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DRAFT OPINION (COM(2026)0620 – C100190/2026 – 2026/0210(COD))

On the proposal for a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulations (EU) 2015/757 and (EU) 2023/1805 to simplify and streamline monitoring, reporting and verification and to align with revisions of the EU Emissions Trading System

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Committee on Transport and Tourism · Rapporteur: Isabelle Le Callennec

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The Committee on Transport and Tourism's draft opinion supports creating a single monitoring, reporting and verification (MRV) system for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) and FuelEU Maritime, but asks that streamlining not extend the MRV Regulation's scope without proper assessment. It opposes adding new ship categories between 400 and 5 000 gross tonnage before the current system is evaluated, and wants offshore ships' inclusion in the EU ETS suspended until the revised activity-based MRV framework is operational. It asks that as much as possible of maritime EU ETS revenues be reinvested across the maritime value chain, with support complying with 'Made in Europe', resilience and sustainability criteria. The amendments delete the extension of MRV obligations to oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers, LNG carriers, ro-pax ships and passenger ships below 5 000 gross tonnage, and keep such ships under MRV but exclude their emissions from EU ETS aggregation.

Committee position. The rapporteur supports the single MRV system but proposes amendments to delete the extension of MRV obligations to additional ship categories below 5 000 gross tonnage, to suspend offshore ships' EU ETS inclusion until the revised activity-based MRV framework is operational, and to direct maritime EU ETS revenues to the maritime value chain with 'Made in Europe' criteria.

Key points

  1. Supports a single MRV system for the EU ETS and FuelEU Maritime, but says streamlining must not lead to an insufficiently assessed extension of the MRV Regulation's scope.
  2. Says the EU ETS extension to ships between 400 and 5 000 gross tonnage lacks a sufficiently detailed impact assessment and could impose disproportionate costs on small operators and SMEs, encourage carbon leakage and cause a modal shift to road.
  3. Calls for no new category of ships below 5 000 gross tonnage to be added before the current system has been comprehensively evaluated.
  4. Says offshore ships' inclusion in the EU ETS from 2027 would precede the 2029 revised activity-based MRV framework, and current parameters on distance travelled, cargo carried and transport work do not suit dynamic positioning, standby, anchoring or specialised equipment.
  5. Calls for offshore ships' EU ETS inclusion to be suspended at least until the new activity-based MRV framework and corresponding rules are fully operational.
  6. Asks that as much as possible of maritime EU ETS revenues be reinvested across the maritime value chain, notably in sustainable fuels, ports, shipyards, maritime equipment, clean shipbuilding and fleet conversion.
  7. Asks that support financed by those revenues comply, where possible, with European preference criteria ('Made in Europe') and with resilience and sustainability criteria.
  8. Deletes the recital and the article paragraph that would include oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers, LNG carriers, ro-pax ships and passenger ships below 5 000 gross tonnage but not below 400 gross tonnage in the MRV Regulation from 2029.
  9. Adds recitals stating that extending MRV obligations to additional ship categories between 400 and 5 000 gross tonnage lacks a sufficiently detailed impact assessment and risks disproportionate administrative and compliance costs on small operators and SMEs.
  10. Adds a recital stating that certain specialised technical and industrial offshore activities should be excluded from the offshore scope, as their emissions arise mainly from dynamic positioning and specialised equipment rather than distance travelled.
  11. Amends delegated-act provisions so the Commission can take into account general cargo ships below 5 000 gross tonnage but not below 400 gross tonnage, and offshore ships, with simplified monitoring and reporting requirements.
  12. Adds a derogation so emissions from ships below 5 000 gross tonnage and from offshore ships are not included in the total aggregated emissions reported under the EU ETS until the relevant rules apply, while remaining subject to MRV.

Who is affected

  • Small operators and SMEs in shipping, who could face disproportionate administrative and compliance costs from extending MRV obligations.
  • Offshore ships, whose inclusion in the EU ETS would be suspended until the revised activity-based MRV framework is operational.
  • Ships below 5 000 gross tonnage, which would remain subject to MRV obligations but whose emissions would not be aggregated for EU ETS purposes.
  • The maritime value chain, including shipping companies, ports, shipyards, maritime equipment manufacturers and fuel producers and suppliers, which should receive reinvested EU ETS revenues.

Figures and deadlines

  • Ships between 400 and 5 000 gross tonnage, the size range for the proposed EU ETS and MRV extensions.
  • From 2029, the date the Commission proposes to extend the MRV framework to oil tankers, chemical tankers, gas carriers, LNG carriers, ro-pax ships and passenger ships.
  • From 2027, the date offshore ships' inclusion in the EU ETS would precede the 2029 revised activity-based MRV framework.
  • Since 2024, the period the maritime EU ETS has applied, whose effects cannot yet be fully assessed.
  • 5 000 gross tonnage and above, the offshore ships whose EU ETS inclusion would be determined under Article 2(1ba).