What changed between the plenary report and the adopted text

Removed:DRAFT EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT LEGISLATIVE RESOLUTION

Added:P10_TA(2026)0278

Changed:onMarket thestability proposalreserve for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amendingEU DecisionEmissions (EU)Trading 2015/1814System as(EU regardsETS): ceasing the invalidation of allowances in the market stability reserve

Removed:(COM(2026)0153 – C100093/2026 – 2026/0085(COD))

Added:Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety

Added:PE789.007

Added:Amendments adopted by the European Parliament on 15 September 2026 on the proposal for a decision of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Decision (EU) 2015/1814 as regards ceasing the invalidation of allowances in the market stability reserve (COM(2026)0153 – C10-0093/2026 – 2026/0085(COD))

(Ordinary legislative procedure: first reading)

Change 1

Removed:The European Parliament,

Removed:– having regard to the Commission proposal to Parliament and the Council (COM(2026)0153),

Removed:– having regard to Article 294(2) and Article 192(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, pursuant to which the Commission submitted the proposal to Parliament (C100093/2026),

Removed:– having regard to Article 294(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Removed:– having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee of 29 April 2026,

Removed:– after consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Removed:– having regard to Rule 60 of its Rules of Procedure,

Removed:– having regard to the report of the Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety (A10-0230/2026),

Removed:1. Adopts its position at first reading hereinafter set out;

Removed:2. Calls on the Commission to refer the matter to Parliament again if it replaces, substantially amends or intends to substantially amend its proposal;

Removed:3. Instructs its President to forward its position to the Council, the Commission and the national parliaments.

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Citation 5: After consulting the Committee of the Regions, / (deleted)

Recital 1: (1) The Paris Agreement adopted under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), approved on behalf of the European Union by Council Decision (EU) 2016/18413 , (the ‘Paris Agreement’) entered into force in November 2016. The Parties to the Paris Agreement have agreed to hold the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C above pre-industrial levels. That commitment has been reinforced with the adoption under the UNFCCC of the outcome of the first global stocktake on 13 December 2023 in Dubai, in which the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement, resolved to accelerate efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5 °C and adopted the United Arab Emirates Consensus.

Recital 2: (2) Decision (EU) 2015/1814 of the European Parliament and of the Council4 established a market stability reserve in order to address the historical oversupply that had accumulated in the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (EU ETS), established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council4a, and to address the risk of supply and demand imbalances in the European carbon market, thereby improving its resilience to shocks. / 4a Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/87/oj).

Recital 3: (3) To ensure the orderly functioning of the European carbon market and of the market stability reserve and to increase long-term market predictability, while also ensuring the contribution and alignment of allowances to the Union’s 2040 and 2050 climate targets and protecting against the risk of supply and demand imbalances of allowances on the market and in the market stability reserve, allowances held in the reserve above 650 million allowances should be considered invalid as of 1 March 2027.

Decision (EU) 2015/1814

Article 1 – paragraph 1, Article 5 – paragraph 2: deleted / (deleted)

Decision (EU) 2015/1814

Change 2

Changed:Article 1 – paragraph 1 a (new), Article 1 – paragraph 5a:5 Ina: Article 1 a (new) / "In Article 1 of Decision (EU) 2015/1814, paragraph 5a is replaced by the following: / ‘5a. Unless otherwise decided in the first review carried out in accordance with Article 3, from 2023 until 2831 FebruaryJanuary 2027,2027 allowances held in the reserve above 400 million allowances shall no longer be valid. / From 1 MarchFebruary 2027, allowances held in the reserve above 650 million allowances shall no longer be valid.’valid.’"