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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/ECnote, and in particular the third subparagraph of Article 10a(2) thereof,Whereas:
(1)Directive 2003/87/EC was amended by Directive (EU) 2023/959 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote to align it with Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 of the European Parliament and of the Councilnote setting a target of at least 55 % net emission reductions by 2030 compared to 1990. As a result, Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066note on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions was amended by Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2122note. The amendments to Directive 2003/87/EC and Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 are relevant to the determination of a revised benchmark value for soda ash for the year 2025 and require corresponding changes to Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447note.
(2)Following the revised definition of ‘emissions’ introduced in Directive 2003/87/EC and the ensuing change of the system boundaries as stipulated in Section 20 of Annex IV to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066, the intermediary CO2 for soda ash is to be monitored as of 1 January 2025 and reported as emitted as of 2026 in accordance with Articles 1, 2 and 68 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066. To that end, for the calendar year 2025, the corresponding intermediary emissions based on the stoichiometric emission factor of 0,415 tCO2/t soda ash, referred to in Table 2 of Section 2 of Annex VI to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066, should be added to the soda ash benchmark value applicable for the period from 2021 to 2024.
(3)Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447 should therefore be amended accordingly.
(4)The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1#
The Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2#
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
In Section 1 of the Annex to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2021/447, the last row of the table is replaced by the following:
Soda ash | 0,789 | 0,753 (applicable 2021-2024)1,168 (applicable 2025)
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