(a) commitments of Member States for the land use, land use change and forestry ("LULUCF") sector that contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction target of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2025; (b) accounting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector and checking the compliance of Member States with the commitments referred to in point (a) for the period from 2021 to 2025; (c) a 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector; (d) targets for net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector for Member States for the period from 2026 to 2030.
Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/268of 28 October 2020amending Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the forest reference levels to be applied by the Member States for the period 2021-2025(Text with EEA relevance), 32021R0268, February 22, 2021
- Regulation (EU) 2023/839 of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 19 April 2023amending Regulation (EU) 2018/841 as regards the scope, simplifying the reporting and compliance rules, and setting out the targets of the Member States for 2030, and Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 as regards improvement in monitoring, reporting, tracking of progress and review(Text with EEA relevance), 32023R0839, April 21, 2023
(a) land use reported as cropland, grassland, wetlands, settlements or other land, converted to forest land ("afforested land"); (b) land use reported as forest land converted to cropland, grassland, wetlands, settlements or other land ("deforested land"); (c) land use reported as any of the following ("managed cropland"): (i) cropland remaining cropland; (ii) grassland, wetland, settlement or other land, converted to cropland; (iii) cropland converted to wetland, settlement or other land;
(d) land use reported as any of the following ("managed grassland"): (i) grassland remaining grassland; (ii) cropland, wetland, settlement or other land, converted to grassland; (iii) grassland converted to wetland, settlement or other land;
(e) land use reported as forest land remaining forest land ("managed forest land"); (f) where a Member State has notified to the Commission its intention to include managed wetland in the scope of its commitments pursuant to Article 4(1) of this Regulation by 31 December 2020 , land use reported as one of the following ("managed wetland"):wetland remaining wetland; settlement or other land, converted to wetland; wetland converted to settlement or other land.
(a) forest land; (b) cropland; (c) grassland; (d) wetlands; (e) settlements; (f) other land; (g) harvested wood products; (h) other; (i) atmospheric deposition; (j) nitrogen leaching and run-off.
(1) "sink" means any process, activity or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol, or a precursor to a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere; (2) "source" means any process, activity or mechanism that releases a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor to a greenhouse gas into the atmosphere; (3) "carbon pool" means the whole or part of a biogeochemical feature or system within the territory of a Member State and within which carbon, any precursor to a greenhouse gas containing carbon, or any greenhouse gas containing carbon is stored; (4) "carbon stock" means the mass of carbon stored in a carbon pool; (5) "harvested wood product" means any product of wood harvesting that has left a site where wood is harvested; (6) "forest" means an area of land defined by the minimum values for area size, tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level, and potential tree height at maturity at the place of growth of the trees as specified for each Member State in Annex II. It includes areas with trees, including groups of growing, young, natural trees, or plantations that have yet to reach the minimum values for tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level or minimum tree height as specified in Annex II, including any area that normally forms part of the forest area but on which there are temporarily no trees as a result of human intervention, such as harvesting, or as a result of natural causes, but which area can be expected to revert to forest; (7) "forest reference level" means an estimate, expressed in tonnes of CO 2 equivalent per year, of the average annual net emissions or removals resulting from managed forest land within the territory of a Member State in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, based on the criteria set out in this Regulation;(8) "half-life value" means the number of years it takes for the quantity of carbon stored in a category of harvested wood products to decrease to one half of its initial value; (9) "natural disturbances" means any non-anthropogenic events or circumstances that cause significant emissions in the LULUCF sector, the occurrence of which is beyond the control of the relevant Member State, and the effects of which the Member State is objectively unable to significantly limit, even after their occurrence, on emissions; (10) "instantaneous oxidation" means an accounting method that assumes that the release into the atmosphere of the entire quantity of carbon stored in harvested wood products occurs at the time of harvest; (11) "climate change" means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
(a) its greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j); and (b) the average value for its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, as submitted in 2032.
(a) annual greenhouse gas emission and removal limit values for those years, established on the basis of a linear trajectory towards 2030; and (b) the average value for its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, as submitted in 2025.
(a) wetland remaining wetland; (b) settlement or other land, converted to wetland; or (c) wetland converted to settlement or other land.
(a) paper; (b) wood panels; (c) sawn wood.
(a) submit to the Commission information on the background level for the land accounting categories referred to in paragraph 1 and on the data and methodologies used in accordance with Annex VI; and (b) exclude from accounting until 2025 all subsequent removals on the land affected by natural disturbances.
(a) the general flexibilities set out in Article 12; and (b) in order to comply with the commitment, target and budget set in accordance with Article 4, the flexibilities set out in Articles 13 and 13b.
(a) the Member State has included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs, as well as information on the impact of such measures on relevant environmental objectives, including, inter alia , biodiversity protection and adaptation to natural disturbances; and(b) total emissions within the Union do not exceed total removals in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation for the period from 2021 to 2025.
(a) Finland included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs; (b) total emissions within the Union do not exceed total removals in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation in the period from 2021 to 2025.
(a) the amount exceeding the managed forest land flexibility available to Finland in the period from 2021 to 2025 pursuant to Article 13; (b) the emissions created by historical change from forest land to any other land use category that occurred no later than 31 December 2017 ;(c) the amount necessary for compliance with Article 4.
