Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2003 of 6 August 2021 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the Union renewable development platform (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2003of 6 August 2021supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the Union renewable development platform(Text with EEA relevance)THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to 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 sourcesOJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 82., and in particular Article 8(3) thereof,Whereas:(1)Directive (EU) 2018/2001 sets out a number of cooperation mechanisms to facilitate the achievement of the Union targets for renewable energy in a cost-effective manner, including statistical transfers of energy from renewable sources between Member States. Statistical transfers made pursuant to Article 6 of Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending and subsequently repealing Directives 2001/77/EC and 2003/30/EC (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 16). and Article 8 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, allow Member States that fall short of their renewables target set out by Directive 2009/28/EC, or their renewables contribution referred to in Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, to buy renewable energy statistics from Member States that are exceeding their target or contribution. Statistical transfers may also be used by Member States to meet the reference points of the indicative trajectory pursuant to Article 32(3), point (e) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1)..(2)Pursuant to Article 3(6) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 the Commission is to establish a facilitative platform in order to support Member States using cooperation mechanisms to contribute to the binding overall Union target for renewable energy.(3)In order to facilitate statistical transfers between Member States, the Commission is empowered to establish a Union renewable development platform ("URDP"). The URDP should provide an overview of the target and contribution achievement in Member States, include information provided by Member States on supply and demand for statistical transfers of renewable energy, allow Member States to indicate their willingness to engage in statistical transfers and describe the possible conditions for a transfer, identify potential transfer partners through a matching mechanism and provide the contact points in charge of statistical transfers in the Member States. The URDP should also contain a repository with guidance documents and an overview of available information on concluded statistical transfer arrangements. Use of the URDP should be on a voluntary basis.(4)The URDP should facilitate agreements on statistical transfers. Potential transfers identified by means of the matching mechanism should not be legally binding.(5)The data on aggregated energy quantities available for statistical transfers used for the URDP should come from third party assessments, and from the integrated national energy and climate plans, the updated integrated national energy and climate plans, and the integrated national energy and climate progress reports, as appropriate, submitted by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999. The Commission should feed those data into the platform. Additionally, Member States should be able to indicate the amount of statistical transfers they are interested in making, as buyers or sellers, as well as any particular conditions for the statistical transfer they are interested in including.(6)In order to ensure the protection of sensitive data relevant to transfers between Member States, access to the URDP should be limited to specific contact points identified by the Member States. Therefore, Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilRegulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (OJ L 119, 4.5.2016, p. 1). should apply where relevant.(7)In order to assist Member States in the conclusion of statistical transfers of energy from renewable sources, the Commission should provide guidance material about the URDP, including a user manual and templates as well as relevant information on concluded statistical transfer agreements.(8)In order to allow for the prompt application of the measures provided for in this Regulation, this Regulation should enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: