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RemovedRecital 7: (7) In this context, this Regulation should apply to the reduction of methane emissions in oil and fossil gas upstream exploration and production, fossil gas gathering and processing, gas transmission, distribution, underground storage and liquefied fossil gas (LNG) terminals, as well as to petrochemicals, operating underground and surface coalmines, closed and abandoned underground coal mines.

RemovedRecital 7 a (new): (7a) Given that upstream exploration and production, oil and fossil gas gathering and processing also yield naphtha and natural gas liquids for use in the petrochemical sector and result in methane emissions. The petrochemical sector should be subject to the measures on monitoring and reporting, leak detection and repair, and limits to venting and flaring similar to those in the energy sector.

RemovedRecital 8: (8) Rules for accurate measurement, reporting and verification of methane emissions in the oil, gas and coal sectors, as well as for the abatement of those emissions, including through leak detection and repair surveys and restrictions on venting and flaring, while ensuring the protection of workers from methane emissions, should be addressed by an appropriate Union legal framework. The rules laid down in this Regulation should enhance transparency with regard to fossil energy imports into the Union and lead towards wider uptake of methane emissions mitigation solutions across the globe.

RemovedRecital 9: (9) Compliance with the obligations under this Regulation is likely to require investments by regulated operators and the additional costs associated with such investments should be taken into account in tariff setting, subject to efficiency principles. According to the International Energy Agency (IEA), methane abatement measures are very cost-effective in the oil and gas sectors, particularly given the increased market prices for gas, and necessary investments for such measures would be limited, with a short payback period1a. The necessary costs should not result in a disproportionate financial burden on end users and consumers. Costs associated with investments in above zero net costs methane emission reduction measures should therefore be taken into account in tariff setting. Vulnerable households should be protected from disproportionate financial burdens of this Regulation. Appropriate measures taken by the operators to prevent and minimise methane emissions should be those in which the resulting societal impact of the emission is larger than the societal impact of the mitigation measure. / 1a https://www.iea.org/reports/global-methane-tracker-2023 - February 2023

RemovedRecital 10: (10) Each Member State should appoint at least one competent authority to oversee that operators effectively comply with the obligations laid down in this Regulation and should notify the Commission about such appointment and any changes thereof. The competent authorities appointed should be provided with sufficient financial and human resources by the Member State and should take all the necessary measures to ensure compliance with this Regulation. The competent authority should establish a contact point. Taking into account the cross-border character of energy sector operations and methane emissions, competent authorities should cooperate with each other and the Commission. In this context, the Commission and the competent authorities of the Member States should form together a network of public authorities applying this Regulation to foster close cooperation, with the necessary arrangements for exchanging information and best practices and allow for consultations.

RemovedRecital 12: (12) In order to ensure the performance of their tasks, operators should provide the competent authorities with all assistance necessary. In addition, operators should take all the necessary actions identified by the competent authorities within the period determined by the competent authorities or any other period agreed with the competent authorities. Member States should regularly monitor the situation of the sector to detect any possible delay in the application of this Regulation due to a shortage of skilled workers and technologies.

RemovedRecital 12 a (new): (12a) According to Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council1a and Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 1b emissions into the environment are environmental information. Any grounds for refusal of information by the authorities of the Member States or Union institutions, bodies, offices or agencies regards access to information are therefore to be interpreted in a restrictive way, taking into account the public interest served by disclosure and whether the information requested relates to emissions into the environment. / 1a Regulation (EC) No 1367/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 6 September 2006 on the application of the provisions of the Aarhus Convention on Access to Information, Public Participation in Decision-making and Access to Justice in Environmental Matters to Union institutions and bodies (OJ L 264, 25.9.2006, p. 13). / 1b Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26).

RemovedRecital 13: (13) The main mechanism available to the competent authorities should be inspections, including examination of documentation and records, emissions measurements and site checks. Inspections should take place regularly, on the basis of an appraisal of the environmental risk conducted by the competent authorities. Already established controlling mechanisms available to the competent authorities should be taken into account. Best practice examples should be identified by the competent authorities. In addition, inspections should be carried out to investigate substantiated complaints and occurrences of non-compliance and to ensure that repairs or replacements of components are carried out in accordance with this Regulation. Where they identify a breach of the requirements of this Regulation, competent authorities should issue a notice of remedial actions to be taken by the operator. Competent authorities should keep records of the inspections and the relevant information should be made available in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council19 .

RemovedRecital 14: (14) In light of the proximity of some methane emission sources to urban or residential areas and their impact on health, environment and climate, natural or legal persons should be able to lodge duly substantiated complaints with the competent authorities of possible breaches of this Regulation. In this context, the European Justice Portal should enable the submission of complaints and provide access to competent authorities as well as information. Complainants should be kept informed of the procedure and decisions taken and should receive a final decision within a reasonable time of lodging the complaint.

RemovedRecital 15: (15) A robust verification framework can improve the credibility of reported data. In addition, the level of detail and technical complexity of methane emissions measurements requires proper verification of methane emissions data reported by operators and mine operators. While self-verification is possible, third party verification ensures greater independence and transparency. In addition, it allows for a harmonized set of competences and level of expertise that may not be available to all public entities. Verifiers should be accredited by accreditation bodies in accordance with Regulation (EC) 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council20 . Independent accredited verifiers should thus ensure that emissions reports prepared by operators and mine operators are correct and in compliance with the requirements set out in this Regulation. The verification activities should be conducted in line with current European or international standards and methodologies and taking due account of the nature of the operator's activities. The verifiers should review the data in the emissions reports to assess their reliability, credibility and accuracy against free and publicly available European or international standards developed by independent bodies and made applicable by the Commission. To ensure the accuracy of the data, verifiers should conduct announced and unannounced site checks. The Commission should thus be empowered to adopt delegated acts for the purpose of incorporat…

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RemovedRecital 16: (16) In performing their obligations and exercising their powers under this Regulation, verifiers, the competent authorities and the Commission should consider the information made available internationally, for example by the International Methane Emissions Observatory (IMEO), in particular with regards to methodologies for data aggregation and analysis and verification of methodologies and statistical processes employed by operators and mine operators to quantify their emissions reported data. The reference criteria in that respect may include the Oil and Gas Methane Partnership (OGMP) reporting framework, templates and guidance documents.

AddedPosition of the European Parliament adopted at first reading on 10 April 2024 with a view to the adoption of Regulation (EU) 2024/… of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of methane emissions in the energy sector and amending Regulation (EU) 2019/942

RemovedRecital 17: (17) The IMEO was set up in October 2020 by the Union in partnership with the United Nations Environmental Programme, the Climate and Clean Air Coalition and the International Energy Agency, and launched at the G20 Summit in October 2021. The IMEO has been tasked with collecting, reconciling, verifying and publishing anthropogenic methane emissions data at a global level. The IMEO should play a role in identifying super emitters by way of an early detection and warning system.

