Written by Jaan Soone with Edvard Svahn (1st edition).
In July 2023, the 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 aims to ensure that the GHG emissions data provided regarding transport services is 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 SMEs, the proposal exempts these companies from mandatory verification of adherence to the rules.
In Parliament, the file is being dealt with through the joint committee procedure, involving the Committees on Transport and Tourism and on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety. The rapporteurs have yet to publish their draft report.
Versions
- December 2023: ‘CountEmissionsEU: Measuring emissions from transport services‘ (1st edition)
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Proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services |
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| Committees responsible: | Transport and Tourism (TRAN) and Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) | COM(2023) 441 11.7.2023 |
| Rapporteurs: | Barbara Thaler (EPP, Austria) Pascal Canfin (Renew, France) |
2023/0266(COD) |
| Shadow rapporteurs: | Marian-Jean Marinescu (EPP, Romania) Silvia Modig (The Left, Finland) |
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD) (Parliament and Council on equal footing – formerly ‘co-decision’) |
| Next steps expected: | Publication of draft report | |
