EU Green Bond Regulation formally adopted
After extensive negotiations, the European Parliament (the EP) and the Council of the EU (the Council) adopted the European Green Bond Regulation (the Regulation) on 5 October 2023 and 23 October 2023, respectively. The Regulation has been adopted after the European Commission (the EC) submitted a legislative proposal for the introduction of a European Green Bond Standard (EUGBS) on 6 July 2021 and after the Council and the EP announced that a provisional agreement had been reached on an EU green bonds framework on 28 February 2023.