On Thursday 9 February, MEPs on the European Parliament’s Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety (ENVI) approved five provisional agreements in the ‘Fit for 55’ package, including the much-debated regulations on the Emissions Trading System (ETS) and the Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
ETS
MEPs first voted in favour of the regulation revising the ETS (57 votes in favour, 13 against and 6 abstentions). Rapporteur Peter Liese (EPP, German) welcomed...