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DIRECTIVE 2003/87/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 13 October 2003 establishing a ►M9 system ◄ for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the ►M9 Union ◄ and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275 25.10.2003, p. 32) |
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TREATY CONCERNING THE ACCESSION OF THE REPUBLIC OF CROATIA TO THE EUROPEAN UNION |
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24.4.2012 |
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DIRECTIVE 2003/87/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL
of 13 October 2003
establishing a ►M9 system ◄ for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the ►M9 Union ◄ and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC
(Text with EEA relevance)
CHAPTER I
GENERAL PROVISIONS
Article 1
Subject matter
This Directive establishes a ►M9 system ◄ for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the ►M9 Union ◄ (hereinafter referred to as the ‘ ►M9 EU ETS ◄ ’) in order to promote reductions of greenhouse gas emissions in a cost-effective and economically efficient manner.
This Directive also provides for the reductions of greenhouse gas emissions to be increased so as to contribute to the levels of reductions that are considered scientifically necessary to avoid dangerous climate change. It contributes to the achievement of the Union’s climate-neutrality objective and its climate targets as laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 1 ) and thereby to the objectives of the Paris Agreement ( 2 ).
This Directive also lays down provisions for assessing and implementing a stricter ►M9 Union ◄ reduction commitment exceeding 20 %, to be applied upon the approval by the ►M9 Union ◄ of an international agreement on climate change leading to greenhouse gas emission reductions exceeding those required in Article 9, as reflected in the 30 % commitment endorsed by the European Council of March 2007.
Article 2
Scope
Article 3
Definitions
For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:
‘allowance’ means an allowance to emit one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent during a specified period, which shall be valid only for the purposes of meeting the requirements of this Directive and shall be transferable in accordance with the provisions of this Directive;
‘emissions’ means the release of greenhouse gases from sources in an installation or the release from an aircraft performing an aviation activity listed in Annex I or from ships performing a maritime transport activity listed in Annex I of the gases specified in respect of that activity, or the release of greenhouse gases corresponding to the activity referred to in Annex III;
‘greenhouse gases’ means the gases listed in Annex II and other gaseous constituents of the atmosphere, both natural and anthropogenic, that absorb and re-emit infrared radiation;
‘greenhouse gas emissions permit’ means the permit issued in accordance with Articles 5, 6 and 30b;
‘installation’ means a stationary technical unit where one or more activities listed in Annex I are carried out and any other directly associated activities which have a technical connection with the activities carried out on that site and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;
‘operator’ means any person who operates or controls an installation or, where this is provided for in national legislation, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation has been delegated;
‘person’ means any natural or legal person;
‘new entrant’ means any installation carrying out one or more of the activities listed in Annex I, which has obtained a greenhouse gas emissions permit for the first time within the period starting from three months before the date for submission of the list under Article 11(1), and ending three months before the date for the submission of the subsequent list under that Article;
‘the public’ means one or more persons and, in accordance with national legislation or practice, associations, organisations or groups of persons;
‘tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent’ means one metric tonne of carbon dioxide (CO2) or an amount of any other greenhouse gas listed in Annex II with an equivalent global-warming potential;
‘Annex I Party’ means a Party listed in Annex I to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that has ratified the Kyoto Protocol as specified in Article 1(7) of the Kyoto Protocol;
‘project activity’ means a project activity approved by one or more Annex I Parties in accordance with Article 6 or Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol;
‘emission reduction unit’ or ‘ERU’ means a unit issued pursuant to Article 6 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol;
‘certified emission reduction’ or ‘CER’ means a unit issued pursuant to Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol and the decisions adopted pursuant to the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol;
‘aircraft operator’ means the person who operates an aircraft at the time it performs an aviation activity listed in Annex I or, where that person is not known or is not identified by the owner of the aircraft, the owner of the aircraft;
‘commercial air transport operator’ means an operator that, for remuneration, provides scheduled or non-scheduled air transport services to the public for the carriage of passengers, freight or mail;
‘administering Member State’ means the Member State responsible for administering the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ in respect of an aircraft operator in accordance with Article 18a;
‘attributed aviation emissions’ means emissions from all flights falling within the aviation activities listed in Annex I which depart from an aerodrome situated in the territory of a Member State and those which arrive in such an aerodrome from a third country;
‘historical aviation emissions’ means the mean average of the annual emissions in the calendar years 2004, 2005 and 2006 from aircraft performing an aviation activity listed in Annex I;
‘combustion’ means any oxidation of fuels, regardless of the way in which the heat, electrical or mechanical energy produced by this process is used, and any other directly associated activities, including waste gas scrubbing;
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‘non-CO2 aviation effects’ means the effects on the climate of the release, during fuel combustion, of oxides of nitrogen (NOx), soot particles, oxidised sulphur species, and effects from water vapour, including contrails, from an aircraft performing an aviation activity listed in Annex I;
‘shipping company’ means the shipowner or any other organisation or person, such as the manager or the bareboat charterer, that has assumed the responsibility for the operation of the ship from the shipowner and that, on assuming such responsibility, has agreed to take over all the duties and responsibilities imposed by the International Management Code for the Safe Operation of Ships and for Pollution Prevention, set out in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 336/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 );
‘voyage’ means a voyage as defined in Article 3, point (c), of Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 );
‘administering authority in respect of a shipping company’ means the authority responsible for administering the EU ETS in respect of a shipping company in accordance with Article 3gf;
‘port of call’ means the port where a ship stops to load or unload cargo or to embark or disembark passengers, or the port where an offshore ship stops to relieve the crew; stops for the sole purposes of refuelling, obtaining supplies, relieving the crew of a ship other than an offshore ship, going into dry-dock or making repairs to the ship, its equipment, or both, stops in port because the ship is in need of assistance or in distress, ship-to-ship transfers carried out outside ports, stops for the sole purpose of taking shelter from adverse weather or rendered necessary by search and rescue activities, and stops of containerships in a neighbouring container transhipment port listed in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 3ga(2) are excluded;
‘cruise passenger ship’ means a passenger ship that has no cargo deck and is designed exclusively for commercial transportation of passengers in overnight accommodation on a sea voyage;
‘contract for difference’ or ‘CD’ means a contract between the Commission and the producer, selected through a competitive bidding mechanism such as an auction, of a low- or zero-carbon product, and under which the producer is provided with support from the Innovation Fund covering the difference between the winning price, also known as the strike price, on the one hand, and a reference price derived from the price of the low- or zero-carbon product produced, the market price of a close substitute, or a combination of those two prices, on the other hand;
‘carbon contract for difference’ or ‘CCD’ means a contract between the Commission and the producer, selected through a competitive bidding mechanism such as an auction, of a low- or zero-carbon product, and under which the producer is provided with support from the Innovation Fund covering the difference between the winning price, also known as the strike price, on the one hand, and a reference price derived from the average price of allowances, on the other hand;
‘fixed premium contract’ means a contract between the Commission and the producer, selected through a competitive bidding mechanism such as an auction, of a low- or zero-carbon product, and under which the producer is provided with support in the form of a fixed amount per unit of the product produced;
‘regulated entity’ for the purposes of Chapter IVa means any natural or legal person, except for any final consumer of the fuels, that engages in the activity referred to in Annex III and that falls within one of the following categories:
where the fuel passes through a tax warehouse as defined in Article 3, point (11), of Council Directive (EU) 2020/262 ( 6 ), the authorised warehousekeeper as defined in Article 3, point (1), of that Directive, liable to pay the excise duty which has become chargeable pursuant to Article 7 of that Directive;
if point (i) of this point is not applicable, any other person liable to pay the excise duty which has become chargeable pursuant to Article 7 of Directive (EU) 2020/262 or Article 21(5), first subparagraph, of Council Directive 2003/96/EC ( 7 ) in respect of the fuels covered by Chapter IVa of this Directive;
if points (i) and (ii) of this point are not applicable, any other person that has to be registered by the relevant competent authorities of the Member State for the purpose of being liable to pay the excise duty, including any person exempt from paying the excise duty, as referred to in Article 21(5), fourth subparagraph, of Directive 2003/96/EC;
if points (i), (ii) and (iii) are not applicable, or if several persons are jointly and severally liable for payment of the same excise duty, any other person designated by a Member State;
‘fuel’ for the purposes of Chapter IVa of this Directive means any energy product referred to in Article 2(1) of Directive 2003/96/EC, including the fuels listed in Table A and Table C of Annex I to that Directive, as well as any other product intended for use, offered for sale or used as motor fuel or heating fuel as specified in Article 2(3) of that Directive, including for the production of electricity;
‘release for consumption’ for the purposes of Chapter IVa of this Directive means release for consumption as defined in Article 6(3) of Directive (EU) 2020/262;
‘TTF gas price’ for the purposes of Chapter IVa means the price of the gas futures month-ahead contract traded at the Title Transfer Facility (TTF) Virtual Trading Point, operated by Gasunie Transport Services B.V.;
‘Brent crude oil price’ for the purposes of Chapter IVa means the futures month-ahead price for crude oil, used as a benchmark price for the purchase of oil.
CHAPTER II
AVIATION AND MARITIME TRANSPORT
Article 3a
Scope
Articles 3b to 3g shall apply to the allocation and issue of allowances in respect of the aviation activities listed in Annex I. Articles 3ga to 3gg shall apply in respect of the maritime transport activities listed in Annex I.
Article 3b
Aviation activities
By 2 August 2009, the Commission shall, in accordance with the ►M9 examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2) ◄ , develop guidelines on the detailed interpretation of the aviation activities listed in Annex I.
Article 3c
Total quantity of allowances for aviation
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The allowances reserved under the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be allocated by the Member States to cover part of or all of the price differential between the use of fossil kerosene and the use of the relevant eligible aviation fuels, taking into account incentives from the price of carbon and from harmonised minimum levels of taxation on fossil fuels. When calculating that price differential, the Commission shall take into account the technical report published by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency under a regulation on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport. Member States shall ensure the visibility of funding under this paragraph in a manner corresponding to the requirements in Article 30m(1), points (a) and (b), of this Directive.
The allowances allocated under this paragraph shall cover:
70 % of the remaining price differential between the use of fossil kerosene and hydrogen from renewable energy sources, and advanced biofuels as defined in Article 2, second paragraph, point (34), of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 9 ), for which the emission factor is zero under Annex IV or under the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 14 of this Directive;
95 % of the remaining price differential between the use of fossil kerosene and renewable fuels of non-biological origin compliant with Article 25 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, used in aviation, for which the emission factor is zero under Annex IV or under the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 14 of this Directive;
100 % of the remaining price differential between the use of fossil kerosene and any eligible aviation fuel that is not derived from fossil fuels covered by the first subparagraph of this paragraph, at airports situated on islands smaller than 10 000 km2 and with no road or rail link with the mainland, at airports which are insufficiently large to be defined as Union airports in accordance with a regulation on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport and at airports located in an outermost region;
in cases other than those referred to in points (a), (b) and (c), 50 % of the remaining price differential between the use of fossil kerosene and any eligible aviation fuel that is not derived from fossil fuels covered by the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
The allocation of allowances under this paragraph may take into account possible support from other schemes at national level.
On a yearly basis, commercial aircraft operators may apply for an allocation of allowances based on the quantity of each eligible aviation fuel referred to in this paragraph used on flights for which allowances have to be surrendered in accordance with Article 12(3) between 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2030, excluding flights for which that requirement is considered to be satisfied pursuant to Article 28a(1). If, for a given year, the demand for allowances for the use of such fuels is higher than the availability of allowances, the quantity of allowances shall be reduced in a uniform manner for all aircraft operators concerned by the allocation for that year.
The Commission shall publish in the Official Journal of the European Union details of the average cost difference between fossil kerosene, taking into account incentives from the price of carbon and from harmonised minimum levels of taxation on fossil fuels, and the relevant eligible aviation fuels, on a yearly basis for the previous year.
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive by establishing the detailed rules for the yearly calculation of the cost difference referred to in the sixth subparagraph of this paragraph, for the allocation of allowances for the use of the fuels identified in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and for the calculation of the greenhouse gas emissions saved as a result of the use of fuels as reported under the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 14(1), and establishing the arrangements for taking into account incentives from the price of carbon and from harmonised minimum levels of taxation on fossil fuels.
By 1 January 2028, the Commission shall carry out an evaluation regarding the application of this paragraph and submit the results of that evaluation in a report to the European Parliament and to the Council in a timely manner. The report may, where appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal to allocate a capped and time-limited amount of allowances until 31 December 2034 to further incentivise the use of the fuels identified in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, in particular the use of renewable fuels of non-biological origin compliant with Article 25 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, used in aviation, for which the emission factor is zero under Annex IV or under the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 14 of this Directive.
From 1 January 2028, the Commission shall evaluate the application of this paragraph in the annual report it is required to submit pursuant to Article 10(5).
Article 3d
Method of allocation of allowances for aviation through auctioning
From 1 January 2026, the entire quantity of allowances in respect of which free allocation would have taken place in that year shall be auctioned, except for the quantity of allowances referred to in Article 3c(6) and Article 10a(8), fourth subparagraph.
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Article 3g
Monitoring and reporting plans
The administering Member State shall ensure that each aircraft operator submits to the competent authority in that Member State a monitoring plan setting out measures to monitor and report emissions and that such plans are approved by the competent authority in accordance with the implementing acts referred to in Article 14.
Article 3ga
Scope of application to maritime transport activities
Those implementing acts shall list a port as a neighbouring container transhipment port where the share of transhipment of containers, measured in twenty-foot equivalent units, exceeds 65 % of the total container traffic of that port during the most recent twelve-month period for which relevant data are available and where that port is located outside the Union but less than 300 nautical miles from a port under the jurisdiction of a Member State. For the purposes of this paragraph, containers shall be considered to be transhipped when they are unloaded from a ship to the port for the sole purpose of being loaded onto another ship. The list established by the Commission pursuant to the first subparagraph shall not include ports located in a third country for which that third country effectively applies measures equivalent to this Directive.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2).
Until 31 December 2030, a share of allowances shall be attributed to Member States with a ratio of shipping companies that would have been under their responsibility pursuant to Article 3gf compared to their respective population in 2020 and based on data available for the period from 2018 to 2020, above 15 shipping companies per million inhabitants. The quantity of allowances shall correspond to 3,5 % of the additional quantity of allowances due to the increase in the cap for maritime transport referred to in Article 9, third paragraph, in the relevant year. For the years 2024 and 2025, the quantity of allowances shall in addition be multiplied by the percentages applicable to the relevant year pursuant to Article 3gb, first paragraph, points (a) and (b). The revenue generated from the auctioning of that share of allowances should be used for the purposes referred to in Article 10(3), first subparagraph, point (g), with regard to the maritime sector, and points (f) and (i). 50 % of the quantity of allowances shall be distributed among the relevant Member States based on the share of shipping companies under their responsibility and the remainder distributed in equal shares between them.
Article 3gb
Phase-in of requirements for maritime transport
Shipping companies shall be liable to surrender allowances according to the following schedule:
40 % of verified emissions reported for 2024 that would be subject to surrender requirements in accordance with Article 12;
70 % of verified emissions reported for 2025 that would be subject to surrender requirements in accordance with Article 12;
100 % of verified emissions reported for 2026 and each year thereafter in accordance with Article 12.
Where fewer allowances are surrendered compared to the verified emissions from maritime transport for the years 2024 and 2025, once the difference between verified emissions and allowances surrendered has been established in respect of each year, an amount of allowances corresponding to that difference shall be cancelled rather than auctioned pursuant to Article 10.
Article 3gc
Provisions for transfer of the costs of the EU ETS from the shipping company to another entity
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that when the ultimate responsibility for the purchase of the fuel, or the operation of the ship, or both, is assumed by an entity other than the shipping company pursuant to a contractual arrangement, the shipping company is entitled to reimbursement from that entity for the costs arising from the surrender of allowances.
