additional flexibility allocation unit for Finland(“AFAF”) means a subdivision of a maximum compensation amount available to Finland in the first LULUCF compliance period under the additional compensation for Finland, as determined in Article 13a of Regulation (EU) 2018/841, equal to one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent;
first LULUCF compliance periodmeans the five-year period, from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2025, during which the Member States are to account for emissions and removals of the greenhouse gasses occurring in the land accounting categories referred to in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841;
land removal unit(“LRU”) means a removal in excess in a Member State calculated as the difference between the accounted or reported emissions and removals prior to the use of any flexibilities, compared with the commitment or with the target determined for that Member State equal to one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent;
land use flexibility allocation unit(“LUFA”) means a subdivision of a maximum compensation amount available to the Member States in the second LULUCF compliance period under the land use flexibility mechanism, as determined in Article 13b of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and Annex VII to that Regulation, equal to one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.’
managed forest land flexibility allocation unit(“MFLFA”) means a subdivision of a maximum compensation amount available to the Member States in the first LULUCF compliance period under the managed forest land flexibility, as determined in Article 13 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and Annex VII to that Regulation, equal to one tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent;
second LULUCF compliance periodmeans the five-year period from 1 January 2026 to 31 December 2030 during which Member States are to report for the emissions and removals of the greenhouse gases occurring in the land reporting categories or sectors referred to in Article 2(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841;
transactionmeans a process in the Union Registry that involves the transfer of an allowance, an annual emission allocation unit, a land removal unit, and a unit of any flexibility allocation as set out in Articles 13, 13a and 13b of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 from one account to another account;’;