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2030 climate and energy framework – greenhouse gas emissions, land use change and forestry
2030 climate and energy framework – greenhouse gas emissions, land use change and forestry
2030 climate and energy framework – greenhouse gas emissions, land use change and forestry
Regulation (EU) 2018/841:
The regulation was amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/839 to strengthen the sector’s contribution to the EU’s climate goals.
The regulation applies to the following GHGs from land use:
Commitments and targets
The regulation sets out a number of commitments and targets for each Member State. These include:
The EU 2030 target for net GHG removals in the LULUCF sector is set at 310 million tonnes of CO2 equivalent.
Accounting
The regulation sets out accounting rules in the 2021–2025 period. Member States must:
After 2025, the compliance with national targets of the Member States is verified on the basis of reported GHG emissions and removals.
Flexibility
To help Member States achieve their targets, the regulation provides a range of flexibilities, including the following.
Compliance and registry rules
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts to lay down rules relating to the EU registry. It will also adopt implementing acts to set out indicative annual values for GHG emissions and removals for each year in the period from 2026 to 2029 established on the basis of a linear trajectory ending on the 2030 target for Member States, and to adopt detailed rules on the methodology for evidence concerning long-term impacts of climate change.
Regulation (EU) 2018/841 has applied since 9 July 2018.
Amending Regulation (EU) 2023/839 has applied since 11 May 2023.
The regulation was amended by Regulation (EU) 2023/839 as part of the fit-for-55 package. The package aims to enable the EU to reduce its net GHG emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels, and to achieve climate neutrality in 2050.
For further information, see:
Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, pp. 1–25).
Successive amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 have been incorporated into the original text. This consolidated version is of documentary value only.
Regulation (EU) 2023/839 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 April 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/841 as regards the scope, simplifying the reporting and compliance rules, and setting out the targets of the Member States for 2030, and Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 as regards improvement in monitoring, reporting, tracking of progress and review (OJ L 107, 21.4.2023, pp. 1–28).
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268 of 28 October 2020 amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021–2025 (OJ L 60, 22.2.2021, pp. 21–23).
Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, pp. 1–77).
See consolidated version.
Decision No 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating to land use, land-use change and forestry and on information concerning actions relating to those activities (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, pp. 80–97).
See consolidated version.
last update 25.10.2023