Added(As an agreement was reached between Parliament and Council, Parliament's position corresponds to the final legislative act, Regulation (EU) 2024/1787.)

RemovedRecital 25: (25) For quantification and reporting to be effective, oil and gas companies should be required to quantify and report methane emissions by source, and to make aggregated data available to Member States in order for Member States to be able to improve the accuracy of their inventories reporting. In addition, effective verification of company reported data is necessary and, to minimise the administrative burden for operators, reporting should be organised on an annual basis.

RemovedRecital 27: (27) The latest OGMP 2.0 framework has five levels of reporting. Source-level reporting begins at level 3, which is considered comparable with UNFCCC tier 3. It allows generic emission factors to be used. OGMP 2.0 level 4 reporting requires direct measurements of source-level methane emissions. It allows the use of specific emission factors. OGMP 2.0 level 5 reporting requires the addition of complementary site-level measurements. In addition, the OGMP 2.0 framework requires companies to report direct measurements of methane emissions within three years of joining OGMP 2.0 for operated assets and within five years for non-operated assets. Building on the approach taken in OGMP 2.0 with regard to source-level reporting and taking into account that a large number of Union companies had already signed up to OGMP 2.0 in 2021, Union operators should be required to deliver direct source-level measurements of their emissions within 12 months for operated assets and within 24 months for non-operating assets. In addition to source level quantification, site-level quantification allows assessment, verification and reconciliation of source-level estimates aggregated by site, thereby providing improved confidence in reported emissions. As in OGMP 2.0, this Regulation requires site-level measurements to reconcile source-level quantification.

RemovedRecital 30: (30) Flaring and venting of methane are intentional, resulting from processes or activities and devices designed for that purpose.

RemovedRecital 31 a (new): (31a) The member companies of Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OGCI), including many with headquarters in Europe, have committed to lower methane intensity to 0,2% by 2025 and have begun deploying mitigation efforts. The OGCI member companies met their initial 2025 upstream methane intensity level already in 2020 and reached 0,17% in 2021. Several major European producers report to have reached a methane intensity for its upstream and midstream intensity level well-below the level. The Commission should therefore study the possibility of introducing an ambitious upstream methane emission intensity performance standard at below or equal to 0,2% and come up with a metric and provisions to implement the appropriate performance standard.

RemovedRecital 32: (32) More specifically, methane emissions from leaks are most commonly reduced by methane leak detection and repair (‘LDAR’) surveys, carried out to identify and then repair leaks or replacement of leaking components. Operators should therefore conduct at least periodic LDAR surveys and these should also cover surveying of components that vent methane, to check for malfunctioning equipment.

RemovedRecital 33: (33) For that purpose, a harmonised approach to ensure a level-playing field for all operators in the Union should be set up. That approach should include minimum requirements for LDAR surveys, while leaving an adequate degree of flexibility to Member States and operators. This is essential to allow innovation and the development of new components, LDAR technologies and methods, thus preventing the lock-in of technology, to the detriment of environmental protection. New technologies and detection methods continue to emerge and Member States should encourage innovation in this sector, so that the most leak-free, accurate and cost-effective components, LDAR technologies and methods can be adopted.

RemovedRecital 33 a (new): (33a) A harmonised approach benefits from standardised specifications to identify or detect methane releases using different instruments and technologies and which may be based or set by means of European standards or, in the absence of such standards, international standards. In the absence of suitable European standards, the Commission should consider requesting the relevant European standardisation organisations to adopt such standards in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 1025/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council. The Commission should thus be empowered to adopt delegated acts for the purpose of establishing such specifications.

RemovedRecital 34: (34) Obligations on LDAR surveys should reflect a number of good practices. LDAR surveys should be primarily aimed at finding and eliminating as quickly as possible leaks by repair or replacement of the leaking component, rather than quantifying them; the frequency of surveys should be guided by the need to repair or replace components with a technology that is more leak tight; all leaks irrespective of size should be repaired, as small leaks can develop into larger ones; leak repairs should be followed by confirmation that they have been effective; in order to allow for future, more advanced components or methane emissions detecting technologies to be used, the minimum requirements for the device and methodology used for leak detection should be specified, based on their proven efficacy.

RemovedRecital 34 a (new): (34a) Many leaks today are due to old technologies and poor maintenance. Those technologies should be rapidly replaced by new innovative solutions. The leak detection and repair programme should therefore outline how the operator intends to map components which are at a high risk of methane leaks and set out how it intends to replace all of these components with new innovative technologies that ensure long-term protection against future leaks.

RemovedRecital 35: (35) Venting consists of the release of uncombusted methane into the atmosphere intentionally from processes or activities or devices designed to do it. In light of its potent GHG emission effect, venting should be banned except in the case of emergencies, malfunction or during certain specific events where some venting is unavoidable. To ensure that operators do not use equipment designed to vent, technology standards should be adopted that allow for the use of zero-emitting alternatives.

RemovedRecital 36: (36) Flaring is the controlled combustion of methane for the purpose of disposal in a device designed for said combustion. When carried out during the normal production of oil or fossil gas and as a result of insufficient facilities or amenable geology to re-inject methane, utilise it on-site, or dispatch it to a market, it is considered routine flaring. Routine flaring should be banned. Flaring should only be permissible when it is the only alternative to venting and where venting is not prohibited, consequently, where no other choice is available, flaring should always be preferred to venting. However, according to the IEA1a, globally, 143 bcm of fossil gas was flared in 2021 – roughly equivalent to the total volume of natural gas imported into Germany, France and the Netherlands. This resulted in the direct release of 270 Mt of CO2 and nearly 8 Mt of methane (240 Mt CO2-eq). Venting is more harmful to the environment than flaring as the released gas typically contains high-levels of methane, whereas flaring oxidises methane into carbon dioxide. According to the IEA, reducing flaring, venting and methane leaks would offer more immediate relief to gas markets than investing in new supply. The IEA1b estimated that nearly 210 billion cubic metres (bcm) of natural gas could be made available to gas markets by a global effort to eliminate non-emergency flaring and reduce methane emissions from oil and gas operations. / 1a https://www.iea.org/reports/flaring-emissions - September…

RemovedRecital 37: (37) Using flaring as an alternative to venting requires that flaring devices are efficient at combusting methane. For that reason, a combustion efficiency requirement should also be included for the cases in which flaring is admissible. Use of auto-igniter or continuous pilot burners, which give more reliable ignition as they are not affected by wind, should also be required.

RemovedRecital 40: (40) Methane emissions from inactive oil and gas wells pose public health, safety and environmental risks. Therefore, monitoring and reporting obligations should still apply and those wells and well sites should be reclaimed and remediated. In such cases, Member States should have a predominant role, in particular to establish an inventories and mitigation plans within clear deadlines.