‘Operation of the ship’ for the purposes of this Article means determining the cargo carried or the route and the speed of the ship. The shipping company shall remain the entity responsible for surrendering allowances as required under Articles 3gb and 12 and for overall compliance with the provisions of national law transposing this Directive. Member States shall ensure that shipping companies under their responsibility comply with the obligations to surrender allowances under Articles 3gb and 12, notwithstanding the entitlement of such shipping companies to be reimbursed by the commercial operators for the costs arising from the surrender.
Article 3gd
Monitoring and reporting of emissions from maritime transport
In respect of emissions from maritime transport activities listed in Annex I to this Directive, the administering authority in respect of a shipping company shall ensure that a shipping company under its responsibility monitors and reports the relevant parameters during a reporting period, and submits to it aggregated emissions data at company level in accordance with Chapter II of Regulation (EU) 2015/757.
Article 3ge
Verification and accreditation rules for emissions from maritime transport
The administering authority in respect of a shipping company shall ensure that the reporting of aggregated emissions data at shipping company level submitted by a shipping company pursuant to Article 3gd of this Directive is verified in accordance with the verification and accreditation rules set out in Chapter III of Regulation (EU) 2015/757.
Article 3gf
Administering authority in respect of a shipping company
The administering authority in respect of a shipping company shall be:
in the case of a shipping company registered in a Member State, the Member State in which the shipping company is registered;
in the case of a shipping company that is not registered in a Member State, the Member State with the greatest estimated number of port calls from voyages performed by that shipping company in the preceding four monitoring years and falling within the scope set out in Article 3ga;
in the case of a shipping company that is not registered in a Member State and that did not carry out any voyage falling within the scope set out in Article 3ga in the preceding four monitoring years, the Member State where a ship of the shipping company has started or ended its first voyage falling within the scope set out in that Article.
Based on the best available information, the Commission shall establish by means of implementing acts:
before 1 February 2024, a list of shipping companies which performed a maritime transport activity listed in Annex I that fell within the scope set out in Article 3ga on or with effect from 1 January 2024, specifying the administering authority in respect of a shipping company in accordance with paragraph 1 of this Article;
before 1 February 2026 and every two years thereafter, an updated list to reattribute shipping companies registered in a Member State to another administering authority in respect of a shipping company if they changed the Member State of registration within the Union in accordance with paragraph 1, point (a), of this Article or to include shipping companies which have subsequently performed a maritime transport activity listed in Annex I that fell within the scope set out in Article 3ga, in accordance with paragraph 1, point (c), of this Article; and
before 1 February 2028 and every four years thereafter, an updated list to reattribute shipping companies that are not registered in a Member State to another administering authority in respect of a shipping company in accordance with paragraph 1, point (b), of this Article.
Article 3gg
Reporting and review
To that end, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council within 18 months of the adoption of such a global market-based measure and before it becomes operational. In that report, the Commission shall examine the global market-based measure as regards:
its ambition in light of the objectives of the Paris Agreement;
its overall environmental integrity, including in comparison with the provisions of this Directive covering maritime transport; and
any issue related to the coherence between the EU ETS and that measure.
Where appropriate, the Commission may accompany the report referred to in the second subparagraph of this paragraph with a legislative proposal to amend this Directive in a manner that is consistent with the Union 2030 climate target and the climate-neutrality objective set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, and with the aim of preserving the environmental integrity and effectiveness of Union climate action, in order to ensure coherence between the implementation of the global market-based measure and the EU ETS, while avoiding any significant double burden.
Where appropriate, the report referred to in the first subparagraph shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal to amend this Directive.
That report shall also consider the interlinkages between this Directive and Regulation (EU) 2015/757 and draw on the experience gained from the application thereof. In that report, the Commission shall also examine how this Directive can best account for the uptake of renewable and low-carbon maritime fuels on a lifecycle basis. If appropriate, the report may be accompanied by legislative proposals.
CHAPTER III
STATIONARY INSTALLATIONS
Article 3h
Scope
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to greenhouse gas emissions permits and the allocation and issue of allowances in respect of activities listed in Annex I other than aviation activities and maritime transport activities.
Article 4
Greenhouse gas emissions permits
Member States shall ensure that, from 1 January 2005, no installation carries out any activity listed in Annex I resulting in emissions specified in relation to that activity unless its operator holds a permit issued by a competent authority in accordance with Articles 5 and 6, or the installation is excluded from the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ pursuant to Article 27. This shall also apply to installations opted in under Article 24.
Article 5
Applications for greenhouse gas emissions permits
An application to the competent authority for a greenhouse gas emissions permit shall include a description of:
the installation and its activities including the technology used;
the raw and auxiliary materials, the use of which is likely to lead to emissions of gases listed in Annex I;
the sources of emissions of gases listed in Annex I from the installation; and
the measures planned to monitor and report emissions in accordance with the ►M9 acts ◄ referred to in Article 14.
The application shall also include a non-technical summary of the details referred to in the first subparagraph.
Article 6
Conditions for and contents of the greenhouse gas emissions permit
A greenhouse gas emissions permit may cover one or more installations on the same site operated by the same operator.
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Greenhouse gas emissions permits shall contain the following:
the name and address of the operator;
a description of the activities and emissions from the installation;
a monitoring plan that fulfils the requirements under the ►M9 acts ◄ referred to in Article 14. Member States may allow operators to update monitoring plans without changing the permit. Operators shall submit any updated monitoring plans to the competent authority for approval;
reporting requirements; and
an obligation to surrender allowances equal to the total emissions of the installation in each calendar year, as verified in accordance with Article 15, by the deadline laid down in Article 12(3).
Article 7
Changes relating to installations
The operator shall inform the competent authority of any planned changes to the nature or functioning of the installation, or any extension or significant reduction of its capacity, which may require updating the greenhouse gas emissions permit. Where appropriate, the competent authority shall update the permit. Where there is a change in the identity of the installation's operator, the competent authority shall update the permit to include the name and address of the new operator.
Article 8
Coordination with Directive 2010/75/EU
Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that, where installations carry out activities that are included in Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU, the conditions and procedure for the issue of a greenhouse gas emissions permit are coordinated with those for the issue of a permit provided for in that Directive. The requirements laid down in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of this Directive may be integrated into the procedures provided for in Directive 2010/75/EU.
The Commission shall review the effectiveness of synergies with Directive 2010/75/EU. Environmental and climate-relevant permits shall be coordinated to ensure efficient and speedier execution of measures needed to comply with Union climate and energy objectives. The Commission may submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council in the context of any future review of this Directive.
Article 9
►M9 Union ◄ -wide quantity of allowances
The ►M9 Union ◄ -wide quantity of allowances issued each year starting in 2013 shall decrease in a linear manner beginning from the mid-point of the period from 2008 to 2012. The quantity shall decrease by a linear factor of 1,74 % compared to the average annual total quantity of allowances issued by Member States in accordance with the Commission Decisions on their national allocation plans for the period from 2008 to 2012. ►A1 The ►M9 Union ◄ -wide quantity of allowances will be increased as a result of Croatia's accession only by the quantity of allowances that Croatia shall auction pursuant to Article 10(1). ◄
Starting in 2021, the linear factor shall be 2,2 %.
In 2024, the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be decreased by 90 million allowances. In 2026, the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be decreased by 27 million allowances. In 2024, the Union-wide quantity of allowances shall be increased by 78,4 million allowances for maritime transport. The linear factor shall be 4,3 % from 2024 to 2027 and 4,4 % from 2028. The linear factor shall also apply to the allowances corresponding to the average emissions from maritime transport reported in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2015/757 for 2018 and 2019 that are addressed in Article 3ga of this Directive. The Commission shall publish the Union-wide quantity of allowances by 6 September 2023.
From 1 January 2026 and 1 January 2027 respectively, the quantity of allowances shall be increased to take into account the coverage of greenhouse gas emissions other than CO2 emissions from maritime transport activities and the coverage of emissions of offshore ships, based on their emissions for the most recent year for which data are available. Notwithstanding Article 10(1), the allowances resulting from that increase shall be made available to support innovation in accordance with Article 10a(8).
Article 9a
Adjustment of the ►M9 Union ◄ -wide quantity of allowances
In respect of installations carrying out activities listed in Annex I, which are only included in the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ from 2013 onwards, Member States shall ensure that the operators of such installations submit to the relevant competent authority duly substantiated and independently verified emissions data in order for them to be taken into account for the adjustment of the ►M9 Union ◄ -wide quantity of allowances to be issued.
Any such data shall be submitted, by 30 April 2010, to the relevant competent authority in accordance with the provisions adopted pursuant to Article 14(1).
If the data submitted are duly substantiated, the competent authority shall notify the Commission thereof by 30 June 2010 and the quantity of allowances to be issued, adjusted by the linear factor referred to in Article 9, shall be adjusted accordingly. In the case of installations emitting greenhouse gases other than CO2, the competent authority may notify a lower amount of emissions according to the emission reduction potential of those installations.
Article 10
Auctioning of allowances
From 2021 onwards, and without prejudice to a possible reduction pursuant to Article 10a(5a), the share of allowances to be auctioned shall be 57 %.
2 % of the total quantity of allowances between 2021 and 2030 shall be auctioned to establish a fund to improve energy efficiency and modernise the energy systems of certain Member States (the ‘beneficiary Member States’) as set out in Article 10d (the ‘Modernisation Fund’). The beneficiary Member States for that amount of allowances shall be the Member States with a GDP per capita at market prices below 60 % of the Union average in 2013. The funds corresponding to that amount of allowances shall be distributed in accordance with Part A of Annex IIb.
In addition, 2,5 % of the total quantity of allowances between 2024 and 2030 shall be auctioned for the Modernisation Fund. The beneficiary Member States for that amount of allowances shall be the Member States with a GDP per capita at market prices below 75 % of the Union average during the period from 2016 to 2018. The funds corresponding to that amount of allowances shall be distributed in accordance with Part B of Annex IIb.
The total remaining quantity of allowances to be auctioned by Member States shall be distributed in accordance with paragraph 2.
The total quantity of allowances to be auctioned by each Member State shall be composed as follows:
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10 % of the total quantity of allowances to be auctioned being distributed amongst certain Member States for the purposes of solidarity, growth and interconnections within the Union, thereby increasing the amount of allowances that those Member States auction under point (a) by the percentages specified in Annex IIa.
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For the purposes of point (a), in respect of Member States which did not participate in the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ in 2005, their share shall be calculated using their verified emissions under the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ in 2007.
If necessary, the percentages referred to in point (b) shall be adapted in a proportional manner to ensure that the distribution is 10 %.
Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 2 of this Article, except for the revenues established as own resources in accordance with Article 311, third paragraph, TFEU and entered in the Union budget. Member States shall use those revenues, with the exception of the revenues used for the compensation of indirect carbon costs referred to in Article 10a(6) of this Directive, or the equivalent in financial value of those revenues, for one or more of the following:
to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, including by contributing to the Global Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy Fund and to the Adaptation Fund as made operational by the Poznan Conference on Climate Change (COP 14 and COP/MOP 4), to adapt to the impacts of climate change and to fund research and development as well as demonstration projects for reducing emissions and for adaptation to climate change, including participation in initiatives within the framework of the European Strategic Energy Technology Plan and the European Technology Platforms;
to develop renewable energies and grids for electricity transmission to meet the commitment of the Union to renewable energies and the Union targets on interconnectivity, as well as to develop other technologies that contribute to the transition to a safe and sustainable low-carbon economy, and to help to meet the commitment of the Union to increase energy efficiency, at the levels agreed in relevant legislative acts, including the production of electricity from renewables self-consumers and renewable energy communities;
measures to avoid deforestation and support the protection and restoration of peatland, forests and other land-based ecosystems or marine-based ecosystems, including measures that contribute to the protection, restoration and better management thereof, in particular as regards marine-protected areas, and increase biodiversity-friendly afforestation and reforestation, including in developing countries that have ratified the Paris Agreement, and measures to transfer technologies and to facilitate adaptation to the adverse effects of climate change in those countries;
forestry and soil sequestration in the Union;
the environmentally safe capture and geological storage of CO2, in particular from solid fossil fuel power stations and a range of industrial sectors and subsectors, including in third countries, and innovative technological carbon removal methods, such as direct air capture and storage;
to invest in and accelerate the shift to forms of transport which contribute significantly to the decarbonisation of the sector, including the development of climate-friendly passenger and freight rail transport and bus services and technologies, measures to decarbonise the maritime sector, including the improvement of the energy efficiency of ships, ports, innovative technologies and infrastructure, and sustainable alternative fuels, such as hydrogen and ammonia that are produced from renewables, and zero-emission propulsion technologies, and to finance measures to support the decarbonisation of airports in accordance with a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deployment of alternative fuels infrastructure, and repealing Directive 2014/94/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, and a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on ensuring a level playing field for sustainable air transport;
to finance research and development in energy efficiency and clean technologies in the sectors covered by this Directive;
measures intended to improve energy efficiency, district heating systems and insulation, to support efficient and renewable heating and cooling systems, or to support the deep and staged deep renovation of buildings in accordance with Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 11 ), starting with the renovation of the worst-performing buildings;
to provide financial support to address social aspects in lower- and middle-income households, including by reducing distortive taxes, and targeted reductions of duties and charges for renewable electricity;
to finance national climate dividend schemes with a proven positive environmental impact as documented in the annual report referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 12 );
to cover administrative expenses of the management of the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ ;
to finance climate actions in vulnerable third countries, including the adaptation to the impacts of climate change;
to promote skill formation and reallocation of labour in order to contribute to a just transition to a climate-neutral economy, in particular in regions most affected by the transition of jobs, in close coordination with the social partners, and to invest in upskilling and reskilling of workers potentially affected by the transition, including workers in maritime transport;
to address any residual risk of carbon leakage in the sectors covered by Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 13 ), supporting the transition and promoting their decarbonisation in accordance with State aid rules.
When determining the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of the allowances, Member States shall take into account the need to continue scaling up international climate finance in vulnerable third countries referred to in the first subparagraph, point (j).
Member States shall be deemed to have fulfilled the provisions of this paragraph if they have in place and implement fiscal or financial support policies, including in particular in developing countries, or domestic regulatory policies, which leverage financial support, established for the purposes set out in the first subparagraph and which have a value equivalent to the revenues referred to in the first subparagraph.
Member States shall inform the Commission as to the use of revenues and the actions taken pursuant to this paragraph in their reports submitted under Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, specifying, where relevant and as appropriate, which revenues are used and the actions that are taken to implement their integrated national energy and climate plans submitted in accordance with that Regulation, and their territorial just transition plans prepared in accordance with Article 11 of Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 14 ).
The reporting shall be sufficiently detailed to enable the Commission to assess the Member States’ compliance with the first subparagraph.
►M15 The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 of this Directive to supplement this Directive concerning the timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning, including modalities for auctioning which are necessary for the transfer of a share of revenues to the Union budget as external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 30d(4) of this Directive or as own resources in accordance with Article 311, third paragraph, TFEU, in order to ensure that it is conducted in an open, transparent, harmonised and non-discriminatory manner. To that end, the process shall be predictable, in particular as regards the timing and sequencing of auctions and the estimated amount of allowances to be made available. ◄
Those delegated acts shall ensure that auctions are designed to ensure that:
operators, and in particular any small and medium-sized enterprises covered by the EU ETS, have full, fair and equitable access;
all participants have access to the same information at the same time and that participants do not undermine the operation of the auctions;
the organisation of, and participation in, the auctions is cost-efficient and undue administrative costs are avoided; and
access to allowances is granted to small emitters.
Member States shall report on the proper implementation of the auctioning rules for each auction, in particular with respect to fair and open access, transparency, price formation and technical and operational aspects. These reports shall be submitted within one month of the auction concerned and shall be published on the Commission's website.
Article 10a
Transitional ►M9 Union ◄ -wide rules for harmonised free allocation
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive concerning the Union-wide and fully harmonised rules for the allocation of allowances referred to in paragraphs 4, 5, 7 and 19 of this Article.