(a) the Member State has included in its updated integrated national energy and climate plan submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of all land sinks and reservoirs, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances; (b) the Member State has exhausted the flexibility available pursuant to Article 12(1) of this Regulation; (c) the difference in the Union between the annual sum of all greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), and the Union target of 310 million tonnes of CO 2 equivalent of net removals is negative, in 2030.When assessing whether, within the Union, the condition as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (c), of this paragraph has been fulfilled, the Commission shall include up to 30 %, but not more than 20 Mt CO 2 equivalent, of the unused surplus to the commitments of Member States under Article 4(1) from the period from 2021 to 2025, provided that one or more Member States submit evidence to the Commission concerning the impact of natural disturbances in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article. The Commission shall ensure that double counting is avoided by Member States, in particular in the exercise of the flexibilities set out in Article 12 of this Regulation and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842.
(a) have exhausted the flexibilities available pursuant to Article 12(1), and paragraphs 3 and 5 of this Article; and (b) have submitted evidence to the Commission concerning either: (i) the long-term impact of climate change resulting in excess emissions or diminishing sinks that are beyond their control; or (ii) the effects of an exceptionally high proportion of organic soils in their managed land area, compared to the Union average, resulting in excess emissions, provided that those effects are attributable to land management practices that occurred before the entry into force of Decision No 529/2013/EU;
(c) have included in their latest integrated national energy and climate plans submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of all land sinks and reservoirs, and to reduce the vulnerability of land to ecosystem perturbations driven by climate change.
(a) a detailed explanation of why it is not making sufficient progress; (b) an assessment of how Union funding has supported its efforts towards complying with its target and budget and of how it intends to use such funding to make progress towards complying with them; (c) additional actions, complementing the integrated national energy and climate plan of that Member State pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 or reinforcing its implementation, that it will implement in order to comply with its target set in accordance with Article 4(3) or its budget set in accordance with Article 4(4) through domestic policies and measures and the implementation of Union action, accompanied by a detailed assessment, underpinned by quantitative data, where available, of the envisaged net greenhouse gas removals that would result from those actions; (d) a strict timetable for implementing such actions, which enables the assessment of annual progress in implementation.
(a) the policies and measures regarding possible trade-offs, including at least with other Union environmental objectives and strategies, such as those laid down in the 8th Environment Action Programme set out in Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (OJ L 114, 12.4.2022, p. 22 ).11 October 2018 on a sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: Strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment;(b) how Member States have taken into account the "do no significant harm" principle when adopting their policies and measures to comply with their target set in accordance with Article 4(3) or their budget set in accordance with Article 4(4), to the extent relevant; (c) the synergies between climate mitigation and adaptation, including policies and measures to reduce the vulnerability of land to natural disturbances and the climate; (d) synergies between climate mitigation and biodiversity.
(a) recording of the quantity of emissions and removals for each land accounting and reporting category in each Member State; (b) the exercise of any methodological adjustment carried out pursuant to Article 14(1a); (c) the exercise of the flexibilities referred to in Articles 12, 13, 13a and 13b; and (d) assessment of compliance pursuant to Article 13c.
(a) international developments; (b) efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement; and (c) Union law, including on nature restoration.
(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.
(1) In Article 7, paragraph 1 is amended as follows: (a) the following point is inserted: "(da) as of 2023, their emissions and removals covered by Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1 ).";
----------------------Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1 ).";(b) the following subparagraph is added: "A Member State may request to be granted a derogation by the Commission from point (da) of the first subparagraph to apply a different methodology from that specified in Annex IIIa where the methodology improvement required cannot be achieved in time for the improvement to be taken into account in the greenhouse gas inventories for the period from 2021 to 2030, or where the cost of the methodology improvement would be disproportionately high compared to the benefits of applying such methodology to improve accounting for emissions and removals due to the low significance of the emissions and removals from the carbon pools concerned. Member States wishing to benefit from this derogation shall submit a reasoned request to the Commission by 31 December 2020 , indicating by which time the methodology improvement could be implemented, the alternative methodology proposed or both, and an assessment of the potential impacts on the accuracy of accounting. The Commission may request additional information to be submitted within a specific, reasonable time period. Where the Commission considers that the request is justified, it shall grant the derogation. If the Commission rejects the request, it shall give reasons for its decision.".
(2) In point (c) of Article 13(1), the following point is added: "(viii) as of 2023, information on national policies and measures implemented to meet their obligations under Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and information on additional national policies and measures planned with a view to limiting greenhouse gas emissions or enhancing sinks beyond their commitments under that Regulation;".
(3) In Article 14(1), the following point is inserted: "(ba) as of 2023, total greenhouse gas projections and separate estimates for the projected greenhouse gas emissions and removals covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/841".
(4) The following Annex is inserted: "ANNEX IIIA Methodologies for monitoring and reporting referred to in point (da) of Article 7(1) Approach 3: Geographically-explicit land-use conversion data in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Tier 1 methodology in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. For emissions and removals for a carbon pool that accounts for at least 25-30 % 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 greenhouse gases 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, at least Tier 2 methodology in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Member States are encouraged to apply Tier 3 methodology, in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.".
(1) in Article 3(2), the first subparagraph is deleted; (2) in Article 6, paragraph 4 is deleted.
