Adoption of the revised EU ETS Monitoring and Reporting Regulation

On 23 September, the Commission adopted an amendment to the EU Emissions Trading System (ETS), Monitoring and Reporting Regulation (implementing regulation (EU) 2018/2066). The revisions include a zero-rating of emissions from certain low-carbon fuels, such as renewable fuels of non-biological origin and synthetic low-carbon fuels in the ETS.

The changes also concern improved rules for biomass fuels and sustainable aviation fuels and aim to ensure compliance with sustainability criteria and greenhouse gas savings and prevent double counting of emissions.

Improvements to the existing rules also concern the transfer of CO emissions ₂ and CO ₂  , which are considered permanently chemically bound in the product.

In addition, the measures also include monitoring and reporting requirements for effects that are not related to CO emissions ₂ from the aviation industry. The EU is committed to addressing the full climate impact of aviation, including non-CO impacts ₂ , such as persistent contrails and NOx particles, which are major contributors to global warming. A new system for monitoring, reporting and verifying these effects will be operational from 2025. (Co2AI)