Institutional structure
The term used for any country that is formally part of the European Union
What is a member state?
A binding legislative Act that is applied across the entirety of the EU
What is a Regulation?
An agreement that outlines the EU’s objectives, the rules for its institutions, and is amended when a new member state joins
What is a treaty?
The vehicle type that causes 60% of transport emission in the EU
What is a car?
A set of policies by the Commission with the aim of reaching net-zero by 2050
What is the European Green Deal?
Elected by EU citizens and is one of the bodies that reads and negotiates legislation
What is the European Parliament?
A legislative act that sets out a goal which member states must achieve by including it in their national law
What is a Directive?
The current number of Member States in the EU
What is 27?
The EU transportation policy that has effectively acted as a minimum BEV sales quota
What are fleet emissions standards?
A set of proposals for the implementation of legislation in a variety of sectors to achieve the EU's 2030 climate target
What is the Fit for 55?
The main institution that acts as the executive branch of the EU
What is the European Commission?
A legislative act which is only binding to the addressee
What is a Decision?
The agreement that laid down the foundation for the European Union and meant to stabilise Europe after the Cold War
What was the Maastricht Treaty?
The two Kaya-identity components within EU competencies
What are energy intensity and carbon intensity?
Two of the four countries in the blocking coalition with regard to EU climate policy
What are Hungary, Poland, Slovakia and Czechia?
A decision-making body of the EU comprised of government ministers from each EU country
What is the Council?
The interinstitutional negotiation process used in the EU legislative process, involving the Commission, the Parliament, and the Council
What is a Trilogue?
The principle that calls for a determination of whether the EU, or a member state itself, is most competent to take action
What is subsidiarity?
The current transition phase of sustainable aviation fuels
What is market introduction?
The two EU member states that are on track to reach net-zero by 2050
What are Sweden and Finland?