Development of the reduction obligation and a national emission trading system
Development of the fuel reduction obligation and a national emissions trading system
What's at stake: The outcome shapes how fast transport-sector emissions must fall and how much weight is placed on a single instrument — the fuel-blending mandate — versus a wider set of measures. It affects motorists, biofuel producers, and rural residents who depend on cars.
Case texts and AI reasoning are AI-translated from the Swedish originals; the Swedish text is authoritative.
What the vote decides
Whether the government's proposed fuel-blending levels and the pending policy review are enough to meet the climate targets, or whether a broader package of measures — including a national emissions trading system — is needed now.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee backs the government's move to raise the fuel-blending requirement for petrol and diesel to 10 percent and to let it be partly met with fossil-free electricity, and wants to wait for the policy-instrument inquiry's proposals on how the obligation and other instruments should evolve before considering further steps.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 4 (V)
The reservation holds that raising the requirement to 10 percent is not enough to meet the EU's ESR obligations and the national climate targets, and criticizes relying so heavily on this single instrument; it argues for a wider set of measures favoring sustainable transport modes and faster electrification, since biofuels too generate emissions and require land.
Summarised from the committee report. Party labels in the summary come from the report, not from the vote.
V–
S–
MP–
C–
L–
KD–
M–
SD–
YesNoAbstainAbsent
What do the votes mean here?
Yes The committee proposal: rejecting the motions (keeping things as they are).
No Backing the counter-proposal: reservation 4 by V.
Abstain The party marks a position of its own that is not one of the two final alternatives.
The plan's stance / Actual vote
AI
Vote
Confidence
Evidence
Vown reservation
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No 0/18/0/6
S
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Yes 89/0/0/17
MP
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Abstain 0/0/14/4
C
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Abstain 0/0/21/3
L
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Yes 11/0/0/5
KD
–
Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 58/0/0/10
SD
–
Yes 63/0/0/9
Committee proposal
Parliament rejects the motions
2024/25:2613 by Elin Söderberg et al. (MP) requests 123 and 124,
2024/25:2635 by Elin Söderberg et al. (MP) request 3,
2024/25:3364 by Kajsa Fredholm et al. (V) request 1,
2024/25:3372 by Rickard Nordin et al. (C) requests 2 and 4 as well as
2024/25:3385 by Katarina Luhr et al. (MP) requests 1-4.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2024/25:2613 av Elin Söderberg m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 123 och 124,
2024/25:2635 av Elin Söderberg m.fl. (MP) yrkande 3,
2024/25:3364 av Kajsa Fredholm m.fl. (V) yrkande 1,
2024/25:3372 av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C) yrkandena 2 och 4 samt
2024/25:3385 av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP) yrkandena 1-4.
Riksdag decision: Parliament approved the Government's proposal on a new reduction obligation. The reduction obligation shall reduce carbon dioxide emissions, for example by fuel suppliers mixing biofuel into ordinary fuel.
Today, fuel suppliers shall mix in at least 6% biofuel, which the Government proposes to raise to 10%. The increase applies from 1 July 2025–31 December 2026. For the period 2027 to 2030, 10% shall apply.
The Government's proposal also means a new opportunity for fuel suppliers to partially fulfill the reduction obligation by delivering fossil-free electricity, through for example public charging stations.
Parliament also approved the Government's proposal on new rules for sustainable fuels and new rules for datacenters. The proposals mainly concern adapting Swedish law to EU law.
They include, among other things:
More fuels shall be covered by the sustainability criteria. In particular, recovered coal fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin shall be covered by the criteria.
Certain datacenters – or server halls, that is an installation used to store and manage large amounts of data and information – shall report, among other things, energy consumption to a European database.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants the government to return with an action plan for increased biofuel blending combined with measures to reduce transport needs. (V) — Reservation 4
Motion 2024/25:3109 — Utgiftsområde 20 Klimat, miljö och natur av Anna-Caren Sätherberg m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3126 — Transportpolitik som bygger ett starkt och rättvist samhälle av Gunilla Svantorp m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3169 — Ledarskap för klimat och grön omställning av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C)
Motion 2024/25:3364 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:131 Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt av Kajsa Fredholm m.fl. (V)
Motion 2024/25:3368 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:131 Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt av Anna-Caren Sätherberg m.fl. (S)
Motion 2024/25:3372 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:131 Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C)
Motion 2024/25:3385 — med anledning av prop. 2024/25:131 Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt av Katarina Luhr m.fl. (MP)
Proposition 2024/25:131 — Nya regler för datacenter och hållbara bränslen samt en ny reduktionsplikt