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MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION (C(2025)04674 – 2025/2809(DEA))

On the Commission delegated regulation of 8 July 2025 supplementing Directive (EU) 2024/1788 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels

B-10-2025-0457

Ondřej Krutílek

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Parliament objects to the Commission delegated regulation specifying a methodology for assessing greenhouse gas emissions savings from low-carbon fuels, arguing it would make low-carbon hydrogen production nearly impossible and create excessive administrative burdens. It calls on the Commission to submit a new delegated regulation by mid-2026 that streamlines the methodology, recognises production from various sources, and removes certain restrictions. Parliament also asks the Commission to allow low-carbon hydrogen to count towards targets for renewable fuels of non-biological origin.

Key points

  1. Objects to the Commission delegated regulation on low-carbon fuels methodology.
  2. Reiterates the importance of scaling up low-carbon hydrogen to safeguard competitiveness and complement renewable hydrogen.
  3. Considers the proposed act would make low-carbon hydrogen production nearly impossible due to restrictive emission calculation rules.
  4. Points out disproportionate administrative burdens from complex methodology and monthly reporting, impacting price and competitiveness.
  5. Draws attention to ECA findings that renewable hydrogen targets are overly ambitious and unlikely to be met by 2030.
  6. Stresses the regulation is discriminatory against Member States without extensive renewables or with nuclear power.
  7. Calls for a new delegated regulation by mid-2026 with streamlined carbon footprint methodology using guarantees of origin or supplier data.
  8. Calls for recognition of low-carbon hydrogen from non-renewable sources including natural gas with CCS, biomass, biomethane, and nuclear.
  9. Calls for speeding up the nuclear fuel production study and allowing nuclear PPAs instead of Member State energy mix.
  10. Calls for a grandfathering clause for methane and hydrogen emissions and removal of the sunset clause for CO2 from industrial sources.
  11. Calls on the Commission to allow low-carbon hydrogen to meet targets for renewable fuels of non-biological origin.

Who is affected

  • Low-carbon hydrogen producers in the EU, particularly in Member States with limited renewables or with nuclear power.
  • Manufacturers of low-carbon hydrogen face administrative burdens and cost impacts.
  • Energy-intensive industries relying on decarbonisation through low-carbon hydrogen.

Figures and deadlines

  • mid-2026: deadline for the Commission to submit a new delegated regulation.
  • 1 January 2041: sunset clause date for CO2 eligibility from industrial sources.

Legal basis: Article 290 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union