ECON: Exchange of views with Commissioner Mairead McGuinness
22 March 2022
The joint ECON and ENVI Committee scrutinised the complementary Taxonomy Delegated Act in the presence of Commissioner McGuinness.
On 4
June 2021, the Commission adopted the first Climate Delegated Act
introducing the first set of technical screening criteria to define
which activities contribute substantially to climate change adaptation
and climate change mitigation under the Taxonomy Regulation.
The complementary
Taxonomy Delegated Act, adopted on 9 March 2022, amends the first
Climate Delegated Act to address nuclear and gas energy sectors.
Thereby, it classifies certain fossil gas and nuclear energy activities
as transitional activities contributing to climate change mitigation
under Article 10(2) of the Taxonomy Regulation. The inclusion of certain
gas and nuclear activities is limited in time and dependent upon
specific conditions and transparency requirements. With this
complementary Taxonomy Delegated Act, the Commissions aims at
accelerating the shift from solid or liquid fossil fuels, including
coal, towards a climate-neutral future.
The 4-month scrutiny period by the Parliament and Council has started and may be extended further by two months.
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