Article 1 — Subject matter and scope
1. This Regulation lays down rules for the accurate measurement, quantification, monitoring, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the energy sector in the Union, as well as the reduction of those emissions, including through leak detection and repair surveys, repair obligations and restrictions on venting and flaring. This Regulation also lays down rules on tools ensuring transparency as regards methane emissions. 2. This Regulation applies to: (a) oil and fossil gas exploration and production, and fossil gas gathering and processing; (b) inactive wells, temporarily plugged wells and permanently plugged and abandoned wells; (c) natural gas transmission and distribution, excluding metering systems at final consumption points and the parts of service lines between the distribution network and the metering system located on the property of final customers, as well as underground storage and operations in LNG facilities; and (d) active underground coal mines and surface coal mines, closed underground coal mines and abandoned underground coal mines. 3. This Regulation applies also to methane emissions occurring outside the Union, with respect to crude oil, natural gas and coal placed on the Union market, as referred to in Chapter 5.
1. 本条例规定在欧盟能源部门对甲烷排放进行准确测量、量化、监测、报告和核查的规则，以及减少此类排放的规则，包括通过泄漏检测与修复调查、修复义务以及对放空和燃烧火炬的限制。本条例还规定关于确保甲烷排放透明度的工具的规则。 2. 本条例适用于： (a) 石油和化石气的勘探与生产，以及化石气的收集与加工； (b) 非活跃井、临时封堵井以及永久封堵和废弃井； (c) 天然气输送和配送（不包括最终消费点的计量系统以及位于最终客户财产上的、配送网络与计量系统之间的服务管线部分），以及地下储存和 LNG 设施中的作业；以及 (d) 活跃的地下煤矿和露天煤矿、已关闭的地下煤矿和废弃的地下煤矿。 3. 本条例还适用于在欧盟以外发生的、与投放欧盟市场的原油、天然气和煤炭有关的甲烷排放，如第5章所述。