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RECOMMENDATION FOR SECOND READING (15614/2025 – C90305/2023 – 2023/0266(COD))

On the Council position at first reading with a view to the adoption of a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the greenhouse gas emissions accounting of transport services

A-10-2026-0062

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Pierfrancesco Maran, Norbert Lins

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Parliament approves the Council position on a regulation for greenhouse gas emissions accounting of transport services, known as CountEmissionsEU. The regulation confirms EN ISO 14083:2023 as the reference methodology, introduces a free EU calculation tool, and sets rules for data use and future revisions.

Committee position. The committees recommend approving the Council position at first reading without amendments.

Key points

  1. Approves the Council position at first reading, concluding the legislative process.
  2. Confirms EN ISO 14083:2023 as the reference methodology for calculating greenhouse gas emissions of transport services.
  3. Introduces a free, simplified EU calculation tool for transport operators, to be developed by the Commission within four years.
  4. Establishes a hierarchy favouring primary data, while allowing secondary data where needed.
  5. Requires the Commission to assess integrating life-cycle emissions in a future revision within four years after the new rules start to apply.
  6. Sets a phased application timeline and a balanced package on empowerments.

Who is affected

  • Transport operators will have access to a free EU calculation tool for emissions.
  • The Commission is tasked with developing the tool and assessing life-cycle emissions integration.

Figures and deadlines

  • The Commission must develop the calculation tool within four years.
  • The Commission must assess life-cycle emissions integration within four years after the rules apply.

Legal basis: Article 294(7) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union