Clean corporate vehicles

Background

In December 2025, the European Commission presented a proposal to accelerate the uptake of zero-emission vehicles within corporate fleets and so mark an additional step towards achieving the EU’s ambitious decarbonisation targets for 2050. 

The new Regulation aims to drive the uptake of clean corporate vehicles by large undertakings and bolster the competitiveness of the European automotive industry.

Currently, there are almost 290 million vehicles on European roads and only 6 million of them are zero-emission vehicles. Corporate vehicles, which account for 60% of new car registrations and up to 90% of vans registrations across the EU, have the potential to significantly impact the market for zero-and low-emission vehicles. 

The proposed Regulation mandates Member States to ensure that starting in 2030, a specific share of new corporate car and van registrations by large companies in their territory must be zero- and low-emission. There will also be a sub target for zero-emission vehicles, both for cars and vans. Targets are differentiated by Member State.

Key points

The EESC:

• recommends that the Regulation maintains a clear signal for zero and low-emissions vehicles. Low-emission vehicles act as a short and mid-term enabler of alternative fuel infrastructure and support industrial adaptation, when used primarily in an electric mode;
• brings into attention the fact that national targets should not be lower than what the market is already delivering, must not turn into company-based targets during transposition, must be accompanied by an effective roll-out of supporting charging infrastructure and adequate capacity of the electricity grids, to safeguard business competitiveness;
• calls on Member States to consider tax incentives for decarbonising corporate fleets, including by removing direct and indirect advantages for fossil-fuel company cars;
• reaffirms the principle of technological neutrality for decarbonising road transport. Planning should be consistent across transport modes and adhere to sustainability, lifecycle and economic feasibility criteria;
• calls for EU-level oversight of national plans. Oversight should assess completeness and progress against the set targets, enable structured comparison of the national plans, and support corrective follow-up and shared learning.

Additional information

Section: Transport, Energy, Infrastructure and the Information Society (TEN)

Opinion number: TEN/862

Opinion type: Mandatory

Referral: COM(2025) 994 final 2025/0421 COD COM(2025) 994 final 2025/0421 COD

Rapporteur: Corina Murafa Benga (Group III - Romania)

Date of adoption by section: 9 March 2026

Result of the vote: 59 in favour, 7 against, 4 abstentions

Date of adoption in plenary: 18-19 March 2026

Result of the vote: 191 in favour, 7 against, 3 abstentions

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