08/12/2021 (Agence Europe) – The delegated act on the climate part of the EU regulation (2020/852) on taxonomy - the first presented by the European Commission - is expected to be approved on Thursday 9 December, if there is no opposition from the EU co-legislators. The deadline for Member States to reject the act expires tonight (Wednesday) at midnight. However, several sources told us that there were not enough Member States opposed to the text to form an enhanced qualified majority against it, much to the dismay of Finland and Sweden (see EUROPE 12837/26). On the side of the European Parliament, all the requests to object to the delegated act made by some MEPs had been rejected (see EUROPE 12806/17, 12799/1). Before the end of the year, the Commission will present a complementary delegated act concerning the inclusion of fossil gas and nuclear in the taxonomy. No official date has yet been set. (DG)