The European Commission adopted the following documents aimed to boost Europe’s competitiveness, decarbonisation and independence through the Electrification Action Plan and ETS review:

• COMMUNICATION FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT, THE COUNCIL, THE EUROPEAN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMITTEE AND THE COMMITTEE OF THE REGIONS ELECTRIFICATION ACTION PLAN

• Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulations (EU) 2015/757 and (EU) 2023/1805 to simplify and streamline monitoring, reporting and verification and to align with revisions of the EU Emissions Trading System

• Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards revised benchmark values for the heat and fuel benchmarks for the period from 2026 to 2030

• Proposal for a REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL amending Regulation (EU) 2019/943, as regards future-proofing electricity bills in the Union, through reducing system costs and fostering electrification and digitalisation

Also, the Commission launched consultations on the following:

• Proposal for a regulation on financial compensation for final consumers of fuels and on allowances surrendered for emissions not covered by Chapter IVa of Directive 2003/87/EC

• Proposal for a regulation amending Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2297 as regards the list of neighbouring container transhipment ports