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Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753 of 16 April 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the content, methodologies, and presentation of the information to be voluntarily disclosed by issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds in the templates for periodic post-issuance disclosures
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753 of 16 April 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the content, methodologies, and presentation of the information to be voluntarily disclosed by issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds in the templates for periodic post-issuance disclosures
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/753 of 16 April 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the content, methodologies, and presentation of the information to be voluntarily disclosed by issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds in the templates for periodic post-issuance disclosures
C/2025/5
OJ L, 2025/753, 25.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/753/oj (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, GA, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2025/753
of 16 April 2025
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the content, methodologies, and presentation of the information to be voluntarily disclosed by issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds in the templates for periodic post-issuance disclosures
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 November 2023 on European Green Bonds and optional disclosures for bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable and for sustainability-linked bonds (1), and in particular Article 21(4) thereof,
Whereas:
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Issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable and of sustainability-linked bonds may choose to disclose the information referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 using the common templates. There is no obligation to disclose the information referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 using these common templates. However, if issuers opt for using those templates, they should follow them. Issuers who use the templates remain free to disclose additional information. |
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Article 20 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 requires the Commission to publish guidelines establishing templates for voluntary pre-issuance disclosures for issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable and of sustainability-linked bonds. Ensuring consistency between and comparability of the templates published in those guidelines, and the templates that issuers of those bonds should use when they voluntarily disclose post-issuance information, will facilitate the use of the information contained in those templates by investors and thus increase transparency. |
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To ensure consistency with the disclosures that issuers have to publish for European Green Bonds, the templates for voluntary disclosures of post-issuance information for issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable and of sustainability-linked bonds build on the relevant sections of the templates for post-issuance disclosures under the European Green Bond Standard. |
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Providing clarity for issuers on the use of post-issuance disclosure templates will encourage take-up of those templates, thus helping to enhance transparency and standardisation in the market for sustainable bonds. It is thus necessary to further specify aspects linked to use of those templates. This concerns the frequency at which issuers should publish periodic post-issuance disclosures, which should take into account whether the issuer obtains an external review of the disclosures. |
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To provide further clarity for issuers, it is necessary to specify the language to be used for the voluntary disclosures, as well as the means of publication and for how long the disclosed information should remain available. |
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To protect investors, it is necessary to specify how issuers should proceed if they need to correct their disclosures. |
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Article 45 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 enables competent authorities to require issuers that use the templates for the voluntary disclosure of post-issuance information to include the elements listed in Article 21 of that Regulation into those templates. To facilitate communication between issuers using those templates and the relevant competent authorities and to facilitate notifications of the publication of voluntary disclosures, the latter should create a contact point, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Templates for voluntary post-issuance disclosures for bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or sustainability-linked bonds
Issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds that choose to use the common voluntary templates referred to in Article 21(1) of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 shall use the templates set out in the Annex. One template may relate to more than one bond issuance.
Article 2
Frequency of disclosing
1. Issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable that choose to disclose voluntarily the information referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 shall do so for each 12-month period until the date of full allocation of the proceeds of those bonds. Issuers of sustainability-linked bonds that choose to disclose such information voluntarily shall do so for each 12-month period until the last sustainability-target observation.
2. The first 12-month period referred to in paragraph 1 shall begin on the issuance date of the bonds concerned.
3. Issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds may set the end date of the first reporting period as the last day of the calendar year or of the financial year of issuance.
4. Issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds that obtain an external review of their periodic post-issuance disclosures shall disclose such post-issuance information within 270 days of the end of every 12-month period referred to in paragraph 1.
5. Issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds that do not obtain an external review of their periodic post-issuance disclosures shall disclose such post-issuance information within 150 days of the end of every 12-month period referred to in paragraph 1.
Article 3
Publication on issuers’ websites
1. Issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds shall disclose the information referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 using the templates referred to in Article 1 on their website.
The disclosures, including any amendments or corrections thereto, shall be available, free of charge, until at least 12 months after the maturity of the bonds concerned.
2. The information referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 shall be published, at the choice of the issuer of the bonds concerned, either in a language customary in the sphere of international finance, or:
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where the bonds are offered to the public or are admitted to trading in only one Member State, in a language accepted by the competent authority of that Member State; |
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where the bonds are offered to the public or are admitted to trading in two or more Member States, in a language accepted by the competent authority of each of those Member States. |
3. By way of derogation from paragraph 2, where a prospectus for the bonds concerned has been published pursuant to Article 3(1) of Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and the Council (2), the information referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631 shall be published in the language or languages of that prospectus.
Article 4
Corrections
Issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds shall, when the allocation of proceeds is corrected after the publication of the information referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631, immediately update that information accordingly and publish it without undue delay.