A. Greenhouse gases as referred to in Article 2: (a) carbon dioxide (CO 2 );(b) methane (CH 4 );(c) nitrous oxide (N 2 O).
Those greenhouse gases shall be expressed in terms of tonnes of CO 2 equivalent and determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013.B. Carbon pools as referred to in Article 5(4): (a) living biomass; (b) litter Applies to Afforested Land and Managed Forest Land only (c) deadwood 1 (d) dead organic matter Applies to Deforested Land, Managed Cropland, Managed Grassland and Managed Wetlands only. (e) mineral soils; (f) organic soils; (g) harvested wood products in the land accounting categories of afforested land and managed forest land.
| Member State | Area (ha) | Tree crown cover (%) | Tree height (m) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Belgium | |||
| Bulgaria | |||
| Czech Republic | |||
| Denmark | |||
| Germany | |||
| Estonia | |||
| Ireland | |||
| Greece | |||
| Spain | |||
| France | |||
| Croatia | |||
| Italy | |||
| Cyprus | |||
| Latvia | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Luxembourg | |||
| Hungary | |||
| Malta | |||
| Netherlands | |||
| Austria | |||
| Poland | |||
| Portugal | |||
| Romania | |||
| Slovenia | 10 | ||
| Slovakia | |||
| Finland | 10 | ||
| Sweden | |||
| United Kingdom |
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member State | The average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 (kt of CO | Member State targets, 2030 (kt of CO | Value of the greenhouse gas net removals (kt of CO |
| Belgium | - | - | - |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - |
| Czech Republic | - | - | - |
| Denmark | - | ||
| Germany | - | - | - |
| Estonia | - | - | - |
| Ireland | - | ||
| Greece | - | - | - |
| Spain | - | - | - |
| France | - | - | - |
| Croatia | - | - | - |
| Italy | - | - | - |
| Cyprus | - | - | - |
| Latvia | - | - | - |
| Lithuania | - | - | - |
| Luxembourg | - | - | - |
| Hungary | - | - | - |
| Malta | - | ||
| Netherlands | - | ||
| Austria | - | - | - |
| Poland | - | - | - |
| Portugal | - | - | - |
| Romania | - | - | - |
| Slovenia | - | - | |
| Slovakia | - | - | - |
| Finland | - | - | - |
| Sweden | - | - | - |
| EU-27/Union | - | - | - |
| Member State | Base Year/Period |
|---|---|
| Belgium | 1990 |
| Bulgaria | 1988 |
| Czech Republic | 1990 |
| Denmark | 1990 |
| Germany | 1990 |
| Estonia | 1990 |
| Ireland | 1990 |
| Greece | 1990 |
| Spain | 1990 |
| France | 1990 |
| Croatia | 1990 |
| Italy | 1990 |
| Cyprus | 1990 |
| Latvia | 1990 |
| Lithuania | 1990 |
| Luxembourg | 1990 |
| Hungary | 1985-87 |
| Malta | 1990 |
| Netherlands | 1990 |
| Austria | 1990 |
| Poland | 1988 |
| Portugal | 1990 |
| Romania | 1989 |
| Slovenia | 1986 |
| Slovakia | 1990 |
| Finland | 1990 |
| Sweden | 1990 |
| United Kingdom | 1990 |
(a) the reference level shall be consistent with the goal of achieving a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, including enhancing the potential removals by ageing forest stocks that may otherwise show progressively declining sinks; (b) the reference level shall ensure that the mere presence of carbon stocks is excluded from accounting; (c) the reference level should ensure a robust and credible accounting system that ensures that emissions and removals resulting from biomass use are properly accounted for; (d) the reference level shall include the carbon pool of harvested wood products, thereby providing a comparison between assuming instantaneous oxidation and applying the first-order decay function and half-life values; (e) a constant ratio between solid and energy use of forest biomass as documented in the period from 2000 to 2009 shall be assumed; (f) the reference level should be consistent with the objective of contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources, as set out in the EU forest strategy, Member States’ national forest policies, and the EU biodiversity strategy; (g) the reference level shall be consistent with the national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks reported under Regulation (EU) No 525/2013; (h) the reference level shall be consistent with greenhouse gas inventories and relevant historical data and shall be based on transparent, complete, consistent, comparable and accurate information. In particular, the model used to construct the reference level shall be able to reproduce historical data from the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
(a) a general description of the determination of the forest reference level and a description of how the criteria in this Regulation were taken into account; (b) identification of the carbon pools and greenhouse gases which have been included in the forest reference level, reasons for omitting a carbon pool from the forest reference level determination, and demonstration of the consistency between the carbon pools included in the forest reference level; (c) a description of approaches, methods and models, including quantitative information, used in the determination of the forest reference level, consistent with the most recently submitted national inventory report, and a description of documentary information on sustainable forest management practices and intensity as well as of adopted national policies; (d) information on how harvesting rates are expected to develop under different policy scenarios; (e) a description of how each of the following elements were considered in the determination of the forest reference level: (i) the area under forest management; (ii) emissions and removals from forests and harvested wood products as shown in greenhouse gas inventories and relevant historical data; (iii) forest characteristics, including dynamic age-related forest characteristics, increments, rotation length and other information on forest management activities under "business as usual"; (iv) historical and future harvesting rates disaggregated between energy and non-energy uses.
