Article 1, point (1) — Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 (replacing Article 1 'Subject matter')
This Regulation sets out rules concerning:
(a)
commitments of Member States for the land use, land use change and forestry (‘LULUCF’) sector that contribute to achieving the objectives of the Paris Agreement and meeting the greenhouse gas emission reduction target of the Union for the period from 2021 to 2025;
(b)
accounting of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from the LULUCF sector and checking the compliance of Member States with the commitments referred to in point (a) for the period from 2021 to 2025;
(c)
a 2030 Union target for net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector;
(d)
targets for net greenhouse gas removals in the LULUCF sector for Member States for the period from 2026 to 2030.
Article 1, point (2) — Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 (replacing Article 2 'Scope')
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 (*1) 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;
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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.