EU emissions trading system for maritime, aviation and stationary installations, and market stability reserve - review
Full official title
Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2015/757 and (EU) 2023/1805 to simplify and streamline monitoring, reporting and verification and to align with revisions of the EU Emissions Trading Systemopen on 5 Oct 2026 Open for answers from 20 Aug 2026 to 3 Nov 2026 (open). Answer on the Commission's site. Topics: Climate action.
What the Commission proposes
The European Commission proposes amending Regulations (EU) 2015/757 and (EU) 2023/1805 to simplify and streamline monitoring, reporting, and verification obligations for the maritime sector. The initiative introduces a single monitoring plan and a single report per ship covering both greenhouse gas emissions and energy use on board. It also aligns rules on accreditation, verification, and enforcement under Regulation (EU) 2015/757 to ensure coherent implementation across the EU Emissions Trading System and FuelEU Maritime. Additionally, the proposal adjusts calculation methodologies, formulas, and emission factors to reflect technological and scientific developments.
- Requires shipping companies to submit a single monitoring plan and a single report per ship for greenhouse gas emissions and energy use.
- Brings rules on accreditation, verification, and Member State enforcement under Regulation (EU) 2015/757.
- Updates monitoring formulas to account for Well-to-Tank and Tank-to-Wake emissions, slip coefficients, and substitute energy sources.
- Extends the scope to include specific categories of ships between 400 and 5,000 gross tonnage and those performing or supporting offshore operations.
- Grants companies the right to use certified actual values instead of default tank-to-wake emission factors, except for fossil fuel CO2 factors.
- Empowers the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts regarding automated systems, standard templates, and updates to monitoring annexes.
Affected, as named in the text: Shipping companies; Verifiers; Member States.
Summary written from 20 passages of the Commission document by gemini-3.5-flash-lite on 3 Oct 2026; cached and shared by every organisation.
Dossier summary from the portal
The EU emissions trading system is a key policy tool to achieve the EU’s climate targets. Certain elements of the system are subject to review by 2026, including on assessing additional policies to reach those targets. In addition, the market stability reserve is also subject to review by 2026. Both are being evaluated to feed into these reviews.
Commission documents: ANNEX to the Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE... (EN, 10 pages); Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL... (EN, 33 pages).
Who has already answered
5 submissions in the snapshot (3 from organisations), portal total 5. Feedback list on the portal.
3 of 3 organisation submissions analysed; the model reads them as: wants changes 3
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MoroAK - University of Leeds Academic or research institution, GBR model reads as: wants changes source
- Clarify the approval standards, reasoning requirements, and routes of challenge for decarbonisation investment plans across Member States.
My submission is that a conditional entitlement is only as good as the process that decides the condition, and that the process should be in the instrument.
- Provide Commission guidance on the approval standard and publish approval decisions in anonymised summary form to secure consistency.
I suggest Commission guidance on the approval standard and publication of approval decisions in anonymised summary form.
- Define a clear time horizon for the relocation clawback to avoid indefinite contingent liabilities for recipients.
I did not find a stated horizon, and a clawback without one is an indefinite contingent liability for every recipient.
- Clarify the approval standards, reasoning requirements, and routes of challenge for decarbonisation investment plans across Member States.
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- Maintain the Linear Reduction Factor without reduction to preserve investment incentives.
The Linear Reduction Factor (LRF) should not be reduced, as scarcity is essential for investment in CCS, CCU and electrification.
- Retain the current intake rate and cancellation mechanism of the Market Stability Reserve.
The Market Stability Reserve (MSR) should retain its current intake rate and cancellation mechanism.
- Include waste-to-energy installations in Annex I with a shorter phase-in period.
Waste to energy installations should be included in Annex I on harmonised terms, with a shorter phase in than 2031-2034, clear monitoring, reporting and verification requirements, and oversight of equivalent measures in Member States that opt out.
- Maintain the Linear Reduction Factor without reduction to preserve investment incentives.
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INSULEUR - Network of Insular Chambers of Commerce of the EU Business association, GRC model reads as: wants changes source
- Account adequately for the specific circumstances and maritime connectivity dependence of island territories.
INSULEUR considers it essential that the specific circumstances of island territories and their structural dependence on maritime connectivity are adequately taken into account.
- Account adequately for the specific circumstances and maritime connectivity dependence of island territories.
Who met the cabinets on the subject
60 meetings by subject similarity, approximate
subject match, approximate The top 60 cabinet meetings by similarity (the list stops at 60) whose recorded subject is close to this consultation's title and summary (embedding similarity at 0.45 or more, cached from the nightly map). Generic subjects such as "exchange of views on EU regulation" also pass, so read this as a lead, not a finding. Source: Commission meetings file, portal.
