standards have failed to put electric vans on the market in any real numbers. Only 2% of van sales were electric in 2020, compared to 11% for cars. The Commission’s Fit for 55 proposal that all new vans must be zero emission from 2035 is welcome.

Overview T&E supports the introduction of a mandate for specific sustainable advanced fuels in the aviation sector, but only if certain conditions are met for such a mandate to provide both a clear environmental benefit and investor certainty.

Dear Madam or Sir, Please find attached T&E's position paper on the ReFuelEU Aviation Regulation, which includes our recommendations for SAF targets. We believe that the text has a solid basis, especially when it comes to its scope applying to all departing flights and its exclusion of food and feed crop-based biofuels.

We welcome the introduction of the REFuel Aviation regulation, which will create a market for SAF by setting an obligation to airlines, airport operators as well as to fuel suppliers. Together with the REDII revision, this will provide an adequate incentive to fuels based on their well-to-wing (WTWg) carbon footprint.