EC ETS2 Transposition Infringements


On Jul. 25, EC took action to ensure complete, timely transposition.


  • EC started infringement procedures re complete, timely transposition of EU directives.
  • The new infringements' round relates to ETS and defense-related products directives.
  • Follows EU CNCL May 2023 issued Dir 2023/959 on revision of ETS, see #170964.
  • Key Aspects
  • EC issued letter of formal notice to Member States that have failed to notify national measures transposing directives whose transposition deadline expired recently.
  • 26 States did not notify full transposition measures for dir in climate, defense fields.
  • States concerned now have 2 months to reply to letters of formal notice and complete the transposition or EC may decide to issue reasoned opinion (2nd step of procedure).
  • ETS2: Member States are working on transposition measures but 26 (all but Austria) have not communicated full transposition into national law of ETS2 by Jun. 30, 2024.
  • Defense: EC called on DEN, NLD, SLV and FIN to notify measures transposing in full Directive 2024/242 on the list of defense-related products.
  • Effectiveness
  • Member States have until Sep. 25, 2024, to notify measures.

Regulators EU CMSN
Entity Types Corp
Reference PR INF/24/3869, 7/25/2024; ETS2 Dir 2023/959; Dir 2024/242
Functions Compliance; Environment; Legal; Operations; Reporting; Risk
Countries European Union
Category
State
Products Corporate
Regions EMEA
Rule Type Final
Rule Date 7/25/2024
Effective Date 9/25/2024
Rule Id 220771
Linked to Rule :170964
Reg. Last Update 7/25/2024
Report Section AML & Enforcement

Last substantive update on 07/29/2024