Objection to EU Taxonomy Technical Screening Criteria

by name voted on 05.10.2021

Summary

The motion objects to the EU Taxonomy's technical screening criteria, arguing they are too rigid and could harm economic competitiveness.

9 05.10.2021

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energy

economy

finance

environment

legislative procedure

public administration

Key points

The motion objects to the Commission's delegated regulation regarding technical screening criteria for sustainable investments.
There is a concern that the regulation fails to respect the principle of technological neutrality.
The motion argues that some criteria set standards more demanding than existing Union law, which may lack a proper legal basis.
The current 'one-size-fits-all' approach risks ignoring the diversity of national decarbonization pathways and harming business competitiveness.

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Speeches

1 Speech in total

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Katarina BARLEY

Katarina BARLEY

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0:46 min

16. Second voting session

Documents (PDFs)

MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 4 June 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives MOTION FOR A RESOLUTION on the Commission delegated regulation of 4 June 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives

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