Article 1 Subject matter and scope

Article 1

This Regulation establishes the Social Climate Fund (the ‘Fund’) for the period from 2026 to 2032.

The Fund shall provide financial support to Member States for the measures and investments included in their Social Climate Plans (the ‘Plans’).

The measures and investments supported by the Fund shall benefit households, micro-enterprises and transport users, which are vulnerable and particularly affected by the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions from buildings and road transport within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC, in particular households in energy poverty or households in transport poverty.