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13 April 2021 17:06
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WERNER Elisabeth (SG)
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Subject:
meeting with DK deputy Permanent Representative - 13 April
Topics discussed :
Follow-up to the European Council conclusions on climate change of 10-11 December 2021
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DK likely to support the Commission line hence interested in Commission view on the
articulation of the additional guidance with the internal preparations for the ‘fit for 55’ package;
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Key for DK is to avoid delaying the presentation of the Commission package and to keep the
discussion in the European Council at a general level so as to avoid pre-judging policy chocies to
be made in the the legislative process;
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Concerns about the prospects of climate change as a single topic for a dedicated meeting of the
European Council end of May.
‘Fit for 55’ package
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A strengthened emission trading system at the core of the policy framework together with
stricter EU standards are the key drivers for cost-effective emission reduction; supports phase-
out of internal combustion engines;
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Supports the extension of the emission trading system to road transport and buildings;
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Specific areas of interest: offshore wind (supports revision of the electricity legislation to bolster
cross-border selling of renewable electricity); shipping (enforcement of the rules for
international shipping); role of gas (concerns that the latest changes to the taxonomy delegated
act are incentivising the use of gas beyond what the notion of gas as a trnasition fuel entails).