Five European Commission directorates general have issued a negative opinion on the carbon market reform project, two EU representatives told Contexte.
This followed interagency consultations on the text prepared by the Climate Department of the CLIMA Directorate General, which took place from June 19 to July 1.
The departments of Competition (DG COMP), Defense and Space (DG DEFIS), Internal market (DG GROW), transport (DG MOVE) and Regional policy (DG REGIO) opposed it.
The CEO of GROW is reportedly calling for further financial support for the industries covered by the ETS. According to several sources, the concerns of the MOVE appear to be related to aviation; the reform appears to be aimed at expanding the flight market beyond Europe.
Negative conclusions may prompt CLIMA to amend its proposal at the last minute before submitting it to the Board of Commissioners for approval. The Commission recently postponed the presentation of the reform from July 15th to 17th.
According to a representative of the Commission on July 2, the postponement was caused by "agenda issues" affecting the weekly meeting of the Commission members.
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