The measures referred to in the first subparagraph shall, to the extent feasible, determine ►M9 Union ◄ -wide ex-ante benchmarks so as to ensure that allocation takes place in a manner that provides incentives for reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and energy efficient techniques, by taking account of the most efficient techniques, substitutes, alternative production processes, high efficiency cogeneration, efficient energy recovery of waste gases, use of biomass and capture and storage of CO2, where such facilities are available, and shall not provide incentives to increase emissions. No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production, except for cases falling within Article 10c and electricity produced from waste gases.
If an installation is covered by the obligation to conduct an energy audit or to implement a certified energy management system under Article 8 of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 17 ) and if the recommendations of the audit report or of the certified energy management system are not implemented, unless the pay-back time for the relevant investments exceeds three years or unless the costs of those investments are disproportionate, then the amount of free allocation shall be reduced by 20 %. The amount of free allocation shall not be reduced if an operator demonstrates that it has implemented other measures which lead to greenhouse gas emission reductions equivalent to those recommended by the audit report or by the certified energy management system for the installation concerned.
The Commission shall supplement this Directive by providing, in the delegated acts adopted pursuant to this paragraph and without prejudice to the rules applicable under Directive 2012/27/EU, for administratively simple harmonised rules for the application of the third subparagraph of this paragraph that ensure that the application of the conditionality does not jeopardise a level playing field, environmental integrity or equal treatment between installations across the Union. Those harmonised rules shall in particular provide for timelines, for criteria for the recognition of implemented energy efficiency measures as well as for alternative measures reducing greenhouse gas emissions, using the procedure for national implementing measures in accordance with Article 11(1) of this Directive.
In addition to the requirements set out in the third subparagraph of this paragraph, the reduction by 20 % referred to in that subparagraph shall be applied where, by 1 May 2024, operators of installations whose greenhouse gas emission levels are higher than the 80th percentile of emission levels for the relevant product benchmarks have not established a climate-neutrality plan for each of those installations for its activities covered by this Directive. That plan shall contain the elements specified in Article 10b(4) and be established in accordance with the implementing acts provided for in that Article. Article 10b(4) shall be read as only referring to the installation level. The achievement of the targets and milestones referred to in Article 10b(4), third subparagraph, point (b), shall be verified in respect of the period until 31 December 2025 and in respect of each period ending 31 December of each fifth year thereafter, in accordance with the verification and accreditation procedures provided for in Article 15. No free allowances beyond 80 % shall be allocated if achievement of the intermediate targets and milestones has not been verified in respect of the period until the end of 2025 or in respect of the period from 2026 to 2030.
Allowances that are not allocated due to a reduction of free allocation in accordance with the third and fifth subparagraphs of this paragraph shall be used to exempt installations from the adjustment in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article. Where any such allowances remain, 50 % of those allowances shall be made available to support innovation in accordance with paragraph 8 of this Article. The other 50 % of those allowances shall be auctioned in accordance with Article 10(1) of this Directive and Member States should use the respective revenues to address any residual risk of carbon leakage in the sectors covered by Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/956, supporting the transition and promoting their decarbonisation in accordance with State aid rules.
No free allocation shall be given to installations in sectors or subsectors to the extent they are covered by other measures to address the risk of carbon leakage as established by Regulation (EU) 2023/956. The measures referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be adjusted accordingly.
For each sector and subsector, in principle, the benchmark shall be calculated for products rather than for inputs, in order to maximise greenhouse gas emission reductions and energy efficiency savings throughout each production process of the sector or the subsector concerned. In order to provide further incentives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions and improving energy efficiency and to ensure a level playing field for installations using new technologies that partly reduce or fully eliminate greenhouse gas emissions, and installations using existing technologies, the determined Union-wide ex-ante benchmarks shall be reviewed in relation to their application in the period from 2026 to 2030, with a view to potentially modifying the definitions and system boundaries of existing product benchmarks, considering as guiding principles the circular use-potential of materials and that the benchmarks should be independent of the feedstock and the type of production process, where the production processes have the same purpose. The Commission shall endeavour to adopt the implementing acts for the purpose of determining the revised benchmark values for free allocation in accordance with paragraph 2, third subparagraph, as soon as possible and before the start of the period from 2026 to 2030.
In defining the principles for setting ex-ante benchmarks in individual sectors and subsectors, the Commission shall consult the relevant stakeholders, including the sectors and subsectors concerned.
The Commission shall, upon the approval by the ►M9 Union ◄ of an international agreement on climate change leading to mandatory reductions of greenhouse gas emissions comparable to those of the ►M9 Union ◄ , review those measures to provide that free allocation is only to take place where this is fully justified in the light of that agreement.
By way of derogation from the first subparagraph of this paragraph, for the first years of application of Regulation (EU) 2023/956, the production of goods listed in Annex I to that Regulation shall benefit from free allocation in reduced amounts. A factor reducing the free allocation for the production of those goods shall be applied (CBAM factor). The CBAM factor shall be equal to 100 % for the period between the entry into force of that Regulation and the end of 2025 and, subject to the application of provisions referred to in Article 36(2), point (b), of that Regulation, shall be equal to 97,5 % in 2026, 95 % in 2027, 90 % in 2028, 77,5 % in 2029, 51,5 % in 2030, 39 % in 2031, 26,5 % in 2032 and 14 % in 2033. From 2034, no CBAM factor shall apply.
The reduction of free allocation shall be calculated annually as the average share of the demand for free allocation for the production of goods listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/956 compared to the calculated total free allocation demand for all installations, for the relevant period referred to in Article 11(1) of this Directive. The CBAM factor shall be applied in this calculation.
Allowances resulting from the reduction of free allocation shall be made available to support innovation in accordance with paragraph 8.
By 31 December 2024 and as part of its annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council pursuant to Article 10(5) of this Directive, the Commission shall assess the carbon leakage risk for goods subject to CBAM and produced in the Union for export to third countries which do not apply the EU ETS or a similar carbon pricing mechanism. The report shall in particular assess the carbon leakage risk in sectors to which CBAM will apply, in particular the role and accelerated uptake of hydrogen, and the developments as regards trade flows and the embedded emissions of goods produced by those sectors on the global market. Where the report concludes that there is a carbon leakage risk for goods produced in the Union for export to third countries which do not apply the EU ETS or an equivalent carbon pricing mechanism, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit a legislative proposal to address that carbon leakage risk in a manner that is compliant with the rules of the World Trade Organization, including Article XX of the General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade 1994, and takes into account the decarbonisation of installations in the Union.
In defining the principles for setting ex-ante benchmarks in individual sectors or subsectors, the starting point shall be the average performance of the 10 % most efficient installations in a sector or subsector in the ►M9 Union ◄ in the years 2007-2008. The Commission shall consult the relevant stakeholders, including the sectors and subsectors concerned.
The ►M9 acts ◄ pursuant to Articles 14 and 15 shall provide for harmonised rules on monitoring, reporting and verification of production-related greenhouse gas emissions with a view to determining the ex-ante benchmarks.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts for the purpose of determining the revised benchmark values for free allocation. Those acts shall be in accordance with the delegated acts adopted pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article and shall comply with the following:
For the period from 2021 to 2025, the benchmark values shall be determined on the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11 for the years 2016 and 2017. On the basis of a comparison of those benchmark values with the benchmark values contained in Commission Decision 2011/278/EU ( 18 ), as adopted on 27 April 2011, the Commission shall determine the annual reduction rate for each benchmark, and shall apply it to the benchmark values applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020 in respect of each year between 2008 and 2023 to determine the benchmark values for the period from 2021 to 2025.
Where the annual reduction rate exceeds 1,6 % or is below 0,2 %, the benchmark values for the period from 2021 to 2025 shall be the benchmark values applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020 reduced by whichever of those two percentage rates is relevant, in respect of each year between 2008 and 2023.
For the period from 2026 to 2030, the benchmark values shall be determined in the same manner as set out in points (a) and (d) of this subparagraph, taking into account point (e) of this subparagraph, on the basis of information submitted pursuant to Article 11 for the years 2021 and 2022 and on the basis of applying the annual reduction rate in respect of each year between 2008 and 2028.
Where the annual reduction rate exceeds 2,5 % or is below 0,3 %, the benchmark values for the period from 2026 to 2030 shall be the benchmark values applicable in the period from 2013 to 2020 reduced by whichever of those two percentage rates is relevant, in respect of each year between 2008 and 2028.
For the period from 2026 to 2030, the annual reduction rate for the product benchmark for hot metal shall not be affected by the change of benchmark definitions and system boundaries applicable pursuant to paragraph 1, eighth subparagraph.
By way of derogation regarding the benchmark values for aromatics and syngas, those benchmark values shall be adjusted by the same percentage as the refineries benchmarks in order to preserve a level playing field for producers of those products.
The implementing acts referred to in the third subparagraph shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2).
In order to promote efficient energy recovery from waste gases, for the period referred to in point (b) of the third subparagraph, the benchmark value for hot metal, which predominantly relates to waste gases, shall be updated with an annual reduction rate of 0,2 %.
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Where less than 3 % of the total quantity of allowances is needed to increase the maximum amount available under paragraph 5:
Member States shall also seek to use no more than 25 % of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances for the financial measures referred to in the first subparagraph. Within three months of the end of each year, Member States that have such financial measures in place shall make available to the public, in an easily accessible form, the total amount of compensation provided per benefitting sector and subsector. As from 2018, in any year in which a Member State uses more than 25 % of the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances for such purposes, it shall publish a report setting out the reasons for exceeding that amount. The report shall include relevant information on electricity prices for large industrial consumers benefiting from such financial measures, without prejudice to requirements regarding the protection of confidential information. The report shall also include information on whether due consideration has been given to other measures to sustainably lower indirect carbon costs in the medium to long term.
The Commission shall include in the report provided for in Article 10(5), inter alia, an assessment of the effects of such financial measures on the internal market and, where appropriate, recommend any measures that may be necessary pursuant to that assessment.
Those measures shall be such as to ensure that there is adequate protection against the risk of carbon leakage, based on ex-ante benchmarks for the indirect emissions of CO2 per unit of production. Those ex-ante benchmarks shall be calculated for a given sector or subsector as the product of the electricity consumption per unit of production corresponding to the most efficient available technologies and of the CO2 emissions of the relevant European electricity production mix.
►M9 Allowances from the maximum amount referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article which were not allocated for free by 2020 shall be set aside for new entrants, together with 200 million allowances placed in the market stability reserve pursuant to Article 1(3) of Decision (EU) 2015/1814. Of the allowances set aside, up to 200 million shall be returned to the market stability reserve at the end of the period from 2021 to 2030 if not allocated for that period. ◄
From 2021, allowances that, pursuant to paragraphs 19, 20 and 22, are not allocated to installations shall be added to the amount of allowances set aside in accordance with the first subparagraph, first sentence, of this paragraph.
Allocations shall be adjusted by the linear factor referred to in Article 9.
No free allocation shall be made in respect of any electricity production by new entrants.
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The Commission shall frontload Innovation Fund allowances to ensure that an adequate amount of resources is available to foster innovation, including for scaling up.
Allowances that are not issued to aircraft operators due to them ceasing operations and which are not necessary to cover any shortfall in surrenders by those operators shall also be used for innovation support as referred to in the first subparagraph.
Moreover, 5 million allowances from the quantity referred to in Article 3c(5) and (7) relating to aviation allocations for 2026 shall be made available for innovation support as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
In addition, 50 million unallocated allowances from the market stability reserve shall supplement any remaining revenues from the 300 million allowances available in the period from 2013 to 2020 under Commission Decision 2010/670/EU ( 19 ), and shall be used in a timely manner for innovation support as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
When designing and implementing calls for proposals or competitive bidding under the Innovation Fund, the Commission shall consider strategic projects recognised in accordance with a regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology products manufacturing ecosystem, which are deemed to contribute to the objectives of the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP) in accordance with Article 2(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/795 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 20 ). Member States shall consider providing support from the European Regional Development Fund and the Cohesion Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1058 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 21 ) and the Just Transition Fund established by Regulation (EU) 2021/1056 to projects in their territory in the context of financial mechanisms developed under the Innovation Fund, such as the ‘auction-as-a-service’ scheme.
The Innovation Fund shall cover the sectors listed in Annexes I and III, as well as products and processes substituting carbon intensive ones produced or used in sectors listed in Annex I, including innovative renewable energy and energy storage technologies and environmentally safe carbon capture and utilisation (CCU) that contributes substantially to mitigating climate change, in particular for unavoidable process emissions, and shall help stimulate the construction and operation of projects aimed at the environmentally safe capture, transport and geological storage (CCS) of CO2, in particular for unavoidable industrial process emissions, and the direct capture of CO2 from the atmosphere with safe, sustainable and permanent storage (DACS), in geographically balanced locations. The Innovation Fund may also support breakthrough innovative technologies and infrastructure, including production of low- and zero-carbon fuels, to decarbonise the maritime, aviation, rail and road transport sectors, including collective forms of transport such as public transport and coach services.
For aviation, it may also support electrification and actions to reduce the overall climate impacts of aviation.
The Commission shall give special attention to projects in sectors covered by Regulation (EU) 2023/956 to support innovation in low-carbon technologies, CCU, CCS, renewable energy and energy storage, in a way that contributes to mitigating climate change with the aim of awarding, over the period from 2021 to 2030, projects in those sectors a significant share of the equivalence in financial value of the allowances referred to in paragraph 1a, fourth subparagraph, of this Article. In addition, the Commission may launch, before 2027, calls for proposals dedicated to the sectors covered by that Regulation.
The Commission shall also give special attention to projects contributing to the decarbonisation of the maritime sector and shall include topics dedicated to that purpose in the Innovation Fund calls for proposals, where appropriate, including to electrify maritime transport, and to address its full climate impact, including black carbon emissions. Such calls for proposals shall also, in the criteria used for the selection of projects, take particular account of the potential for increasing biodiversity protection and for reducing noise and water pollution from projects and investments.
The Innovation Fund may in accordance with paragraph 8a support projects through competitive bidding, such as CDs, CCDs or fixed premium contracts to support decarbonisation technologies for which the carbon price might not be a sufficient incentive.
The Commission shall seek synergies between the Innovation Fund and Horizon Europe, in particular in relation to European partnerships, and shall, where relevant, seek synergies between the Innovation Fund and other Union programmes.
Projects in the territory of all Member States, including small-scale and medium-scale projects, shall be eligible, and, for maritime activities, projects with clear added value for the Union shall be eligible. Technologies receiving support shall be innovative and not yet commercially viable at a similar scale without support, but shall represent breakthrough solutions or be sufficiently mature for application on a pre-commercial scale.
The Commission shall ensure that the allowances destined for the Innovation Fund are auctioned in accordance with the principles and modalities referred to in Article 10(4) of this Directive. Proceeds from the auctioning shall constitute external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 22 ). Budgetary commitments for actions extending over more than one financial year may be broken down into annual instalments over several years.
The Commission shall, on request, provide technical assistance to Member States with low effective participation in projects under the Innovation Fund for the purpose of increasing the capacities of the requesting Member State to support the efforts of project proponents in their respective territories to submit applications for funding from the Innovation Fund, in order to improve the effective geographical participation in the Innovation Fund and increase the overall quality of submitted projects. The Commission shall pursue effective, quality-based geographical coverage in relation to funding from the Innovation Fund across the Union and shall ensure comprehensive monitoring of progress and appropriate follow-up in that respect.
Subject to the agreement of applicants, following the closure of a call for proposals, the Commission shall inform Member States of the applications for funding of projects in their respective territories and shall provide them with detailed information concerning those applications in order to facilitate Member States’ coordination of the support for projects. In addition, the Commission shall inform Member States about the list of pre-selected projects prior to the award of the support.