| Belgium | – |
| Bulgaria | – |
| Czech Republic | – |
| Denmark | + |
| Germany | – |
| Estonia | – |
| Ireland | + |
| Greece | – |
| Spain | – |
| France | – |
| Croatia | – |
| Italy | – |
| Cyprus | – |
| Latvia | – |
| Lithuania | – |
| Luxembourg | – |
| Hungary | – |
| Malta | – 38 |
| Netherlands | – |
| Austria | – |
| Poland | – |
| Portugal | – |
| Romania | – |
| Slovenia | – |
| Slovakia | – |
| Finland | – |
| Sweden | – |
| United Kingdom | – |
If it is not possible to differentiate between harvested wood products in the land accounting categories of afforested land and managed forest land, a Member State may choose to account for harvested wood products assuming that all emissions and removals occurred on managed forest land. Harvested wood products in solid waste disposal sites and harvested wood products that were harvested for energy purposes shall be accounted for on the basis of instantaneous oxidation. Imported harvested wood products, irrespective of their origin, shall not be accounted for by the importing Member State ("production approach"). For exported harvested wood products, country-specific data refer to country-specific half-life values and harvested wood products usage in the importing country. Country-specific half-life values for harvested wood products placed on the market in the Union should not deviate from those used by the importing Member State. Member States may, for information purposes only, provide in their submission data on the share of wood used for energy purposes that was imported from outside the Union, and the countries of origin for such wood.
(a) 2 years for paper; (b) 25 years for wood panels; (c) 35 years for sawn wood.
1. For the calculation of the background level, the following information shall be provided: (a) historical levels of emissions caused by natural disturbances; (b) the type(s) of natural disturbance included in the estimation; (c) total annual emissions estimations for those natural disturbance types for the period from 2001 to 2020, listed by land accounting categories in the period from 2021 to 2025 and land reporting categories in the period from 2026 to 2030; (d) a demonstration of the time series consistency in all relevant parameters, including minimum area, emission estimation methodologies, coverages of carbon pools and gases.
2. The background level is calculated as the average of the 2001-2020 time series excluding all years for which abnormal levels of emissions were recorded, i.e. excluding all statistical outliers. The identification of statistical outliers shall be undertaken as follows: (a) calculate the arithmetic average value and the standard deviation of the full time series 2001-2020; (b) exclude from the time series all years for which the annual emissions are outside twice the standard deviation around the average; (c) calculate again the arithmetic average value and the standard deviation of the time series 2001-2020 minus the years excluded in point (b); (d) repeat points (b) and (c) until no outliers can be identified.
3. After calculating the background level pursuant to point 2 of this Annex, if emissions in a particular year in the periods from 2021 to 2025 for land accounting categories afforested land and managed forest land as set out in Article 2(1) exceed the background level plus a margin, the amount of emissions exceeding the background level may be excluded in accordance with Article 10. The margin shall be equal to a probability level of 95 %. 4. The following emissions shall not be excluded in the application of Article 10: (a) emissions resulting from harvesting and salvage logging activities that took place on land following the occurrence of natural disturbances; (b) emissions resulting from prescribed burning that took place on land in any year of the period from 2021 to 2025; (c) emissions on lands that were subject to deforestation following the occurrence of natural disturbances.
5. Information requirements pursuant to Article 10(2) include the following: (a) identification of all land areas affected by natural disturbances in that particular year, including their geographical location, the period and types of natural disturbances; (b) evidence that no deforestation has occurred during the rest of the period from 2021 to 2025 on lands that were affected by natural disturbances and in respect of which emissions were excluded from accounting; (c) a description of verifiable methods and criteria to be used to identify deforestation on those lands in the subsequent years of the period from 2021 to 2025. (d) where feasible, a description of measures the Member State undertook to prevent or limit the impact of those natural disturbances; (e) where feasible, a description of measures the Member State undertook to rehabilitate the lands affected by those natural disturbances.
6. Information requirements pursuant to Article 10(2) and Articles 13 and 13b include the following: (a) identification of all land areas affected by natural disturbances in that particular year, including their geographical location, the period and types of natural disturbances; (b) where feasible, a description of measures the Member State undertook to prevent or limit the impact of those natural disturbances; (c) where feasible, a description of measures the Member State undertook to rehabilitate the lands affected by those natural disturbances.
| Member State | Reported average removals by sinks from forest land for the period from 2000 to 2009 in million tonnes of CO | Compensation limit expressed in million tonnes of CO |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | ||
| Bulgaria | ||
| Czech Republic | ||
| Denmark | ||
| Germany | ||
| Estonia | ||
| Ireland | ||
| Greece | ||
| Spain | ||
| France | ||
| Croatia | ||
| Italy | ||
| Cyprus | ||
| Latvia | ||
| Lithuania | ||
| Luxembourg | ||
| Hungary | ||
| Malta | ||
| Netherlands | ||
| Austria | ||
| Poland | ||
| Portugal | ||
| Romania | ||
| Slovenia | ||
| Slovakia | ||
| Finland | ||
| Sweden | ||
| United Kingdom |
(a) commitments of Member States for the land use, land use change and forestry ("LULUCF") sector that contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction target of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2025; (b) accounting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector and checking the compliance of Member States with the commitments referred to in point (a) for the period from 2021 to 2025; (c) a 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector; (d) targets for net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector for Member States for the period from 2026 to 2030.
