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FEATURE: EU stands on shaky legal grounds with last-minute ETS2 delay

Published 15:27 on November 7, 2025 / Last updated at 15:55 on November 7, 2025 / and / EMEA (Compliance Markets & Taxes, Europe), Insights (Features), Net Zero Transition (Transport & Heating Fuels)

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The one-year postponement of the EU’s new Emissions Trading System for road transport and heating fuels (ETS2), agreed by member states this week in exchange for their backing of the EU’s 2040 climate target, rests on shaky legal grounds and could face court challenges, experts told Carbon Pulse.
The one-year postponement of the EU’s new Emissions Trading System for road transport and heating fuels (ETS2), agreed by member states this week in exchange for their backing of the EU’s 2040 climate target, rests on shaky legal grounds and could face court challenges, experts told Carbon Pulse.


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