Projects shall be selected by means of a transparent selection procedure, in a technology-neutral manner in accordance with the objectives of the Innovation Fund as set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph and on the basis of objective and transparent criteria, taking into account the extent to which projects provide a significant contribution to the Union’s climate and energy targets while contributing to the zero pollution and circularity objectives in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph, and, where relevant, the extent to which projects contribute to achieving emission reductions well below the benchmarks referred to in paragraph 2. Projects shall have the potential for widespread application or to significantly lower the costs of transitioning towards a climate-neutral economy in the sectors concerned. Priority shall be given to innovative technologies and processes addressing multiple environmental impacts. Projects involving CCU shall deliver a net reduction in emissions and ensure avoidance or permanent storage of CO2. In the case of grants provided through calls for proposals, up to 60 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported, out of which up to 40 % need not be dependent on verified avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, provided that pre-determined milestones, taking into account the technology deployed, are attained. In the case of support provided through competitive bidding and in the case of technical assistance support, up to 100 % of the relevant costs of projects may be supported. The potential for emission reductions in multiple sectors offered by combined projects, including in nearby areas, shall be taken into account in the criteria used for the selection of projects.
Projects funded by the Innovation Fund shall be required to share knowledge with other relevant projects as well as with Union-based researchers having a legitimate interest. The terms of knowledge sharing shall be defined by the Commission in calls for proposals.
The calls for proposals shall be open and transparent. In preparing the calls for proposals, the Commission shall strive to ensure that all sectors are duly covered. The Commission shall take measures to ensure that the calls are communicated as widely as possible, and especially to small and medium-sized enterprises.
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive concerning rules on the operation of the Innovation Fund, including the selection procedure and criteria, and the eligible sectors and technological requirements for the different types of support.
No project shall receive support via the mechanism under this paragraph that exceeds 15 % of the total number of allowances available for this purpose. Those allowances shall be taken into account under paragraph 7.
By 31 December 2023 and every year thereafter, the Commission shall report to the Climate Change Committee referred to in Article 22a(1) of this Directive, on the implementation of the Innovation Fund, providing an analysis of projects awarded funding, by sector and by Member State, and the expected contribution of those projects towards the objective of climate neutrality in the Union as set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119. The Commission shall provide the report to the European Parliament and to the Council and shall make that report public.
On the basis of a qualitative and quantitative assessment by the Commission of the financial risks arising from the implementation of CDs and CCDs, to be made after the conclusion of the first two rounds of the competitive bidding mechanism and each time it is necessary thereafter in accordance with the principle of prudence, whereby assets and profits are not to be overestimated and liabilities and losses are not to be underestimated, the Commission may, in accordance with the empowerment in the eighth subparagraph, decide to cover only part of the financial liability related to CDs and CCDs through the means referred to in the first subparagraph and the remaining part through other means. The Commission shall aim to limit the use of other means of coverage.
Where the assessment leads to the conclusion that other means of coverage are necessary to realise the full potential of the CDs and CCDs, the Commission shall aim for a balanced mix of other means of coverage. By way of derogation from Article 210(1) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, the Commission shall determine the extent of the use of other means of coverage pursuant to the delegated act provided for in the eighth subparagraph of this paragraph.
The remaining financial liability shall be sufficiently covered, having regard to the principles of Title X of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, if necessary, adapted to the specificities of CDs and CCDs, by way of derogation from Article 209(2), points (d) and (h), Article 210(1), Article 211(1), (2), (4) and (6), Articles 212, 213 and 214, Article 218(1) and Article 219(3) and (6) of that Regulation. Where applicable, other means of coverage, the provisioning rate and the necessary derogations shall be established in a delegated act provided for in the eighth subparagraph of this paragraph.
The Commission shall not use more than 30 % of the proceeds of the auctioning of allowances allocated to the Innovation Fund pursuant to paragraph 8 for provisioning for CDs and CCDs.
The provisioning rate shall be no lower than 50 % of the total financial liability borne by the Union budget for CDs and CCDs. When establishing the provisioning rate, the Commission shall take into account elements that may reduce the financial risks for the Union budget, beyond the appropriations available in the Innovation Fund, such as possible sharing of liability with Member States on a voluntary basis, or a possible re-insurance mechanism from the private sector. The Commission shall review the provisioning rate at least every three years from the date of application of the delegated act establishing it for the first time.
In order to avoid speculative applications, access to competitive bidding may be made conditional on the payment by applicants of a deposit to be forfeited in the event of non-fulfilment of the contract. Such forfeited deposits shall be used for the Innovation Fund as external assigned revenue pursuant to Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046. Any contribution paid to the granting authority by a beneficiary in accordance with the terms of the CD or CCD where the reference price is higher than the strike price (‘reflows’) shall be used for the Innovation Fund as external assigned revenue pursuant to Article 21(5) of that Regulation.
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 of this Directive to supplement this Directive in order to provide for and detail other means of coverage, if any, and, where applicable, the provisioning rate and the necessary additional derogations from Title X of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046 as set out in the fourth subparagraph of this paragraph, and the rules on the operation of the competitive bidding mechanism, in particular in relation to deposits and reflows.
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to amend the fifth subparagraph of this paragraph by raising the limit of 30 % referred to in that subparagraph by no more than a total of 20 percentage points where necessary to respond to a demand for CDs and CCDs, taking into account the experience of the first rounds of the competitive bidding mechanism and considering the need to find an appropriate balance in the support from the Innovation Fund between grants and such contracts.
Financial support from the Innovation Fund shall be proportionate to the policy objectives set out in this Article and shall not lead to undue distortions of the internal market. To this end, support shall only be granted to cover additional costs or investment risks that cannot be borne by investors under normal market conditions.
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Article 10b
Transitional measures to support certain energy intensive industries in the event of carbon leakage
Sectors and subsectors in relation to which the product resulting from multiplying their intensity of trade with third countries by their emission intensity exceeds 0,15 may be included in the group referred to in paragraph 1, using data for the years from 2014 to 2016, on the basis of a qualitative assessment and of the following criteria:
the extent to which it is possible for individual installations in the sector or subsector concerned to reduce emission levels or electricity consumption;
current and projected market characteristics, including, where relevant, any common reference price;
profit margins as a potential indicator of long-run investment or relocation decisions, taking into account changes in costs of production relating to emission reductions.
Within three months of the publication referred to in the first subparagraph, the sectors and subsectors referred to in that subparagraph may apply to the Commission for either a qualitative assessment of their carbon leakage exposure at a 4-digit level (NACE-4 code) or an assessment on the basis of the classification of goods used for statistics on industrial production in the Union at an 8-digit level (Prodcom). To that end, sectors and subsectors shall submit duly substantiated, complete and independently verified data to enable the Commission to carry out the assessment together with the application.
Where a sector or subsector chooses to be assessed at a 4-digit level (NACE-4 code), it may be included in the group referred to in paragraph 1 on the basis of the criteria referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) of paragraph 2. Where a sector or subsector chooses to be assessed at an 8-digit level (Prodcom), it shall be included in the group referred to in paragraph 1 provided that, at that level, the threshold of 0,2 referred to in paragraph 1 is exceeded.
Sectors and subsectors for which free allocation is calculated on the basis of the benchmark values referred to in the fourth subparagraph of Article 10a(2) may also request to be assessed in accordance with the third subparagraph of this paragraph.
By way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2, a Member State may request, by 30 June 2018, that a sector or subsector listed in the Annex to Commission Decision 2014/746/EU ( 24 ) in respect of classifications at a 6-digit or an 8-digit level (Prodcom) be considered to be included in the group referred to in paragraph 1. Any such request shall only be considered where the requesting Member State establishes that the application of that derogation is justified on the basis of duly substantiated, complete, verified and audited data for the five most recent years provided by the sector or subsector concerned, and includes all relevant information with its request. On the basis of those data, the sector or subsector concerned shall be included in respect of those classifications where, within a heterogeneous 4-digit level (NACE-4 code), it is shown that it has a substantially higher trade and emission intensity at a 6-digit or an 8-digit level (Prodcom), exceeding the threshold set out in paragraph 1.
In a Member State where, on average in the years from 2014 to 2018, its share of emissions from district heating of the Union total of such emissions, divided by that Member State’s share of GDP of the Union’s total GDP, is greater than five, an additional free allocation of 30 % of the quantity determined pursuant to Article 10a shall be given to district heating for the period from 2026 to 2030, provided that an investment volume equivalent to the value of that additional free allocation is invested to significantly reduce emissions before 2030 in accordance with climate-neutrality plans referred to in the third subparagraph of this paragraph and that the achievement of the targets and milestones referred to in point (b) of that subparagraph is confirmed by the verification carried out in accordance with the fourth subparagraph of this paragraph.
By 1 May 2024, operators of district heating shall establish a climate-neutrality plan for the installations for which they apply for additional free allocation in accordance with the second subparagraph of this paragraph. That plan shall be consistent with the climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 and shall set out:
measures and investments to reach climate neutrality by 2050 at installation or company level, excluding the use of carbon offset credits;
intermediate targets and milestones to measure, by 31 December 2025 and by 31 December of each fifth year thereafter, progress made towards reaching climate neutrality as set out in point (a) of this subparagraph;
an estimate of the impact of each of the measures and investments referred to in point (a) of this subparagraph as regards the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.
The achievement of the targets and milestones referred to in the third subparagraph, point (b), of this paragraph, shall be verified in respect of the period until 31 December 2025 and in respect of each period ending 31 December of each fifth year thereafter, in accordance with the verification and accreditation procedures provided for in Article 15. No free allowances beyond the amount referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be allocated if the achievement of the intermediate targets and milestones has not been verified in respect of the period until the end of 2025 or in respect of the period from 2026 to 2030.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts to specify the minimal content of the information referred to in the third subparagraph, points (a), (b) and (c), of this paragraph, and the format of the climate-neutrality plans referred to in that subparagraph and in Article 10a(1), fifth subparagraph. The Commission shall seek synergies with similar plans as provided for in Union law. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2).
Article 10c
Option for transitional free allocation for the modernisation of the energy sector
The Member State concerned shall organise a competitive bidding process, to take place in one or more rounds between 2021 and 2030, for projects involving a total amount of investment exceeding EUR 12,5 million, in order to select the investments to be financed with free allocation. That competitive bidding process shall:
comply with the principles of transparency, non-discrimination, equal treatment and sound financial management;
ensure that only projects which contribute to the diversification of their energy mix and sources of supply, the necessary restructuring, environmental upgrading and retrofitting of the infrastructure, clean technologies, such as renewable energy technologies, or modernisation of the energy production sector, such as efficient and sustainable district heating, and of the transmission and distribution sector, are eligible to bid;
define clear, objective, transparent and non-discriminatory selection criteria for the ranking of projects, so as to ensure that only projects are selected which:
on the basis of a cost-benefit analysis, ensure a net positive gain in terms of emission reduction and realise a pre-determined significant level of CO2 reductions taking into account the size of the project;
are additional, clearly respond to replacement and modernisation needs and do not supply a market-driven increase in energy demand;
offer the best value for money; and
do not contribute to or improve the financial viability of highly emission-intensive electricity generation or increase dependency on emission-intensive fossil fuels.
By way of derogation from Article 10(1) and without prejudice to the last sentence of paragraph 1 of this Article, in the event that an investment selected through the competitive bidding process is cancelled or the intended performance is not reached, the earmarked allowances may be used through a single additional round of the competitive bidding process at the earliest one year thereafter to finance other investments.
By 30 June 2019, any Member State intending to make use of optional transitional free allocation for the modernisation of the energy sector shall publish a detailed national framework setting out the competitive bidding process, including the planned number of rounds referred to in the first subparagraph, and the selection criteria, for public comment.
Where investments with a value of less than EUR 12,5 million are to be supported with free allocation and are not selected through the competitive bidding process referred to in this paragraph, the Member State shall select projects based on objective and transparent criteria. The results of this selection process shall be published for public comment. On this basis, the Member State concerned shall, by 30 June 2019, establish, publish and submit to the Commission a list of investments. Where more than one investment is carried out within the same installation, they shall be assessed as a whole to establish whether or not the value threshold of EUR 12,5 million is exceeded, unless those investments are, independently, technically or financially viable.
Any allowances not allocated under this Article by 2020 may be allocated over the period from 2021 to 2030 to investments selected through the competitive bidding process referred to in paragraph 2, unless the Member State concerned informs the Commission by 30 September 2019 of its intention not to allocate some or all of those allowances over the period from 2021 to 2030, and of the amount of allowances to be auctioned instead in 2020. Where such allowances are allocated over the period from 2021 to 2030, a corresponding amount of allowances shall be taken into account for the application of the 60 % limit set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
Article 10ca
Earlier deadline for transitional free allocation for the modernisation of the energy sector
By way of derogation from Article 10c, the Member States concerned may only give transitional free allocation to installations in accordance with that Article for investments carried out until 31 December 2024. Any allowances available to the Member States concerned in accordance with Article 10c for the period from 2021 to 2030 that are not used for such investments shall, in the proportion determined by the respective Member State:
be added to the total quantity of allowances that the Member State concerned is to auction pursuant to Article 10(2); or
be used to support investments within the framework of the Modernisation Fund referred to in Article 10d, in accordance with the rules applicable to the revenue from allowances referred to in Article 10d(4).
By 15 May 2024, the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of the respective amounts of allowances to be used under Article 10(2), first subparagraph, point (a), and, by way of derogation from Article 10d(4), second sentence, under Article 10d.
Article 10d
Modernisation Fund
The investments supported shall be consistent with the aims of this Directive, as well as the objectives of the communication of the Commission of 11 December 2019 on ‘The European Green Deal’ and Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 and the long-term objectives as expressed in the Paris Agreement. The beneficiary Member States may, where appropriate, use the resources of the Modernisation Fund to finance investments involving the adjacent Union border regions. No support from the Modernisation Fund shall be provided to energy generation facilities that use fossil fuels. However, revenue from allowances covered by a notification pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article may be used for investments involving gaseous fossil fuels.
Furthermore, revenue from allowances referred to in Article 10(1), third subparagraph, of this Directive may, where the activity qualifies as environmentally sustainable under Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 25 ) and is duly justified for reasons of ensuring energy security, be used for investments involving gaseous fossil fuels provided that, for energy generation, the allowances are auctioned before 31 December 2027 and, for investments involving downstream uses of gas, the allowances are auctioned before 31 December 2028.
At least 80 % of the revenue from allowances referred to in Article 10(1), third subparagraph, and from allowances covered by a notification pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article, and at least 90 % of the revenue from allowances referred to in Article 10(1), fourth subparagraph, shall be used to support investments in the following:
the generation and use of electricity from renewable sources, including renewable hydrogen;
heating and cooling from renewable sources;
the reduction of overall energy use through energy efficiency, including in industry, transport, buildings, agriculture and waste;
energy storage and the modernisation of energy networks, including demand-side management, district heating pipelines, grids for electricity transmission, the increase of interconnections between Member States and infrastructure for zero-emission mobility;
support for low-income households, including in rural and remote areas, to address energy poverty and to modernise their heating systems; and
a just transition in carbon-dependent regions in the beneficiary Member States, so as to support the redeployment, reskilling and up-skilling of workers, education, job-seeking initiatives and start-ups, in dialogue with civil society and social partners, in a manner that is consistent with and contributes to the relevant actions included by the Member States in their territorial just transition plans in accordance with Article 8(2), first subparagraph, point (k), of Regulation (EU) 2021/1056, where relevant.
The investment committee shall operate in a transparent manner. The composition of the investment committee and the curricula vitae and declarations of interests of its members shall be made available to the public and, where necessary, updated.
Where an investment in the modernisation of energy systems, which is proposed to be financed from the Modernisation Fund, does not fall into the areas listed in paragraph 2, the investment committee shall assess the technical and financial viability of that investment, including the emission reductions it achieves, and issue a recommendation on financing the investment from the Modernisation Fund. The investment committee shall ensure that any investment relating to district heating achieves a substantial improvement in energy efficiency and emission reductions. That recommendation may include suggestions regarding appropriate financing instruments. Up to 70 % of the relevant costs of an investment which does not fall into the areas listed in paragraph 2 may be supported with resources from the Modernisation Fund provided that the remaining costs are financed by private legal entities.
If the representative of the EIB does not endorse financing an investment, a recommendation shall only be adopted if a majority of two-thirds of all members vote in favour. The representative of the Member State in which the investment is to take place and the representative of the EIB shall not be entitled to cast a vote in this case. This subparagraph shall not apply to small-scale projects funded through loans provided by a national promotional bank or through grants contributing to the implementation of a national programme serving specific objectives in line with the objectives of the Modernisation Fund, provided that not more than 10 % of the Member States' share set out in Annex IIb is used under the programme.
