How to watch the Committee on Environment, Climate and Food Safety (ENVI)

Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety Extraordinary meeting

Új EIA‑rendelet célja, elvei és eljárási kerete

Pierfrancesco Maran S&D

Az elnök és a jelentéstevő Emma Wiesner bemutatják az Omnibus egyszerűsítési eljáráshoz kapcsolódó új EIA‑rendelet célját, a zöld beruházások engedélyezésének gyorsítását, valamint a technológiasemleges, kétpilléres eljárási modellt, EU‑szintű határidőkkel, elszámoltathatósági és digitalizációs követelményekkel.

In this chapter

1. Napirendi pont megnyitása és új EIA‑rendelet céljaPierfrancesco Maran
2. Wiesner jelentéstervezete: három alapelv és eljárási modell
3. EU‑szintű határidők, elszámoltathatóság és digitalizáció erősítése

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Chair: legislative files and voting outcomes

Pierfrancesco Maran S&D

The Chair reports on PETI workshop plans and interinstitutional negotiations (Omnibus, ETS2), then steers the committee through electronic and show‑of‑hands votes on the new genomic techniques regulation and the environmental crime directive, detailing roll‑call requests, majorities and final adoption of positions.

In this chapter

1. Agenda, PETI workshop and trilogue updates (Omnibus, ETS2)
2. New genomic techniques regulation: introduction and voting procedurePierfrancesco Maran
3. New genomic techniques regulation: electronic votes and outcomePierfrancesco Maran
4. Environmental crime directive: compromise amendments and final votePierfrancesco Maran

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Chair: ENVI opening, agenda and hearing rules

The Chair opens the ENVI meeting, confirms the agenda and explains the detailed hearing procedure for Commissioner‑designate Hoekstra, including speaking times, order of interventions and rules for follow‑up questions, while flagging a later Green Deal exchange and voting block.

In this chapter

1. Hearing with Commissioner‑designate Hoekstra: procedure
2. Formal opening, agenda adoption and announcements

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Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety Ordinary meeting

MEPs and experts on EU climate adaptation

Pierfrancesco Maran and 7 others

MEPs question Commission and agencies on adaptation ambition, governance, financing and social equity, followed by expert inputs on climate risks, nature-based solutions and development of the 2026 EU climate resilience framework.

In this chapter

1. MEP questions: adaptation ambition, tools and equityPierfrancesco Maran
2. Climate adaptation science and 2026 EU resilience frameworkPierfrancesco Maran

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EEA evidence and Scientific Board mandate

Pierfrancesco Maran S&D

Opening of Item 14 on climate adaptation with EEA data on citizen and household vulnerability, EUCRA1 results and EUCRA2 plans, and presentation of the Scientific Advisory Board’s mandate, risk context and recommendations toward an EU‑wide adaptation framework to 2050.

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Commission: EUDR implementation package

Pierfrancesco Maran and 8 others

The Commission presents the unchanged EUDR legal framework and 2026 application date, detailing the four-part simplification package, IT system design, cost impacts and SME support tools while stressing that environmental ambition is maintained.

In this chapter

1. Commission: EUDR implementation package and toolsPierfrancesco Maran
2. EUDR implementation: bureaucracy, risk rating and leather exclusionAnna Zalewska

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CO2 standards for cars and vans 2035: mandate and political positions

Pierfrancesco Maran and 6 others

The committee opens the CO2 standards revision file, with the rapporteur and shadows presenting contrasting approaches on tailpipe versus lifecycle emissions, technological neutrality, flexibilities and timelines, followed by a broad political debate on the 2035 combustion engine phase-out, competitiveness and social impacts, and concluding with the Commission’s warning on excessive flexibilities and the Chair’s calendar and voting arrangements.

In this chapter

1. CO2 standards revision: rapporteur mandate and S&D shadowPierfrancesco Maran
2. Combustion engine phase‑out and technological neutralityPierfrancesco Maran
3. CO2 cars standards 2035: MEP positions and Commission warningTiemo Wölken

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ENVI committee openings: agendas and Green Deal context

Formal openings of ENVI meetings set out agendas, webstreaming and interpretation rules, adopt minutes and outline upcoming Green Deal-related work, including the Circular Economy Action Plan, plastic products and cross-border health threats, framing the committee’s scrutiny calendar.

In this chapter

1. Opening of ENVI meeting and Circular Economy Action Plan
2. ENVI committee openings: procedure and Green Deal agenda

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Committee on the Environment, Climate and Food Safety HEARING

ENVI committee hearing opening: Fur Free Europe ECI

Pierfrancesco Maran S&D

The ENVI committee opens its session, situates the Commissioner‑designate hearing within the European Green Deal and REACH revision, and formally launches the ‘Fur Free Europe’ European Citizens’ Initiative hearing as an instrument of EU participatory democracy.

