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Written by Jaan Soone with Edvard Svahn (4th edition, updated on 07.01.2025).
In July 2023, the European Commission tabled a package of three proposals for the greening of freight transport. Among them is a proposal for a single methodology for calculating greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transport services, referred to as CountEmissionsEU. The initiative covers both freight and passenger transport. It seeks to ensure that GHG emissions data provided regarding transport services are reliable and accurate, to allow fair comparison between transport services. It establishes a methodological framework but does not govern where it has to be used. Nonetheless, if an organisation decides to calculate and disclose information on GHG emissions from transport services it needs to use the methodology provided. To avoid extra red tape for small and medium-sized enterprises, the proposal exempts these companies from mandatory verification of adherence to the rules.
In the European Parliament, the file has been dealt with through the joint committee procedure, involving the Committees on Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI). The committees adopted their joint report on 4 March 2024. Parliament voted on its first-reading position during its April I plenary session. Parliament’s TRAN and ENVI committees voted to enter into trilogue negotiations with the Council on 4 December 2024.
Complete version
- January 2025: ‘CountEmissionsEU: Measuring emissions from transport services‘ (4th edition)
| Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services | ||
| Committees responsible: | Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) | COM(2023) 441 11.7.2023 |
| Rapporteurs: | Norbert Lins (EPP, Germany) Antonio Decaro (S&D, Italy) | 2023/0266(COD) |
| Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) | ||
| Next steps expected: | Opening of trilogue negotiations | |
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