2025/0418(COD) Ordinary legislative procedure First reading

Establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund

A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.

Where it stands: Parliament adopted its first-reading position on 15 September 2026. Next: negotiations with the Council, unless the Council accepts Parliament’s text as it stands.

  1. ✓ Referred to committee 12 February 2026
  2. ✓ Committee work Report adopted 6 July 2026
  3. ✓ Tabled for plenary 15 July 2026
  4. ✓ Plenary vote Adopted 15 September 2026
  5. 5 Negotiations with the Council
  6. 6 Published as law
How a file moves through Parliament

A file is referred to one lead committee (others may give an opinion). Its rapporteur writes a draft report, committee members table amendments, and the committee votes to adopt the report. The report is then tabled for all MEPs; political groups can table further amendments, which are voted on before the final vote in plenary. For a law, Parliament’s adopted text is its first-reading position; Parliament and the Council then negotiate a common text (trilogues) which both must approve before it is published as law.

Who is working on it

Lead committee
ENVI — Environment, Climate and Food Safety
Rapporteur
Pascal CANFIN Renew
Shadow rapporteurs
Michalis HADJIPANTELA PPEMohammed CHAHIM S&DJorge BUXADÉ VILLALBA PfEStefano CAVEDAGNA ECRSara MATTHIEU Verts/ALELynn BOYLAN The LeftAnja ARNDT ESN
For opinion
ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy · rapporteur Massimiliano SALINI PPE

The rapporteur drafts and negotiates the text for the lead committee; each other political group names a shadow rapporteur to follow the file.

The text, version by version

Adopted by Parliament · latest Adopted text TA10-0277/2026 15 September 2026 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund provides temporary financial support in 2027-2029 to operators and downstream operators in carbon-intensive sectors facing a remaining risk of carbon leakage on exports.⇄ what changed Tabled for plenary Report A10-0202/2026 15 July 2026 ✦ Parliament's amended version of the Commission proposal for a regulation establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund. The Fund would give temporary financial support in 2027-2029 to operators and downstream operators in carbon-intensive sectors facing a remaining risk of carbon leakage, financed from 25% of revenues from the sale of CBAM certificates.⇄ what changed Committee draft Draft report (ENVI) 7 April 2026 ✦ The rapporteur's draft report sets out Parliament's first-reading position on the proposed regulation establishing the Temporary Decarbonisation Fund, which supports carbon-intensive sectors facing the remaining risk of carbon leakage.

Latest Tabled for plenary → Adopted by Parliament: The Commission must document assigned revenue and disbursements annually and report on the Fund's performance by 31 March 2028. The Commission may propose extending the Fund after 31 December 2029, adapting its scope or financial envelope, or introducing a transaction fee. The Commission must present a report by 31 December 2030 on the Fund's performance and expenditure. The other changes are formal or wording: citations and cross-references are updated, a consultation reference is dropped, and punctuation is adjusted. see the changes →

Committee draft → Tabled for plenary: The Fund's scope shifts to exported goods and downstream operators, with new eligibility and conditionality rules. Support is tied to decarbonisation, labour, tax and sourcing conditions, and application and disbursement procedures change. New reporting, review and oversight duties are added, including a budgetary assessment. Recitals now mention negative emissions, carbon leakage prevention and existing EU ETS cost-alleviating instruments. The other change is formal: a consultation of the Committee of the Regions is added. see the changes →

Committee opinions: Opinion (BUDG),Draft opinion (ITRE),Opinion (ITRE),Draft opinion (BUDG)

Newest version first. Open a version to read it in full. “What changed” shows the differences paragraph by paragraph; ✦ lines are AI-written from the texts themselves.

Timeline

  1. Plenary stage
  2. 15 September 2026 82 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendments 1–82
  3. 15 September 2026 Plenary refer committee interinstitutional negotiations
  4. 15 September 2026 Plenary decision
    📄 Adopted text TA10-0277/2026
  5. Plenary stage
  6. 15 September 2026 Plenary vote
    Sitting of 15 September 2026 📄 Report A10-0202/2026📄 Adopted text TA10-0277/2026
    Adopted Adopted by a large majority
    For 433 Against 97 Abstained 146

    Final vote at 13:21 · 64% of votes cast in favour · every MEP’s position →

    How the vote unfolded · 53 ballots

    adopted rejected lapsed square = amendment circle = part of the text decisive vote Solid = roll call (click for every MEP’s vote); faded = no individual positions