(a) land use reported as cropland, grassland, wetlands, settlements or other land, converted to forest land ("afforested land"); (b) land use reported as forest land converted to cropland, grassland, wetlands, settlements or other land ("deforested land"); (c) land use reported as any of the following ("managed cropland"): (i) cropland remaining cropland; (ii) grassland, wetland, settlement or other land, converted to cropland; (iii) cropland converted to wetland, settlement or other land;
(d) land use reported as any of the following ("managed grassland"): (i) grassland remaining grassland; (ii) cropland, wetland, settlement or other land, converted to grassland; (iii) grassland converted to wetland, settlement or other land;
(e) land use reported as forest land remaining forest land ("managed forest land"); (f) where a Member State has notified to the Commission its intention to include managed wetland in the scope of its commitments pursuant to Article 4(1) of this Regulation by 31 December 2020 , land use reported as one of the following ("managed wetland"):wetland remaining wetland; settlement or other land, converted to wetland; wetland converted to settlement or other land.
(a) forest land; (b) cropland; (c) grassland; (d) wetlands; (e) settlements; (f) other land; (g) harvested wood products; (h) other; (i) atmospheric deposition; (j) nitrogen leaching and run-off.
(1) "sink" means any process, activity or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol, or a precursor to a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere; (2) "source" means any process, activity or mechanism that releases a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor to a greenhouse gas into the atmosphere; (3) "carbon pool" means the whole or part of a biogeochemical feature or system within the territory of a Member State and within which carbon, any precursor to a greenhouse gas containing carbon, or any greenhouse gas containing carbon is stored; (4) "carbon stock" means the mass of carbon stored in a carbon pool; (5) "harvested wood product" means any product of wood harvesting that has left a site where wood is harvested; (6) "forest" means an area of land defined by the minimum values for area size, tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level, and potential tree height at maturity at the place of growth of the trees as specified for each Member State in Annex II. It includes areas with trees, including groups of growing, young, natural trees, or plantations that have yet to reach the minimum values for tree crown cover or an equivalent stocking level or minimum tree height as specified in Annex II, including any area that normally forms part of the forest area but on which there are temporarily no trees as a result of human intervention, such as harvesting, or as a result of natural causes, but which area can be expected to revert to forest; (7) "forest reference level" means an estimate, expressed in tonnes of CO 2 equivalent per year, of the average annual net emissions or removals resulting from managed forest land within the territory of a Member State in the periods from 2021 to 2025 and from 2026 to 2030, based on the criteria set out in this Regulation;(8) "half-life value" means the number of years it takes for the quantity of carbon stored in a category of harvested wood products to decrease to one half of its initial value; (9) "natural disturbances" means any non-anthropogenic events or circumstances that cause significant emissions in the LULUCF sector, the occurrence of which is beyond the control of the relevant Member State, and the effects of which the Member State is objectively unable to significantly limit, even after their occurrence, on emissions; (10) "instantaneous oxidation" means an accounting method that assumes that the release into the atmosphere of the entire quantity of carbon stored in harvested wood products occurs at the time of harvest; (11) "climate change" means a change of climate which is attributed directly or indirectly to human activity that alters the composition of the global atmosphere and which is in addition to natural climate variability observed over comparable time periods.
(a) its greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j); and (b) the average value for its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, as submitted in 2032.
(a) annual greenhouse gas emission and removal limit values for those years, established on the basis of a linear trajectory towards 2030; and (b) the average value for its greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023, as submitted in 2025.
(a) wetland remaining wetland; (b) settlement or other land, converted to wetland; or (c) wetland converted to settlement or other land.
(a) paper; (b) wood panels; (c) sawn wood.
(a) submit to the Commission information on the background level for the land accounting categories referred to in paragraph 1 and on the data and methodologies used in accordance with Annex VI; and (b) exclude from accounting until 2025 all subsequent removals on the land affected by natural disturbances.
(a) the general flexibilities set out in Article 12; and (b) in order to comply with the commitment, target and budget set in accordance with Article 4, the flexibilities set out in Articles 13 and 13b.
(a) the Member State has included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs, as well as information on the impact of such measures on relevant environmental objectives, including, inter alia , biodiversity protection and adaptation to natural disturbances; and(b) total emissions within the Union do not exceed total removals in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation for the period from 2021 to 2025.
(a) Finland included in its strategy submitted in accordance with Article 15 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of forest sinks and reservoirs; (b) total emissions within the Union do not exceed total removals in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2(1) of this Regulation in the period from 2021 to 2025.
(a) the amount exceeding the managed forest land flexibility available to Finland in the period from 2021 to 2025 pursuant to Article 13; (b) the emissions created by historical change from forest land to any other land use category that occurred no later than 31 December 2017 ;(c) the amount necessary for compliance with Article 4.
