Last night the Council and Parliament of the European Union reached a provisional agreement on amending the law by introducing an intermediate climate target binding for 2040 which provides for a 90% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to 1990 levels and that confirms the willingness of the two institutions to postpone for a period of time year, from 2027 to 2028, the entry into force of the trading system EU emission allowances for buildings and road transport (ETS2).

Satisfaction with the agreement was expressed by the Confetra, the Italian confederation of transport sectors, shipping and logistics, according to which "the decision to postpone the entry into force of the Electricity Trading System emissions for buildings and road transport represents a step essential to ensure a more sustainable energy transition orderly, avoiding the too abrupt impact that would have resulted from the start in 2027 initially planned". In a note Confetra noted that, in addition, the elements of greatest interest to the sector: a more the possibility of calibrating the price of the and a biennial monitoring framework that will take into account not only of emission trends, but also of competitiveness, energy price trends and sustainability economic system.

Confetra noted that "for road transport and logistics, that throughout Europe operate in very heterogeneous and in the absence, to date, of mature technological alternatives and accessible, the postponement to 2028 makes it possible to plan with investments in the renewal of the fleets, avoiding inflationary and distorting effects on companies and consumers. The postponement to 2028 - the confederation stressed - it finally gives the sector a breathing room. Does not solve everything, but it allows us to face the transition with realistic and without jeopardizing the resilience of companies. We need ambition and pragmatism together, and this agreement goes into the right direction."

Specifying that the goal of decarbonization remains Confetra noted that, "in order for it to be achievable, the new implementation phase will have to Ensuring a balance between climate ambition, competitiveness and and territorial cohesion, avoiding that the costs of the disproportionately passed on to operators who ensure the continuity of value chains every day European elections".

Confetra then expressed the hope "that the approval formal by the Council and Parliament without further delays, so as to ensure regulatory certainty for An industry that needs clear time horizons and tools realistic transitional conditions".

The confederation then underlined that "they remain, on the other hand, the critical issues related to the ETS, which in the agreement do not benefits from any extension or compensatory measure, without adequate accompanying tools, in particular for the (which has been included in the system since the beginning of the 2024, ed.), the risk of an increase in operating costs for shipowners, terminal operators and logistics operators is concrete and deserves urgent intervention."