The beneficiary Member States shall report annually to the Commission on investments financed by the Modernisation Fund. The report shall be made public and include:
information on the investments financed per beneficiary Member State;
an assessment of the added value, in terms of energy efficiency or modernisation of the energy system, achieved through the investment.
The investment committee shall arrange for the publication of the annual report. The Commission shall provide the annual report to the European Parliament and to the Council.
Article 10e
Recovery and Resilience Facility
Article 10f
‘Do no significant harm’ principle
From 1 January 2025, the beneficiary Member States and the Commission shall use the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances destined for the Innovation Fund pursuant to Article 10a(8) of this Directive, and of the allowances referred to in Article 10(1), third and fourth subparagraphs, of this Directive in accordance with the ‘do no significant harm’ criteria set out in Article 17 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, where such revenues are used for an economic activity for which technical screening criteria for determining whether an economic activity causes significant harm to one or more of the relevant environmental objectives have been established pursuant to Article 10(3), point (b), of that Regulation.
Article 11
National implementation measures
A list of installations covered by this Directive for the five years beginning on 1 January 2021 shall be submitted by 30 September 2019, and lists for each subsequent period of five years shall be submitted every five years thereafter. Each list shall include information on production activity, transfers of heat and gases, electricity production and emissions at sub-installation level over the five calendar years preceding its submission. Free allocations shall only be given to installations where such information is provided.
CHAPTER IV
PROVISIONS APPLYING TO AVIATION, MARITIME TRANSPORT AND STATIONARY INSTALLATIONS
Article 11a
Use of CERs and ERUs from project activities in the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ before the entry into force of an international agreement on climate change
Subject to paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article, aircraft operators that hold an air operator certificate issued by a Member State or are registered in a Member State, including in the outermost regions, dependencies and territories of that Member State, shall be able to use the following units to comply with their obligations to cancel units in respect of the quantity notified pursuant to Article 12(6) as laid down in Article 12(9):
credits authorised by parties participating in the mechanism established under Article 6(4) of the Paris Agreement;
credits authorised by the parties participating in crediting programmes which have been considered eligible by the ICAO Council as identified in the implementing act adopted pursuant to paragraph 8;
credits authorised by parties to agreements pursuant to paragraph 5;
credits issued in respect of Union level projects pursuant to Article 24a.
Units referred to in paragraph 1, points (a) and (b), may be used if the following conditions have been met:
they originate from a State that is a Party to the Paris Agreement at the time of use;
they originate from a State that is listed in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 25a(3) as participating in ICAO’s Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation (CORSIA). This condition shall not apply in respect of emissions released before 2027, nor shall it apply in respect of least developed countries or small island developing States, as defined by the United Nations, except for those States whose GDP per capita equals or exceeds the Union average.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts laying down detailed requirements for the arrangements referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, which may include reporting and registry requirements, and for listing the States or programmes which apply those arrangements. Those arrangements shall take account of flexibilities accorded to least developed countries and small island developing States in accordance with paragraph 2 of this Article. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2).
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Article 11b
Project activities
The ►M9 Union ◄ and its Member States shall only authorise project activities where all project participants have headquarters either in a country that has concluded the international agreement relating to such projects or in a country or sub-federal or regional entity which is linked to the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ pursuant to Article 25.
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Article 12
Transfer, surrender and cancellation of allowances
Member States shall ensure that allowances can be transferred between:
persons within the ►M9 Union ◄ ;
persons within the ►M9 Union ◄ and persons in third countries, where such allowances are recognised in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 25 without restrictions other than those contained in, or adopted pursuant to, this Directive.
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The Member States, administering Member States and administering authorities in respect of a shipping company shall ensure that, by 30 September each year:
the operator of each installation surrenders a number of allowances that is equal to the total emissions from that installation during the preceding calendar year, as verified in accordance with Article 15;
each aircraft operator surrenders a number of allowances that is equal to its total emissions during the preceding calendar year, as verified in accordance with Article 15;
each shipping company surrenders a number of allowances that is equal to its total emissions during the preceding calendar year, as verified in accordance with Article 3ge.
Member States, administering Member States and administering authorities in respect of a shipping company shall ensure that allowances surrendered in accordance with the first subparagraph are subsequently cancelled.
Where fewer allowances are surrendered compared to the verified emissions, once the difference between verified emissions and allowances surrendered has been established in respect of each year, an amount of allowances corresponding to that difference shall be cancelled rather than auctioned pursuant to Article 10.
The Commission shall publish a list of the islands referred to in the first subparagraph and the ports concerned and keep that list up to date.
The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive concerning the requirements for considering that greenhouse gases have become permanently chemically bound as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
In accordance with the methodology set out in the implementing act referred to in paragraph 8 of this Article, Member States shall also calculate the total final offsetting requirements for a given CORSIA compliance period and, by 30 November of the year following the last year of the relevant CORSIA compliance period, inform aircraft operators that fulfil the conditions set out in the third subparagraph of this paragraph of those requirements.
Member States shall inform aircraft operators that fulfil all of the following conditions of the level of offsetting:
the aircraft operators hold an air operator certificate issued by a Member State or are registered in a Member State, including in the outermost regions, dependencies and territories of that Member State; and
they produce annual CO2 emissions greater than 10 000 tonnes from the use of aeroplanes with a maximum certified take-off mass greater than 5 700 kg conducting flights covered by Annex I, other than those departing and arriving in the same Member State, including outermost regions of the same Member State, from 1 January 2021.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, point (b), CO2 emissions from the following types of flights shall not be taken into account:
State flights;
humanitarian flights;
medical flights;
military flights;
firefighting flights;
flights preceding or following a humanitarian, medical or firefighting flight provided that such flights were conducted with the same aircraft and were required to accomplish the related humanitarian, medical or firefighting activities or to reposition the aircraft after those activities for its next activity.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts specifying the methodology for the calculation of offsetting requirements for aircraft operators referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
Those implementing acts shall in particular detail further the application of the requirements following from the relevant provisions of this Directive, in particular Articles 3c, 11a, 12 and 25a, and, to the extent possible in light of the relevant provisions of this Directive, from the International Standards and Recommended Practices on Environmental Protection for CORSIA (CORSIA SARPs).
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2). The first such implementing act shall be adopted by 30 June 2024.
Article 13
Validity of allowances
Allowances issued from 1 January 2013 onwards shall be valid indefinitely. Allowances issued from 1 January 2021 onwards shall include an indication showing in which ten-year period beginning from 1 January 2021 they were issued, and be valid for emissions from the first year of that period onwards.
Article 14
Monitoring and reporting of emissions
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2).
The ►M9 acts ◄ referred to in paragraph 1 shall take into account the most accurate and up-to-date scientific evidence available, in particular from the IPCC, and may also specify requirements for operators to report on emissions associated with the production of goods produced by energy intensive industries which may be subject to international competition. These ►M9 acts ◄ may also specify requirements for this information to be verified independently.
Those requirements may include reporting on levels of emissions from electricity generation covered by the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ associated with the production of such goods.
From 1 January 2025, Member States shall ensure that each aircraft operator monitors and reports the non-CO2 effects from each aircraft that it operates during each calendar year to the competent authority after the end of each year in accordance with the implementing acts referred to in paragraph 1.
The Commission shall submit annually from 2026, as part of the report referred to in Article 10(5), a report on the results from the application of the monitoring, reporting and verification framework referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph.
By 31 December 2027, based on the results from the application of the monitoring, reporting and verification framework for non-CO2 aviation effects, the Commission shall submit a report and, where appropriate and after having first carried out an impact assessment, a legislative proposal to mitigate non-CO2 aviation effects by expanding the scope of the EU ETS to include non-CO2 aviation effects.
The Commission shall publish, at least, the following aggregated annual emissions related data from aviation activities reported to Member States or transmitted to the Commission in accordance with Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 ( 31 ) and Article 7 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1603 ( 32 ), at the latest three months after the respective reporting deadline and in a user-friendly manner:
per aerodrome pair within the EEA:
emissions from all flights;
total number of flights;
total number of passengers;
types of aircraft;
per aircraft operator:
data on emissions from flights within the EEA, from flights departing from the EEA, flights arriving in the EEA and flights between two third countries, broken down by State pair, and data on emissions subject to the obligation to cancel CORSIA eligible emission units;
the amount of offsetting requirements, calculated in accordance with Article 12(8);
the amount and type of credits pursuant to Article 11a used to comply with the aircraft operator’s offsetting requirements referred to in point (ii) of this point;
the amount and type of fuels used for which the emission factor is zero under this Directive or which entitle the aircraft operator to receive allowances pursuant to Article 3c(6).
For points (a) and (b) of the first subparagraph, in specific circumstances where an aircraft operator operates on a very limited number of aerodrome pairs or on a very limited number of State pairs that are subject to offsetting requirements or on a very limited number of State pairs that are not subject to offsetting requirements, that aircraft operator may request the administering Member State not to publish such data at the aircraft operator level, explaining why disclosure would be considered to harm its commercial interests. Based on that request, the administering Member State may request the Commission to publish those data at a higher level of aggregation. The Commission shall decide on the request.
Article 15
Verification and accreditation
Member States shall ensure that the reports submitted by operators and aircraft operators pursuant to Article 14(3) are verified in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex V and any detailed provisions adopted by the Commission in accordance with this Article, and that the competent authority is informed thereof.
Member States shall ensure that an operator or aircraft operator whose report has not been verified as satisfactory in accordance with the criteria set out in Annex V and any detailed provisions adopted by the Commission in accordance with this Article by 31 March each year for emissions during the preceding year cannot make further transfers of allowances until a report from that operator or aircraft operator has been verified as satisfactory.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts concerning the verification of emission reports based on the principles set out in Annex V and for the accreditation and supervision of verifiers. The Commission may also adopt implementing acts for the verification of reports submitted by aircraft operators pursuant to Article 14(3) and applications under Articles 3e and 3f, including the verification procedures to be used by verifiers. It shall specify conditions for the accreditation and withdrawal of accreditation, for mutual recognition and peer evaluation of accreditation bodies, as appropriate.
Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2).
Article 15a
Disclosure of information and professional secrecy
Member States and the Commission shall ensure that all decisions and reports relating to the quantity and allocation of allowances and to the monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions are immediately disclosed in an orderly manner ensuring non-discriminatory access.
Information covered by professional secrecy may not be disclosed to any other person or authority except by virtue of the applicable laws, regulations or administrative provisions.
Article 16
Penalties
Any request by an administering Member State under paragraph 5 shall include:
evidence that the aircraft operator has not complied with its obligations under this Directive;
details of the enforcement action which has been taken by that Member State;
a justification for the imposition of an operating ban at ►M9 Union ◄ level; and
a recommendation for the scope of an operating ban at ►M9 Union ◄ level and any conditions that should be applied.
Where a ship of a shipping company as referred to in the first subparagraph is found in one of the ports of the Member State whose flag the ship is flying, the Member State concerned may, after giving the opportunity to the shipping company concerned to submit its observations, issue a flag State detention order until the shipping company fulfils its surrender obligations. It shall inform the Commission, EMSA and the other Member States thereof. As a result of the issuing of such a flag State detention order, every Member State shall take the same measures as are required to be taken following the issuing of an expulsion order in accordance with the first subparagraph, second sentence.
This paragraph shall be without prejudice to international maritime rules applicable in the case of ships in distress.
Article 17
Access to information
Decisions relating to the allocation of allowances, information on project activities in which a Member State participates or authorises private or public entities to participate, and the reports of emissions required under the greenhouse gas emissions permit and held by the competent authority, shall be made available to the public in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC.
Article 18
Competent authority
Member States shall make the appropriate administrative arrangements, including the designation of the appropriate competent authority or authorities, for the implementation of the rules of this Directive. Where more than one competent authority is designated, the work of these authorities undertaken pursuant to this Directive must be coordinated.
Member States shall in particular ensure coordination between their designated focal point for approving project activities pursuant to Article 6 (1)(a) of the Kyoto Protocol and their designated national authority for the implementation of Article 12 of the Kyoto Protocol respectively designated in accordance with subsequent decisions adopted under the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol.
Article 18a
Administering Member State
The administering Member State in respect of an aircraft operator shall be:
in the case of an aircraft operator with a valid operating licence granted by a Member State in accordance with the provisions of Council Regulation (EEC) No 2407/92 of 23 July 1992 on licensing of air carriers ( 33 ), the Member State which granted the operating licence in respect of that aircraft operator; and
in all other cases, the Member State with the greatest estimated attributed aviation emissions from flights performed by that aircraft operator in the base year.
Based on the best available information, the Commission shall:
before 1 February 2009, publish a list of aircraft operators which performed an aviation activity listed in Annex I on or after 1 January 2006 specifying the administering Member State for each aircraft operator in accordance with paragraph 1; and
from 2024, at least every two years, update the list to include aircraft operators which have subsequently performed an aviation activity listed in Annex I; where an aircraft operator has not performed an aviation activity listed in Annex I during the four consecutive calendar years preceding the updating of the list, that aircraft operator shall not be included in the list.
Article 18b
Assistance from the Commission, EMSA and other relevant organisations
Article 19
Registries
Allowances issued from 1 January 2012 onwards shall be held in the ►M9 Union ◄ registry for the execution of processes pertaining to the maintenance of the holding accounts opened in the Member State and the allocation, surrender and cancellation of allowances under the Commission ►M9 Acts ◄ referred to in paragraph 3.
Each Member State shall be able to fulfil the execution of authorised operations under the UNFCCC or the Kyoto Protocol.
Article 20
Central Administrator
Article 21
Reporting by Member States
Article 21a
Support of capacity-building activities
In accordance with the UNFCCC, the Kyoto Protocol and any subsequent decision adopted for their implementation, the Commission and the Member States shall endeavour to support capacity-building activities in developing countries and countries with economies in transition in order to help them take full advantage of JI and the CDM in a manner that supports their sustainable development strategies and to facilitate the engagement of entities in JI and CDM project development and implementation.
Article 22
Amendments to the Annexes
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to amend, where appropriate, the Annexes to this Directive, with the exception of Annexes I, IIa and IIb, in the light of the reports provided for in Article 21 and of the experience of the application of this Directive. Annexes IV and V may be amended in order to improve the monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions.
Article 22a
Committee procedure
Where the committee delivers no opinion, the Commission shall not adopt the draft implementing act and the third subparagraph of Article 5(4) of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.
Article 23
Exercise of the delegation
Article 24
Procedures for unilateral inclusion of additional activities and gases
On the initiative of the Commission or at the request of a Member State, these ►M9 acts ◄ may be adopted on the monitoring of, and reporting on, emissions concerning activities, installations and greenhouse gases which are not listed as a combination in Annex I, if that monitoring and reporting can be carried out with sufficient accuracy.
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive to this effect.
Article 24a
Harmonised rules for projects that reduce emissions
In addition to the inclusions provided for in Article 24, the Commission may adopt measures for issuing allowances or credits in respect of projects administered by Member States that reduce greenhouse gas emissions not covered by the EU ETS.
Such measures shall be consistent with acts adopted pursuant to former Article 11b(7) as in force before 8 April 2018. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive by setting out the procedure to be followed.
Any such measures shall not result in the double-counting of emission reductions nor impede the undertaking of other policy measures to reduce emissions not covered by the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ . Measures shall only be adopted where inclusion is not possible in accordance with Article 24, and the next review of the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ shall consider harmonising the coverage of those emissions across the ►M9 Union ◄ .
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A Member State can refuse to issue allowances or credits in respect of certain types of projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions on its own territory.
Such projects will be executed on the basis of the agreement of the Member State in which the project takes place.