(a) the Member State has included in its updated integrated national energy and climate plan submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 ongoing or planned specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of all land sinks and reservoirs, and to reduce the vulnerability of the land to natural disturbances; (b) the Member State has exhausted the flexibility available pursuant to Article 12(1) of this Regulation; (c) the difference in the Union between the annual sum of all greenhouse gas emissions and removals on its territory and in all of the land reporting categories referred to in Article 2(2), points (a) to (j), and the Union target of 310 million tonnes of CO 2 equivalent of net removals is negative, in 2030.When assessing whether, within the Union, the condition as referred to in the first subparagraph, point (c), of this paragraph has been fulfilled, the Commission shall include up to 30 %, but not more than 20 Mt CO 2 equivalent, of the unused surplus to the commitments of Member States under Article 4(1) from the period from 2021 to 2025, provided that one or more Member States submit evidence to the Commission concerning the impact of natural disturbances in accordance with paragraph 5 of this Article. The Commission shall ensure that double counting is avoided by Member States, in particular in the exercise of the flexibilities set out in Article 12 of this Regulation and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842.
(a) have exhausted the flexibilities available pursuant to Article 12(1), and paragraphs 3 and 5 of this Article; and (b) have submitted evidence to the Commission concerning either: (i) the long-term impact of climate change resulting in excess emissions or diminishing sinks that are beyond their control; or (ii) the effects of an exceptionally high proportion of organic soils in their managed land area, compared to the Union average, resulting in excess emissions, provided that those effects are attributable to land management practices that occurred before the entry into force of Decision No 529/2013/EU;
(c) have included in their latest integrated national energy and climate plans submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 specific measures to ensure the conservation or enhancement, as appropriate, of all land sinks and reservoirs, and to reduce the vulnerability of land to ecosystem perturbations driven by climate change.
(a) a detailed explanation of why it is not making sufficient progress; (b) an assessment of how Union funding has supported its efforts towards complying with its target and budget and of how it intends to use such funding to make progress towards complying with them; (c) additional actions, complementing the integrated national energy and climate plan of that Member State pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 or reinforcing its implementation, that it will implement in order to comply with its target set in accordance with Article 4(3) or its budget set in accordance with Article 4(4) through domestic policies and measures and the implementation of Union action, accompanied by a detailed assessment, underpinned by quantitative data, where available, of the envisaged net greenhouse gas removals that would result from those actions; (d) a strict timetable for implementing such actions, which enables the assessment of annual progress in implementation.
(a) the policies and measures regarding possible trade-offs, including at least with other Union environmental objectives and strategies, such as those laid down in the 8th Environment Action Programme set out in Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council Decision (EU) 2022/591 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 April 2022 on a General Union Environment Action Programme to 2030 (OJ L 114, 12.4.2022, p. 22 ).11 October 2018 on a sustainable Bioeconomy for Europe: Strengthening the connection between economy, society and the environment;(b) how Member States have taken into account the "do no significant harm" principle when adopting their policies and measures to comply with their target set in accordance with Article 4(3) or their budget set in accordance with Article 4(4), to the extent relevant; (c) the synergies between climate mitigation and adaptation, including policies and measures to reduce the vulnerability of land to natural disturbances and the climate; (d) synergies between climate mitigation and biodiversity.
(a) recording of the quantity of emissions and removals for each land accounting and reporting category in each Member State; (b) the exercise of any methodological adjustment carried out pursuant to Article 14(1a); (c) the exercise of the flexibilities referred to in Articles 12, 13, 13a and 13b; and (d) assessment of compliance pursuant to Article 13c.
(a) international developments; (b) efforts undertaken to achieve the long-term objectives of the Paris Agreement; and (c) Union law, including on nature restoration.
(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.
(1) In Article 7, paragraph 1 is amended as follows: (a) the following point is inserted: "(da) as of 2023, their emissions and removals covered by Article 2 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1 ).";
----------------------Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 1 ).";(b) the following subparagraph is added: "A Member State may request to be granted a derogation by the Commission from point (da) of the first subparagraph to apply a different methodology from that specified in Annex IIIa where the methodology improvement required cannot be achieved in time for the improvement to be taken into account in the greenhouse gas inventories for the period from 2021 to 2030, or where the cost of the methodology improvement would be disproportionately high compared to the benefits of applying such methodology to improve accounting for emissions and removals due to the low significance of the emissions and removals from the carbon pools concerned. Member States wishing to benefit from this derogation shall submit a reasoned request to the Commission by 31 December 2020 , indicating by which time the methodology improvement could be implemented, the alternative methodology proposed or both, and an assessment of the potential impacts on the accuracy of accounting. The Commission may request additional information to be submitted within a specific, reasonable time period. Where the Commission considers that the request is justified, it shall grant the derogation. If the Commission rejects the request, it shall give reasons for its decision.".
(2) In point (c) of Article 13(1), the following point is added: "(viii) as of 2023, information on national policies and measures implemented to meet their obligations under Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and information on additional national policies and measures planned with a view to limiting greenhouse gas emissions or enhancing sinks beyond their commitments under that Regulation;".
(3) In Article 14(1), the following point is inserted: "(ba) as of 2023, total greenhouse gas projections and separate estimates for the projected greenhouse gas emissions and removals covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/841".
(4) The following Annex is inserted: "ANNEX IIIA Methodologies for monitoring and reporting referred to in point (da) of Article 7(1) Approach 3: Geographically-explicit land-use conversion data in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Tier 1 methodology in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. For emissions and removals for a carbon pool that accounts for at least 25-30 % 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 greenhouse gases 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, at least Tier 2 methodology in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories. Member States are encouraged to apply Tier 3 methodology, in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.".
