German Presidency compromise text for Council First Reading Position

• Council have stuck with with the Commission's 2030 reduction target of 50-55%.

• They took up the idea of Parliament's Rapporteur that the Commission should work on a 2040 target*, but without putting a percentage figure on it.

• As predicted, they rejected the Commission's grab for delegated power to modify the emissions targets unilaterally.

• As predicted, they ignored Parliament's Rapporteur's idea of sectoral roadmaps.

Full Secretariat report under epf20-61 of 04.09.2020