    Show all 53 ballots in voting order
    1. Amendments by the committee responsible — put to the vote collectively Amendments by the committee responsible – put to the vote collectively
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    Adopted
    2. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    Adopted
    3. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    Adopted
    4. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    5. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    6. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    7. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    8. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    9. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    10. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    11. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    Adopted
    12. Amendment 39 — part 2 13:16 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes – Am 39/2
    Adopted
    13. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    Adopted
    14. Amendments by the committee responsible — separate and split votes Amendments by the committee responsible – separate and split votes
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    Adopted
    15. Separate vote: article 3, paragraph 1 Article 3, § 1
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    Rejected
    16. Separate vote: article 3, paragraph 2 Article 3, § 2
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    Rejected
    17. Separate vote: article 3, paragraph 3 Article 3, § 3
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    Rejected
    18. Separate vote: article 3, paragraph 3 Article 3, § 3
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    Adopted
    19. Amendment 35 13:17 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – Article 3, § 4 – Am 35
    Adopted
    20. Separate vote: article 3, paragraph 4 Article 3, § 4
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Lapsed
    21. Separate vote: article 3, paragraph 5 Article 3, § 5
    electronic vote (totals only) — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    22. Amendment 93 13:18 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – Article 4, after § 2 – Am 93
    Rejected
    23. Amendment 94 13:18 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – Article 6, § 3 – Am 94
    Rejected
    24. Separate vote: article 6, paragraph 3 Article 6, § 3
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    Rejected
    25. Separate vote: article 6, paragraph 3 Article 6, § 3
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    26. Amendment 86 13:18 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – Article 7 – Am 86D
    Rejected
    27. Separate vote: article 7 Article 7
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    28. Separate vote: article 7 Article 7
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    Adopted
    29. Separate vote: article 7 Article 7
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    Adopted
    30. Amendment 96 13:19 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – Article 7, after § 1 – Am 96
    Rejected
    31. Separate vote: article 7, paragraph 3 Article 7, § 3
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    32. Amendment 87 13:19 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – Article 7, § 3 – Am 87
    Rejected
    33. Separate vote: article 7, paragraph 3 Article 7, § 3
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    34. Separate vote: article 7, after paragraph 3 Article 7, after § 3
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    35. Separate vote: article 8 Article 8 – § 2 – point c – introductory part
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    Rejected
    36. Separate vote: article 8 Article 8 – § 2 – point c – point i
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    Rejected
    37. Separate vote: article 8 Article 8 – § 2 – point c – point ii
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    Rejected
    38. Separate vote: article 8, after paragraph 2 Article 8, after § 2
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    Rejected
    39. Separate vote: article 8, paragraph 3 Article 8, § 3
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    40. Separate vote: article 10 Article 10 – § 1 – point a
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    Rejected
    41. Separate vote: article 10 Article 10 – § 1 – point b
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    Rejected
    42. Separate vote: article 10 Article 10 – § 1 – point c
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    Rejected
    43. Separate vote: article 10, paragraph 3 Article 10, § 3
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    Rejected
    44. Separate vote: article 10, paragraph 3 Article 10, § 3
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    45. Separate vote: article 14, paragraph 2 Article 14, § 2
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    Rejected
    46. Amendment 83 13:20 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – Recital 1 – Am 83
    Rejected
    47. Separate vote: recital 1 Recital 1
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    Adopted
    48. Separate vote: recital 1 Recital 1
    Lapsed
    49. Amendment 88 13:21 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – After Recital 3 – Am 88
    Rejected
    50. Separate vote: recital 14 Recital 14
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Rejected
    51. Separate vote: recital 14 Recital 14
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
    52. Final vote 13:21 A10-0202/2026 – Pascal Canfin – Commission proposal
    Adopted
    53. Referral back to committee Request for referral back to committee
    show of hands — no individual positions recorded
    Adopted
  7. 14 September 2026 Debated in plenary

    MEPs debated the text in the chamber ahead of the vote.

    Sitting of 14 September 2026 📄 Council / Commission text C10-0093/2026📄 Council / Commission text C10-0352/2025📄 Council / Commission text C10-0353/2025📄 Report A10-0201/2026📄 Report A10-0202/2026📄 Report A10-0230/2026
  8. 9 September 2026 26 amendments tabled for the plenary vote

    Groups propose changes to the tabled text; each is voted on before the final vote.

    📄 Amendments 83–87📄 Amendments 88–93📄 Amendments 94–100📄 Amendments 101–108
  9. 15 July 2026 Report tabled for plenary

    This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.

    📄 Report A10-0202/2026
  10. Committee stage
  11. 6 July 2026 Committee vote: report adopted

    ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.

  12. 24 June 2026 ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (ITRE)
  13. 23 June 2026 BUDG (Budgets) adopted its opinion

    The opinion is attached to the report for the lead committee to consider.

    📄 Opinion (BUDG)
  14. 8 May – 19 May 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (3 batches)

    Members of ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) proposed changes to the draft.

    📄 Amendments in committee (ENVI)📄 Amendments in committee (ENVI)📄 Amendments in committee (ENVI)
  15. 7 April 2026 Draft report published

    The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.

    📄 Draft report (ENVI)
  16. 12 February 2026 Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee

    The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy) gives an opinion.