(1) in Article 3(2), the first subparagraph is deleted; (2) in Article 6, paragraph 4 is deleted.
A. Greenhouse gases as referred to in Article 2: (a) carbon dioxide (CO 2 );(b) methane (CH 4 );(c) nitrous oxide (N 2 O).
Those greenhouse gases shall be expressed in terms of tonnes of CO 2 equivalent and determined pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013.B. Carbon pools as referred to in Article 5(4): (a) living biomass; (b) litter Applies to Afforested Land and Managed Forest Land only (c) deadwood 1 (d) dead organic matter Applies to Deforested Land, Managed Cropland, Managed Grassland and Managed Wetlands only. (e) mineral soils; (f) organic soils; (g) harvested wood products in the land accounting categories of afforested land and managed forest land.
| Member State | Area (ha) | Tree crown cover (%) | Tree height (m) |
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| Belgium | |||
| Bulgaria | |||
| Czech Republic | |||
| Denmark | |||
| Germany | |||
| Estonia | |||
| Ireland | |||
| Greece | |||
| Spain | |||
| France | |||
| Croatia | |||
| Italy | |||
| Cyprus | |||
| Latvia | |||
| Lithuania | |||
| Luxembourg | |||
| Hungary | |||
| Malta | |||
| Netherlands | |||
| Austria | |||
| Poland | |||
| Portugal | |||
| Romania | |||
| Slovenia | 10 | ||
| Slovakia | |||
| Finland | 10 | ||
| Sweden | |||
| United Kingdom |
| A | B | C | D |
|---|---|---|---|
| Member State | The average greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 (kt of CO | Member State targets, 2030 (kt of CO | Value of the greenhouse gas net removals (kt of CO |
| Belgium | - | - | - |
| Bulgaria | - | - | - |
| Czech Republic | - | - | - |
| Denmark | - | ||
| Germany | - | - | - |
| Estonia | - | - | - |
| Ireland | - | ||
| Greece | - | - | - |
| Spain | - | - | - |
| France | - | - | - |
| Croatia | - | - | - |
| Italy | - | - | - |
| Cyprus | - | - | - |
| Latvia | - | - | - |
| Lithuania | - | - | - |
| Luxembourg | - | - | - |
| Hungary | - | - | - |
| Malta | - | ||
| Netherlands | - | ||
| Austria | - | - | - |
| Poland | - | - | - |
| Portugal | - | - | - |
| Romania | - | - | - |
| Slovenia | - | - | |
| Slovakia | - | - | - |
| Finland | - | - | - |
| Sweden | - | - | - |
| EU-27/Union | - | - | - |
| Member State | Base Year/Period |
|---|---|
| Belgium | 1990 |
| Bulgaria | 1988 |
| Czech Republic | 1990 |
| Denmark | 1990 |
| Germany | 1990 |
| Estonia | 1990 |
| Ireland | 1990 |
| Greece | 1990 |
| Spain | 1990 |
| France | 1990 |
| Croatia | 1990 |
| Italy | 1990 |
| Cyprus | 1990 |
| Latvia | 1990 |
| Lithuania | 1990 |
| Luxembourg | 1990 |
| Hungary | 1985-87 |
| Malta | 1990 |
| Netherlands | 1990 |
| Austria | 1990 |
| Poland | 1988 |
| Portugal | 1990 |
| Romania | 1989 |
| Slovenia | 1986 |
| Slovakia | 1990 |
| Finland | 1990 |
| Sweden | 1990 |
| United Kingdom | 1990 |
(a) the reference level shall be consistent with the goal of achieving a balance between anthropogenic emissions by sources and removals by sinks of greenhouse gases in the second half of this century, including enhancing the potential removals by ageing forest stocks that may otherwise show progressively declining sinks; (b) the reference level shall ensure that the mere presence of carbon stocks is excluded from accounting; (c) the reference level should ensure a robust and credible accounting system that ensures that emissions and removals resulting from biomass use are properly accounted for; (d) the reference level shall include the carbon pool of harvested wood products, thereby providing a comparison between assuming instantaneous oxidation and applying the first-order decay function and half-life values; (e) a constant ratio between solid and energy use of forest biomass as documented in the period from 2000 to 2009 shall be assumed; (f) the reference level should be consistent with the objective of contributing to the conservation of biodiversity and the sustainable use of natural resources, as set out in the EU forest strategy, Member States’ national forest policies, and the EU biodiversity strategy; (g) the reference level shall be consistent with the national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks reported under Regulation (EU) No 525/2013; (h) the reference level shall be consistent with greenhouse gas inventories and relevant historical data and shall be based on transparent, complete, consistent, comparable and accurate information. In particular, the model used to construct the reference level shall be able to reproduce historical data from the National Greenhouse Gas Inventory.
