After a well-deserved break, we’re thrilled to return and kick off the new year with a fresh wave of updates! We hope you had a joyful holiday season. Between the Polish Presidency, the European Parliament’s ten issues to watch for and the Competitiveness compass, 2025 is already shaping up to be another busy year!
Council of the EU: During the 8 January meeting, the Commission debriefed the industry attachés on the Net Zero Emission Industry (NZIA) Regulation.
European Parliament’s 10 issues to watch in 2025: The European Parliamentary Research Service (EPRS) released a report outlining the 10 key issues to monitor in 2025.
Circular Material Use Rate (CMUR) in Europe: On 6 January, the European Environmental Agency (EEA) published additional data on the CMUR in Europe.
2035 climate target: On 8 January, the European Commissioner for Climate Action, Wopke Hoekstra, assured in a Reuters interview that the EU will finalize an ‘ambitious number’ for its climate commitments before COP30 in Belém, Brazil, scheduled for November 2025.
European Central Bank (ECB) report on green investments: On 8 January, the ECB published a report that shows that Europe’s green investments are far from meeting the 2030 climate target.
Carbon border adjustment mechanism (CBAM): On 18 December 2024, the Commission adopted the implementing act that regulates the CBAM registry.
Olaf Scholz’s letter to Von Der Leyen on high electricity prices: On 2 January, in a letter addressed to Ursula von der Leyen, the German Chancellor Olaf Scholz called on the European Commission to ‘create the conditions for extending electricity price compensation and broadening its scope at least until 2030’.
Electricity price drops down from 2023 to 2024: On 2 January, Eurelectric, representing the EU electricity sector, published new data on the composition of the EU’s electricity generation and the technologies contributing to it.
Taxonomy: On 8 January 2025, the Platform on Sustainable Financepublished a draft report on preliminary recommendations for the review of the Climate Delegated Act and the addition of activities to the EU taxonomy.
Competitiveness compass: The European Commission has warned that the competitiveness compass may not be presented at the College meeting on 15 January, Politico reports, due to the pneumonia suffered by the President of the Commission, Ursula von der Leyen.
EU – Japan strategic partnership: On 1 January, the first-ever bilateral framework agreement between the EU and Japan, the Strategic Partnership Agreement (SPA), entered into force.
EU and Switzerland energy agreements: The EU Commission and Switzerland agreed that Switzerland will incorporate the EU’s rules on the internal electricity market into its legislative framework. To be validated, this agreement needs the European Parliament and the Council’s approval.
Bisphenol A ban in food packaging: The delegated act validated by Member States in June 2024 has been published in the Official Journal of the EU on 31 December 2024.
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