RemovedRecital 44: (44) Once production is halted and a mine is closed or abandoned, it continues to release methane, referred to as abandoned mine methane (AMM). These emissions typically occur at well-defined point sources, such as ventilation shafts or pressure-relief vents. With increased climate ambition and shifting energy production to less carbon-intensive energy sources, AMM emissions are likely to increase in the Union. It is estimated that even 10 years after mining is ceased, methane from non-flooded mines continues to be emitted at levels attaining approximately 40% of emissions recorded at the time of closure25. Moreover, treatment of AMM remains fragmented due to different ownership and exploitation rights across the EU. Member States should thus establish inventories of closed and abandoned coal assets and, either them or the identified responsible party, should be required to install devices for measurement of methane emissions. Best practice examples should be identified and integrated in possible guidelines for the treatment of AMM.

RemovedRecital 48: (48) Underground mines are either thermal or coking coal mines. Thermal coal is used primarily as an energy source and coking coal is used as a fuel and as a reactant in the process of steelmaking. Both coking coal and thermal coal mines should be subject to measuring, reporting and verification and mitigation measures of methane emissions.

RemovedRecital 49: (49) For operating underground coal mines, mitigation of methane emissions should be implemented through a phase out of venting and flaring with an efficiency of less than 99%. For closed or abandoned underground coal mines, while flooding the mine can prevent methane emissions, this is not systematically done and has environmental risks. Venting and flaring with an efficiency below 99% in these mines should also be phased out. As geological constraints and environmental considerations prevent a one-size-fits-all approach to mitigate methane emissions from abandoned underground coal mines31 , Member States should establish their own mitigation plan, taking into consideration those constraints and the technical feasibility of AMM mitigation.

RemovedRecital 49 a (new): (49a) In order to decrease methane emissions from operating coal mines the Union should support systems of incentives for the reduction of emission of methane. Those systems may in particular incentivise investments into methane capture and injection to the grid, decrease of methane emission from ventilations shafts and from flaring. The Union should take decisive action to mobilise Union financial resources aimed at investments into methane reduction technologies in all operating and abandoned mines. Where Union support is not sufficient to support this goal dedicated systems of fees and charges, which are clearly structured to facilitate investments into methane reductions inter alia as part of State aid programmes aimed at the decommissioning of coal production capacities should be encouraged.

RemovedRecital 51: (51) The Union is dependent on imports for 70% of its hard coal consumption, 97% of its oil consumption, and 90% of its fossil gas consumption. The IEA estimates that in 2020, methane emissions associated with imported oil and gas to the Union represented around 9,000 kilotonnes of methane1a. This compares to 1,033 kilotonnes of methane emissions from oil and gas estimated to have occurred in 2019 in the Union1b. While the share of total global man-made methane emissions emitted in Europe is estimated to be around 6%1c, the consumption of, and import dependency on, fossil fuels produced outside the Union hence adds significant levels of methane emissions that are incurred because of consumption within the Union. / 1a in Commission Impact Assessment Report Accompanying the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Methane Emissions Reduction in the Energy Sector: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2021:0459:FIN:EN:PDF / 1b in Commission Impact Assessment Report Accompanying the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Methane Emissions Reduction in the Energy Sector: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2021:0459:FIN:EN:PDF / 1c in Commission Impact Assessment Report Accompanying the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on Methane Emissions Reduction in the Energy Sector: https://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=SWD:2…

RemovedRecital 52: (52) Global warming effects caused by methane emissions are cross-border. Although some fossil energy producing countries are beginning to act domestically to reduce methane emissions from their energy sectors, many exporters are not subject to any regulations in their respective domestic markets. Such operators need clear incentives to act on their methane emission, hence the need for this Regulation to cover the whole supply chain.

RemovedRecital 54: (54) As announced in the Communication on the EU Methane Strategy34 , the Union is committed to working in cooperation with its energy partners and other key fossil energy importing countries to tackle methane emissions globally. Energy diplomacy on methane emissions has already yielded important outcomes. In September 2021, the Union and the United States announced the Global Methane Pledge, which represents a political commitment to take voluntary action to contribute to a collective effort to reduce global methane emissions by 30% by 2030 (from 2020 levels), launched at the UN Climate Change Conference (COP 26) in November 2021 in Glasgow. Over one hundred countries have committed their support, representing nearly half of global anthropogenic methane emissions. The Global Methane Pledge includes a commitment to move towards using best available inventory methodologies to quantify methane emissions.

RemovedRecital 57: (57) In parallel to continuing its diplomatic work to achieve global commitments for significant methane reductions, the Union should further advance all efforts related to significant methane emissions abatement globally, and in particular in the countries supplying fossil energy to the Union, by regulating imports.

RemovedRecital 58: (58) Therefore, importers of fossil energy to the Union should be submitted to the rules that are similar to those for producers within the Union on monitoring, reporting and verification, leak detection and repair and limits to venting and flaring.

RemovedRecital 58 a (new): (58a) Where an importer demonstrates the implementation of measures throughout the supply chain deemed comparable in effectiveness to the requirements set out in this Regulation, or provides guarantees of origin and transport in countries deemed to have regulatory equivalence, that importer should be eligible for a derogation, The Commission should assess and grant the derogation with a view to ensuring its trade law compatibility.

RemovedRecital 59: (59) Member States should communicate that information to the Commission. On the basis of that information, the Union should set up and manage a transparency database for fossil energy imports into the Union, detailing whether the exporting companies have signed up to the OGMP for oil and gas companies and to the extent that it is set up, an equivalent, internationally or Union recognised standard for coal companies. Such information should demonstrate the degree of commitment of companies in exporting countries to measure, report and have verified their methane emissions according to tier 3 methods of UNFCCC reporting. Such a transparency database would serve as a source of information for the purchasing decisions of importers of fossil energy to the Union as well as for other stakeholders and the public. The transparency database should also reflect the measures undertaken by companies in the Union and companies exporting fossil energy to the Union to measure and report as well as reduce their methane emissions. It should also include information on the measurement, reporting and mitigation regulatory actions by countries where fossil energy is produced.

RemovedRecital 61: (61) In combination, the measures referred to in Recitals 58 to 60 should enhance transparency for buyers, and facilitate the examination of full compliance with Union regulation for imports. In addition, they should further incentivise international companies to sign up to international methane measurement and reporting standards such as OGMP or to adopt effective measurement, reporting and mitigation measures. The Commission should be empowered to amend or add to the reporting requirements of importers. Furthermore, the Commission should evaluate the implementation of those measures and, if it deems appropriate, submit proposals for review to impose more stringent measures on importers. The evaluation should take into account the work undertaken by the IMEO, including the Methane Supply Index, the transparency database and the global methane emitter monitoring tool. Should the Commission find it appropriate to increase the level of stringency of the measures applicable to imports, it is of particular importance that the Commission carries out appropriate consultations during its preparatory work including consulting relevant third countries.

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 1: 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 abatement 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 of methane emissions from imports of fossil energy into the Union.

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point b: (b) gas transmission, distribution, (excluding metering systems at final consumption points) underground storage and liquefied gas terminals operating with fossil and/or renewable (bio-or synthetic) methane;

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 2 – point c a (new): (ca) petrochemicals.

