EU Emissions Trading System and market stability reserve: competitiveness and cost-effective decarbonisation
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: In committee: ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) is preparing the report (draft published 15 September 2026).
- ✓ Referred to committee 17 September 2026
- 2 Committee work ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) preparing the report
- 3 Tabled for plenary
- 4 Plenary vote
- 5 Negotiations with the Council
- 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
- Peter LIESE PPE
- Shadow rapporteurs
- Mohammed CHAHIM S&DAlexandr VONDRA ECREmma YTTERELL RenewMichael BLOSS Verts/ALELi ANDERSSON The LeftAnja ARNDT ESN
- For opinion
- ITRE — Industry, Research and Energy · rapporteur Jüri RATAS PPETRAN — Transport and Tourism · rapporteur Matteo RICCI S&D
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
Committee opinions: Draft opinion (BUDG),Draft opinion (ITRE),Draft opinion (TRAN)
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
- Committee stage
- 13 October – 21 October 2026 Amendments tabled in committee (14 batches)
Members of ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) proposed changes to the draft.
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The lead committee prepares the report; ITRE (Industry, Research and Energy), TRAN (Transport and Tourism) give an opinion.
- 15 September 2026 Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text in ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety). Members can table amendments before the committee votes.