Brussels, 4 February 2021 | Europex welcomes the opportunity to participate in the Commission’s public consultation to update the EU Emission Trading System (EU ETS) and align it with the increased decarbonisation targets. The EU ETS is Europe’s most successful policy to combat climate change and the key carbon pricing instrument to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at least cost. To this end, it is important to ensure that this revision strengthens the role of the EU ETS and continues to commit to strong market principles that safeguard the undistorted price signals, efficiency, transparency and liquidity of the emissions market.
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Minimum carbon pricing is distortive and not needed – why free price formation should remain a cornerstone of the EU ETS’ volume-based cap-and-trade mechanism
Brussels, 30 November 2020 | The EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) is a cornerstone of the EU’s policy to combat climate change and the key carbon pricing instrument for reducing greenhouse gas emissions cost efficiently. While the main variant in terms of carbon pricing is a cap and trade system such as the EU ETS, other variants exist. The concept of a carbon price floor, for example, is regularly advertised as a way to improve investment certainty by reducing carbon price risk, decreasing the cost of capital and facilitating access to finance. Additionally, the price floor argument has been
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Europex Feedback to the Amendment of the EU Emissions Trading System Inception Impact Assessment
Brussels, 26 November 2020 | Europex welcomes the Commission’s initiative to review the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) to align it with the increased decarbonisation climate targets for 2030 and net zero by 2050. The emissions and energy markets will be key in delivering on Europe’s climate ambitions and scaling up innovative low-carbon technologies as well as renewable energy sources for electricity (RES). As Europe’s most successful policy to combat climate change, the EU ETS is the right tool to incentivise emissions reductions where they are most efficient and to promote investments in clean technologies, providing consistent carbon pricing
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Europex response to Commission consultation paper for the EU climate ambition for 2030 and for the design of certain climate and energy policies of the European Green Deal
Brussels, 11 June 2020 | Europex, the Association of European Energy Exchanges, welcomes the opportunity to take part in the present consultation. The European Green Deal must be a central pillar of the EU’s recovery efforts in the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic and in response to the looming climate and environmental crisis. Against the background of the intended 2030 Climate Target Plan and its subsequent legislative implementation, the opportunity should now be taken to put in place a coherent EU-wide policy framework to deliver the raised emissions reduction ambition at the least cost. With this in mind, it is
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Europex response to the consultation on the draft Delegated Regulation adjusting the EU ETS auction process for 2021-30
Brussels, 6 August 2019 | Europex welcomes the opportunity to comment on the proposal for a Commission Delegated Regulation to align the auctioning of allowances with the EU ETS rules for the Fourth Trading Period and with the classification of allowances as financial instruments as published on 9 July 2019. In this context, we have taken particular positive note of the following suggested changes: ▪ The simplified procedure for the determination and publication of auction calendars; ▪ The clarification of rules on the distribution of auction volumes in case of multiple auction cancellations; ▪ The clarification of the notification procedure for
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Joint consultation response on the future of emissions trading in the UK
12 July 2019 | EFET, the Federation of European Energy Traders, and Europex, the Association of European Energy Exchanges welcome the opportunity to take part in the present consultation on the future of emissions trading in the UK, launched by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy (BEIS). Importantly, we would like to highlight that the basic principles of continuity and predictability of carbon pricing are key for preserving well-functioning electricity, gas and emissions markets in the United Kingdom. The prevailing uncertainty about the continued participation of the UK in the EU ETS post-Brexit, and about the way in
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Europex response to the Commission consultation on the revision of the EU ETS state aid guidelines
Brussels, 16 May 2019 | The EU ETS plays a vital role as the EU’s primary instrument for reducing greenhouse gas emissions cost-effectively while incentivising innovation and change. Importantly, well-functioning emissions markets, as part of a clear and stable climate policy framework, provide long-term predictability for companies. Keeping to such a clear framework will not only minimise the risk of carbon leakage but create additional investments and opportunities in Europe. Hence, while they may be considered necessary to tackle the risk of carbon leakage as a consequence of the transnational EU ETS, national measures to compensate sectors at particular risk
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The “Road from Sibiu”: making use of markets for a cost-efficient and innovation-driven transition to full climate neutrality by 2050
Brussels, 9 May 2019 | Today, a long and intense debate on the “Future of Europe” that started two years ago in Rome comes to a close at a European Council summit in Sibiu. One of the key topics of this strategic exchange has been Europe’s future climate and energy policy, notably with regard to the EU’s Clean Planet for All strategy and the overall United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change process. In this context, we call upon the European leaders gathered today in Sibiu to keep up with their Paris commitments and to include a strong recognition of
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Europex response to the Commission consultation on the strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reductions
Brussels, 9 October 2018 | Europex, the Association of European Energy Exchanges, welcomes the opportunity to participate in the present forward-looking consultation. In our response, we would like to underline the importance of stable and predictable energy and climate policies in the mid-century perspective. The development of a strategy for long-term EU greenhouse gas emissions reduction is an important step in this process and should provide guidance for short- and mid-term action. The fight against climate change, the energy transition and the need for cost-efficient decarbonisation brings unprecedented challenges which the entire energy sector and society at large have to
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Joint IETA, EFET, Europex and ISDA open letter to the Climate Change Committee Members and Experts on Brexit safeguard measures
Brussels, 15 November 2017 | In an open letter to the members and experts of the Climate Change Committee, the International Emissions Trading Association (IETA), the European Federation of Energy Traders (EFET), Europex and the International Swaps and Derivatives Association (ISDA) have expressed their views on the draft regulation amending the EU ETS Registry Regulation (Regulation No 389/2013). This draft regulation aims to implement safeguards to protect the EU ETS from potential negative effects of a hard Brexit. It aims at marking and making ineligible for compliance EU ETS allowances issued by the United Kingdom from 1 January 2018. IETA, EFET, Europex
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