RemovedArticle 1 – paragraph 3: 3. This Regulation applies to methane emissions occurring outside the Union in what relates to importer requirements, to the methane transparency database and to the methane emitters monitoring tool.

RemovedArticle 1 a (new): Article 1a / Union methane emission reduction target / 1. Pursuant to the long-term temperature goal set out in Article 2(1), point (a) of the Paris Agreement, the target of net zero greenhouse gas emissions at the latest by 2050 set out in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119 and the Global Methane Pledge goal of cutting global anthropogenic methane emissions by at least 30% by 2030 from 2020 levels, the Commission shall propose, by 31 December 2025 and based on an impact assessment, a 2030 Union binding methane emission reduction target covering all relevant emitting sectors. / 2. Pursuant to paragraph 1, Member States shall collectively ensure that methane emissions from the energy sector in the Union are reduced, by 2030, to a level that will capture the social benefits of methane mitigation at less than their costs. / 3. Each Member State shall set national methane emissions reduction targets as part of their integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Articles 3, 4, 5 and 9 to 14 of Regulation (EU)2018/1999. If, on the basis of the assessment of the first update of the integrated national energy and climate plans submitted pursuant to Article 14 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, the Commission concludes that the national contributions of the Member States are insufficient for the collective achievement of the Union target, it shall propose measures and exercise its powers at Union level in order to ensure the collective achievement of the target ref…

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1: (1) ‘methane emissions’ means all direct emissions occurring from all components that are potential sources of methane emissions, whether as a result of venting, incomplete combustion in flares or from other components and leaks;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 a (new): (1a) ‘component’ means any single piece of technical equipment that has the potential to emit fugitive emissions of methane or volatile organic compounds;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 1 b (new): (1b) ‘leak’ means any unintentional methane emission from a component;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 7: (7) ‘verifier’ means a legal person which carries out verification activities and which is accredited by a national accreditation body pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 or a natural person otherwise authorised, without prejudice to Article 5(2) of that Regulation, at the time a verification statement is issued;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 a (new): (9a) ‘facility’ means one or more installations on the same site that are operated by the same natural or legal person;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 9 b (new): (9b) ‘site’ means the geographical location of the facility;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 10: (10) ‘emission factor’ means a coefficient that quantifies the emissions of a gas per unit of activity, which is often based on a sample of measurement data, averaged to develop a representative rate of emission for a given activity level under a given set of operating conditions;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 12: (12) ‘specific emission factor’ means an emission factor for a type of emission source that is derived from direct measurements;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13: (13) ‘direct measurement’ means measurement of the methane emission at source-level with a measuring device that allows such a measurement;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 13 a (new): (13a) ‘quantification’ means operations to determine the quantity of methane emissions, based on direct measurements or, where direct measurements are not feasible, based on detailed engineering calculations or simulation tools, and based on advanced equipment and monitoring methods;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 14: (14) ‘site-level methane emissions’ means all sources of emissions within an entire site;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 15: (15) ‘site-level measurement’ means a top-down measurement and typically involves the use of sensors mounted on a mobile platform, such as vehicles, drones, aircrafts, boats, satellites, the use of fixed sensors, such as continuous point sensor networks, or other means to capture a complete overview of emissions across an entire site;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 17: (17) ‘leak detection and repair survey’ means a survey with an instrument or other advanced technology with a minimum detection limit and confidence bound, to identify and detect sources of methane emissions leaks and other unintentional methane emissions, and to repair or replace the leaking components;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 18: (18) ‘venting’ means the release of uncombusted methane into the atmosphere intentionally from processes, activities or devices designed for such a purpose;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 22: (22) ‘routine flaring’ means flaring during the normal production of oil or fossil gas and in the absence of sufficient facilities or amenable geology to re-inject methane, utilise it on-site, process it, or dispatch it to a market, and excluding flaring caused by an emergency;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24: (24) ‘inactive well’ means an oil or gas well or well site, that is onshore or offshore, where operations for exploration or production have ceased for at least one year;.it does not include permanently plugged and abandoned wells;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 24 a (new): (24a) ‘permanently plugged and abandoned well’ means an oil or gas well or well site, that is onshore or offshore, which has been plugged and will not be re-entered, in which all installations associated with the well have been removed and operations have been terminated and where documentation can be provided that is adequate to demonstrate in accordance with Annex IV that there are no methane emissions from that well or well site;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 39 a (new): (39a) ‘coal mining equipment in closed or abandoned coal mine’ means any equipment that remains linked to the methane-bearing strata, including but not limited to gob vents and drainage pipes;

RemovedArticle 2 – paragraph 1 – point 41: (41) ‘importer’ means a natural or legal person who, in the course of a commercial activity, places fossil gas, oil or coal from a third country on the Union market including any natural person established in the Union who is appointed to carry out actions required under Article 27.

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 1: 1. When fixing or approving tariffs or the methodologies to be used by transmission system operators, distribution system operators, LNG terminal operators or other regulated companies including where applicable underground gas storage operators, regulatory authorities shall take into account the additional costs incurred and investments made to comply with the obligations under this Regulation, insofar as they correspond to those of an efficient and structurally comparable regulated operator. The unit investment costs referred to in paragraph 2 may be used by regulatory authorities to benchmark the costs incurred by the operators.

RemovedArticle 3 – paragraph 2: 2. Every three years, the European Union Agency for the Cooperation of Energy Regulators (ACER) shall establish and make publicly available a set of indicators and corresponding reference values for the comparison of unit investment costs linked to measurement, monitoring, reporting, verification and abatement of emissions, including from venting and flaring, of methane emissions for comparable projects.

RemovedArticle 4 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: Member States shall notify the Commission of the names and contact details of the competent authorities by … [6 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. Member States shall notify the Commission without delay of any changes to the names or contact details of the competent authorities.

RemovedArticle 4 – paragraph 2: 2. The Commission shall make a list of the competent authorities publicly available and shall regularly update that list upon receipt of a notification of any change from a Member State.

RemovedArticle 4 – paragraph 3: 3. Member States shall ensure that the competent authorities establish a contact point, have adequate powers and resources including human resources to perform the obligations set out in this Regulation.

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 1: 1. The competent authorities shall take, in performing their tasks, the necessary measures to ensure compliance with this Regulation.

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 2: 2. Operators, mine operators and importers, insofar as those importers are required pursuant to Article 27, shall provide the competent authorities with all assistance necessary to enable or facilitate the performance of the tasks of the competent authorities referred to in this Regulation, notably as regards access to the premises and the presentation of documentation or records.

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 3: 3. The competent authorities shall cooperate with each other and with the Commission and as necessary with authorities of third countries, in order to ensure compliance with this Regulation. The Commission shall set up a network of competent authorities to foster cooperation, with the necessary arrangements for exchanging information and best practices and allow for consultations. The contact points established within the competent authorities shall support those activities.

