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European Shipping

How the tracked legislation reaches the sector — 9 measures name it directly, and 0 more reach it through supply chains, procurement or other acts.

Direction
2 burden · 7 benefit
Status
9 proposed
Channel
9 direct · 0 reached

The platform holds 9 measures for European shipping: 2 imposing a burden, 7 conferring a benefit. Of these, 9 from proposals; 9 arrive directly, 0 through a channel.

Recent changes

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2026-08-13EU ETS revision: 51 measures now on the platform, naming 8 sectors

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Measures that address shipping directly

FND-03Grants and other support (e.g. blended finance) from the Innovation Fund, financed by auctioning 200 million allowances from reduced free allocation, are available via open competitive calls for projects scaling up low-/zero-carbon and carbon-negative products, processes and technologies across all Member States.Businesses/projects in sectors listed in Annex I and III, including CCU, CCS, DACCS, maritime/aviation decarbonisation and clean-technology manufacturing · BusinessesArt. 1(17), inserting Art. 10cb of Directive 2003/87/EC · ongoingOpportunityMST-02Member States must earmark at least 50% of their ETS auction revenue (excluding indirect-cost compensation) for a defined list of decarbonisation priority purposes (clean energy/grids, industrial decarbonisation, maritime/aviation decarbonisation, modal shift, municipal waste hierarchy measures, circularity, lead markets for low-carbon products, R&D).Member States · GovernmentsArt. 1(14)(c), replacing Art. 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/ECRequirementFND-08ETS-sector businesses become eligible recipients of Member-State-channelled ETS auction revenue for decarbonisation investment support across a defined menu of purposes: topping up EU-level support mechanisms, clean energy/grid buildout around industrial clusters, industrial decarbonisation (electrification, CCUS, CO2 transport network), maritime and aviation decarbonisation, modal shift, municipal waste hierarchy measures, circularity, and lead markets for low-carbon products such as green steel.Businesses in ETS sectors (industrial, maritime, aviation) and waste management authorities · BusinessesArt. 1(14)(c), replacing Art. 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/ECOpportunitySHIP-01Shipping companies can apply annually for free allowances (from a 110 million allowance reserve, 2028-2040) to cover 55-90% of the price differential between fossil marine fuel and sustainable maritime fuels, or 90% of the extra cost of zero-emission propulsion technology, with bonus percentage points for EU-sourced feedstock, EU-built propulsion technology, and island voyages.Shipping companies using sustainable maritime fuels or zero-emission propulsion technologies · BusinessesArt. 1(5), inserting Art. 3gaa of Directive 2003/87/EC · 2028-2040OpportunitySHIP-020.9 million allowances per year (until 2035) are set aside to fund maritime-sector decarbonisation projects in least developed countries and small island developing states.Least developed countries and small island developing states (maritime sector) · GovernmentsArt. 1(6), inserting Art. 3gab of Directive 2003/87/EC · annually until 2035OpportunitySHIP-03Surrender allowances equal to full verified emissions from long inbound voyages, including the transhipped share.Shipping companies operating containerships of 10,000 TEU and above · BusinessesArt. 1(22)(a)(ii), inserting Art. 12(3-g) of Directive 2003/87/EC · until 31 December 2035SimplificationSHIP-04Surrender allowances for containers transhipped via listed neighbouring non-EU ports, once the temporary exclusion lapses.Shipping companies performing container transhipment via listed neighbouring ports · BusinessesArt. 1(4)(c)(i), amending Art. 3ga(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC · until 31 December 2038SimplificationETSSVC-01Third countries that introduce their own absolute-cap carbon pricing for aviation/maritime emissions (with EU technical/administrative support under 'ETS as a service') receive the full auction revenue generated from the EU-side allowances covering the corresponding share of those emissions.Third countries introducing linked-style emissions pricing for aviation/maritime with EU support · GovernmentsArt. 1(30), inserting Art. 25b of Directive 2003/87/EC · aviation from reporting year 2027 at the earliestOpportunityGOV-02Assess the necessity of amending Chapters III (strategic value chains) and IV (FDI) and consider extending Union-origin requirements to further economic-security-critical sectors, notably shipbuilding and rail rolling stock.European CommissionArt. 29 · By [3 years after entry into force] and every three years the…Requirement

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Measures that land through a channel

No indirect reach recorded.

Where the pressure comes from

Pressure arrives from 2 acts directly

Pressure arrives at European shipping from 2 acts that name it directly.

EU ETS revision — names the sector in 8 measures

Industrial Accelerator Act — names the sector in 1 measure

Net position

What the corpus does to this sector, in total

9measures reach this sector · 2 press, 7 relieve or grant
Requirement
2
Simplification
2
Opportunity
5
In force Proposed or mixed basis

Supply chain and country exposure

What shipping buys, sells and imports

Inputs come from

What this sector buys

  • warehousing31.3%
  • refined petroleum13.4%
  • wholesale trade4%
  • finance3.3%
  • machinery repair3%
  • retail trade2.7%
  • security & facilities2.4%
  • leasing2.3%
  • everything else37.7%

Goods go to

Who buys from this sector

  • wholesale trade9.8%
  • warehousing7.4%
  • refined petroleum3.9%
  • land transport3.7%
  • vehicles3.4%
  • construction3.2%
  • basic metals (steel & aluminium)3%
  • chemicals2.9%
  • everything else62.6%

This list covers sales to other industries only. A further 29.4% of what this sector sells goes straight to final use — households, government and capital formation — and so appears nowhere above.

Import exposure

35.1% of inputs come from outside the EU

  • rest of world50.4%
  • United States9.5%
  • United Kingdom7.6%
  • China5.6%
  • Türkiye4.1%
  • Norway4%
  • India3%
  • Switzerland2.8%
  • everything else13%

water transport (H50). percent of sector's total inputs (suppliers) / total output (customers); OTHER row carries the remainder to 100. Source: Eurostat input-output data, 2026 edition, 2024 reference year (EU inter-country tables, industry by industry).

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