Question écrite de
Mme Cindy FRANSSEN
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Commission européenne
Subject: Transposition of the directive on aviation’s contribution to the emission reduction target
Directive (EU) 2023/958 on aviation’s contribution to the Union’s emission reduction target was adopted on 10 May 2023. It imposes stricter requirements to reduce emissions from what is a pollution-producing sector and speed up action to combat climate change.
The directive had to be transposed by Member States by 31 December 2023.
1. Can the Commission say which Member States had transposed the directive by 18 March 2024?
2. Will Member States that have failed to meet the deadline be penalised?
Submitted:26.3.2024
Answer given by Mr Hoekstra on behalf of the European Commission
(6 May 2024)
1. By 8 April 2024, the Commission received either complete or partial notifications from Austria, Denmark, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, the Netherlands and Sweden. The Commission is currently assessing the complete notifications received from the Member States.
2. In line with the communication from 19 January 2017 ‘EU law: Better results through better application’ (1), the Commission investigates cases where Member States have failed to communicate transposition measures as a priority. For this reason, on 24 January 2024, the Commission launched infringement proceedings and sent letters of formal notice to the 26 Member States that had not notified complete transposition of Directive (EU) 2023/958 on time (2). Only Denmark did not receive a letter of formal notice because it notified complete transposition on time. Currently, the Commission is reviewing the replies of Member States to the letters of formal notice and it may decide on the next steps accordingly, including sending reasoned opinions under Articles 258 and 260(3) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.
In any case, the application date of the amendments of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) remains the same for all Member States. As per Article 3 of Directive 2023/958, the provisions entered into force on 5 June 2023.
1 ∙ ⸱ C/2016/8600 (OJ C 18, 19.1.2017, p. 10):
https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=uriserv%3AOJ.C_.2017.018.01.0010.01.ENG 2 ∙ ⸱ Basic information about those infringement proceedings is publicly available at: https://ec.europa.eu/atwork/applying-eu-law/infringements- proceedings/infringement_decisions/