Regulation (EU) 2018/841

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This text since 11 May 2023law://eu/reg/2018/841/art_2@2026-11-13

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Article 2Scope#

1.This Regulation applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Section A of Annex I to this Regulation, reported pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note and occurring on the territories of Member States in the period from 2021 to 2025 in any of the following land accounting categories:

(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.

2.This Regulation also applies to emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases listed in Section A of Annex I to this Regulation, reported pursuant to Article 26(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and occurring on the territories of Member States in the period from 2026 to 2030, in any of the following land reporting categories or sectors:

(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.

Key facts

Type: Regulation · (EU) 2018/841 · EEA relevant
Adopted: 30 May 2018
In force: 9 Jul 2018
Text current to: 11 May 2023
Made by: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Official: EUR-Lex 32018R0841 · ELI

Topics

adaptation to climate change climate change environmental monitoring EU environmental policy EU Member State European forestry policy greenhouse gas land use reduction of gas emissions sustainable forest management Environment

History · 1 version

11 May 2023Reading
changed by Regulation (EU) 2023/839

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Amended by 1: Regulation (EU) 2023/839
Cited by 4: Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/112221 provisions; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/8932 provisions; Regulation (EU) 2021/1119

Defined terms · 11

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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;
carbon stock
means the mass of carbon stored in a carbon pool;
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.
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.
forest reference level
means an estimate, expressed in tonnes of CO2 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;
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;
harvested wood product
means any product of wood harvesting that has left a site where wood is harvested;
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;
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;
sink
means any process, activity or mechanism that removes a greenhouse gas, an aerosol, or a precursor to a greenhouse gas from the atmosphere;
source
means any process, activity or mechanism that releases a greenhouse gas, an aerosol or a precursor to a greenhouse gas into the atmosphere;