Category: CSR/ECO/ESG

The Commission published today the invitation to the procurement of the third common auction platform of the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS). This platform will auction the allowances on behalf of 25 Member States and the 3 EEA-EFTA States, as well as the allowances for the Innovation Fund and the Modernisation Fund. The third […]

EU support of some €34 million will help boost three innovative projects for clean transport in Italy and Germany for a total investment of €370 million. The funding comes from unspent funds from the NER 300 programme, reinvested to support innovative low-carbon projects under the Connecting Europe Facility Debt Instrument, an EU financial instrument managed […]

The European Commission has adopted its annual report on the functioning of the European carbon market. Covering the year 2018, the report also presents certain initiatives proposed or agreed in 2019. The report shows that in 2018, emissions from installations covered by the EU ETS decreased by 4.1%, or about 73 million tonnes CO2 equivalents, […]

The Commission decided to reinvest unspent funds from the NER300 programme to support low-carbon innovation projects under InnovFin Energy Demo Projects (EDP), an EU financial instrument managed by the European Investment Bank. The first three projects are now benefiting from support of some €73 million. Reinvesting the unspent funds from the first NER300 call enables […]

The European Energy Exchange (EEX) published today its revised 2019 calendar as well as the 2020 calendar for the auctions of general allowances in its capacity as Common Auction Platform. The volumes of general allowances are based on Articles 10(1) of the ETS Directive taking into account the volumes withheld from auctioning pursuant to Articles […]

The Commission is today announcing an investment programme worth over €10 billion for low-carbon technologies in several sectors to boost their global competitiveness. Innovative climate action has a range of benefits for the health and prosperity of Europeans with an immediate, tangible impact on people’s lives – from the creation of local green jobs and […]

The amendment to the ETS Auctioning Regulation re-listing Germany’s opt-out auction platform entered into force on 5 January. As a result, Germany will be able to resume auctions on its appointed opt-out platform, the European Energy Exchange AG (EEX), after the amendment to the ETS Auctioning Regulation was published in the Official Journal of the […]

The 2020 monetisation of the first batch of 50 million allowances for the Innovation Fund was planned to start on 7 January 2020 but will be slightly delayed. The auctions of Member States’ allowances will take place as scheduled. This slight postponement of the monetisation will not delay the launch of the Innovation Fund. The […]

Today the Commission adopted a delegated regulation amending the ETS Auctioning Regulation to list Germany’s next opt-out auction platform and to establish arrangements for monetising a first batch of 50 million allowances, to enable a timely start of the Innovation Fund in 2020. As indicated in a previous regulatory update, the draft amendment was published […]

A draft amendment to the ETS Auctioning Regulation listing Germany’s next opt-out auction platform has been published today on the Better Regulation Portal starting a four-week stakeholder feedback period. The draft amendment also establishes arrangements for monetising a first batch of 50 million allowances, to enable a timely start of the Innovation Fund in 2020. […]