{"id":24996,"date":"2026-07-17T20:30:03","date_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:30:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/?p=24996"},"modified":"2026-07-17T20:30:03","modified_gmt":"2026-07-17T17:30:03","slug":"reforma-ets-yes-kvoty-vykydy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/world\/reforma-ets-yes-kvoty-vykydy\/","title":{"rendered":"The European Commission has proposed relaxing the rules governing the EU carbon market"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"news-lead\">The European Commission has proposed revising the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS), extending free emission allowances for certain sectors until 2038 instead of 2034. The proposal also provides for a slower reduction in the total number of allowances, new conditions for obtaining them, and the extension of the scheme to cover municipal waste and private aircraft.<\/p>\n<div class=\"news-summary-box\">\n<p><strong>Briefly about the main points<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Free allowances for certain sectors of industry may remain in place until 2038.<\/li>\n<li>It is proposed that the number of emission allowances be reduced at a slower rate after 2031.<\/li>\n<li>The quotas will be linked to plans and actual net investment in the EU.<\/li>\n<li>There are plans to extend the ETS to cover municipal waste and private aircraft.<\/li>\n<li>The draft must be approved by the EU Member States and the European Parliament.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What the European Commission is proposing<\/h2>\n<p>The ETS has been in operation since 2005: major polluters are required to purchase emission allowances, which is intended to encourage a shift towards cleaner energy and technologies. It was subsequently extended to cover aviation within the EU and shipping.<\/p>\n<p>The current review is intended to bring the system into line with the EU\u2019s legally binding target to reduce emissions <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/science-tech\/vidalennya-so2-tehnologii-zrostannya\/\">greenhouse gases<\/a> to 90% by 2040. At the same time, the Commission proposes to postpone the complete phasing out of free allowances for sectors such as steel and cement production: from 2034 to 2038.<\/p>\n<h2>Quotas will be linked to investment in Europe<\/h2>\n<p>Companies will be eligible for free allowances if they demonstrate plans to invest in clean production within the EU. According to the Commission\u2019s proposal, 80% of these allowances will be allocated on the basis of investment plans, and the remaining 20% will be allocated once the funds have actually been spent.<\/p>\n<p>European Commissioner for Climate Action <strong>Wopke Hoekstra<\/strong> He explained the changes as a response to competition from manufacturers outside the EU. He stated that some companies were relocating their operations abroad rather than investing in clean production in Europe.<\/p>\n<h2>It is proposed that the rate at which licences are being withdrawn be reduced<\/h2>\n<p>The annual reduction in the total number of allowances is intended to maintain the price of pollution and encourage a reduction in emissions. The Commission proposes to reduce the rate of this reduction to 3.7% from 2031, and to 1.7% from 2036. It currently stands at 4.3%.<\/p>\n<p>The WWF has criticised this approach. The organisation stated that a slower reduction in the limit could allow for an additional 2 billion tonnes <a href=\"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/world\/mali-elektromobili-evropa\/\">CO2 emissions<\/a> and call into question the achievement of the 2040 climate target. A German MEP from the Greens <strong>Michael Bloss<\/strong> described the proposal as a licence for industry to pollute for longer and at a lower cost.<\/p>\n<p>Hoekstra dismissed claims that the reform was incompatible with the EU\u2019s climate commitments, describing the proposed parameters as being in line with climate legislation.<\/p>\n<h2>New sectors for the ETS<\/h2>\n<p>The Commission wants to include municipal waste in the ETS. The aim is to encourage recycling and reduce the amount of waste sent for incineration.<\/p>\n<p>The scheme is also set to cover private aircraft for the first time. Separately, the European Commission is proposing to extend the scope of the ETS to flights within a 5,000 km radius of the centre of Europe. This would affect flights to North Africa and the Middle East, but not to the US or China.<\/p>\n<h2>The balance between climate targets and competitiveness<\/h2>\n<p>The review of the ETS is taking place under pressure from some EU member states, which link the scheme to higher energy costs and risks to industrial competitiveness. Italy has previously called for the abolition of the ETS, whilst ten member states have called for \u00abpragmatic\u00bb changes.<\/p>\n<p>At the same time, seven states \u2013 including the Nordic countries, Spain and the Netherlands \u2013 have warned against watering down the mechanism. The draft must now be approved by the 27 Member States and the European Parliament. The debate is likely to focus on whether the additional conditions for investment can compensate for the slower reduction in quotas.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new ETS reform proposal aims to combine the EU\u2019s climate targets with support for industry and investment in clean production.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":207433346,"featured_media":24995,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rank_math_description":"\u0404\u0432\u0440\u043e\u043a\u043e\u043c\u0456\u0441\u0456\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043f\u043e\u043d\u0443\u0454 \u0437\u043c\u0456\u043d\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0441\u0438\u0441\u0442\u0435\u043c\u0443 \u0442\u043e\u0440\u0433\u0456\u0432\u043b\u0456 \u0432\u0438\u043a\u0438\u0434\u0430\u043c\u0438 \u0404\u0421 \u0442\u0430 \u043f\u0440\u043e\u0434\u043e\u0432\u0436\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u0431\u0435\u0437\u043a\u043e\u0448\u0442\u043e\u0432\u043d\u0456 \u043a\u0432\u043e\u0442\u0438 \u0434\u043b\u044f \u043f\u0440\u043e\u043c\u0438\u0441\u043b\u043e\u0432\u043e\u0441\u0442\u0456 \u0434\u043e 2038 \u0440\u043e\u043a\u0443.","rank_math_title":"\u0404\u0421 \u043f\u043b\u0430\u043d\u0443\u0454 \u043f\u043e\u0441\u043b\u0430\u0431\u0438\u0442\u0438 \u043f\u0440\u0430\u0432\u0438\u043b\u0430 \u0449\u043e\u0434\u043e \u0432\u0438\u043a\u0438\u0434\u0456\u0432 \u043f\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0433\u0430\u0437\u0456\u0432","rank_math_focus_keyword":"\u043f\u0430\u0440\u043d\u0438\u043a\u043e\u0432\u0438\u0445 \u0433\u0430\u0437\u0456\u0432","td_subtitle":"","subtitle":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[805619],"tags":[806773],"class_list":["post-24996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-world","tag-806773"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/207433346"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24996"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24997,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24996\/revisions\/24997"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/24995"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ukrmedia.news\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}