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. The competent authorities shall carry out regular checks to verify compliance by importers with Article 27 (2a), insofar as those importers are required pursuant to Article 27, by means of documentary checks and independent third party verification, in conjunction with other methods and technologies at their disposal to verify the existence of methane emissions.

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 3 b (new): 3b. The competent authorities shall review and approve the mitigation plan referred to in Article 18(6) to address methane emissions submitted by the operators.

RemovedArticle 5 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1: Where reports are to be made public in accordance with this Regulation, the competent authorities shall make them publicly available free of charge, on a designated website and in freely accessible, downloadable and editable format. The data collected shall ensure the confidentiality of commercially sensitive information of companies.

RemovedArticle 6 – paragraph 1: 1. The competent authorities shall carry out periodic inspections to check the compliance of operators or mine operators with the requirements set out in this Regulation. The first inspection shall be completed by … [18 months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation]. Already established controlling mechanisms available to the competent authorities shall be taken into account. Competent authorities shall identify best practices.

RemovedArticle 6 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: Where an inspection has identified a breach of the requirements of this Regulation, the competent authorities shall issue a notice of remedial actions to be undertaken by the operator or mine operator, with clear deadlines for those actions, as part of the report referred to in paragraph 5.

RemovedArticle 6 – paragraph 3: 3. After the first inspection referred to in paragraph 1, the competent authorities shall draw up programmes for routine inspections. The period between inspections shall be based on an appraisal of the environmental risk, including assessment of cumulative impacts of all methane emissions as a pollutant, and shall not exceed 16 months. Where an inspection has identified a serious breach of the requirements of this Regulation, the subsequent inspection shall take place within a maximum period of nine months.

RemovedArticle 6 – paragraph 4 – point a: (a) to investigate substantiated complaints referred to in Article 7 and occurrences of non-compliance as soon as possible after the date the competent authorities become aware of such complaints or non-compliance and no later than 6 months after that date;

RemovedArticle 6 – paragraph 5 – subparagraph 1: Following each inspection, the competent authorities shall prepare a report describing the legal basis for the inspection, the procedural steps followed, the relevant findings and recommendations for the further action by the operator or mine operator, including the deadlines for their implementation.

RemovedArticle 6 – paragraph 6: 6. Operators and mine operators shall take without delay all the necessary actions set out in the report referred to in paragraph 5 within the period determined by the competent authorities or any other period agreed with the competent authorities.

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 1: 1. Any natural or legal person may lodge a written complaint with the competent authorities on a possible breach of the requirements of this Regulation by operators or mine operators. In addition, the European Justice Portal shall act as a contact point for the purpose of the submission of complaints to the competent authorities concerned.

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 2: 2. The complaints shall be duly substantiated and contain sufficient evidence of the alleged breach.

RemovedArticle 7 – paragraph 3: 3. Where it becomes apparent that the complaint does not provide sufficient evidence to justify pursuing an investigation, the competent authorities shall inform the complainant within a reasonable time but no later than one month of the reasons for their decision not to pursue an investigation.

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: 1. Verifiers shall assess the conformity of the emissions reports submitted to them by operators, mine operators or importers, insofar as those importers are required pursuant to Article 27, in accordance with this Regulation. They shall assess the conformity of the reports with the requirements laid down in this Regulation and review all data sources and methodologies used in order to assess their reliability, credibility and accuracy, in particular the following points:

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 1 – point d: (d) any quality control quality assurance systems applied by the operators, mine operators or importers, insofar as those importers are required pursuant to Article 27.

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: In carrying out the verification activities referred to in paragraph 1, verifiers shall use publicly available European or international standards for methane emissions quantification as made applicable by the Commission in accordance with this Regulation, in particular with paragraph 5. Until such date where the applicability of those standards is determined by the Commission, verifiers shall use existing European or international standards for quantification and verification of greenhouse gas emissions.

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new): Where no European or international standards are available, operators or mine operators shall provide information to the verifiers on the standards or methodologies used by the operators, mine operators or importers for the purpose of verification activities.

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: Verifiers shall conduct announced and unannounced site checks to determine the reliability, credibility and accuracy of the data sources and methodologies used.

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new): The verification activities referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article and in this paragraph shall be aligned with current European or international standards and methodologies in order to limit the burden on operators, mine operators or importers, insofar as those importers are required pursuant to Article 27, and on competent authorities and take due account of the nature of the operator's activities.

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 3: Where the assessment concludes that the emissions report does not comply with the requirements of this Regulation, the verifiers shall inform the operator, the mine operator or the importer, insofar as the importer is required pursuant to Article 27, thereof and the operator, the mine operator or importer, insofar as the importer is required pursuant to Article 27, shall submit a revised emissions report to the verifier without delay and no later than within three weeks.

RemovedArticle 8 – paragraph 4: 4. Operators, mine operators and importers insofar as those importers are required pursuant to Article 27, shall provide the verifiers with all the assistance necessary to enable or facilitate the performance of the verification activities, notably as regards access to the premises and the presentation of documentation or records.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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:

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

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

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

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RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 1: 1. By … [10 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], operators shall submit a report to the competent authorities containing the quantification of source-level methane emissions estimated using at least generic emission factors for all sources. Operators may choose to submit simultaneously a report in accordance with the requirements set out in paragraph 2.

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 2: 2. Operators and undertakings established in the Union shall submit a report to the competent authorities containing quantification of source-level methane emissions: / (a) for operated assets by...[12 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], and / (b) for non-operated assets by...[24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], provided these assets have not been reported by an operator pursuant to the obligation under point (a). / Reporting at such level shall involve the use of source-level direct measurement and sampling as the basis for establishing specific emission factors used for emissions quantification.

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1: Operators and undertakings established in the Union shall submit a report to the competent authorities containing quantification of source-level methane emissions, complemented by measurements of site-level methane emissions, thereby allowing assessment and verification of the source-level estimates aggregated by site:

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point a (new): (a) for operated assets by...[24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and by 31 May every year thereafter; and

RemovedArticle 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).

RemovedArticle 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.

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

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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:

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 8 – point (a) new: (a) where the site-level measurement is higher than that in the source-level inventory to a statistically significant degree, the operator shall include documentation in the report to reconcile the source-level inventory with site-level measurement, and shall update its source-level inventory to reflect the higher site-level measurements;

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 8 – point (b) new: (b) where the site-level measurement is lower than the source-level inventory to a statistically significant degree, the operator shall review the minimum detection limit (MDL) of the site-level measurement devices to confirm that the MDL is sufficiently low to detect expected levels of emissions from individual component; where the MDL is not sufficiently low enough, the operator shall repeat the measurement using devices with a sufficiently low enough MDL within the same calendar year, and shall compare that result to the source-level inventory; where the MDL is determined to be adequate, the operator shall include documentation in the report which sets out the reasons for the discrepancy.

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 9: 9. By … [9 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 31 to supplement this Regulation by laying down the specifications applicable to direct measurements and quantification of methane emissions. Those specifications shall apply to standardisation requests issued by the Commission for the purposes of this Article.