(a) a general description of the determination of the forest reference level and a description of how the criteria in this Regulation were taken into account; (b) identification of the carbon pools and greenhouse gases which have been included in the forest reference level, reasons for omitting a carbon pool from the forest reference level determination, and demonstration of the consistency between the carbon pools included in the forest reference level; (c) a description of approaches, methods and models, including quantitative information, used in the determination of the forest reference level, consistent with the most recently submitted national inventory report, and a description of documentary information on sustainable forest management practices and intensity as well as of adopted national policies; (d) information on how harvesting rates are expected to develop under different policy scenarios; (e) a description of how each of the following elements were considered in the determination of the forest reference level: (i) the area under forest management; (ii) emissions and removals from forests and harvested wood products as shown in greenhouse gas inventories and relevant historical data; (iii) forest characteristics, including dynamic age-related forest characteristics, increments, rotation length and other information on forest management activities under "business as usual"; (iv) historical and future harvesting rates disaggregated between energy and non-energy uses.
| Belgium | – |
| Bulgaria | – |
| Czech Republic | – |
| Denmark | + |
| Germany | – |
| Estonia | – |
| Ireland | + |
| Greece | – |
| Spain | – |
| France | – |
| Croatia | – |
| Italy | – |
| Cyprus | – |
| Latvia | – |
| Lithuania | – |
| Luxembourg | – |
| Hungary | – |
| Malta | – 38 |
| Netherlands | – |
| Austria | – |
| Poland | – |
| Portugal | – |
| Romania | – |
| Slovenia | – |
| Slovakia | – |
| Finland | – |
| Sweden | – |
| United Kingdom | – |
If it is not possible to differentiate between harvested wood products in the land accounting categories of afforested land and managed forest land, a Member State may choose to account for harvested wood products assuming that all emissions and removals occurred on managed forest land. Harvested wood products in solid waste disposal sites and harvested wood products that were harvested for energy purposes shall be accounted for on the basis of instantaneous oxidation. Imported harvested wood products, irrespective of their origin, shall not be accounted for by the importing Member State ("production approach"). For exported harvested wood products, country-specific data refer to country-specific half-life values and harvested wood products usage in the importing country. Country-specific half-life values for harvested wood products placed on the market in the Union should not deviate from those used by the importing Member State. Member States may, for information purposes only, provide in their submission data on the share of wood used for energy purposes that was imported from outside the Union, and the countries of origin for such wood.
(a) 2 years for paper; (b) 25 years for wood panels; (c) 35 years for sawn wood.
1. For the calculation of the background level, the following information shall be provided: (a) historical levels of emissions caused by natural disturbances; (b) the type(s) of natural disturbance included in the estimation; (c) total annual emissions estimations for those natural disturbance types for the period from 2001 to 2020, listed by land accounting categories in the period from 2021 to 2025 and land reporting categories in the period from 2026 to 2030; (d) a demonstration of the time series consistency in all relevant parameters, including minimum area, emission estimation methodologies, coverages of carbon pools and gases.
2. The background level is calculated as the average of the 2001-2020 time series excluding all years for which abnormal levels of emissions were recorded, i.e. excluding all statistical outliers. The identification of statistical outliers shall be undertaken as follows: (a) calculate the arithmetic average value and the standard deviation of the full time series 2001-2020; (b) exclude from the time series all years for which the annual emissions are outside twice the standard deviation around the average; (c) calculate again the arithmetic average value and the standard deviation of the time series 2001-2020 minus the years excluded in point (b); (d) repeat points (b) and (c) until no outliers can be identified.
3. After calculating the background level pursuant to point 2 of this Annex, if emissions in a particular year in the periods from 2021 to 2025 for land accounting categories afforested land and managed forest land as set out in Article 2(1) exceed the background level plus a margin, the amount of emissions exceeding the background level may be excluded in accordance with Article 10. The margin shall be equal to a probability level of 95 %. 4. The following emissions shall not be excluded in the application of Article 10: (a) emissions resulting from harvesting and salvage logging activities that took place on land following the occurrence of natural disturbances; (b) emissions resulting from prescribed burning that took place on land in any year of the period from 2021 to 2025; (c) emissions on lands that were subject to deforestation following the occurrence of natural disturbances.
5. Information requirements pursuant to Article 10(2) include the following: (a) identification of all land areas affected by natural disturbances in that particular year, including their geographical location, the period and types of natural disturbances; (b) evidence that no deforestation has occurred during the rest of the period from 2021 to 2025 on lands that were affected by natural disturbances and in respect of which emissions were excluded from accounting; (c) a description of verifiable methods and criteria to be used to identify deforestation on those lands in the subsequent years of the period from 2021 to 2025. (d) where feasible, a description of measures the Member State undertook to prevent or limit the impact of those natural disturbances; (e) where feasible, a description of measures the Member State undertook to rehabilitate the lands affected by those natural disturbances.
6. Information requirements pursuant to Article 10(2) and Articles 13 and 13b include the following: (a) identification of all land areas affected by natural disturbances in that particular year, including their geographical location, the period and types of natural disturbances; (b) where feasible, a description of measures the Member State undertook to prevent or limit the impact of those natural disturbances; (c) where feasible, a description of measures the Member State undertook to rehabilitate the lands affected by those natural disturbances.
| Member State | Reported average removals by sinks from forest land for the period from 2000 to 2009 in million tonnes of CO | Compensation limit expressed in million tonnes of CO |
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| Bulgaria | ||
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| Denmark | ||
| Germany | ||
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| Greece | ||
| Spain | ||
| France | ||
| Croatia | ||
| Italy | ||
| Cyprus | ||
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| Hungary | ||
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| Poland | ||
| Portugal | ||
| Romania | ||
| Slovenia | ||
| Slovakia | ||
| Finland | ||
| Sweden | ||
| United Kingdom |