Article 25
Links with other greenhouse gas emissions trading ►M9 systems ◄
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Article 25a
Third country measures to reduce the climate change impact of aviation
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to amend Annex I to this Directive to provide for flights arriving from the third country concerned to be excluded from the aviation activities listed in Annex I or to provide for any other amendments to the aviation activities listed in Annex I, except in relation to scope, which are required by an agreement concluded pursuant to Article 218 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union. ◄
The Commission may propose to the European Parliament and the Council any other amendments to this Directive.
The Commission may also, where appropriate, make recommendations to the Council in accordance with Article 300(1) of the Treaty to open negotiations with a view to concluding an agreement with the third country concerned.
Article 26
Amendment of Directive 96/61/EC
In Article 9(3) of Directive 96/61/EC the following subparagraphs shall be added:
‘Where emissions of a greenhouse gas from an installation are specified in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC ( *1 ) in relation to an activity carried out in that installation, the permit shall not include an emission limit value for direct emissions of that gas unless it is necessary to ensure that no significant local pollution is caused.
For activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC, Member States may choose not to impose requirements relating to energy efficiency in respect of combustion units or other units emitting carbon dioxide on the site.
Where necessary, the competent authorities shall amend the permit as appropriate.
The three preceding subparagraphs shall not apply to installations temporarily excluded from the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community in accordance with Article 27 of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Article 27
Exclusion of small installations subject to equivalent measures
Following consultation with the operator, Member States may exclude from the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ installations which have reported to the competent authority emissions of less than 25 000 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and, where they carry out combustion activities, have a rated thermal input below 35 MW, excluding emissions from biomass, in each of the three years preceding the notification under point (a), and which are subject to measures that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions, if the Member State concerned complies with the following conditions:
it notifies the Commission of each such installation, specifying the equivalent measures applying to that installation that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions that are in place, before the list of installations pursuant to Article 11(1) has to be submitted and at the latest when this list is submitted to the Commission;
it confirms that monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether any installation emits 25 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year. Member States may allow simplified monitoring, reporting and verification measures for installations with average annual verified emissions between 2008 and 2010 which are below 5 000 tonnes a year, in accordance with Article 14;
it confirms that if any installation emits 25 000 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, excluding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year or the measures applying to that installation that will achieve an equivalent contribution to emission reductions are no longer in place, the installation will be reintroduced into the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ ;
it publishes the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) for public comment.
Hospitals may also be excluded if they undertake equivalent measures.
If, following a period of three months from the date of notification for public comment, the Commission does not object within a further period of six months, the exclusion shall be deemed approved.
Following the surrender of allowances in respect of the period during which the installation is in the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ , the installation shall be excluded and the Member State shall no longer issue free allowances to the installation pursuant to Article 10a.
When an installation is reintroduced into the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ pursuant to paragraph 1(c), any allowances issued pursuant to Article 10a shall be granted starting with the year of the reintroduction. Allowances issued to these installations shall be deducted from the quantity to be auctioned pursuant to Article 10(2) by the Member State in which the installation is situated.
Any such installation shall stay in the EU ETS for the rest of the period referred to in Article 11(1) during which it was reintroduced.
Article 27a
Optional exclusion of installations emitting less than 2 500 tonnes
Member States may exclude from the EU ETS installations that have reported to the competent authority of the Member State concerned emissions of less than 2 500 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, disregarding emissions from biomass, in each of the three years preceding the notification under point (a), provided that the Member State concerned:
notifies the Commission of each such installation before the list of installations pursuant to Article 11(1) is to be submitted or at the latest when that list is submitted to the Commission;
confirms that simplified monitoring arrangements are in place to assess whether any installation emits 2 500 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, disregarding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year;
confirms that if any installation emits 2 500 tonnes or more of carbon dioxide equivalent, disregarding emissions from biomass, in any one calendar year, the installation will be reintroduced into the EU ETS; and
makes the information referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) available to the public.
Article 28
Adjustments applicable upon the approval by the ►M9 Union ◄ of an international agreement on climate change
Within three months of the signature by the ►M9 Union ◄ of an international agreement on climate change leading, by 2020, to mandatory reductions of greenhouse gas emissions exceeding 20 % compared to 1990 levels, as reflected in the 30 % reduction commitment as endorsed by the European Council of March 2007, the Commission shall submit a report assessing, in particular, the following elements:
the nature of the measures agreed upon in the framework of the international negotiations as well as the commitments made by other developed countries to comparable emission reductions to those of the ►M9 Union ◄ and the commitments made by economically more advanced developing countries to contributing adequately according to their responsibilities and respective capabilities;
the implications of the international agreement on climate change, and consequently, options required at ►M9 Union ◄ level, in order to move to the more ambitious 30 % reduction target in a balanced, transparent and equitable way, taking into account work under the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period;
the ►M9 Union ◄ manufacturing industries' competitiveness in the context of carbon leakage risks;
the impact of the international agreement on climate change on other ►M9 Union ◄ economic sectors;
the impact on the ►M9 Union ◄ agriculture sector, including carbon leakage risks;
the appropriate modalities for including emissions and removals related to land use, land use change and forestry in the ►M9 Union ◄ ;
afforestation, reforestation, avoided deforestation and forest degradation in third countries in the event of the establishment of any internationally recognised system in this context;
On the basis of the report referred to in paragraph 1, the Commission shall, as appropriate, submit a legislative proposal to the European Parliament and to the Council amending this Directive pursuant to paragraph 1, with a view to the amending Directive entering into force upon the approval by the ►M9 Union ◄ of the international agreement on climate change and in view of the emission reduction commitment to be implemented under that agreement.
The proposal shall be based upon the principles of transparency, economic efficiency and cost-effectiveness, as well as fairness and solidarity in the distribution of efforts between Member States.
Article 28a
Derogations applicable in advance of the mandatory implementation of ICAO’s global market-based measure
By way of derogation from Article 12(3), Article 14(3) and Article 16, Member States shall consider the requirements set out in those provisions to be satisfied and shall take no action against aircraft operators in respect of:
all emissions from flights to and from aerodromes located in States outside the EEA, with the exception of flights to aerodromes located in the United Kingdom or Switzerland, in each calendar year from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2026, subject to the review referred to in Article 28b;
all emissions from flights between an aerodrome located in an outermost region within the meaning of Article 349 TFEU and an aerodrome located in another region of the EEA in each calendar year from 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2023, subject to the review referred to in Article 28b.
For the purposes of Articles 11a, 12 and 14, the verified emissions from flights other than those referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be considered to be the verified emissions of the aircraft operator.
Article 28b
Reporting and review by the Commission concerning the implementation of ICAO’s global market-based measure
Before 1 January 2027 and every three years thereafter, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on progress in the ICAO negotiations to implement the global market-based measure to be applied to emissions from 2021, in particular with regard to:
the relevant ICAO instruments, including standards and recommended practices, as well as the progress in the implementation of all elements of the ICAO basket of measures towards the achievement of the long-term global aspirational goal adopted at ICAO’s 41st Assembly;
ICAO Council-approved recommendations relevant to the global market-based measure, including any possible changes to baselines;
the establishment of a global registry;
domestic measures taken by third countries to implement the global market-based measure to be applied to emissions from 2021;
the level of participation in offsetting under CORSIA by third countries, including the implications of their reservations as regards such participation; and
other relevant international developments and applicable instruments, as well as progress to reduce aviation’s total climate change impacts.
In line with the global stocktake of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall also report on efforts to meet the aviation sector’s long-term global aspirational goal of reducing aviation CO2 emissions to net zero by 2050, assessed in line with the criteria referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a) to (f).
The Commission’s report referred to in paragraph 2 shall be accompanied by a legislative proposal, where appropriate, to amend this Directive in a way that is consistent with the Paris Agreement temperature goal, the Union’s economy-wide greenhouse gas emission reduction commitment for 2030 and the objective of achieving climate neutrality by 2050 at the latest, and with the aim of preserving the environmental integrity and effectiveness of the Union’s climate action. An accompanying proposal shall, as appropriate, include the application of the EU ETS to departing flights from aerodromes located in States in the EEA to aerodromes located outside the EEA from January 2027 and exclude arriving flights from aerodromes located outside the EEA where the report referred to in paragraph 2 shows that:
the ICAO Assembly by 31 December 2025 has not strengthened CORSIA in line with achieving its long-term global aspirational goal, towards meeting the Paris Agreement goals; or
States listed in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 25a(3) represent less than 70 % of international aviation emissions using the most recent available data.
The accompanying proposal shall also, as appropriate, allow the possibility for aircraft operators to deduct any costs incurred from CORSIA offsetting on those routes, to avoid double charging. If the conditions referred to in the first subparagraph, points (a) and (b) of this paragraph are not met, the proposal shall amend this Directive, as appropriate, to continue applying the EU ETS only to flights within the EEA, to flights to Switzerland and to the United Kingdom and to flights to States not listed in the implementing act adopted pursuant to Article 25a(3).
Article 28c
Provisions for monitoring, reporting and verification for the purpose of the global market-based measure
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive concerning the appropriate monitoring, reporting and verification of emissions for the purpose of implementing the ICAO's global market-based measure on all routes covered by it. Those delegated acts shall be based on the relevant instruments adopted in the ICAO, shall avoid any distortion of competition and be consistent with the principles contained in the acts referred to in Article 14(1), and shall ensure that the emissions reports submitted are verified in accordance with the verification principles and criteria laid down in Article 15.
Article 29
Report to ensure the better functioning of the carbon market
If the regular reports on the carbon market referred to in Article 10(5) and (6) contain evidence that the carbon market is not functioning properly, the Commission shall within a period of three months submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council. The report may be accompanied, where appropriate, by legislative proposals aiming at increasing the transparency and integrity of the carbon market, including related derivative markets, and addressing the corrective measures to improve its functioning, as well as to enhance the prevention and detection of market abuse activities.
Article 29a
Measures in the event of excessive price fluctuations
The allowance price referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall, for allowances covered by Chapters II and III, be the price of auctions carried out in accordance with the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 10(4).
The preceding two-year reference period referred to in the first subparagraph shall be the two-year period that ends before the first month of the period of six calendar months referred to in that subparagraph.
Where the condition in the first subparagraph of this paragraph is met and paragraph 2 is not applicable, the Commission shall publish a notice to that effect in the Official Journal of the European Union indicating the date on which the condition was fulfilled.
The Commission shall publish within the first three working days of each month the average allowance price for the preceding six calendar months and the average allowance price for the preceding two-year reference period. If the condition referred to in the first subparagraph is not met, the Commission shall also publish the level that the average allowance price would have to reach in the next month in order to meet the condition referred to in that subparagraph.
Article 30
Review in the light of the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the development of carbon markets in other major economies
The report shall assess the need for taking additional measures, including legislative measures, to address carbon leakage risks. The report shall, where appropriate, be accompanied by a legislative proposal.
By 31 July 2026, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the following matters, accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal and impact assessment:
how negative emissions resulting from greenhouse gases that are removed from the atmosphere and safely and permanently stored could be accounted for and how those negative emissions could be covered by emissions trading, if appropriate, including a clear scope and strict criteria for such coverage, and safeguards to ensure that such removals do not offset necessary emission reductions in accordance with Union climate targets laid down in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119;
the feasibility of lowering the 20 MW total rated thermal input thresholds for the activities in Annex I from 2031;
whether all greenhouse gas emissions covered by this Directive are effectively accounted for, and whether double counting is effectively avoided; in particular, it shall assess the accounting of the greenhouse gas emissions which are considered to have been captured and utilised in a product in a manner other than that referred to in Article 12(3b).
In the report referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall also assess the possibility of including in the EU ETS other waste management processes, in particular landfills which create methane and nitrous oxide emissions in the Union. The Commission may, where appropriate, also accompany that report with a legislative proposal to include such other waste management processes in the EU ETS.
In 2026, the Commission shall include the following elements in the report provided for in Article 10(5):
an evaluation of the environmental and climate impacts of flights of less than 1 000 km and consideration of options to reduce those impacts, including an examination of the alternative modes of public transport available and the increased use of sustainable aviation fuels;
an evaluation of the environmental and climate impacts of flights performed by operators exempted pursuant to point (h) or (k) of the entry ‘Aviation’ of the column ‘Activities’ in the table of Annex I, and considerations of options to reduce those impacts;
an evaluation of the social impacts of this Directive in the aviation sector, including on its work force and air travel costs; and
an evaluation of the air connectivity of islands and remote territories, including consideration of competitiveness and carbon leakage, as well as environmental and climate impacts.
The report provided for in Article 10(5), where appropriate, shall be also taken into account for the future revision of this Directive.
CHAPTER IVa
EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM FOR BUILDINGS, ROAD TRANSPORT AND ADDITIONAL SECTORS
Article 30a
Scope
The provisions of this Chapter shall apply to emissions, greenhouse gas emissions permits, the issue and surrender of allowances, monitoring, reporting and verification in respect of the activity referred to in Annex III. This Chapter shall not apply to any emissions covered by Chapters II and III.
Article 30b
Greenhouse gas emissions permits
An application to the competent authority by the regulated entity pursuant to paragraph 1 of this Article for a greenhouse gas emissions permit under this Chapter shall include, at least, a description of:
the regulated entity;
the type of fuels it releases for consumption and which are used for combustion in the sectors referred to in Annex III and the means through which it releases those fuels for consumption;
the end use or end uses of the fuels released for consumption for the activity referred to in Annex III;
the measures planned to monitor and report emissions, in accordance with the implementing acts referred to in Articles 14 and 30f;
a non-technical summary of the information referred to in points (a) to (d) of this paragraph.
Greenhouse gas emissions permits shall contain, at least, the following:
the name and address of the regulated entity;
a description of the means by which the regulated entity releases the fuels for consumption in the sectors covered by this Chapter;
a list of the fuels the regulated entity releases for consumption in the sectors covered by this Chapter;
a monitoring plan that fulfils the requirements established by the implementing acts referred to in Article 14;
reporting requirements established by the implementing acts referred to in Article 14;
an obligation to surrender allowances issued under this Chapter, equal to the total emissions in each calendar year, as verified in accordance with Article 15, by the deadline laid down in Article 30e(2).
Article 30c
Union-wide quantity of allowances
Article 30d
Auctioning of allowances for the activity referred to in Annex III
In 2027, 600 million allowances covered by this Chapter shall be created as holdings in the market stability reserve pursuant to Article 1a(3) of Decision (EU) 2015/1814.
The Commission shall ensure that the allowances destined for the Social Climate Fund referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article and in this paragraph are auctioned in accordance with the principles and modalities referred to in Article 10(4) and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to that Article.
The revenues from the auctioning of the allowances referred to in paragraph 3 of this Article and in this paragraph shall constitute external assigned revenue in accordance with Article 21(5) of Regulation (EU, Euratom) 2018/1046, and shall be used in accordance with the rules applicable to the Social Climate Fund.
The annual amount allocated to the Social Climate Fund in accordance with Article 10a(8b), paragraph 3 of this Article and this paragraph shall not exceed:
for 2026, EUR 4 000 000 000 ;
for 2027, EUR 10 900 000 000 ;
for 2028, EUR 10 500 000 000 ;
for 2029, EUR 10 300 000 000 ;
for 2030, EUR 10 100 000 000 ;
for 2031, EUR 9 800 000 000 ;
for 2032, EUR 9 400 000 000 .
Where the emissions trading system established in accordance with this Chapter is postponed until 2028 pursuant to Article 30k, the maximum amount to be made available to the Social Climate Fund in accordance with the first subparagraph of this paragraph shall be EUR 54 600 000 000 . In such a case, the annual amounts allocated to the Social Climate Fund shall not exceed cumulatively for the years 2026 and 2027, EUR 4 000 000 000 , and for the period from 1 January 2028 until 31 December 2032, the relevant annual amount shall not exceed:
for 2028, EUR 11 400 000 000 ;
for 2029, EUR 10 300 000 000 ;
for 2030, EUR 10 100 000 000 ;
for 2031, EUR 9 800 000 000 ;
for 2032, EUR 9 000 000 000 .
Where revenue generated from the auctioning referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article is established as an own resource in accordance with Article 311, third paragraph, TFEU, Article 10a(8b) of this Directive, paragraph 3 of this Article and this paragraph shall not be applicable.
