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June 8, 2022
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- European Parliament votes against the inclusion of shipping
in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
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- Dardenne (T&E): ambitious transport measures
maritime and road have been delayed. Grimaldi (ALIS):
averted the risk of a modal back shift with the return of
millions of trucks on highways
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 The inclusion of the shipping industry in the ETS for
Union carbon emission allowance trading
European, requested by the European Commission
(
of 14
July 2021), which today could have become reality, is
instead slipped or could skip since in today's meeting
the European Parliament has voted against the package of measures in
carbon market reform theme including extension
of the EU ETS to maritime transport. Votes against these
340 measures, 265 were in favour and 265 abstentions were
34.-
- The rapporteur of the proposal for a directive amending the
Directive 2003/87/EC establishing the EU ETS, Peter
Liese, highlighting that right, greens and social democrats have
accepted compromises on emissions trading,
complained that "the Social Democrats and the Greens were not
live up to their responsibilities for the protection of the
climate. The proposal - highlighted Liese - has strengthened the
Commission proposal in many points and represents a greater
climate protection: for example, we would have achieved a reduction in the
63% instead of 61% of emissions trading in 2030;
we would have included the incineration of waste, we would have included the
maritime transport much earlier than envisaged by the Commission
and there are many other points where we have strengthened the proposal
of the Commission'. Liese has however declared himself
optimist: "personally - he explained - I believe that the
Council of Ministers will find reasonable compromises on
all the points in question, but - he specified - it is a pity
for Parliament'.
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- The non-governmental organization Transport & Environment
(T&E) welcomed Parliament's green light today
european to the extension of the EU ETS to air transport, but in the
at the same time, it expressed disappointment at the delay imprinted
the inclusion in the system of both maritime transport and
road transport. "European legislators - commented the
T&E aviation manager, Jo Dardenne - they sent
a clear signal. Most aviation emissions
European will no longer be ignored, marking an important
step forward in the fight against long-haul flights strongly
pollutants. Now it's up to national governments to transform all of this
Actually. However - Dardenne recriminated - the disagreements
on the whole package mean that the ambitious measures for the
sea and road transport agreed by Parliament are now
you have been delayed. Negotiators - he urged - should return to the
table as soon as possible and maintain the ambitious measures already
agreed for road transport and shipping'.
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- Welcomed by the European Parliament's decision to reject the
proposal for the inclusion of the maritime sector in the ETS has been
declared the president of the Logistics Association
of Sustainable Intermodality: "ALIS - he said
Guido Grimaldi - learns with satisfaction the outcome of the plenary
of today's European Parliament which, in line with what we have done
publicly declared in recent weeks, has rejected the
European Commission proposal on the ETS,
contained in the Fit for 55 climate package, and approved its
return to the Environment Committee».
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- "Our contrary position - Grimaldi recalled - is
always been clear about this new system of taxation,
since it would represent in maritime transport a serious
problem for shipping companies, with the real risk of
closure of some lines of Motorways of the Sea and increase in
operating costs for companies as well as the prices of some
connections with the islands to the detriment of continuity
territorial. We are therefore satisfied - reiterated the President
of the Italian association - which the European Parliament has welcomed
the requests of ALIS and has recognized the potential damages
environmental and economic that would result from the application of the ETS
in the maritime sector, and above all the violent risk of a real
modal back shift and a 30-year leap back
millions of trucks a year on Italian and European motorways, with
the consequent increase in CO2 emissions of at least 70% and a
increase in externality costs arising for example
the increase in accidents'.
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- "Now - concluded Grimaldi - we hope that the next
autumn work of the Environment Committee of the European Parliament
confirm the exclusion from the ETS of motorways of the Sea and
of the island cabotage lines, connecting the islands in Italy
and across Europe, continuing to support businesses on the path
of economic and environmental sustainability».
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