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Article 1 Subject matter This Regulation lays down obligations on Member States with respect to their minimum contributions for the period from 2021 to 2030 to fulfilling the Union’s target of reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 30 % below 2005 levels in 2030 in the sectors covered by Article 2 of this Regulation and contributes to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement. This Regulation also lays down rules on determining annual emission allocations and for the evaluation of Member States’ progress towards meeting their minimum contributions.
Article 2 Scope 1. This Regulation applies to the greenhouse gas emissions from IPCC source categories of energy, industrial processes and product use, agriculture and waste as determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, excluding greenhouse gas emissions from the activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC. 2. Without prejudice to Article 7 and Article 9(2) of this Regulation, this Regulation does not apply to greenhouse gas emissions and removals covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/841. 3. For the purposes of this Regulation, CO2 emissions from IPCC source category ‘1.A.3.A civil aviation’ shall be treated as zero.
Article 3 Definitions For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply: ‘Greenhouse gas emissions’ means emissions in terms of tonnes of CO2 equivalent of carbon dioxide (CO2), methane (CH4), nitrous oxide (N2O), hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), perfluorocarbons (PFCs), nitrogen trifluoride (NF3) and sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and falling within the scope of this Regulation; ‘Annual emission allocations’ means the maximum allowed greenhouse gas emissions for each year between 2021 and 2030 determined pursuant to Article 4(3) and Article 10; ‘EU ETS allowance’ means an ‘allowance’ as defined in point (a) of Article 3 of Directive 2003/87/EC
Article 4 Annual emission levels for the period from 2021 to 2030 1. Each Member State shall, in 2030, limit its greenhouse gas emissions at least by the percentage set for that Member State in Annex I in relation to its greenhouse gas emissions in 2005, determined pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article. 2. Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of this Regulation, to the adjustment pursuant to Article 10(2) of this Regulation and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions in each year between 2021 and 2029 do not exceed the limit defined by a linear trajectory, starting on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2016, 2017 and 2018 determined pursuant to paragraph 3 of this Article and ending in 2030 on the limit set for that Member State in Annex I to this Regulation. The linear trajectory of a Member State shall start either at five-twelfths of the distance from 2019 to 2020 or in 2020, whichever results in a lower allocation for that Member State. 3. The Commission shall adopt implementing acts setting out the annual emission allocations for the years from 2021 to 2030 in terms of tonnes of CO2 equivalent as specified in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article. For the purposes of those implementing acts, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the most recent national inventory data for the years 2005 and 2016 to 2018 submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013. Those implementing acts shall indicate the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions of each Member State used to determine the annual emission allocations specified in paragraphs 1 and 2. 4. Those implementing acts shall also specify, based on the percentages notified by Member States under Article 6(3), the total quantities that may be taken into account for a Member State’s compliance under Article 9 between 2021 and 2030. If the sum of all Member States’ total quantities were to exceed the collective total of 100 million, the total quantities for each Member State shall be reduced on a pro rata basis so that the collective total is not exceeded. 5. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 14.
Article 7 Additional use of up to 280 million net removals from LULUCF 1. To the extent that a Member State’s greenhouse gas emissions exceed its annual emission allocations for a given year, including any annual emission allocations banked pursuant to Article 5(3) of this Regulation, a quantity up to the sum of total net removals and total net emissions from the combined land accounting categories of afforested land, deforested land, managed cropland, managed grassland and, subject to the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, managed forest land and managed wetland, as referred to in points (a) and (b) of Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841, may be taken into account for its compliance under Article 9 of this Regulation for that year, provided that: (a) the cumulative quantity taken into account for that Member State for all the years of the period from 2021 to 2030 does not exceed the maximum amount of total net removals set out in Annex III to this Regulation for that Member State; (b) such quantity is in excess of that Member State’s requirements under Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841; (c) the Member State has not acquired more net removals under Regulation (EU) 2018/841 from other Member States than it has transferred; (d) the Member State has complied with Regulation (EU) 2018/841; and (e) the Member State has submitted a description of the intended use of the flexibility available under this paragraph pursuant to the second subparagraph of Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013. 2. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 13 of this Regulation to amend the title of Annex III thereto in respect of the land accounting categories in order to: (a) reflect the contribution of the land accounting category managed forest land while respecting the maximum amount of total net removals for each Member State referred to in Annex III to this Regulation, when delegated acts laying down forest reference levels are adopted pursuant to Article 8(8) or (9) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841; and (b) reflect the contribution of the land accounting category managed wetland while respecting the maximum amount of total net removals for each Member State referred to in Annex III to this Regulation, when all Member States are required to account for this category under Regulation (EU) 2018/841.
Article 11 Safety reserve 1. A safety reserve corresponding to a quantity of up to 105 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent shall be established in the Union Registry, subject to the fulfilment of the Union target referred to in Article 1. The safety reserve shall be available in addition to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7. 2. A Member State may benefit from the safety reserve provided that all of the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) its GDP per capita at market prices in 2013, as published by Eurostat in April 2016, was below the Union average; (b) its cumulative greenhouse gas emissions for the years from 2013 to 2020 in the sectors covered by this Regulation are below its cumulative annual emission allocations for the years from 2013 to 2020; and (c) its greenhouse gas emissions exceed its annual emission allocations in the period from 2026 to 2030, although it has: (i) exhausted the flexibilities pursuant to Article 5(2) and (3); (ii) made the maximum possible use of net removals according to Article 7, even if that quantity does not reach the level set in Annex III; and (iii) made no net transfers to other Member States under Article 5. 3. A Member State, which meets the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of this Article, shall receive an additional quantity from the safety reserve up to its shortfall to be used for compliance under Article 9. That quantity shall not exceed 20 % of its overall overachievement in the period from 2013 to 2020. If the resulting collective quantity to be received by all of the Member States which fulfil the conditions set out in paragraph 2 of this Article exceeds the limit referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article, the quantity to be received by each of those Member States shall be reduced on a pro rata basis. 4. Any amount remaining in the safety reserve after the distribution in accordance with the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 shall be distributed among the Member States referred to in that subparagraph proportionally to their remaining shortfall, but not exceeding it. For each of those Member States, that quantity may be additional to the percentage referred to in that subparagraph. 5. After the completion of the review referred to in Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 for the year 2020, the Commission shall, for each Member State that fulfils the conditions in points (a) and (b) of paragraph 2 of this Article, publish the amounts corresponding to 20 % of the overall overachievement in the period from 2013 to 2020 as referred to in the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 of this Article.
