for germany the eu commitment is of final energy consumption from res by from in the government fixed a target for electricity consumption by by and by and a target for final energy consumption by by trying to overachieve the targets fixed by eu commitments is inefficient if it requires reducing emissions in those sectors that are already covered by the eu ets on top of the abatement induced by the ets allowance price oecd lb as emissions are capped under the scheme such a policy would not have any impact on total ghg emissions at the eu level as lower german emissions create room under the cap for higher emissions elsewhere