The EU’s energy and climate change package agreed last December was finally published in the EU’s editorial last Friday on 5 June. The directives agreed upon under the package will now enter into European law on 25 June after which they will be translated into national law in each Member State within a given timeframe as indicated by the individual directives.
 
The directives adopted in the package include regulations on renewable energy, emissions trading, passenger car emissions, carbon capture and storage (CCS) and fuel quality. A further directive on national greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for sectors not covered by the ETS is due to be published in the coming days.