RemovedArticle 12 – paragraph 11 a (new): 11 a. Monitoring and reporting shall refer to the global warming potential, which is on a 100-year time scale 29,8 times greater than carbon dioxide and 82,5 times more potent than carbon dioxide on a 20-year time scale1a. / 1a IPCC Sixth Assessment Report Global Warming Potentials - https://www.ercevolution.energy/ipcc-sixth-assessment-report/

RemovedArticle 13 – paragraph 1: 1. Operators shall take all appropriate mitigation measures available to them to prevent and minimise methane emissions in their operations.

RemovedArticle 13 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. By...[ six months after the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall submit a report to the Parliament and to the Council on the impact of introducing an ambitious upstream performance standard for methane emissions intensity for the oil and gas imported into or extracted within the Union. The Commission shall specifically assess the setting of a methane intensity standard below or equal to 0,2%.

RemovedArticle 13 – paragraph 1 b (new): 1b. Prior to adopting the delegated act referred to in paragraph 1c, the Commission shall carry-out an impact assessment, evaluating in particular the implications for both the climate and the security of energy supply of the Union, in full respect of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

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RemovedAmendment: Thereafter, leak detection and repair surveys shall be carried out with the following frequencies:

RemovedArticle 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);

RemovedArticle 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);

RemovedArticle 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).

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

RemovedArticle 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;

RemovedArticle 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;

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

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

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2: The repair or replacement of the components referred to in this paragraph, shall take place immediately after detection, or as soon as possible for a first attempt but no later than five days after detection. Repairs or replacements referred to in this paragraph shall use state-of-the-art technologies and materials that provide long-term protection against future leakage. / Where operators can demonstrate that the repair referred to in this paragraph is not successful or possible within five days due to safety or technical considerations, the operators shall provide evidence for the delay to the competent authorities and shall establish a repair and monitoring schedule no later than 5 days after detection. The repair and monitoring schedule referred to in this subparagraph shall be set so that the found leakages are repaired within 30 days after detection.

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3: Safety and technical considerations, as referred to in the second and third subparagraphs, shall be limited to:

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point a (new): (a) safety of personnel and humans in proximity to the detected leak;

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point b (new): (b) any adverse environmental impacts of taking action if it can be demonstrated that those impacts would be greater than the environmental benefits of taking action, such as where a repair could lead to a higher overall level of methane emissions than would be the case in the absence of the repair;

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point c (new): (c) accessibility of a component, including any access permits; and

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 – point d (new): (d) unavailability of replacement parts necessary for the repair of the component or components necessary for the replacement.

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 4: Where, due to one or more of the conditions set out in points (a)-(d) applying, a system shutdown is required before the repair or replacement can be undertaken, operators shall minimise the leak within one day of detection and shall repair the leak by the end of the next scheduled system shutdown or within a year, whichever is sooner.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

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RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 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.

RemovedArticle 14 – paragraph 7 – subparagraph 2: deleted

RemovedArticle 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.

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

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

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RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – introductory part: 3. In addition to paragraph 2, point (a), venting and flaring shall only be allowed in the following specific situations where venting or flaring, as applicable, cannot be completely eliminated or is necessary for safety reasons:

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point a: (a) during normal operations of pneumatic devices and pumps, dry gas seals, compressors, atmospheric pressure storage tanks, or other components designed to vent, provided that the equipment meets all the specified equipment standards established pursuant to paragraph 5b, and is properly maintained and regularly inspected to minimise methane losses;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point c: (c) during gauging or sampling a storage tank or other low-pressure vessel, provided that the tank or vessel meets the standards established pursuant to paragraph 5b;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point d: (d) during loading out liquids from a storage tank or other low-pressure vessel to a transport vehicle in compliance with applicable standards, provided that the tank or vessel meets the standards established pursuant to paragraph 5b;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 3 – point e: (e) during repair, maintenance, test procedures and decommissioning, including blowing down and depressurizing equipment to perform repair and maintenance;

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 4: 4. Where venting is allowed pursuant to paragraph 2, operators shall vent only where flaring is not technically feasible due to lack of flammability, inability to sustain a flame, safety concerns, when the environmental or climate impact of mitigation measures is higher than the benefit, or when it risks endangering safety of operations or personnel. In such a situation, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 16, operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for venting instead of flaring.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 4 a (new): 4a. Where non-emitting alternative equipment is available to the equipment that vents, it shall replace that equipment by 31 December 2026, provided that the non-venting equipment meets the standards established pursuant to paragraph 5b.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 5: 5. In addition to the conditions set out in paragraph 2, flaring shall only be allowed where either re-injection, utilisation on-site, gas processing, or dispatch of the methane to a market are not feasible for reasons other than economic considerations. In such a situation, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 16, operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for flaring instead of either re-injection, utilisation on-site or dispatch of the methane to market.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 5 a (new): 5a. Where a site is built, replaced or refurbished, in whole or in part, operators shall utilise only zero-emitting pneumatic controllers and pumps on that site.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 5 b (new): 5b. By... [24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], the Commission shall adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 31 to supplement this Regulation by incorporating and setting out the applicability of technology standards for venting, zero-emitting and flaring equipment. The Commission shall be empowered to revise such delegated acts in line with technological developments.

RemovedArticle 15 – paragraph 5 c (new): 5c. Where the implementation of this Article requires a permit or any other administrative approval from relevant authorities, or where the lack of available venting or flaring equipment causes an exceptional delay in actions necessary for that implementation, operators shall provide the competent authorities with a detailed schedule for that implementation. Operators shall proceed to implement without delay. The competent authorities may request modifications of the schedule.

RemovedArticle 16 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) caused by an emergency, a malfunction or;

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 1: 1. Operators shall install all flare stacks that uses combustion devices with an auto-igniter or continuous pilot and at least 99% destruction and removal efficiency for hydrocarbons by ...[18 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation].

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 2: deleted

RemovedArticle 17 – paragraph 3: 3. Operators shall conduct weekly inspections of flare stacks in accordance with the elements set out in Annex III. As an alternative to weekly inspections of a flare stack, operators may use remote or automated continuous monitoring devices, if approved by competent authorities, to collect the observations of the flare stack referred to in points (i) and (ii) of the third subparagraph of Annex III. Where irregularities are detected, operators shall investigate the cause of the irregularity and remedy it within 6 hours or, in the case of bad weather or other extreme conditions, within 24 hours.

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 1: 1. By...[ six months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], Member States shall establish and make publicly available an inventory of all inactive wells and permanently plugged and abandoned wells on their territory or under their jurisdiction, including at least the elements set out in Annex IV.