Article 5
Notification to competent authorities and means of communication
1. Issuers of bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable or of sustainability-linked bonds shall, by electronic means and without undue delay after each publication, notify their competent authorities of:
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the publication of the information referred to in Article 21 of Regulation (EU) 2023/2631; |
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the publication of any updates referred to in Article 4; |
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the hyperlink to the website where that information has been published. |
2. Competent authorities shall create a contact point that will serve as the recipient of all notifications made by the issuer in accordance with paragraph 1.
Article 6
Entry into force
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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 Brussels, 16 April 2025.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L, 2023/2631, 30.11.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2631/oj.
(2) Regulation (EU) 2017/1129 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2017 on the prospectus to be published when securities are offered to the public or admitted to trading on a regulated market, and repealing Directive 2003/71/EC (OJ L 168, 30.6.2017, p. 12, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2017/1129/oj).
ANNEX
TEMPLATE FOR PERIODIC POST-ISSUANCE DISCLOSURES FOR BONDS MARKETED AS ENVIRONMENTALLY SUSTAINABLE
[Where the periodic post-issuance disclosures have been revised, the title shall reflect this.]
This document and its contents are not subject to any approval or endorsement from any competent authority.
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1. General information
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2. Environmental strategy and rationale Overview
Link with the assets, turnover, CapEx, and OpEx key performance indicators
Link to transition plans
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3. Allocation of bond proceeds [The information listed below should be provided at least at the level of the economic activity, and ideally at the level of the project or group of projects. Confidentiality agreements, competitive considerations, or a large number of underlying qualifying projects and similar considerations may justify limiting the amount of detail that is made available.] Allocation to taxonomy-aligned economic activities
Exclusions
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4. (Optional) Environmental impact
[Information disclosed here could include specific metrics such as Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions avoided (tCO2e), renewable energy capacity installed (measured in MW), reduction of energy consumption (MWh) and/or reduction of energy intensity (MWh per unit of production), reduction of water withdrawal (m3) and/or reduction of water intensity (m3 per unit of production), reduction of waste generated (metric tons) and reduction of hazardous and non-hazardous waste (metric tons), reduction of area of land affected (ha) or size of land are restored (ha) related to biodiversity impacts.] |
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5. Information on reporting
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6. Other relevant information |
[In the case of a securitisation bond, references to the issuer in this document shall be construed as and, where appropriate, replaced with references to the originator.]
TEMPLATE FOR PERIODIC POST-ISSUANCE DISCLOSURES FOR SUSTAINABILITY-LINKED BONDS
[Where the periodic post-issuance disclosures have been revised, the title shall reflect this.]
This document and its contents are not subject to any approval or endorsement from any competent authority.
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2. Environmental strategy and rationale Important characteristics of the bond
Overview
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Table A, to be added to the periodic post-issuance disclosures for bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable where proceeds are being allocated following a gradual approach
[The information in the table below shall be provided at least at the level of the economic activity and ideally at the level of the project or group of projects. Confidentiality agreements, competitive considerations or a large number of underlying qualifying projects and similar considerations may justify limiting the amount of detail that is made available.]
The information in the table below covers the period from the issuance of the bond concerned up to the reporting date.
Table A
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Total amount of bond proceeds allocated since issuance: [X] Of which, total amount of bond proceeds allocated to taxonomy-aligned economic activities since issuance: [X] |
Total amount of bond proceeds allocated in the reporting period: [X] Of which, total amount of bond proceeds allocated to taxonomy-aligned economic activities in the reporting period: [X] Of which:
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Table B, to be added to the periodic post-issuance disclosures for bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable where bond proceeds are allocated to a portfolio of assets
[The information in the table below shall be provided at least at the level of the economic activity, and ideally at the level of the project or group of projects. Confidentiality agreements, competitive considerations or a large number of underlying qualifying projects and similar considerations may justify limiting the amount of detail that is made available.]
The information in the table below covers the reporting period.
Table B
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Outstanding bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable |
Portfolio of environmentally sustainable assets |
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An overview over all outstanding bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable, indicating their individual and combined value |
An overview over the assets on the issuer’s balance sheet, indicating:
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Total value of portfolio of outstanding bonds marketed as environmentally sustainable |
Total value of portfolio of environmentally sustainable assets: Total value of portfolio of environmentally sustainable assets related to an activity that is taxonomy-aligned: |
(1) Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/852/oj).
(2) Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2013/34/oj).
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 of 17 July 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards minimum standards for EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks (OJ L 406, 3.12.2020, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2020/1818/oj).
(4) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 of 6 July 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the content and presentation of information to be disclosed by undertakings subject to Articles 19a or 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU concerning environmentally sustainable economic activities, and specifying the methodology to comply with that disclosure obligation (OJ L 443, 10.12.2021, p. 9, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2021/2178/oj).
(5) Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/852/oj).
(6) Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2013/34/oj).
(7) Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on specific statistical domains (OJ L 393, 30.12.2006, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2006/1893/oj).
(8) Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2020/852/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/753/oj
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