„The complaint is ready, prepared by our ministry, we will quickly submit it to the Prime Minister’s Office, I am confident that this week it will be submitted,” said Anna Moskwa, Minister of Climate and Environment.
The Polish government has filed three complaints with the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) on the EU’s climate policy (Fit for 55) regarding attempts by the EU to interfere with forest management of individual member states, and the EU banning the registration of internal combustion cars after 2035 and increasing the targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 55 percent by 2030 compared to 1990, according to the statement by the Minister of Climate and Environment Anna Moskwa.
This week, the CJEU is also expected to receive a complaint about Germany on it dumping about 35 thousand tons of garbage in a few locations in Poland.
On Friday, the Minister of Climate reported that Poland also took to the CJEU the so-called LULUCF regulation, pointing out that it was adopted on an erroneous legal basis, further violating the competence of member states, interfering with the way forest management is conducted, despite the lack of EU competence in this area.
The LULUCF acronym refers to land use, land-use change and forestry. It includes the management of soil, trees, plants, biomass and wood. The regulation sets the levels of greenhouse gas emissions and CO2 uptake from the atmosphere.
When asked about the complaint about attempts by the EU to interfere in the forest economy of individual member states, Moskwa said: „there are a lot of threads actually the whole document is incompatible with the treaties. First of all, forest management is not the competence of the European Union and the European Union has no right to decide on forest management, certainly not by majority vote, because such a vote took place.”
„In addition, the European Union in this document is trying to decide how fast forests will grow in Poland and how much [CO2 emissions] they will absorb, giving us goals that are absolutely impossible to achieve,” she added.
Another complaint is about the ban on registration of internal combustion cars after 2035. „The year 2035 is not explained in these documents at all, we do not know why it is 2035 and once again the subject of a majority vote. The solution affects the entire economy, every citizen, and is also adopted in a hurry and also by the majority, and not by unanimity, as it should be,” Moskwa said.
She added that these rules should be adopted unanimously, and the possible adoption of such regulations should be preceded by a broader public consultation.
Polish Press Agency / Jacek Perzyński