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ETS reform: price signal, costs and 2040 pathway

Pierfrancesco Maran and 7 others

MEPs, stakeholders and the Commission address the ETS price signal, free allocation, auction revenues and carbon leakage, linking possible market design changes (including CCfDs, MSR/LRF, CBAM and benchmarks) to competitiveness, jobs and delivery of the 2040 climate target.

In this chapter

1. MEPs: ETS price signal, costs and 2040 targetPierfrancesco Maran
2. ETS reform: stakeholders and Commission perspectivesPierfrancesco Maran

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Industry and experts: ETS reform needs

Pierfrancesco Maran S&D

Industry and think‑tank experts outline industrial decarbonisation needs, ETS design and Market Stability Reserve options, use of ETS revenues, and tools such as CCfDs and infrastructure investment to sustain a strong carbon price while addressing hard‑to‑abate sectors and oversupply risks.

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MEP–industry debate on ETS, CBAM and price impacts

Anja Arndt and 4 others

MEPs from several groups confront industrial representatives on deindustrialisation, inequality, speculation and CBAM design, while stakeholders defend the ETS as a core decarbonisation tool and discuss how carbon prices, electricity costs, MSR reforms and governance choices affect consumers, competitiveness and investment.

In this chapter

1. MEPs’ concerns and industry responses on ETS/CBAMAnja Arndt
2. Carbon price signal, power costs and ETS governancePierfrancesco Maran

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ETS revision context: industry and NGO proposals

Pierfrancesco Maran and 3 others

The committee introduces the ETS reform file and hears detailed input from industrial stakeholders on decarbonisation, energy prices, CBAM and use of ETS revenues, followed by NGO proposals to tighten the cap, phase out free allocation and redirect revenues, and initial MEP questions on costs and investment signals.

In this chapter

1. ETS reform: industrial and energy stakeholder positionsPierfrancesco Maran
2. ETS cap reform: NGO input and initial MEP questionsPierfrancesco Maran

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Committee openings: ECI, biodiversity and climate

The Chair opens the European Citizens’ Initiative hearing on cruelty‑free cosmetics, links it to Green Deal implementation and competitiveness, then formally launches the ENVI hearing on climate impacts on biodiversity, setting procedural rules and framing upcoming expert input for policy follow‑up.

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Commission: EU CBD report, targets and finance

Pierfrancesco Maran and 3 others

The Chair opens the CBD/COP17 item, the Commission presents the EU’s 7th CBD report and state of play on GBF targets, protected areas and finance, followed by MEPs’ questions on biodiversity targets, harmful subsidies and funding tools and Commissioner Roswall’s replies on the Cali Fund, MFF tracking, nature credits, species protection and implementation challenges.

In this chapter

1. Opening of item and Commission report on CBDPierfrancesco Maran
2. Political groups’ questions on biodiversity targets and financeCésar Luena
3. Commissioner Roswall: finance, implementation and species issuesPierfrancesco Maran

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Wildfire risk management: Commission strategy and MEP scrutiny

Pierfrancesco Maran and 3 others

Presentation of the EU integrated wildfire risk management framework, links to climate and land‑use policies, followed by MEPs’ questions on prevention rules, funding, volunteers and sovereignty, and the Commission’s detailed replies on UCPM budget, rescEU, insurance and community‑based action before closing the item.

In this chapter

1. Wildfire communication: Commission presentationPierfrancesco Maran
2. Commissioners Roswall and Lahbib: climate, land use and wildfire prevention frameworkPierfrancesco Maran
3. MEPs’ questions: prevention rules, Natura 2000, funding and volunteersEsther Herranz García
4. Commission replies: UCPM budget, insurance, communities and volunteers; close of wildfire itemPierfrancesco Maran

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INSPIRE Directive revision: mandate and procedure

Pierfrancesco Maran and 3 others

Opening of the ENVI meeting, presentation of the INSPIRE revision objectives, main political concerns on interoperability and data‑sharing, and clarification of institutional timelines up to plenary.

In this chapter

1. Opening of ENVI meeting and INSPIRE itemPierfrancesco Maran
2. INSPIRE simplification: Commission position and next stepsPierfrancesco Maran

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Opinions on TEN‑E regulation and ERDF/Cohesion Fund 2028–2034

Pierfrancesco Maran and 7 others

ENVI rapporteurs and shadows debate the revised TEN‑E framework for energy infrastructure and the future ERDF/Cohesion Fund architecture, focusing on decarbonisation, technological neutrality, governance, DNSH anchoring, cohesion versus renationalisation risks, and the Commission’s explanations on the grid package and new single‑fund model.

In this chapter

1. TEN‑E opinion: Rapporteur and shadows on energy infrastructure planningPierfrancesco Maran
2. ERDF/Cohesion Fund 2028–2034 opinion: DNSH and cohesion modelPierfrancesco Maran

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CBAM and decarbonisation fund: Q&A, Commission reply and next steps

Annalisa Corrado and 1 other

MEPs raise detailed questions on loopholes, downstream coverage, Ukraine derogations, competitiveness and WTO risks, the Commission explains its approach on Article 27a, abusive practices, credits and budget constraints, and rapporteurs close by highlighting remaining divergences and the procedural calendar for amendments and votes.

