As disclosed, the rules were adopted on 11 July. During the negotiations with the EU Council, they ensured that ships will have to gradually reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by cutting the amount of GHG in the energy they use (below 2020 level) by 2% as of 2025 to 80% as of 2050.
Specifically, this would apply to ships above a gross tonnage of 5000, which are in principle responsible for 90% of CO2 emissions. Furthermore, this includes also all the energy used on board in or between EU ports, as well as 50% of energy used on voyages where the departure or arrival port is outside of the EU or in EU outermost regions.
