New models for the reduction obligation and reduction obligation fee
New models for the fuel reduction obligation and the reduction-obligation fee
What's at stake: The choice affects how much road-transport emissions fall, how fuel prices develop, and what support car-dependent households — especially in rural areas — receive to manage the transition.
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 fuel-blending obligation should stay in its current form or be replaced by a new biofuel-blending model with a fixed base level and a variable top-up, combined with compensation for households that depend on cars.
Yes Yes — the committee proposal
The committee sticks with the government's fuel-blending obligation at raised levels as the main model and rejects the proposal for a new blending model, pointing to an ongoing review already tasked with examining how the obligation should evolve.
No No — the reservations
Reservation 2 (S)
The reservation proposes replacing the obligation with a new model, called 'the Sweden fuel', with a fixed base blend (19.3 percent for diesel, 10.0 percent for petrol) plus a variable top-up, a switch to MK3 diesel, and a fuel rebate for car-dependent households; the model is projected to cut emissions by 6.6 million tonnes more than the government's proposal.
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 2 by S.
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
V
–
Yes 12/0/6/6
Sown reservation
–
No 0/89/0/17
MP
–
Yes 14/0/0/4
C
–
Abstain 0/0/21/3
L
–
Yes 11/0/0/5
KD
–
Yes 15/0/0/4
M
–
Yes 58/0/0/10
SD
–
Yes 63/0/0/9
Broke with the party line
VAndrea Andersson Tay(V, Stockholms län)
Abstain — party line: Yes
VGudrun Nordborg(V, Västerbottens län)
Abstain — party line: Yes
VKajsa Fredholm(V, Dalarnas län)
Abstain — party line: Yes
VNadja Awad(V, Örebro län)
Abstain — party line: Yes
VSamuel Gonzalez Westling(V, Gävleborgs län)
Abstain — party line: Yes
VVasiliki Tsouplaki(V, Västmanlands län)
Abstain — party line: Yes
MPs whose vote differs from their party's majority position in this division. Marked with a dark ring in the chamber view.
Committee proposal
The Riksdag rejects the motions
2024/25:3109 by Anna-Caren Sätherberg et al. (S) request 27,
2024/25:3126 by Gunilla Svantorp et al. (S) request 80,
2024/25:3169 by Rickard Nordin et al. (C) request 54 and
2024/25:3368 by Anna-Caren Sätherberg et al. (S) request 1.
Original (Swedish)
Riksdagen avslår motionerna
2024/25:3109 av Anna-Caren Sätherberg m.fl. (S) yrkande 27,
2024/25:3126 av Gunilla Svantorp m.fl. (S) yrkande 80,
2024/25:3169 av Rickard Nordin m.fl. (C) yrkande 54 och
2024/25:3368 av Anna-Caren Sätherberg m.fl. (S) yrkande 1.
Riksdag decision: The Riksdag approved the government's proposal for a new reduction obligation. The reduction obligation is to reduce carbon dioxide emissions, for example by fuel suppliers blending biofuels into regular fuel.
Today, fuel suppliers are required to blend in at least 6% biofuel, which the government proposes to increase to 10%. The increase applies from 1 July 2025–31 December 2026. During the period 2027 to 2030, 10% shall apply.
The government's proposal also provides a new opportunity for fuel suppliers to partially fulfill the reduction obligation by delivering fossil-free electricity, for example through public charging stations.
The Riksdag also approved the government's proposal for new rules on sustainable fuels and new rules for data centers. 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, recycled coal-based fuels and renewable fuels of non-biological origin shall be covered by the criteria.
Certain data centers – or server halls, that is, a facility used to store and handle large amounts of data and information – shall report, among other things, energy use to a European database.
Counter-proposals
The counter-proposal wants to replace the reduction duty with the Sverigebränslet model for stable biofuel blending. (S) — Reservation 2
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