In this chapter

1. Catch-the-eye and Commission response on CBAM and fundAnnalisa Corrado
2. CBAM and fund rapporteurs’ closing remarks and next stepsPierfrancesco Maran

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CBAM revision and temporary decarbonisation fund: Rapporteurs and political groups

Pierfrancesco Maran and 7 others

The committee introduces the CBAM amendment and temporary decarbonisation fund reports, with rapporteurs outlining scope, Article 27a, anti‑circumvention, Ukraine treatment and design of export support, followed by political groups setting out their positions on scope extension, use of revenues, fund conditionalities and Green Deal criticism.

In this chapter

1. Resumption and introduction of CBAM and decarbonisation fund reports
2. CBAM rapporteur: Scope, Article 27a, circumvention, UkrainePierfrancesco Maran
3. Temporary decarbonisation fund rapporteur: design, scope and fertilizersPierfrancesco Maran
4. Political groups’ positions on CBAM and decarbonisation fundAdam Jarubas

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Opening of ENVI meeting and voting on objections

Pierfrancesco Maran S&D

Chair launches the ENVI meeting, organises the voting system and proceeds with roll‑call votes on CBAM‑related items and an objection under item 14, including handling of a voting irregularity and announcement of detailed results.

In this chapter

1. Opening of meeting and voting arrangementsPierfrancesco Maran
2. Item 11 and 12 votes: CBAM-related filesPierfrancesco Maran
3. Item 14: Vote on objectionPierfrancesco Maran

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Joint ECON‑ENVI: taxonomy delegated acts review

Janusz Lewandowski and 5 others

Chairs introduce the review of taxonomy technical screening and DNSH criteria within the broader simplification and competitiveness agenda, DG FISMA explains the objectives and scope of the amendments, and MEPs across groups press on usability, standards, nuclear and gas treatment, bioenergy rules, DNSH proof and competitiveness impacts, with the Commission defending a high‑ambition yet streamlined, technology‑neutral framework supported by improved guidance and digital tools.

In this chapter

1. Joint ECON‑ENVI meeting: introduction to taxonomy delegated acts review
2. Commission (DG FISMA): objectives and scope of taxonomy simplification
3. First MEP reactions: usability, standards and do‑no‑harmJanusz Lewandowski

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Structured dialogue with EVP: industry, climate and chemicals

Stéphane Séjourné and 12 others

In a structured dialogue, the Executive Vice‑President outlines the industrial, climate and chemicals policy agenda, then responds to successive political group questions on PFAS, REACH implementation, ETS revenues, nuclear and taxonomy status, electrification, critical raw materials, social impacts of the energy crisis and EV dependence, followed by a second round focused on NGT patents, endocrine disruptors, the forthcoming Circular Economy Act and detailed PFAS and lead restriction design.

In this chapter

1. Structured dialogue: EVP’s opening on industry, climate and chemicalsStéphane Séjourné
2. EPP coordinator: chemicals, PFAS and ETS revenuesStéphane Séjourné
3. S&D coordinator Clergeau: REACH review, ECHA resources and IAA scopeChristophe Clergeau

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Permitting for energy infrastructure: ENVI opinion

Rasmus Nordqvist and 6 others

The rapporteur presents ENVI’s draft opinion on accelerating permitting for renewable, grid and recharging projects, shadows debate the balance between speed, environmental safeguards and subsidiarity, and DG ENER responds on deadlines and simplification as the chair sets an accelerated timetable for amendments and the vote.

In this chapter

1. Rapporteur on permitting acceleration for energy infrastructure: draft opinionRasmus Nordqvist
2. Shadows’ first round on permitting: speed vs safeguardsAndrás Tivadar Kulja
3. Commission (DG ENER) on permitting proposal and rapporteur’s closing and timetableAndrás Tivadar Kulja

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Objection to pydiflumetofen approval: ENVI debate

András Tivadar Kulja and 4 others

The committee opens with an objection to the draft implementing act approving pydiflumetofen, with the co‑objector detailing health, environmental and legal risks, political groups setting out divergent positions on precaution vs. regulatory continuity, and DG SANTE defending the EFSA‑based approach while the co‑objector insists on stricter application of Court rulings on formulation assessment.

In this chapter

1. Opening of ENVI meeting and objection contextAndrás Tivadar Kulja
2. Co‑objector Clergeau: health, environment and legal argumentsChristophe Clergeau
3. Shadows’ positions on pydiflumetofen approvalAndrás Tivadar Kulja
4. Commission (DG SANTE) reply on pydiflumetofen and rapporteur’s rebuttalAlmut Bitterhof

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