Member States shall determine the use of revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in paragraph 5 of this Article, except for the revenues constituting external assigned revenue in accordance with paragraph 4 of this Article or the revenues established as own resources in accordance with Article 311, third paragraph, TFEU and entered in the Union budget. Member States shall use their revenues or the equivalent in financial value of those revenues for one or more of the purposes referred to in Article 10(3) of this Directive, giving priority to activities that can contribute to addressing social aspects of the emissions trading under this Chapter, or for one or more of the following:
measures intended to contribute to the decarbonisation of heating and cooling of buildings or to the reduction of the energy needs of buildings, including the integration of renewable energies and related measures in accordance with Article 7(11) and Articles 12 and 20 of Directive 2012/27/EU, as well as measures to provide financial support for low-income households in worst-performing buildings;
measures intended to accelerate the uptake of zero-emission vehicles or to provide financial support for the deployment of fully interoperable refuelling and recharging infrastructure for zero-emission vehicles, or measures to encourage a shift to public transport and improve multimodality, or to provide financial support in order to address social aspects concerning low- and middle-income transport users;
to finance their Social Climate Plan in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2023/955;
to provide financial compensation to the final consumers of fuels in cases where it has not been possible to avoid double counting of emissions or where allowances have been surrendered for emissions not covered by this Chapter as referred to in Article 30f(5).
Member States shall be deemed to have fulfilled the provisions of this paragraph if they have in place and implement fiscal or financial support policies or regulatory policies which leverage financial support, established for the purposes set out in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, and which have a value equivalent to the revenues referred to in that subparagraph generated from the auctioning of allowances referred to in this Chapter.
Member States shall inform the Commission as to the use of revenues and the actions taken pursuant to this paragraph by including this information in their reports submitted under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Article 30e
Transfer, surrender and cancellation of allowances
Article 12 shall apply to the emissions, regulated entities and allowances covered by this Chapter, with the exception of paragraphs 3 and 3a, paragraph 4, second and third sentence, and paragraph 5 of that Article. For that purpose:
any reference to emissions shall be read as if it were a reference to the emissions covered by this Chapter;
any reference to operators of installations shall be read as if it were a reference to the regulated entities covered by this Chapter;
any reference to allowances shall be read as if it were a reference to the allowances covered by this Chapter.
Until 31 December 2030, by way of derogation from paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, where a regulated entity established in a given Member State is subject to a national carbon tax in force for the years 2027 to 2030, covering the activity referred to in Annex III, the competent authority of the Member State concerned may exempt that regulated entity from the obligation to surrender allowances under paragraph 2 of this Article for a given reference year, provided that:
the Member State concerned notifies the Commission of that national carbon tax by 31 December 2023, and the national law setting the tax rates applicable for the years 2027 to 2030 has, by that date, entered into force; the Member State concerned shall notify the Commission of any subsequent change to the national carbon tax;
for the reference year, the national carbon tax of the Member State concerned effectively paid by that regulated entity is higher than the average auction clearing price of the emissions trading system established under this Chapter;
the regulated entity fully complies with the obligations under Article 30b on greenhouse emissions permits and Article 30f on monitoring, reporting and verification of its emissions;
the Member State concerned notifies the Commission of the application of any such exemption and the corresponding amount of allowances to be cancelled in accordance with point (g) of this subparagraph and the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 10(4), by 31 May of the year after the reference year;
the Commission does not raise an objection to the application of the derogation on the ground that the measure notified is not in conformity with the conditions set out in this paragraph, within three months of a notification under point (a) of this subparagraph or within one month of the notification for the relevant year under point (d) of this subparagraph;
the Member State concerned does not auction the amount of allowances referred to in Article 30d(5) for a particular reference year until the amount of allowances to be cancelled under this paragraph is determined in accordance with point (g) of this subparagraph; the Member State concerned shall not auction any of the additional amount of allowances pursuant to Article 30d(2), first subparagraph;
the Member State concerned cancels an amount of allowances from the total quantity of allowances to be auctioned by it, referred to in Article 30d(5), for the reference year, which is equal to the verified emissions of that regulated entity under this Chapter for the reference year; where the amount of allowances that remains to be auctioned in the reference year following application of point (f) of this subparagraph is below the amount of allowances to be cancelled under this paragraph, the Member State concerned shall ensure that it cancels the amount of allowances corresponding to the difference by the end of the year after the reference year; and
the Member State concerned commits, at the time of the first notification under point (a) of this subparagraph, to using for one or more of the measures listed or referred to in Article 30d(6), first subparagraph, an amount equivalent to the revenues to which Article 30d(6) would have applied in the absence of this derogation; Article 30d(6), second and third subparagraphs, shall apply and the Commission shall ensure that the information received pursuant thereto is in conformity with the commitment made under this point.
The amount of allowances to be cancelled under the first subparagraph, point (g), of this paragraph shall not affect the external assigned revenue established pursuant to Article 30d(4) of this Directive or, where it has been established pursuant to Article 311, third paragraph, TFEU, the own resources of the Union budget pursuant to Council Decision (EU, Euratom) 2020/2053 ( 40 ) from the revenues generated from auctioning of allowances in accordance with Article 30d of this Directive.
Article 30f
Monitoring, reporting, verification of emissions and accreditation
Articles 14 and 15 shall apply to the emissions, regulated entities and allowances covered by this Chapter. For that purpose:
any reference to emissions shall be read as if it were a reference to the emissions covered by this Chapter;
any reference to an activity listed in Annex I shall be read as if it were a reference to the activity referred to in Annex III;
any reference to operators shall be read as if it were a reference to the regulated entities covered by this Chapter;
any reference to allowances shall be read as if it were a reference to the allowances covered by this Chapter;
the reference to the date in Article 15 shall be read as if it were a reference to 30 April.
The Commission shall adopt implementing acts concerning the detailed rules for avoiding double counting and allowances being surrendered for emissions not covered by this Chapter, as well as for providing financial compensation to the final consumers of the fuels in cases where such double counting or surrender cannot be avoided. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 22a(2). The calculation of the financial compensation for the final consumers of the fuels shall be based on the average price of allowances in the auctions carried out in accordance with the delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 10(4) in the relevant reporting year.
Article 30g
Administration
Articles 13 and 15a, Article 16(1), (2), (3), (4) and (12), and Articles 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 22a, 23 and 29 shall apply to the emissions, regulated entities and allowances covered by this Chapter. For that purpose:
any reference to emissions shall be read as if it were a reference to emissions covered by this Chapter;
any reference to operators shall be read as if it were a reference to regulated entities covered by this Chapter;
any reference to allowances shall be read as if it were a reference to the allowances covered by this Chapter.
Article 30h
Measures in the event of an excessive price increase
For the years 2027 and 2028, the condition referred to in the first subparagraph shall be met where, for more than three consecutive months, the average price of allowances is more than 1,5 times the average price of allowances during the reference period of the six preceding consecutive months.
Article 30i
Review of this Chapter
By 1 January 2028, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of the provisions of this Chapter with regard to their effectiveness, administration and practical application, including on the application of the rules under Decision (EU) 2015/1814. Where appropriate, the Commission shall accompany that report with a legislative proposal to amend this Chapter. By 31 October 2031, the Commission shall assess the feasibility of integrating the sectors covered by Annex III to this Directive into the EU ETS covering the sectors listed in Annex I to this Directive.
Article 30j
Procedures for unilateral extension of the activity referred to in Annex III to other sectors not subject to Chapters II and III
The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 23 to supplement this Directive concerning the approval of an extension as referred to in the first subparagraph of this paragraph, authorisation for the issue of additional allowances and authorisation of other Member States to extend the activity referred to in Annex III. The Commission may also, when adopting such delegated acts, supplement the extension with further rules governing measures to address possible instances of double counting, including for the issue of additional allowances to compensate for allowances surrendered for use of fuels in activities listed in Annex I. Any financial measures by Member States in favour of companies in sectors and subsectors which are exposed to a genuine risk of carbon leakage, due to significant indirect costs that are incurred from greenhouse gas emission costs passed on in fuel prices due to the unilateral extension, shall be in accordance with State aid rules, and shall not cause undue distortions of competition in the internal market.
Article 30k
Postponement of emissions trading for buildings, road transport and additional sectors until 2028 in the event of exceptionally high energy prices
By 15 July 2026, the Commission shall publish a notice in the Official Journal of the European Union concerning whether one or both of the following conditions have been met:
the average TTF gas price for the six calendar months ending 30 June 2026 was higher than the average TTF gas price in February and March 2022;
the average Brent crude oil price for the six calendar months ending 30 June 2026 was more than twice the average Brent crude oil price during the five preceding years; the five-year reference period shall be the five-year period that ends before the first month of the period of six calendar months.
Where one or both of the conditions referred to in paragraph 1 are met, the following rules shall apply:
by way of derogation from Article 30c(1), the first year for which the Union-wide quantity of allowances is established shall be 2028 and, by way of derogation from Article 30c(3), the first year for which the Union-wide quantity of allowances is adjusted shall be 2029;
by way of derogation from Article 30d(1) and (2), the start of auctioning of allowances under this Chapter shall be postponed to 2028;
by way of derogation from Article 30d(2), the additional amount of allowances for the first year of auctions shall be deducted from the auction volumes for the period from 2030 to 2032 and the initial holdings in the market stability reserve shall be created in 2028;
by way of derogation from Article 30e(2), the deadline for initial surrendering of allowances shall be put back to 31 May 2029 for total emissions in the year 2028;
by way of derogation from Article 30i, the deadline for the Commission to report to the European Parliament and to the Council shall be put back to 1 January 2029.
CHAPTER IVb
SCIENTIFIC ADVICE AND VISIBILITY OF FUNDING
Article 30l
Scientific advice
The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change (the ‘Advisory Board’) established under Article 10a of Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 41 ) may, on its own initiative, provide scientific advice and issue reports regarding this Directive. The Commission shall take into account the relevant advice and reports of the Advisory Board, in particular as regards:
the need for additional Union policies and measures to ensure compliance with the objectives and targets referred to in Article 30(3) of this Directive;
the need for additional Union policies and measures in view of agreements on global measures within ICAO to reduce the climate impact of aviation, and of the ambition and environmental integrity of the global market-based measure of the IMO referred to in Article 3gg of this Directive.
Article 30m
Information, communication and publicity
The Commission shall ensure the visibility of funding from EU ETS auctioning revenues referred to in Article 10a(8) by:
ensuring that the beneficiaries of such funding acknowledge the origin of those funds and ensure the visibility of the Union funding, in particular when promoting the projects and their results, by providing coherent, effective and proportionate targeted information to multiple audiences, including the media and the public; and
ensuring that the recipients of such funding use an appropriate label that reads ‘(co-)funded by the EU Emissions Trading System (the Innovation Fund)’, as well as the emblem of the Union and the amount of funding; where the use of that label is not feasible, the Innovation Fund shall be mentioned in all communication activities, including on notice boards at strategic places visible to the public.
The Commission shall in the delegated act referred to in Article 10a(8) set out the necessary requirements to ensure the visibility of funding from the Innovation Fund, including a requirement to mention that Fund.
CHAPTER V
FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 31
Implementation
When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such reference shall be laid down by Member States.
Article 32
Entry into force
This Directive shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Article 33
Addressees
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
ANNEX I
CATEGORIES OF ACTIVITIES TO WHICH THIS DIRECTIVE APPLIES
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1. |
Installations or parts of installations used for research, development and testing of new products and processes are not covered by this Directive. Installations where during the preceding relevant five-year period referred to in Article 11(1), second subparagraph, emissions from the combustion of biomass that complies with the criteria set out pursuant to Article 14 contribute on average to more than 95 % of the total average greenhouse gas emissions are not covered by this Directive. |
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2. |
The thresholds values given below generally refer to production capacities or outputs. Where several activities falling under the same category are carried out in the same installation, the capacities of such activities are added together. |
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3. |
When the total rated thermal input of an installation is calculated in order to decide upon its inclusion in the EU ETS, the rated thermal inputs of all technical units which are part of it, in which fuels are combusted within the installation, shall be added together. Those units may include all types of boilers, burners, turbines, heaters, furnaces, incinerators, calciners, kilns, ovens, dryers, engines, fuel cells, chemical looping combustion units, flares, and thermal or catalytic post-combustion units. Units with a rated thermal input under 3 MW shall not be taken into account for the purposes of this calculation. |
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4. |
If a unit serves an activity for which the threshold is not expressed as total rated thermal input, the threshold of this activity shall take precedence for the decision about the inclusion in the ►M9 EU ETS ◄ . |
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5. |
When the capacity threshold of any activity in this Annex is found to be exceeded in an installation, all units in which fuels are combusted, other than units for the incineration of hazardous or municipal waste, shall be included in the greenhouse gas emission permit. |
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6. |
From 1 January 2012 all flights which arrive at or depart from an aerodrome situated in the territory of a Member State to which the Treaty applies shall be included.
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ANNEX II
GREENHOUSE GASES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 3 AND 30
Carbon dioxide (CO2)
Methane (CH4)
Nitrous Oxide (N2O)
Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)
Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)
Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6)
ANNEX IIa
Increases in the percentage of allowances to be auctioned by Member States pursuant to Article 10(2)(a), for the purpose of ►M9 Union ◄ solidarity and growth in order to reduce emissions and adapt to the effects of climate change
ANNEX IIb
PART A
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM THE MODERNISATION FUND CORRESPONDING TO ARTICLE 10(1), THIRD SUBPARAGRAPH
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Share |
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Bulgaria |
5,84 % |
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Czechia |
15,59 % |
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Estonia |
2,78 % |
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Croatia |
3,14 % |
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Latvia |
1,44 % |
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Lithuania |
2,57 % |
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Hungary |
7,12 % |
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Poland |
43,41 % |
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Romania |
11,98 % |
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Slovakia |
6,13 % |
PART B
DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM THE MODERNISATION FUND CORRESPONDING TO ARTICLE 10(1), FOURTH SUBPARAGRAPH
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Share |
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Bulgaria |
4,9 % |
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Czechia |
12,6 % |
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Estonia |
2,1 % |
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Greece |
10,1 % |
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Croatia |
2,3 % |
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Latvia |
1,0 % |
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Lithuania |
1,9 % |
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Hungary |
5,8 % |
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Poland |
34,2 % |
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Portugal |
8,6 % |
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Romania |
9,7 % |
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Slovakia |
4,8 % |
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Slovenia |
2,0 % |
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ANNEX III
ACTIVITY COVERED BY CHAPTER IVa
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Activity |
Greenhouse gases |
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Release for consumption of fuels which are used for combustion in the buildings, road transport and additional sectors. This activity shall not include: (a) the release for consumption of fuels used in the activities listed in Annex I, except if used for combustion in the activities of transport of greenhouse gases for geological storage as set out in the table, row twenty seven, of that Annex or if used for combustion in installations excluded under Article 27a; (b) the release for consumption of fuels for which the emission factor is zero; (c) the release for consumption of hazardous or municipal waste used as fuel. The buildings and road transport sectors shall correspond to the following sources of emissions, defined in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, with the necessary modifications to those definitions as follows: (a) Combined Heat and Power Generation (CHP) (source category code 1A1a ii) and Heat Plants (source category code 1A1a iii), insofar as they produce heat for categories under points (c) and (d) of this paragraph, either directly or through district heating networks; |
Carbon dioxide |
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(b) Road Transportation (source category code 1A3b), excluding the use of agricultural vehicles on paved roads; (c) Commercial / Institutional (source category code 1A4a); (d) Residential (source category code 1A4b). Additional sectors shall correspond to the following sources of emissions, defined in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories: (a) Energy Industries (source category code 1A1), excluding the categories defined under the second paragraph, point (a), of this Annex; (b) Manufacturing Industries and Construction (source category code 1A2). |
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ANNEX IIIa
ADJUSTMENT OF LINEAR REDUCTION FACTOR IN ACCORDANCE WITH ARTICLE 30c(2)
1. If the average emissions reported under Chapter IVa for the years 2024 to 2026 are more than 2 % higher compared to the value of the 2025 quantity defined in accordance with Article 30c(1), and if those differences are not due to the difference of less than 5 % between the emissions reported under Chapter IVa and the inventory data of 2025 Union greenhouse gas emissions from UNFCCC source categories for the sectors covered under Chapter IVa, the linear reduction factor shall be calculated by adjusting the linear reduction factor referred to in Article 30c(1).
