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12 December 2025
CLECAT Newsletter 2025/41
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12 December 2025
GREECE, BULGARIA AND ROMANIA SIGN MOU TO ADVANCE REGIONAL TRANSPORT CONNECTIVITY
On 3 December, Greece, Bulgaria and Romania signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen cross-border cooperation on transport infrastructure. The initiative aims to improve mobility, facilitate trade flows and support economic cohesion and security across the region.
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12 December 2025
IATA WARNS OF SLOWING SAF PRODUCTION GROWTH AHEAD OF UPCOMING EU MANDATES
On 9 December, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) published updated estimates indicating that Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) production is set to expand more slowly in the coming years than previously anticipated.
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12 December 2025
COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENT AGREE ON END-OF-LIFE VEHICLE REGULATION
The Council and Parliament reached this week a provisional agreement on new regulations for end-of-life vehicles, aimed at improving circularity and sustainability in the automotive sector.
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12 December 2025
EP AND COUNCIL CONFIRM ETS2 POSTPONEMENT TO 2028
The Parliament and the Council have formally agreed to delay the implementation of the second Emissions Trading System (ETS2), which covers emissions from road transport and buildings, until 2028.
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12 December 2025
COUNCIL MOVES AHEAD WITH TEMPORARY CUSTOMS DUTIES ON LOW-VALUE E-COMMERCE PARCELS
On 12 December 2025, the Council of the EU agreed to introduce a temporary customs duty on low-value e-commerce consignments, a move welcomed by the European Commission as an urgent response to the rapid growth in parcel imports into the EU.
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12 December 2025
FURTHER DELAYS IN FRANCE ON AES – TEMPORARY SOLUTIONS PUT IN PLACE
As part of the Union Customs Code (UCC) Work Programme, Member States were required to progressively migrate their national export systems to the so-called EU Automated Export System (AES). The original deadlines marked the final major milestones of the UCC IT reform, replacing legacy national export and exit systems with harmonised EU-wide processes and data models.
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12 December 2025
EC ADOPTS ENERGY GRIDS PACKAGE
On 10 December, the European Commission presented the Energy Grids Package, a set of proposals intended to simplify and shorten permitting procedures for infrastructure projects across the European Union, including electric vehicle charging stations, grid connections and related energy infrastructure.
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12 December 2025
COUNCIL AND PARLIAMENT AGREE ON OMNIBUS I
On 9 December, the Council and the Parliament reached a provisional agreement on the Omnibus I proposal, to simplify sustainability reporting and due diligence requirements
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05 December 2025
CLECAT Newsletter 2025/40