#52026AG0002(02)Regulation on Greenhouse Gas Emissions Accounting for Transport Services
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This law standardizes how transport services calculate and report greenhouse gas emissions within the EU. It encourages companies to use reliable data, simplifies calculations, and tries to motivate customers to reduce their emissions. Though the rules are mainly for businesses choosing or mandated to disclose carbon data, EU states can enforce more stringent data requirements for operations within their borders.
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Key Changes
- Standardizes greenhouse gas emissions accounting for transport services in the EU.
- Encourages use of primary data but allows member states to require it.
- Simplifies GHG emission calculations while reducing administrative burdens.
Obligations
What this law requires
Transport and hub entities must calculate and disclose their greenhouse gas emissions data at a disaggregated level if they choose or are mandated to do so.
Member States may develop incentive frameworks to encourage the use of primary data for greenhouse gas emissions calculations.
The Commission is required to assess and report on actions taken to incentivize the use of primary data in its review of the regulation.
The Commission must develop, via implementing act, a simplified calculation tool specifically for SMEs.
Entities must use updated greenhouse gas emission intensity values for the calculation of output data no later than 18 months after the values are publicly updated.