2. The adjusted linear reduction factor in accordance with point 1 shall be determined as follows:
ANNEX IV
PRINCIPLES FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 14(1)
PART A — Monitoring and reporting of emissions from stationary installations
Monitoring of carbon dioxide emissions
Emissions shall be monitored either by calculation or on the basis of measurement.
Calculation
Calculations of emissions shall be performed using the formula:
Activity data × Emission factor × Oxidation factor
Activity data (fuel used, production rate etc.) shall be monitored on the basis of supply data or measurement.
Accepted emission factors shall be used. Activity-specific emission factors are acceptable for all fuels. Default factors are acceptable for all fuels except non-commercial ones (waste fuels such as tyres and industrial process gases). Seam-specific defaults for coal, and EU-specific or producer country-specific defaults for natural gas shall be further elaborated. IPCC default values are acceptable for refinery products. ►M15 The emission factor for biomass that complies with the sustainability criteria and greenhouse gas emission-saving criteria for the use of biomass established by Directive (EU) 2018/2001, with any necessary adjustments for application under this Directive, as set out in the implementing acts referred to in Article 14 of this Directive, shall be zero. ◄
If the emission factor does not take account of the fact that some of the carbon is not oxidised, then an additional oxidation factor shall be used. If activity-specific emission factors have been calculated and already take oxidation into account, then an oxidation factor need not be applied.
Default oxidation factors developed pursuant to Directive 2010/75/EU shall be used, unless the operator can demonstrate that activity-specific factors are more accurate.
A separate calculation shall be made for each activity, installation and for each fuel.
Measurement
Measurement of emissions shall use standardised or accepted methods, and shall be corroborated by a supporting calculation of emissions.
Monitoring of emissions of other greenhouse gases
Standardised or accepted methods, developed by the Commission in collaboration with all relevant stakeholders and adopted pursuant to Article 14(1), shall be used.
Reporting of emissions
Each operator shall include the following information in the report for an installation:
Data identifying the installation, including:
For each Annex I activity carried out on the site for which emissions are calculated:
For each Annex I activity carried out on the site for which emissions are measured:
For emissions from combustion, the report shall also include the oxidation factor, unless oxidation has already been taken into account in the development of an activity-specific emission factor.
Member States shall take measures to coordinate reporting requirements with any existing reporting requirements in order to minimise the reporting burden on businesses.
PART B — Monitoring and reporting of emissions from aviation activities
Monitoring of carbon dioxide emissions
Emissions shall be monitored by calculation. Emissions shall be calculated using the formula:
Fuel consumption × emission factor
Fuel consumption shall include fuel consumed by the auxiliary power unit. Actual fuel consumption for each flight shall be used wherever possible and shall be calculated using the formula:
Amount of fuel contained in aircraft tanks once fuel uplift for the flight is complete – amount of fuel contained in aircraft tanks once fuel uplift for subsequent flight is complete + fuel uplift for that subsequent flight.
If actual fuel consumption data are not available, a standardised tiered method shall be used to estimate fuel consumption data based on best available information.
Default IPCC emission factors, taken from the 2006 IPCC Inventory Guidelines or subsequent updates of these Guidelines, shall be used unless activity-specific emission factors identified by independent accredited laboratories using accepted analytical methods are more accurate. ►M15 The emission factor for biomass that complies with the sustainability criteria and greenhouse gas emission-saving criteria for the use of biomass established by Directive (EU) 2018/2001, with any necessary adjustments for application under this Directive, as set out in the implementing acts referred to in Article 14 of this Directive, shall be zero. ◄ ►M14 The emission factor for jet kerosene (Jet A1 or Jet A) shall be 3,16 (t CO2/t fuel). ◄
Emissions from renewable fuels of non-biological origin using hydrogen from renewable sources compliant with Article 25 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 shall be rated with zero emissions for the aircraft operators using them until the implementing act referred to in Article 14(1) of this Directive is adopted.
A separate calculation shall be made for each flight and for each fuel.
Reporting of emissions
Each aircraft operator shall include the following information in its report under Article 14(3):
Data identifying the aircraft operator, including:
For each type of fuel for which emissions are calculated:
Monitoring of tonne-kilometre data for the purpose of Articles 3e and 3f
For the purpose of applying for an allocation of allowances in accordance with Article 3e(1) or Article 3f(2), the amount of aviation activity shall be calculated in tonne-kilometres using the following formula:
tonne-kilometres = distance × payload
where:
‘distance’ means the great circle distance between the aerodrome of departure and the aerodrome of arrival plus an additional fixed factor of 95 km; and
‘payload’ means the total mass of freight, mail and passengers carried.
For the purposes of calculating the payload:
Reporting of tonne-kilometre data for the purpose of Articles 3e and 3f
Each aircraft operator shall include the following information in its application under Article 3e(1) or Article 3f(2):
Data identifying the aircraft operator, including:
Tonne-kilometre data:
PART C
Monitoring and reporting of emissions corresponding to the activity referred to in Annex III
Monitoring of emissions
Emissions shall be monitored by calculation.
Calculation
Emissions shall be calculated using the following formula:
Fuel released for consumption × emission factor
Fuel released for consumption shall include the quantity of fuel released for consumption by the regulated entity.
Default IPCC emission factors, taken from the 2006 IPCC Inventory Guidelines or subsequent updates of those Guidelines, shall be used unless fuel-specific emission factors identified by independent accredited laboratories using accepted analytical methods are more accurate.
A separate calculation shall be made for each regulated entity, and for each fuel.
Reporting of emissions
Each regulated entity shall include the following information in its report:
Data identifying the regulated entity, including:
For each type of fuel released for consumption and which is used for combustion in the sectors referred to in Annex III, for which emissions are calculated:
Member States shall take measures to coordinate reporting requirements with any existing reporting requirements in order to minimise the reporting burden on businesses.
ANNEX V
CRITERIA FOR VERIFICATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 15
PART A — Verification of emissions from stationary installations
General Principles
1. Emissions from each activity listed in Annex I shall be subject to verification.
2. The verification process shall include consideration of the report pursuant to Article 14(3) and of monitoring during the preceding year. It shall address the reliability, credibility and accuracy of monitoring systems and the reported data and information relating to emissions, in particular:
the reported activity data and related measurements and calculations;
the choice and the employment of emission factors;
the calculations leading to the determination of the overall emissions; and
if measurement is used, the appropriateness of the choice and the employment of measuring methods.
3. Reported emissions may only be validated if reliable and credible data and information allow the emissions to be determined with a high degree of certainty. A high degree of certainty requires the operator to show that:
the reported data is free of inconsistencies;
the collection of the data has been carried out in accordance with the applicable scientific standards; and
the relevant records of the installation are complete and consistent.
4. The verifier shall be given access to all sites and information in relation to the subject of the verification.
5. The verifier shall take into account whether the installation is registered under the ►M9 Union ◄ eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS).
Methodology
Strategic analysis
6. The verification shall be based on a strategic analysis of all the activities carried out in the installation. This requires the verifier to have an overview of all the activities and their significance for emissions.
Process analysis
7. The verification of the information submitted shall, where appropriate, be carried out on the site of the installation. The verifier shall use spot-checks to determine the reliability of the reported data and information.
Risk analysis
8. The verifier shall submit all the sources of emissions in the installation to an evaluation with regard to the reliability of the data of each source contributing to the overall emissions of the installation.
9. On the basis of this analysis the verifier shall explicitly identify those sources with a high risk of error and other aspects of the monitoring and reporting procedure which are likely to contribute to errors in the determination of the overall emissions. This especially involves the choice of the emission factors and the calculations necessary to determine the level of the emissions from individual sources. Particular attention shall be given to those sources with a high risk of error and the abovementioned aspects of the monitoring procedure.
10. The verifier shall take into consideration any effective risk control methods applied by the operator with a view to minimising the degree of uncertainty.
Report
11. The verifier shall prepare a report on the validation process stating whether the report pursuant to Article 14(3) is satisfactory. This report shall specify all issues relevant to the work carried out. A statement that the report pursuant to Article 14(3) is satisfactory may be made if, in the opinion of the verifier, the total emissions are not materially misstated.
Minimum competency requirements for the verifier
12. The verifier shall be independent of the operator, carry out his activities in a sound and objective professional manner, and understand:
the provisions of this Directive, as well as relevant standards and guidance adopted by the Commission pursuant to Article 14(1);
the legislative, regulatory, and administrative requirements relevant to the activities being verified; and
the generation of all information related to each source of emissions in the installation, in particular, relating to the collection, measurement, calculation and reporting of data.
PART B — Verification of emissions from aviation activities
13. The general principles and methodology set out in this Annex shall apply to the verification of reports of emissions from flights falling within an aviation activity listed in Annex I.
For this purpose:
in paragraph 3, the reference to operator shall be read as if it were a reference to an aircraft operator, and in point (c) of that paragraph the reference to installation shall be read as if it were a reference to the aircraft used to perform the aviation activities covered by the report;
in paragraph 5, the reference to installation shall be read as if it were a reference to the aircraft operator;
in paragraph 6 the reference to activities carried out in the installation shall be read as a reference to aviation activities covered by the report carried out by the aircraft operator;
in paragraph 7 the reference to the site of the installation shall be read as if it were a reference to the sites used by the aircraft operator to perform the aviation activities covered by the report;
in paragraphs 8 and 9 the references to sources of emissions in the installation shall be read as if they were a reference to the aircraft for which the aircraft operator is responsible; and
in paragraphs 10 and 12 the references to operator shall be read as if they were a reference to an aircraft operator.
Additional provisions for the verification of aviation emission reports
14. The verifier shall in particular ascertain that:
all flights falling within an aviation activity listed in Annex I have been taken into account. In this task the verifier shall be assisted by timetable data and other data on the aircraft operator’s traffic including data from Eurocontrol requested by that operator;
there is overall consistency between aggregated fuel consumption data and data on fuel purchased or otherwise supplied to the aircraft performing the aviation activity.
Additional provisions for the verification of tonne-kilometre data submitted for the purposes of Articles 3e and 3f
15. The general principles and methodology for verifying emissions reports under Article 14(3) as set out in this Annex shall, where applicable, also apply correspondingly to the verification of aviation tonne-kilometre data.
16. The verifier shall in particular ascertain that only flights actually performed and falling within an aviation activity listed in Annex I for which the aircraft operator is responsible have been taken into account in that operator’s application under Articles 3e(1) and 3f(2). In this task the verifier shall be assisted by data on the aircraft operator’s traffic including data from Eurocontrol requested by that operator. In addition, the verifier shall ascertain that the payload reported by the aircraft operator corresponds to records on payloads kept by that operator for safety purposes.
PART C
Verification of emissions corresponding to the activity referred to in Annex III
General Principles
1. Emissions corresponding to the activity referred to in Annex III shall be subject to verification.
2. The verification process shall include consideration of the report pursuant to Article 14(3) and of monitoring during the preceding year. It shall address the reliability, credibility and accuracy of monitoring systems and the reported data and information relating to emissions, and in particular:
the reported fuels released for consumption and related calculations;
the choice and the employment of emission factors;
the calculations leading to the determination of the overall emissions.
3. Reported emissions may only be validated if reliable and credible data and information allow the emissions to be determined with a high degree of certainty. A high degree of certainty requires the regulated entity to show that:
the reported data are free of inconsistencies;
the collection of the data has been carried out in accordance with the applicable scientific standards; and
the relevant records of the regulated entity are complete and consistent.
4. The verifier shall be given access to all sites and information in relation to the subject of the verification.
5. The verifier shall take into account whether the regulated entity is registered under the Union eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS).
Methodology
Strategic analysis
6. The verification shall be based on a strategic analysis of all the quantities of fuels released for consumption by the regulated entity. This requires the verifier to have an overview of all the activities through which the regulated entity is releasing the fuels for consumption and their significance for emissions.
Process analysis
7. The verification of the data and information submitted shall, where appropriate, be carried out on the site of the regulated entity. The verifier shall use spot-checks to determine the reliability of the reported data and information.
Risk analysis
8. The verifier shall submit all the means through which the fuels are released for consumption by the regulated entity to an evaluation with regard to the reliability of the data on the overall emissions of the regulated entity.
9. On the basis of this analysis the verifier shall explicitly identify any element with a high risk of error and other aspects of the monitoring and reporting procedure which are likely to contribute to errors in the determination of the overall emissions. This especially involves the calculations necessary to determine the level of the emissions from individual sources. Particular attention shall be given to those elements with a high risk of error and the abovementioned aspects of the monitoring procedure.
10. The verifier shall take into consideration any effective risk control methods applied by the regulated entity with a view to minimising the degree of uncertainty.
Report
11. The verifier shall prepare a report on the validation process stating whether the report pursuant to Article 14(3) is satisfactory. This report shall specify all issues relevant to the work carried out. A statement that the report pursuant to Article 14(3) is satisfactory may be made if, in the opinion of the verifier, the total emissions are not materially misstated.
Minimum competency requirement for the verifier
12. The verifier shall be independent of the regulated entity, carry out his or her activities in a sound and objective professional manner, and understand:
the provisions of this Directive, as well as relevant standards and guidance adopted by the Commission pursuant to Article 14(1);
the legislative, regulatory, and administrative requirements relevant to the activities being verified; and
the generation of all information related to all the means through which the fuels are released for consumption by the regulated entity, in particular, relating to the collection, measurement, calculation and reporting of data.
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( 2 ) OJ L 282, 19.10.2016, p. 4.
( 3 ) Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17).
( 4 ) Regulation (EC) No 336/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on the implementation of the International Safety Management Code within the Community and repealing Council Regulation (EC) No 3051/95 (OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 1).
( 5 ) Regulation (EU) 2015/757 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2015 on the monitoring, reporting and verification of carbon dioxide emissions from maritime transport, and amending Directive 2009/16/EC (OJ L 123, 19.5.2015, p. 55).
( 6 ) Council Directive (EU) 2020/262 of 19 December 2019 laying down the general arrangements for excise duty (OJ L 58, 27.2.2020, p. 4).
( 7 ) Council Directive 2003/96/EC of 27 October 2003 restructuring the Community framework for the taxation of energy products and electricity (OJ L 283, 31.10.2003, p. 51).
( 8 ) Directive (EU) 2023/958 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 amending Directive 2003/87/EC as regards aviation’s contribution to the Union’s economy-wide emission reduction target and the appropriate implementation of a global market-based measure (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 115).
( 9 ) Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82).
( 10 ) Decision (EU) 2015/1814 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 October 2015 concerning the establishment and operation of a market stability reserve for the Union greenhouse gas emission trading system and amending Directive 2003/87/EC (OJ L 264, 9.10.2015, p. 1).
( 11 ) Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 May 2010 on the energy performance of buildings (OJ L 153, 18.6.2010, p. 13).
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( 13 ) Regulation (EU) 2023/956 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 10 May 2023 establishing a carbon border adjustment mechanism (OJ L 130, 16.5.2023, p. 52).
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( 17 ) Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (OJ L 315, 14.11.2012, p. 1).
( 18 ) Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 130, 17.5.2011, p. 1).
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( 20 ) Regulation (EU) 2024/795 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 February 2024 establishing the Strategic Technologies for Europe Platform (STEP), and amending Directive 2003/87/EC and Regulations (EU) 2021/1058, (EU) 2021/1056, (EU) 2021/1057, (EU) No 1303/2013, (EU) No 223/2014, (EU) 2021/1060, (EU) 2021/523, (EU) 2021/695, (EU) 2021/697 and (EU) 2021/241 (OJ L, 2024/795, 29.2.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/795/oj).
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( 35 ) Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 February 2011 laying down the rules and general principles concerning mechanisms for control by the Member States of the Commission's exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
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