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8. The advisory reports referred to in paragraph 5 shall be shared with the European Parliament, Commission and the Member States and shall be made publicly available.

9. The Commission shall provide the secretariat of the Scientific Advisory Board.

Member States shall provide details the measures they intend to introduce to implement the objective of this Regulation in their national energy and climate plans and their updates, submitted pursuant to Articles 3, 9, and 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, in particular as regards the dimension “research, innovation and competitiveness” of the Energy Union, and in the submission of their biennial progress reports in accordance with Article 17 of that Regulation. In particular, Member States shall identify measures to promote research, development and innovation in order to achieve the objectives of this Regulation.

1. The Commission shall monitor on an ongoing basis:

(a) The Union’s progress with respect to the Union’s objectives referred to in Article 1, and the related impact of this Regulation;

(b) the progress with respect to the Union level objective of CO2 injection capacity referred to in Article 16;

(ba) the adequacy of the administrative capacity of the Member States to fulfil their obligations under this Regulation.

2. Member States and the national authorities they designate for this purpose shall collect and provide data and other evidence required pursuant to paragraph 1, points (a) and (b). In particular, they shall collect and report each year to the Commission data on:

(c) value and volume of imports into the Union and exports outside of the Union of net-zero technologies;

(ca) the number of SMEs that are part of net-zero technology manufacturing projects;

(d) the average duration of permitting procedures under this Regulation;

(e) the types and number of permits granted at national level within the past 12 months;

(f) the amount of permit-granting processes completed, stalled or cancelled within the past 12 months and the types of barriers encountered in case of interruption or cancellation;

(g) the number of sandboxes set up within the past 12 months;

(h) the amount of CO2 stored permanently underground in accordance with Directive 2009/31/EC.

3. The data shall include at least the information requested in the Commission Notice on the Guidance to Member States for the update of the 2021-2030 National Energy and Climate Plans.

4. The first report shall be sent to the Commission by each Member State at the end of May of the year following the date of entry into force of this Regulation. The following reports shall be sent by the end of May every year.

5. Member States shall also transmit the data collected pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article to national statistical offices and to Eurostat for the purposes of compiling and publishing statistics in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council. Member States shall designate the national authority responsible for transmitting the data to national statistical offices and Eurostat.

6. On the basis of the reports submitted pursuant to paragraph 2 of this Article, the Commission shall monitor the Union’s progress referred to paragraph 1, point (a) of this Article and publish related reccomendations on an annual basis as part of the Annual Reports on Competitiveness of Clean Energy Technologies, pursuant to Article 35 (2), point (m) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

7. On the basis of the draft permit applications submitted pursuant to Article 10 of the Directive 2009/31/EC and on the reports submitted pursuant to Articles 17(2) and Article 18(4) and 18(6) of this Regulation, the Commission shall monitor the progress towards reaching the Union-wide target for CO2 injection capacity referred to paragraph 1 point (b) of this Article and shall report annually to the European Parliament and the Council. To that end, the Commission shall create a publicly available database of all available data related to CO2 storage in the Union to contribute to map CO2 storage sites and monitor the achievement of the overall target set in Article 16.

7a. On the basis of the reports referred to in Article 16(2) and Article 18(4) and submitted by entities referred to in Article 18(1) by 31 January 2025 the Commission shall assess and submit a report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the effectiveness of this Regulation, accompanied by a review if deemed necessary.

1. The power to adopt delegated acts is conferred on the Commission subject to the conditions laid down in this Article.

2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Article 1(3), Article 3(2) and Article 18(7) shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from [date of application]. The Commission shall draw up a report in respect of the delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The delegation of power shall be tacitly extended for periods of an identical duration, unless the European Parliament or the Council opposes such extension not later than three months before the end of each period.

3. The delegation of power referred to Article 1(3), Article 3(2) and Article 18(7) may be revoked at any time by the European Parliament or by the Council. A decision to revoke shall put an end to the delegation of the power specified in that decision. It shall take effect on the day following the publication of the decision in the Official Journal of the European Union or at a later date specified therein. It shall not affect the validity of any delegated acts already in force.

