Further delay to FuelEU Maritime entry into force in Norway

Regulation (EU) 2023/1805, better known as FuelEU Maritime, will not enter into force under the EEA Agreement and in Norway before 1 January 2028, the Norwegian Ministry of Climate and Environment has announced. The regulation had previously been expected to take effect in Norway during 2026, but the incorporation process into the EEA Agreement will now take additional time, the Norwegian Maritime Authority (Sjøfartsdirektoratet) said on 11 August 2026.

FuelEU Maritime is one of two EU regulations, alongside ReFuelEU Aviation, aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions from transport by mandating more sustainable fuels.

Until the regulation is formally incorporated into the EEA Agreement and implemented in Norwegian law, Norwegian and Icelandic ports will continue to be treated as third-country ports for FuelEU purposes. According to Marte Hustveit Hauge, Senior Legal Adviser at the Norwegian Maritime Authority's Department of Legislation and International Relations, only half of the energy used on voyages between a Norwegian or Icelandic port and an EU port will count towards FuelEU compliance during this interim period. Energy used on voyages within Norway, or between Norway and non-EU countries, will not count towards compliance at all.

Norwegian shipping companies operating cargo or passenger vessels above 5,000 GT that call at EU ports are already subject to the regulation, regardless of Norway's own implementation timeline, and have each been assigned to an EU member state for administrative oversight. Details of the relevant administering state for each company can be found in the Thetis-MRV system.

aug 12 2026