Annexes to COM(2021)554 - Amendment of Regulations (EU) 2018/841 as regards the scope, simplifying the compliance rules, setting out the targets of the Member States for 2030 and committing to the collective achievement of climate neutrality by 2035 in the land use, forestry and agriculture sector, and (EU) 2018/1999 as regards improvement in monitoring, reporting, tracking of progress and review - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2021)554 - Amendment of Regulations (EU) 2018/841 as regards the scope, simplifying the compliance rules, setting out the targets of ... |
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document | COM(2021)554 ![]() |
date | April 19, 2023 |
(11) Council Recommendation of 16 June 2022 on ensuring a fair transition towards climate neutrality (OJ C 243, 27.6.2022, p. 35).
(12) OJ L 83, 19.3.1998, p. 3.
(13) 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 Member States of the Commission’s exercise of implementing powers (OJ L 55, 28.2.2011, p. 13).
(14) OJ L 124, 17.5.2005, p. 4.
(15) OJ L 123, 12.5.2016, p. 1.
(16) 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).
ANNEX I
In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/841, Section B is replaced by the following:
‘B. | Carbon pools as referred to in Article 5(4):
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(1) Applies to Afforested Land and Managed Forest Land only
(2) Applies to Deforested Land, Managed Cropland, Managed Grassland and Managed Wetlands only.
ANNEX II
Annex II to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 is amended as follows:
(1) | the entries for Spain, Slovenia and Finland are replaced by the following:
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(2) | the entry for the United Kingdom is deleted. |
ANNEX III
‘ANNEX IIa
The Union target (column D), the average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 (column B) and the national targets of the Member States (column C) referred to in Article 4(3) to be achieved in 2030
A | B | C | D |
Member State | The average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 (kt of CO2 equivalent), 2020 submission | Member State targets, 2030 (kt of CO2 equivalent) | Value of the greenhouse gas net removals (kt of CO2 equivalent) in 2030, 2020 submission (Columns B+C) |
Belgium | -1 032 | - 320 | -1 352 |
Bulgaria | -8 554 | -1 163 | -9 718 |
Czech Republic | - 401 | - 827 | -1 228 |
Denmark | 5 779 | - 441 | 5 338 |
Germany | -27 089 | -3 751 | -30 840 |
Estonia | -2 112 | - 434 | -2 545 |
Ireland | 4 354 | - 626 | 3 728 |
Greece | -3 219 | -1 154 | -4 373 |
Spain | -38 326 | -5 309 | -43 635 |
France | -27 353 | -6 693 | -34 046 |
Croatia | -4 933 | - 593 | -5 527 |
Italy | -32 599 | -3 158 | -35 758 |
Cyprus | - 289 | -63 | - 352 |
Latvia | -6 | - 639 | - 644 |
Lithuania | -3 972 | - 661 | -4 633 |
Luxembourg | - 376 | -27 | - 403 |
Hungary | -4 791 | - 934 | -5 724 |
Malta | 4 | -2 | 2 |
Netherlands | 4 958 | - 435 | 4 523 |
Austria | -4 771 | - 879 | -5 650 |
Poland | -34 820 | -3 278 | -38 098 |
Portugal | - 390 | - 968 | -1 358 |
Romania | -23 285 | -2 380 | -25 665 |
Slovenia | 67 | - 212 | - 146 |
Slovakia | -6 317 | - 504 | -6 821 |
Finland | -14 865 | -2 889 | -17 754 |
Sweden | -43 366 | -3 955 | -47 321 |
EU-27/Union | - 267 704 | -42 296 | - 310 000 |
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ANNEX IV
Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 is amended as follows:
(a) | in point 1, point (c) is replaced by the following:
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(b) | point 3 is replaced by the following:
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(c) | point 4 is replaced by the following:
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(d) | point 5 is amended as follows:
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(e) | the following point is added:
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ANNEX V
In Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, Part 3 is replaced by the following:
‘ Part 3
Methodologies for monitoring and reporting in the LULUCF sector
For monitoring and reporting in the LULUCF sector, Member States shall use geographically explicit land-use conversion data in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for national GHG inventories. The Commission shall provide adequate support and assistance to the Member States in order to ensure consistency and transparency of the data collected. Member States are encouraged to explore synergies and opportunities to consolidate reporting with other relevant policy areas and strive towards greenhouse gas inventories which allow for interoperability with relevant electronic databases and geographic information systems, including:
(a) | a system for the monitoring of land use units with high-carbon stock land, as defined in Article 29(4) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001; |
(b) | a system for the monitoring of land use units subject to protection, defined as land covered by one or more of the following categories:
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(c) | a system for the monitoring of land use units that are the subject of restoration, defined as land covered by one or more of the following categories:
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(d) | a system for the monitoring of the following land use units with high climate risk:
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(e) | a system for the monitoring of soil carbon stocks, using, inter alia, annual land use/cover area frame statistical survey (LUCAS) datasets. |
The greenhouse gas inventory shall enable the exchange and integration of data between the electronic databases and the geographic information systems, in order to facilitate their comparability and public accessibility.
For the period 2021-2025, Member States shall use at least Tier 1 methodologies in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories, except for a carbon pool that accounts for at least 25 % of emissions or removals in a source or sink category which is prioritised within a Member State’s national inventory system because its estimate has a significant influence on a country’s total inventory of GHGs in terms of the absolute level of emissions and removals, the trend in emissions and removals, or the uncertainty in emissions and removals in the land use categories, in which case, at least Tier 2 methodologies in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories shall be used.
From the greenhouse gas inventory submission in 2028 onwards, Member States shall use at least Tier 2 methodologies in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories, whereas Member States shall, as early as possible and from the greenhouse gas inventory submission in 2030 onwards, at the latest, for all carbon pool emission and removal estimates falling in areas of high carbon stock land use units referred to in point (a), areas of land use units under protection or under restoration referred to in points (b) and (c), and areas of land use units under high future climate risks referred to in point (d), apply Tier 3 methodologies, in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories.
Notwithstanding the previous subparagraph, where the area under any individual category listed in points (a) to (d) represents less than 1 % of the area of managed land reported by the Member State, Member States shall use at least Tier 2 methodologies in accordance with the 2006 IPCC guidelines for national GHG inventories.
(*) Council Directive 92/43/EEC of 21 May 1992 on the conservation of natural habitats and of wild fauna and flora (OJ L 206, 22.7.1992, p. 7).
(**) Directive 2004/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 April 2004 on environmental liability with regard to the prevention and remedying of environmental damage (OJ L 143, 30.4.2004, p. 56).
(***) Directive 2009/147/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 November 2009 on the conservation of wild birds (OJ L 20, 26.1.2010, p. 7).
(****) Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2000 establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy (OJ L 327, 22.12.2000, p. 1).
(*****) Directive 2007/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2007 on the assessment and management of flood risks (OJ L 288, 6.11.2007, p. 27).
(******) Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament of the Council of 18 June 2020 on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment, and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/2088 (OJ L 198, 22.6.2020, p. 13).’ ’