4. Before adopting a delegated act, the Commission shall consult experts designated by each Member State in accordance with the principles laid down in the Interinstitutional Agreement of 13 April 2016 on Better Law-Making.

5. As soon as it adopts a delegated act, the Commission shall notify it simultaneously to the European Parliament and to the Council.

1. The Commission shall be assisted by a committee. That committee shall be a committee within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011.

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 4 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011 shall apply.

4. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 8 of Regulation (EU) No 182/2011, in conjunction with Article 4 thereof, shall apply.

1. By…[3 years from the date of application of this Regulation], and every 3 years thereafter, the Commission shall evaluate this Regulation and present a report on the main findings to the European Parliament, the Council and the European Economic and Social Committee.

2. The evaluation shall assess whether the objectives of this Regulation as established in Article 1 have been achieved and its impact on business users, especially SMEs, and end users, and the European Green Deal objectives.

3. The evaluation shall take into account the result of the monitoring process as outlined in Article 31.

4. The competent authorities of the Member States shall provide to the Commission any relevant information they have and that the Commission may require to draw up the report referred to in paragraph 1.

1. Information acquired in the course of implementing this Regulation shall be used only for the purposes of this Regulation and shall be protected by the relevant Union and national legislation.

2. Member States and the Commission shall ensure the protection of trade and business secrets and other sensitive, confidential and classified information acquired and generated in application of this Regulation, including recommendations and measures to be taken, in accordance with Union and the respective national law.

3. Member States and the Commission shall ensure that classified information provided or exchanged under this Regulation is not downgraded or declassified without the prior written consent of the originator.

4. If a Member State assesses that the presentation of aggregated information in the context of Article 18 may nonetheless compromise its national security interest, it may object to the Commission’s presentation through a justified notice.

5. The Commission and the national authorities, their officials, employees and other persons working under the supervision of these authorities shall ensure the confidentiality of information obtained in carrying out their tasks and activities. This obligation also applies to all representatives of Member States, observers, experts and other participants attending meetings of the Platform pursuant to Article 29.

Regulation (EU) 2018/1724 is amended as follows:

(1) in Annex I, in the first column, a new row ‘R. Net-zero technology manufacturing projects’ is added.

(2) in Annex I, in the second column, in the row ‘R. Net-zero technology manufacturing projects’, the following point are added:

‘1. information on the permit-granting process’

‘2. financing and investment services’

‘3. funding possibilities at Union or Member State level’

‘4. business support services, including but not limited to corporate tax declaration, local tax laws, labour law’.

(3) in Annex II, in the first column, a new row ‘Net-zero technology manufacturing projects’ is added.

(4) in Annex II, in the second column, in the row ‘Net-Zero technology manufacturing projects’, the following points are added:

‘Procedures for all relevant administrative permits to plan, build, expand and operate net-zero technology manufacturing projects, including building, chemical and grid connection permits and environmental assessments and authorisations where these are required, and encompassing all administrative applications and procedures’.

(5) in Annex II, in the third column, in the row ‘Net-Zero manufacturing projects’, the following point is added:

‘All outputs pertaining to the procedures ranging from the acknowledgment of the validity of the application to the notification of the comprehensive decision on the outcome of the procedure by the responsible national competent authority’.

(6) in Annex III, the following point is added:

‘(8) National competent authorities acting as one stop shop pursuant to Article 4 of [the NZIA] Regulation.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on…[the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union].

It shall apply from [date of entry into force]. Until [2 years following the date of application of this Regulation], Article 19 (2), points (a), (b) and (c) shall apply only to contracts concluded by central purchasing bodies as defined in Article 2 (1), point (16), of Directive 2014/24/EU and Article 2 (1), point (12), of Directive 2014/25/EU and for contracts of a value equal to or higher than EUR 25 million.