Where the law stands, Dossier 2023/0266(COD)
Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services
Ordinary legislative procedure (COD): Parliament and the Council decide together as equals. · Second reading
A proposed EU law. Parliament and the Council must agree on the same text: Parliament adopts its position, then negotiates with the Council.
Where it stands
Published as law
Completed: published in the Official Journal on 12 May 2026 and now EU law.
- Referred to committee(done) 12 March 2026
- Committee work(done) Report adopted 17 March 2026
- Tabled for plenary(done) 18 March 2026
- Plenary vote(done) Voted 28 April 2026
- Negotiations with the Council(done) Deal approved in committee 3 December 2025
- Published as law(done) 12 May 2026
Decided in plenary
28 April 2026 · decision 5
Climate & environment, New EU law
Accounting of greenhouse gas emissions of transport services
Approved without a vote Decided by show of hands: no count recorded.
AI summary:The regulation establishes rules for accounting greenhouse gas emissions of transport services, using the EN ISO 14083:2023 methodology.
Who works on it
- Lead committee
- Environment, Climate and Food Safety
- The MEP who drafts the report and negotiates it on behalf of the committee.
- Pierfrancesco Maran (S&D), Pascal Canfin (Renew), Norbert Lins (EPP), Mep #197667 (EPP)
- An MEP who follows a report on behalf of their own group when another group holds the rapporteur.
- Susana Solís Pérez (EPP), Mep #33982 (EPP), Jana Nagyová (Patriots), Mep #197453 (Greens), Ana Vasconcelos (Renew), Mep #96725 (Greens), Li Andersson (The Left), Mep #197805 (The Left), Mep #38595 (S&D), François Kalfon (S&D), Roman Haider (Patriots), Mep #124821 (Renew), Beata Szydło (ECR), Mep #124873 (ECR), Virginijus Sinkevičius (Greens), Merja Kyllönen (The Left), Elena Kountoura (The Left)
The text, version by version
Newest first.
Adopted by Parliament· 28 Apr 2026
AI summary:Parliament approves the Council position at first reading on a regulation for greenhouse gas emissions accounting of transport services, concluding the legislative procedure.
Adopted by Parliament· 10 Apr 2024
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation sets rules for accounting and disclosing greenhouse gas emissions of transport services starting or ending in the EU, using the EN ISO 14083:2023 standard.
Tabled for plenary· 18 Mar 2026
AI summary:Parliament approves the Council position on a regulation for greenhouse gas emissions accounting of transport services, known as CountEmissionsEU.
Tabled for plenary· 6 Mar 2024
AI summary:Parliament's amended version of the proposed regulation on accounting for greenhouse gas emissions of transport services sets rules for calculating and disclosing emissions for transport services starting or ending in the EU.
Timeline
Newest first.
Outcome 2 steps
12 May 2026
Published in the Official Journal
The act is now EU law.
29 April 2026
Signed by the Presidents of Parliament and the Council
The last step before the act is published in the Official Journal.
Plenary stage 2 steps
28 April 2026
Plenary vote
Sitting of 28 Apr 2026 Adopted text TA10-0113/2026Report A10-0062/2026
18 March 2026
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 3 steps
17 March 2026
Committee vote: report adopted
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
12 March 2026
Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
3 March 2026
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
Negotiations with the Council 4 steps
3 December 2025
Committee approved the deal reached with the Council
The provisional agreement from the trilogues goes to the whole Parliament for a vote.
5 November 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
2 July 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
2 July 2025
Trilogue meeting
Negotiation between Parliament, Council and Commission on a common text.
Plenary stage 2 steps
10 April 2024
Plenary vote
Sitting of 10 Apr 2024 Adopted text TA9-0205/2024Report A9-0070/2024
6 March 2024
Report tabled for plenary
This is the text all MEPs vote on. Political groups can still table amendments to it.
Committee stage 4 steps
4 March 2024
Committee vote: report adopted
ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) voted on the amendments and adopted the report that goes to plenary.
18 January 2024
Amendments tabled in committee (2 batches)
Members of the committee proposed changes to the draft.
11 December 2023
Draft report published
The rapporteur’s first text. Members can table amendments before the committee votes.
19 October 2023
Referred to the ENVI (Environment, Climate and Food Safety) committee
The lead committee prepares Parliament’s report.
Official record: Legislative Observatory, 2023/0266(COD)