Regulation (EU) 2018/841

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2.The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 16, to amend or delete the definitions contained in paragraph 1 of this Article, or add new definitions thereto, in order to adapt that paragraph to scientific developments or technical progress and to ensure consistency between those definitions and any changes to relevant definitions in the 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.

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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

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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

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Cited by 5: Regulation (EU) 2021/2115; Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/112219 provisions; Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/8932 provisions; Regulation (EU) 2021/1119; Robin Wood - Gewaltfreie Aktionsgemeinschaft für Natur und Umwelt eV and Others v European Commission (T-575/22)2 provisions
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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;