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 2: deleted

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 3: 3. Reports containing information on quantification of methane emissions to air and water, as applicable, from all wells referred to in paragraph 1 shall be submitted to the competent authorities by … [18 months of the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and by 30 March every year thereafter and cover the last available calendar year. / Where the competent authorities are provided with reliable evidence that proves that there are no methane emissions from permanently plugged and abandoned wells within the last five years, the reporting obligation set out in this paragraph shall not apply to that well. / Before submission to the competent authorities, the reports set out in this paragraph shall be assessed by a verifier and include a verification statement issued in accordance with Articles 8 and 9.

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 4: 4. The competent authorities shall make the reports set out in this Article available to the public and the Commission, within three months from submission and in accordance with Article 5(4).

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 5: 5. Member States shall be responsible for fulfilling the obligations laid down in paragraphs 2, except where a responsible party can be identified, in which case that party shall bear responsibility.

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 6 – subparagraph 1: By ...[12 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] Member States or the responsible party shall develop a mitigation plan to remediate, reclaim and permanently plug inactive wells located in their territory, and implement it by... [24 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation].

RemovedArticle 18 – paragraph 6 a (new): 6 a. When identifying inactive, permanently plugged and abandoned wells, Member States shall undertake a robust and objective assessment based on the most up to date scientific findings, including data from IMEO).

RemovedArticle 19 – paragraph 2 – point c: (c) methane emissions occurring during post-mining activities and within the area of the mine.

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 1: 1. For underground coal mines, mine operators shall perform continuous source level methane direct emissions measurement and quantification on all exhaust ventilation shafts. Mine operators shall report to the competent authorities methane releases per ventilation shaft per year in kilotonne (kt) of methane, using equipment and methodologies resulting in a measurement accuracy with a tolerance of 0,5 kt/year of methane or of 5% of the reported amount. They shall also take monthly sample-based measurements.

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 2: 2. Drainage stations operators shall perform continuous source level direct emissions measurements and quantification of total releases of vented and flared methane, regardless of the reasons for such venting and flaring activity.

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2: As regards continuous source level direct measurements and quantification referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, where part of the measuring equipment is not operating for a period, readings taken during periods when the equipment was operating may be used to estimate data on a pro rata basis for the period that the equipment was not operating.

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3: The equipment used for continuous source level direct measurements and quantification referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall operate for more than 90% of the period for which it is used to monitor an emission, excluding downtime taken for re-calibration.

RemovedArticle 20 – paragraph 5: 5. Where relevant, mine operators shall estimate coal post-mining emissions using coal post-mining emission factors, updated annually, based on deposit-specific coal samples and in accordance with appropriate scientific standards.

RemovedArticle 22 – paragraph 1: 1. Flaring with a destruction and removal design efficiency below 99% and venting of methane from drainage system shall be prohibited from 1 January 2025, except in the case of an emergency or where unavoidable and strictly necessary for maintenance. In such cases, drainage station operators shall vent only if flaring is not technically feasible or risks endangering safety of operations or personnel. In such a situation, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 23, drainage station operators shall demonstrate to the competent authorities the necessity to opt for venting instead of flaring.

RemovedArticle 22 – paragraph 2: 2. Venting of methane through ventilation shafts in coal mines emitting more than five tonnes of methane/kilotonne of coal mined , other than coking coal mines, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2027, except where it would pose a direct threat to the health and life of working miners and would increase the work-safety risk in mining plants. / Venting of methane through ventilation shafts in coal mines emitting more than three tonnes of methane/kilotonne of coal mined, other than coking coal mines, shall be prohibited from 1 January 2031. / These thresholds shall apply per year per mine and per operator, if one entity operates several mines.

RemovedArticle 22 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Where Member States intend to implement a dedicated system of incentives to reduce methane emissions, they may use fees, charges or penalties as referred to in Article 30 as an instrument of guaranteeing the compliance of operators of existing mines with the obligations in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article.

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: From 1 January 2025, drainage station operators shall notify the competent authorities of all venting events and flaring events with a destruction and removal design efficiency below 99%.

RemovedArticle 23 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) caused by an emergency,

RemovedArticle 24 – paragraph 1 – introductory part: This Section applies to the following methane emissions from closed and abandoned and closed underground coal mines where coal production has been discontinued:

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 1: 1. By … [12 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] Member States shall set up and make publicly available an inventory of all underground and abandoned coal mines in their territory or under their jurisdiction, in accordance with the methodology and including at least the elements set out in Part 1 of Annex VII.

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 1 a (new): 1a. When identifying closed mines and abandoned coal mines, Member States shall undertake a robust and objective assessment based on the most up- to- date scientific findings, including data from the IMEO when available;

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1: deleted

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2: From … [18 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation], measurement equipment shall be installed on all elements listed in point (v) of Part 1 of Annex VII which were found to emit above 0,5 tonnes of methane per year based on the inventory referred to in paragraph 1 of this Article for closed coal mines and abandoned coal mines.

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2 a (new): The equipment shall perform source level direct measurements or quantifications taken in accordance with appropriate scientific standards and, if possible on an hourly basis, and of sufficient quality to allow for a representative estimation of yearly methane emissions from all elements listed in Part 1, point (v) of Annex VII which were found to emit methane.

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RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. If the observed annual methane release of an element listed in Part 1, point (v) of Annex VII is below 1 tonne of methane for six consecutive years in the case of flooded mines or 12 consecutive years in the case of dry mines, no further monitoring and reporting shall be taken for that specific element.

RemovedArticle 25 – paragraph 4: 4. Mine operators, asset operators or Member States shall be responsible for the requirements referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 as regards closed mines. Member States shall be responsible for the requirements referred to in paragraphs 2 and 3 as regards abandoned mines.

RemovedArticle 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 1: On the basis of the inventory referred to in Article 25, Member States shall develop and implement a mitigation plan to address methane emissions from closed and abandoned underground coal mines.

RemovedArticle 26 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: The mitigation plan shall be submitted to competent authorities by … [18 months from the date of entry into force of this Regulation] and include at least the elements set out in Part 4 of Annex VII. The Member States shall implement it by... [2 years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation].

RemovedArticle 26 – paragraph 2: 2. Venting and flaring from equipment referred to in Article 25(2) shall be prohibited from 1 January 2030, unless utilisation or mitigation is not technically feasible or risks endangering environmental safety, or human safety, including that of the personnel, or public health. In such a situation, as part of the reporting obligations set out in Article 25, mine operators or Member States shall demonstrate the necessity to opt for venting or flaring instead of utilisation or mitigation.

RemovedArticle 26 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. For closed coal mines: / (a) capturing methane by degassing shall be possible; / (b) the use of safety-relevant degassing devices, e.g. vent hoods (Protegohaube), may continued to be operated; / (c) the use of mine gas as an energy resource shall not be affected by the scope of application of this Regulation; / (d) impoundment of mine water to reduce methane emissions shall be allowed under this Regulation.

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 1 – subparagraph 2: The Commission shall adopt a delegated act by 31 December 2025 in accordance with Article 31 to supplement this Regulation by amending or adding to the information to be provided by importers.