| Date | Cabinet | Interest representative | Subject as recorded |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 Feb 2026 | Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné | NG Nordic AS (Companies & groups) | Exchange of views on the review of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) and the upcoming Circular Economy Act (CEA) |
| 15 Jul 2026 | Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez | AIR LIQUIDE (Companies & groups) | EU Emissions Trading System Review |
| 21 Apr 2026 | Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez | Öko-Institut e.V. (Think tanks and research institutions) | EU ETS reform and 2040 climate target |
| 11 May 2026 | Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra | Carbon Market Watch (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar) | Decarbonisation and the upcoming review of EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) |
| 26 Apr 2026 | Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra | Ingka Services A.B. (Companies & groups); Inter Ikea Systems BV (Companies & groups) | Decarbonisation and the upcoming review of EU’s Emissions Trading System (ETS) |
| 12 Jun 2025 | Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné | Climate Action Network Europe (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar); Réseau Action Climat France (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar) | 2040 climate targets, CISAF, European Competitiveness Fund, Clean Industrial Deal |
| 1 Oct 2025 | Commissioner Christophe Hansen | Irish Environmental Network (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar); Sustainable Water Network (SWAN) CLG (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar) | Discussion on the environmental and climate aspects of Commission's Post-2027 CAP proposal of 16 July 2025 |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Executive Vice-President Teresa Ribera Rodríguez | Rabobank (Companies & groups) | Discuss the European Commission's upcoming initiatives and the critical issues related to climate action - and transition finance. |
| 28 Jan 2026 | Commissioner Jessika Roswall | APPLiA (Home Appliance Europe) (Trade and business associations) | Discussion on 2026 EU policy priorities for sustainable products, circular economy, and regulatory coherence |
| 26 Mar 2026 | Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné | CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council (Trade and business associations) | Circular Economy Act (CEA and EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) |
| 10 Mar 2025 | Commissioner Dan Jørgensen | International Marine Contractors Association (IMCA) (Trade and business associations) | Exchange of views on the Action Plan for Affordable Energy, the Clean Industrial and the revision of the EU energy security regulatory framework |
| 20 Apr 2026 | Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra | VICAT S.A. (Companies & groups) | EU Emissions Trading System |
| 22 Jan 2025 | Commissioner Dan Jørgensen | S&P Global (Companies & groups) | Discussion on priorities and recent developments in the global and EU energy markets and themes shaping S&P Global Commodity Insights’ plans for CERAWeek 2025 |
| 21 Sep 2026 | Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné | Etsy Ireland (Companies & groups) | Exchange of views on EPR simplification and upcoming Circular Economy Act (CEA) and European Product Act (EPA) |
| 16 Mar 2026 | Commissioner Jessika Roswall | CEFIC - European Chemical Industry Council (Trade and business associations) | Report “European Chemical Closures and Investments Radar 2022-2025” |
| 20 Nov 2025 | Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra | Wirtschaftskammer Österreich (Other organisations, public or mixed entities) | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) and Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM) |
| 8 May 2025 | President Ursula von der Leyen | Naturschutzbund Deutschland e.V. (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar); WWF Deutschland (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar); Germanwatch (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar); Klima Allianz Deutschland e.V. (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar); Deutscher Naturschutzring, Dachverband der deutschen Natur-, Tier- und Umweltschutzverbände (DNR) e.V. (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar); Bischöfliches Hilfswerk Misereor e.V. (Non-governmental organisations, platforms and networks and similar) | Exchange of views on the 2040 climate target, the EU Green Deal and the Clean Industrial Deal, and the Multiannual Financial Framework |
| 23 Jun 2026 | Commissioner Jessika Roswall | eBay EU liaison office (Companies & groups) | Simplification of environmental compliance obligations, Environmental Omnibus, Circular Economy Act and European Product Act. |
| 12 Jan 2026 | Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné | Iren (Companies & groups) | Exchange of views on the review of the Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) |
| 9 Mar 2026 | Commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis | ExxonMobil Petroleum & Chemical (Companies & groups) | Simplification of the EU Climate Policy |
| 8 Apr 2025 | Executive Vice-President Stéphane Séjourné | Koninklijke Philips (Companies & groups) | Current economic situation (tariffs), EU regulation, Innovation, Single Market, Public Procurement, Sustainability, data Protection |
| 12 May 2026 | Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič | International Association of Oil & Gas Producers Europe (Trade and business associations) | Industry views regarding the EU Methane Regulation |
| 24 Jul 2025 | Commissioner Jessika Roswall | American Chamber of Commerce in France (Trade unions and professional associations) | Introduction / overview EU environmental policies |
| 26 Feb 2026 | Commissioner Maroš Šefčovič | ENEL SpA (Companies & groups) | Discussion on on regulatory and trade developments in the European energy sector. |
| 13 May 2026 | Executive Vice-President Henna Virkkunen | Fortum Oyj (Companies & groups); Climate Leadership Coalition (Trade and business associations); UPM-Kymmene Oyj (Companies & groups); SSAB AB (Companies & groups) | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) |
| 22 Oct 2025 | Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra | CHARLIE AIRLINES LTD (Companies & groups) | EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) |
| 6 May 2025 | Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra | AECC (Trade and business associations) | Emissions control technologies and CO2 standards |
| 13 May 2026 | Commissioner Wopke Hoekstra | Climate Leadership Coalition (Trade and business associations) | Exchange of views on EU Emission Trading System (ETS) |
| 26 Aug 2025 | Commissioner Jessika Roswall | Kemira Oyj (Companies & groups) | EU Chemicals policy, REACH revision |
| 20 Jan 2026 | Commissioner Maria Luís Albuquerque | International Capital Market Association (Trade and business associations) | Discussion on the upcoming regulatory and supervisory priorities concerning the European Capital Markets |
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