European Commission 1 December 2025, COMMISSION STAFF WORKING DOCUMENT EVALUATION Evaluation of the National Emission Reduction Commitments Directive

Table of contents 1Introduction 1.1 Context of this evaluation 1.2 EU clean air policy and the NECD 1.3 Purpose and scope of the evaluation 2What was the expected outcome of the Directive? 2.1 Description of the intervention and its objectives 2.2 Points of comparison 3How has the situation evolved over the evaluation period? 4Evaluation findings (analytical part) 4.