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EU Emissions Trading System

Decisions
4 on 2 sitting days
Outcomes
4 adopted · 0 rejected
Period
29 Apr 2026 – 15 Sept 2026
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A model, not checked by hand
More facts (6)
Kind
EU initiative
Status
Active
Also called
EU carbon market reform
Last 90 days
3 decisions
Roll-call votes
3
By kind
New laws 4
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The EU's carbon market and its recurring reforms, including the market stability reserve and allowance rules.

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Decisions, 4

The latest decisions on this issue, newest first. No CSV for issues yet: the registers cannot filter by issue.

Effect: what the decision did. Final vote: for–against–abstained, and how it was recorded.
DateDecisionKindEffectFinal vote
15 Sept 2026Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances New lawsPassed367 for, 240 against, 59 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors New lawsPassed467 for, 158 against, 41 abstained by roll call
15 Sept 2026Revised heat and fuel benchmark values for 2026-2030 New lawsUrgent procedure agreedshow of hands — no count
29 Apr 2026Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sector New lawsPassed433 for, 120 against, 91 abstained by roll call

Dossiers, 2

The dossiers these decisions belong to, the one voted on most recently first.

Decisions: decisions on the dossier counted here. Latest decision: its date and outcome.
DossierDecisionsLatest decision
Market stability reserve for the buildings, road transport and additional sectors 2025-0380Decisions215 Sept 2026 · Adopted
Market stability reserve for the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances 2026-0085Decisions115 Sept 2026 · Adopted

Group lines

How each group voted on the final votes of this issue: its clear line or divided.

The last 3 final roll-call votes. Each group’s line on the final votes, with members counted in the group they sat in on the day; a clear line = at least two thirds of the group’s votes with at least 10 members voting (method). For / Against / Abstained: its clear line. Divided: no clear line. With the outcome: votes where its majority line matched the result. Votes: finals the group voted on.
GroupForAgainstAbstainedDividedWith the outcomeVotes
The LeftFor1Against0Abst.0Divided2With outcome1of3
GreensFor1Against1Abst.0Divided1With outcome1of3
S&DFor3Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome3of3
RenewFor3Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome3of3
EPPFor3Against0Abst.0Divided0With outcome3of3
ECRFor1Against1Abst.0Divided1With outcome1of3
PatriotsFor0Against3Abst.0Divided0With outcome0of3
ESNFor1Against2Abst.0Divided0With outcome1of3

Connections

Topics and issues that come up together with this one, and its main dossiers.

Topics that come up with it

  • Topic Climate & environment Emissions targets, carbon pricing, nature, pollution and waste.
  • Topic Energy Renewables, gas and nuclear, prices, grids and efficiency.

Running issues

Sources & citation

Where the facts on this page come from, and how to cite it.

Data source
Licensed CC BY 4.0.
Retrieved
25 September 2026

Cite as

EU Parl Watch Research (2026). “EU Emissions Trading System”. Running issue, 15 September 2026. EU Parl Watch Research. https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-emissions-trading-system (retrieved 25 September 2026). Data: European Parliament Open Data, https://data.europarl.europa.eu/ (CC BY 4.0).
BibTeX
@misc{epw-issue-eu-emissions-trading-system,
  author = {{EU Parl Watch Research}},
  title = {{EU Emissions Trading System}},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-09-15},
  howpublished = {\url{https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-emissions-trading-system}},
  url = {https://news.eu-parl.st-solutions.dev/issues/eu-emissions-trading-system},
  urldate = {2026-09-25},
  publisher = {EU Parl Watch Research},
  note = {Running issue. Data: European Parliament Open Data (CC BY 4.0)}
}