Source: European Parliament
1. Since December 2024, after both co-legislators had adopted and the European Parliament confirmed their positions on the file, the Commission has urged the trilogues to start. Denmark recently confirmed that it will take up the CountEmissionsEU file under its Presidency. A swift start of the trilogue negotiations is underway and the date for the opening trilogue meeting is already agreed.
2. The Commission is ready to support and facilitate the discussions between the co- legislators to achieve a timely adoption of the CountEmissions EU regulation. If the adoption were to be significantly delayed, the objectives of the Commission proposal to harmonise the calculation of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions of transport services to enable customers to choose more sustainable transport options while encouraging the uptake of GHG accounting by businesses, and thereby to contribute to the overall EU’s climate objectives, would be further pushed back. Lack of a unified EU framework would also mean continued use of divergent methods across operators, reducing comparability and interoperability and creating extra burdens to industry. Green transport solutions might not be rewarded properly in the market due to possible greenwashing and consumer mistrust in published information.