Article 13 Exercise of the delegation 1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article. 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 7(2) and 12(1) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from 9 July 2018. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period. 3. The delegation of powers referred to in Articles 7(2) and 12(1) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force. 4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making. 5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council. 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 7(2) and 12(1) shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and to the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.
Article 15 Review 1. This Regulation shall be kept under review taking into account, inter alia, evolving national circumstances, the manner in which all sectors of the economy contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, international developments and efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement. 2. The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council, within six months of each global stocktake agreed under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement, on the operation of this Regulation, including the balance between supply and demand for annual emission allocations, as well as on the contribution of this Regulation to the Union’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas emission reduction target and its contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement, in particular with regard to the need for additional Union policies and measures in view of the necessary greenhouse gas emission reductions by the Union and its Member States, including a post-2030 framework, and may make proposals if appropriate. Those reports shall take into account the strategies prepared pursuant to Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 with a view to contributing to the formulation of a long-term Union strategy.
Article 16 Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 is amended as follows:
(1) in Article 7, paragraph 1 is amended as follows: (a) the following point is inserted: ‘(aa) as of 2023, their anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases referred to in Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*1) for the year X-2, in accordance with UNFCCC reporting requirements; (*1) Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26).’;" (b) the second subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘In their reports, Member States shall annually inform the Commission of any intention to use the flexibilities set out in Article 5(4) and (5) and Article 7 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, as well as of the use of revenues in accordance with Article 5(6) of that Regulation. Within three months of receiving such information from Member States, the Commission shall make the information available to the committee referred to in Article 26 of this Regulation.’;
(2) in point (c) of Article 13(1), the following point is added: ‘(ix) as of 2023, information on national policies and measures implemented towards meeting their obligations under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 and information on planned additional national policies and measures envisaged with a view to limiting greenhouse gas emissions beyond their commitments under that Regulation;’;
(3) in Article 14(1), the following point is added: ‘(f) as of 2023, total greenhouse gas projections and separate estimates for the projected greenhouse gas emissions for the emission sources covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/842 and by Directive 2003/87/EC.’;
§4 in Article 21(1), the following point is added: ‘(c) obligations under Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842. The evaluation shall take into account progress in Union policies and measures and information from Member States. Every two years, the evaluation shall also include the projected progress of the Union towards implementing its Nationally Determined Contribution to the Paris Agreement containing the Union’s commitment to economy-wide greenhouse gas emission reductions and the projected progress of Member States towards fulfilling their obligations under that Regulation.’.
Article 17 Entry into force This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Strasbourg, 30 May 2018. For the European Parliament The President A. TAJANI For the Council The President L. PAVLOVA ANNEX I MEMBER STATE GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION REDUCTIONS PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 4(1) Member State greenhouse gas emission reductions in 2030 in relation to their 2005 levels determined in accordance with Article 4(3) Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Croatia Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom –35 % –0 % –14 % –39 % –38 % –13 % –30 % –16 % –26 % –37 % –7 % –33 % –24 % –6 % –9 % –40 % –7 % –19 % –36 % –36 % –7 % –17 % –2 % –15 % –12 % –39 % –40 % –37 % ANNEX II MEMBER STATES THAT MAY HAVE A LIMITED CANCELLATION OF EU ETS ALLOWANCES TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT FOR COMPLIANCE PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 6 Maximum percentage of 2005 greenhouse gas emissions determined in accordance with Article 4(3) Belgium 2 % Denmark 2 % Ireland 4 % Luxembourg 4 % Malta 2 % Netherlands 2 % Austria 2 % Finland 2 % Sweden 2 % ANNEX III TOTAL NET REMOVALS FROM AFFORESTED LAND, DEFORESTED LAND, MANAGED CROPLAND AND MANAGED GRASSLAND THAT MEMBER STATES MAY TAKE INTO ACCOUNT FOR COMPLIANCE FOR THE PERIOD 2021 TO 2030 PURSUANT TO POINT (A) OF ARTICLE 7(1) 3,8 4,1 2,6 14,6 22,3 0,9 26,8 6,7 29,1 58,2 0,9 11,5 0,6 3,1 6,5 0,25 2,1 0,03 13,4 2,5 21,7 5,2 13,2 1,3 1,2 4,5 4,9 17,8 Maximum amount expressed in million tonnes of CO2 equivalent Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Croatia Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom 280 ANNEX IV AMOUNT OF ADJUSTMENT PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 10(2) Tonnes of CO2 equivalent Bulgaria 1 602 912 Czech Republic 4 440 079 Estonia 145 944 Croatia 1 148 708 Latvia 1 698 061 Lithuania 2 165 895 Hungary 6 705 956 Malta 774 000 Poland 7 456 340 Portugal 1 655 253 Romania 10 932 743 Slovenia 178 809 Slovakia 2 160 210
