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Article 17 Review

Review

1. Overview

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Article 17 1.

This Regulation shall be kept under review taking into account, inter alia:

(a) 

international developments;

(b) 

efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement; and

(c) 

Union law, including on nature restoration.

On the basis of the findings of the report prepared pursuant to Article 14(3) and the results of the assessment carried out pursuant to Article 13(2), point (b), or on the basis of the verification carried out pursuant to Article 37(4a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit proposals to ensure that the integrity of the Union’s overall 2030 greenhouse gas net removal target set in accordance with Article 4(2) of this Regulation and the target’s contribution to the goals of the Paris Agreement are respected.
Article 17 2.

The Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the operation of this Regulation, no later than six months after the first global stocktake agreed under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement. The report shall be based on the most recent data available as provided by the Member States under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and on Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ). In view of the necessary increase in greenhouse gas emission reductions and removals in the Union and the pursuit of a socially just transition, and with regard to the need for additional Union policies and measures, the report shall include, where relevant, the following:

(a) 

an assessment of the impacts of the flexibilities referred to in Article 11;

(b) 

an assessment of the contribution of this Regulation to the climate neutrality objective and intermediate climate targets set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119;

(c) 

an assessment of the contribution of this Regulation to the goals of the Paris Agreement;

(d) 

an assessment of social and labour impacts, including on gender equality and working conditions, in Member States both at national and regional level, which the obligations laid down in this Regulation have in any of the land categories and sectors covered by Article 2;

(e) 

an assessment of progress made at international level on the rules governing Article 6(2) and 6(4) of the Paris Agreement and, where relevant, proposals to amend this Regulation, in particular to avoid double counting and apply corresponding adjustments;

(f) 

an assessment of the current trends and future projections regarding emissions and removals of greenhouse gases from cropland, grassland and wetlands and regulatory options to ensure consistency of those trends and projections with the objective of achieving long-term greenhouse gas emission reductions in all sectors of the economy in accordance with the Union’s climate-neutrality objective and the Union’s intermediate climate targets set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119;

(g) 

the current trends and future projections regarding emissions of greenhouse gases from the following reporting categories and regulatory options to ensure consistency of those trends and projections with the objective of achieving long-term greenhouse gas emission reductions in all sectors of the economy in accordance with the Union’s climate-neutrality objective and the Union’s intermediate climate targets set out in Regulation (EU) 2021/1119:

(i) 

enteric fermentation;

(ii) 

manure management;

(iii) 

rice cultivation;

(iv) 

agricultural soils;

(v) 

prescribed burning of savannas;

(vi) 

field burning of agricultural residues;

(vii) 

liming;

(viii) 

urea application;

(ix) 

other carbon-containing fertilizers;

(x) 

other.

That report shall take into account, where relevant, the effects of the forest age structure, including where those effects are linked to specific wartime or post-war circumstances, in a scientifically robust, reliable and transparent way, and with a view to ensuring the long-term resilience and adaptive capacity of forests.

That report may also, subsequent to the adoption of an appropriate science-based reporting methodology and based on progress in reporting and the latest scientific information available, assess the feasibility of analysis and the impact of reporting greenhouse gas emissions and removals from additional sectors, such as the marine and freshwater environments, as well as relevant regulatory options.

Following the report and taking into account the importance of each sector making a fair contribution to the Union’s climate-neutrality objective and the Union’s intermediary climate targets pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, the Commission shall, where appropriate, submit legislative proposals. In particular, those proposals may set out Union and Member State targets for greenhouse gas emissions and removals, taking due account of any deficit accumulated by 2030 by each Member State.

The European Scientific Advisory Board on Climate Change established under Article 10a of Regulation (EC) No 401/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 5 ) (the ‘Advisory Board’) may, on its own initiative, provide scientific advice or issue reports on Union measures, climate targets, annual emissions and removals levels and flexibilities under this Regulation. The Commission shall consider the relevant advice and reports of the Advisory Board, in particular as regards future measures aiming at further emission reductions and removal increases in the sub-sectors covered by this Regulation.
Article 17 3.
Within 12 months of the entry into force of a legislative act concerning a Union regulatory framework for the certification of carbon removals, the Commission shall submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the possible benefits and trade-offs of the inclusion in the scope of this Regulation of sustainably sourced long-lived carbon storage products that have a net-positive carbon sequestration effect. The report shall assess how to consider direct and indirect emissions and removals of greenhouse gases related to those products, such as those resulting from land use change and consequent risks of leakage of related emissions, as well as possible benefits and trade-offs with other Union environmental objectives, in particular biodiversity objectives. Where appropriate, the report may consider a process for inclusion of sustainable carbon storage products in the scope of this Regulation, in a manner consistent with other Union environmental objectives, as well as IPCC Guidelines as adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC or the Conference of the Parties serving as the Meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement. The Commission’s report may be accompanied, where appropriate, by a legislative proposal to amend this Regulation accordingly.

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Standards

2. Identified Requirements

Requirements

3. Related Standards

Standards