Changes from plenary report to adopted text

Article 8 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5 a. The costs incurred from the activities referred to in this Article shall be taken into account as referred to in Article 3.

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. In performing their obligations and exercising their powers under this Regulation, verifiers, the competent authorities and the Commission shall consider the information made available to the public by the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), in particular with regard to the following:

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e: (e) reporting of findings on major discrepancies between data sources contributing to build more robust scientific methodologies;

Article 10 – paragraph 1 – point e a (new): (e a) reporting of super-emitters identified by way of an early detection and warning system.

Article 10 – paragraph 2: 2. The Commission shall submit relevant methane emissions data to the IMEO.

Article 10 – paragraph 3: deleted

Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b (new): (b) for non-operated assets by...[42 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and by 31 May every year thereafter, provided those have not been reported by an operator pursuant to point (a).

Article 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2: Before submission to the competent authorities, operators and undertakings shall ensure that the reports set out in this paragraph are assessed by a verifier and include a verification statement issued in accordance with Articles 8 and 9.

Article 12 – paragraph 4: deleted

Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1: deleted

Article 12 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2: deleted

Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1 – point c: (c) detailed information on the quantification methodologies;

Article 12 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 2: The Commission shall, by means of implementing acts, lay down a reporting template for the reports under this Article taking into account the national inventory reports already in place. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 32(2). Until the adoption of those implementing acts, operators and undertakings shall use the technical guidance documents and reporting templates of the OGMP 2.0, for upstream and for mid and downstream operations, as applicable.

Article 12 – paragraph 7: 7. For site-level measurements referred to in paragraph 3 approved emissions quantification technologies developed by the appropriate European or international standardisation bodies, shall be used. Until such standards are established, operators and undertakings, as applicable, shall use the technical guidance documents of the OGMP 2.0 and follow state of the art industry practices and best available technologies for methane emissions measurements.

Article 12 – paragraph 8: 8. In the case of significant discrepancies between the emissions at source-level and those at site-level measurement, the reports referred to in paragraph 3 shall include the reasons for the discrepancy. Where the discrepancy is not due to the uncertainty of the quantification technology used, the following additional measures shall be carried out within the same reporting period:

Article 13 – paragraph 1 c (new): 1c. By ...[18 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation] the Commission shall adopt a delegated act in accordance with Article 31 to supplement this Regulation by setting a performance standard as referred to in paragraph 1a implementing a methane emission intensity level for the upstream sector to be reached by...[3 years of the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and the methodology to clearly define a robust methane emission intensity metric.

Article 13 – paragraph 1 d (new): 1d. The Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 31 to supplement this Regulation by setting out the emission intensity level for the midstream and downstream sectors to be reached.

Article 14 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: By … [6 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], operators shall submit a leak detection and repair programme to the competent authorities which shall detail the contents of the surveys and activities to be carried out in accordance with the requirements in this Article.

Article 14 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. Without prejudice to Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012, the Union shall pursue the timely development by the appropriate standardisation organisations of European standards containing the technical specifications in respect of leak detection and repair surveys and activities for the purpose of this Article. / The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 31 to supplement this Regulation in order to require compliance with the technical specifications referred to in the first subparagraph, to update the references to those European standards and to lay down technical specifications in respect of leak detection and repair surveys where appropriate. Until such specifications are established, operators shall use practices, technologies, processes and level of expertise which would be expected from a leading service provider to fulfil the obligations set out in this Article and, where requested, shall provide competent authorities and verifiers with information on the standards or methodologies used.

Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: By … [9 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], operators shall carry out a survey of all relevant components under their responsibility in accordance with the leak detection and repair programme referred in paragraph 1.

Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point a (new): (a) once every two months for all aboveground components using detection devices with the minimum detection limit referred to in paragraph 3, point (a);

Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point b (new): (b) once every four months for all aboveground components using detection devices with the minimum detection limit referred to in paragraph 3, point (b);

Article 14 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 – point c (new): (c) once every five months, or at the frequency levels set in Part 1 of Annex I, for all underground components using detection devices with the minimum detection limit referred to in paragraph 3, point (c).

Article 14 – paragraph 3: 3. In carrying out the surveys, operators shall use detection devices with a minimum detection limit as follows:

Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point a (new): (a) 17 grams per hour of methane at standard temperature and pressure;.the survey shall be undertaken at the level of each individual potential emission source;

Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point b (new): (b) 50 parts per million in volume of methane or 1 gram per hour;.the survey shall be undertaken at the contact of each individual potential emission source for aboveground components;

Article 14 – paragraph 3 – point c (new): (c) 500 parts per million or 5 grams per hour of methane for underground components.

Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1: Operators shall repair or replace all components found to be leaking methane.

Article 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4 a (new): Operators shall establish, maintain and make fully available to the competent authorities, a record of all decisions to delay repair pursuant to this Article, including all necessary evidence justifying each decision and the corresponding repair and monitoring schedules. Operators shall enter that information in the record without delay. The competent authorities may require the operator to amend the repair schedule taking into account the requirements of this Regulation.

Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1: Notwithstanding paragraph 2, operators shall post-repair survey components that were found to be leaking methane immediately after the repair carried out pursuant to paragraph 4, and no later than 30 days thereafter to ensure that the repair was successful.

Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 2: deleted

Article 14 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 3: deleted

Article 14 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1: Without prejudice to the reporting obligations pursuant to paragraph 7, operators shall record all identified leaks, irrespective of their size, and shall regularly survey them and ensure that they are repaired in accordance with paragraph 4.

Article 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 1: Every year, operators shall submit a report summarising the results of all the surveys completed and all corresponding repair and monitoring schedules during the previous year to the competent authorities of the Member State where the relevant assets are located. The report shall include at least the elements set out in Annex I.

Article 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2: deleted

Article 14 – paragraph 9: 9. Member States shall ensure that certification, accreditation schemes or equivalent qualification schemes, including suitable training programmes, are available to service providers and to operators with respect to the surveys.

Article 15 – paragraph 2 – introductory part: 2. Venting and flaring shall only be allowed in the following situations:

Article 15 – paragraph 2 – point a: (a) in case of an emergency or malfunction.