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 2 a (new): 2a. As of 1 January 2026, importers of coal, oil and gas, shall demonstrate that exporters of coal, oil and gas into the Union comply with the requirements for the measurement, monitoring, reporting and verification, leak detection and repair, and venting and flaring established in Chapters 3 and 4 of this Regulation or otherwise meet the requirements for derogations set out in paragraph 2b of this Article.

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 2 b (new): 2b. Importers that demonstrate the implementation of measures deemed comparable in effectiveness or provide guarantees of origin from countries deemed to have regulatory equivalence shall be subject to a derogation from paragraphs 2a, in accordance with paragraph 2c.

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 2 c (new): 2c. Where importers claim a derogation provided for in paragraph 2b, they shall notify the Commission and provide all required information. The Commission shall assess the applicability of a derogation taking into account: / (a) the effectiveness of the measures or regulatory requirements compared to those applicable within the Union; / (b) the accuracy of the data provided by importers; and / (c) penalties for non-compliance and effectiveness of enforcement in the relevant jurisdictions where regulatory equivalence is sought.

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 2 d (new): 2d. The Commission shall adopt a delegated act by 31 December 2025 in accordance with Article 31 to supplement this Regulation with both the modalities and the procedures for importers claiming a derogation under paragraph 2c, and the specific requirements for demonstrating comparable in effectiveness and regulatory equivalence, including establishing the necessary role of IMEO to ensure the quality control, referred to in paragraph 2b.

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 2 e (new): 2e. Member States shall ensure that importers who place on the market coal, oil and gas, comply with this Article within their territory. Member States shall set out progressive penalties for infringements, including the suspension of the authorisation to place oil, gas and coal on the market as referred to in Article 30, taking into account the need for effective deterrence of breaches.

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 2 f (new): 2f. Where importers fail to provide the information referred to in paragraphs 1, 2a and 2b, but can demonstrate to the competent authorities of the importing Member States that all reasonable endeavours have been undertaken to acquire such information, Member States may consider reducing or not imposing penalties on importers as referred to in paragraph 2e.

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: By 31 December 2025, or earlier if the Commission considers that sufficient evidence is available, the Commission shall propose amendments to this Regulation to strengthen the requirements applicable to importers with a view to implementing upstream performance standards for methane emissions on all fossil gas and oil imports equivalent to the methane emissions intensity referred to in Article 13 and a commensurate standard for coal imports.

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RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point b: deleted

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point c: deleted

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 1 – point d: (d) When proposing amendments to this Regulation as referred to in the first subparagraph, the Commission shall particularly assess the implications for the climate, the security of supply of the Union and the level playing field. implications in case of possible additional obligations, including mandatory measures such as methane emission standards or targets. The Commission may also take taking into account the oil, gas and coal sectors separately.

RemovedArticle 27 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2: Where appropriate and based on the necessary evidence to secure full compliance with both the applicable international obligations of the Union, including its long-term temperature goal set out in Article 2(1), point (a) of the Paris Agreement, the Commission shall propose amendments to this Article in accordance with Article 33 to strengthen the requirements applicable to importers.

RemovedArticle 28 – paragraph 1: 1. By … [18 months after the date of entry into force of the Regulation] the Commission shall establish and maintain a methane transparency database, organised by countries, companies, and quantities of gas, coal and oil imported, containing the information submitted to it pursuant to Article 27 and Articles 12(11), 16(3), 18(4), 20(7), 23(2) and 25(5).

RemovedArticle 28 – paragraph 2 – point b – point i: (i) whether it has mandatory regulatory measures in place on energy sector methane emissions, covering the elements set out in this Regulation regarding measurement, reporting and verification and mitigation of energy sector methane emissions and whether those measures are sufficient;

RemovedArticle 28 – paragraph 2 – point b – point ii a (new): (iia) whether it has signed the Global Methane Pledge;

RemovedArticle 29 – paragraph 2: 2. The tool shall inform the Commission’s bilateral dialogues with respect to methane emissions policies and measures. Where the tool identifies a new major emission source, the Commission shall alert the relevant country with a view to promoting awareness and, if needed, shall offer technical support to ensure fast remedial actions.

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 1: 1. Member States shall lay down the rules on penalties applicable to infringements of the provisions of this Regulation and shall take all measures necessary to ensure that they are implemented, including the polluter pays principle.

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – introductory part: The penalties provided for must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive and shall include:

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 – point a: (a) fines proportionate to the environmental damage, impact on safety and health, calculating the level of such fines in such way as to make sure that they effectively deprive those responsible of the economic benefits derived from their infringements and gradually increasing the level of such fines for repeated serious or multiple infringements;

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1 a (new): In addition to the penalties laid down in points (a) and (b) of this paragraph, Member States shall consider suspension of the authorisation to place oil, gas or coal to the market in case of serious or repeated breaches of this Regulation taking into consideration the security of energy supply.

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 3 – point b a (new): (ba) the operator or undertaking has not submitted a methane emissions report in accordance with Article 12;

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 3 – point l a (new): (la) failure of importers, insofar as they are required pursuant to Article 27, to demonstrate that exporters of coal, oil and gas have complied with the requirements on monitoring, reporting and verification, on leak detection and repair, and on routine venting and flaring, in accordance with Article 27;

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 3 – point l b (new): (lb) failure of importers, insofar as they are required pursuant to Article 27, to provide the information required in accordance with an independent assessment of compliance conducted by a verification body.

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 3 a (new): 3a. Where the conditions set out in Article 15(5d) are fulfilled, Member States shall consider reducing or not imposing penalties on operators for the implementation period deemed necessary by the competent authorities.

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 3 b (new): 3b. Paragraph 3, points (l), (la), (lb) shall not apply to importers where importers fail to provide the information set out in Annex VIII, and can demonstrate to the competent authorities of the importing Member States that all reasonable endeavours have been undertaken to acquire such information.

RemovedArticle 30 – paragraph 5: 5. Member States shall publish annually information on the type and the size of the penalties imposed under this Regulation and in line with the penalties as set out in the [amended Protection of the environment through criminal law], the infringements and the operators upon which penalties have been imposed.

RemovedArticle 31 – paragraph 2: 2. The power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 8(5), [...] shall be conferred on the Commission for a period of five years from the date of entry into force of the Regulation.

RemovedArticle 31 – paragraph 6: 6. A delegated act adopted pursuant to Articles 8(5), [...] shall enter into force only if no objection has been expressed either by the European Parliament or by the Council within a period of two months of notification of that act to the European Parliament and the Council or if, before the expiry of that period, the European Parliament and the Council have both informed the Commission that they will not object. That period shall be extended by two months at the initiative of the European Parliament or of the Council.

RemovedArticle 32 – paragraph 1: 1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Climate Change Committee and the Energy Union Committee established by Article 44 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

RemovedArticle 33 – paragraph 1: 1. By 1 January 2027 and every four years thereafter, the Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the evaluation of this Regulation. The Commission reports may be accompanied by legislative proposals where appropriate. The reports shall be made public.

RemovedRegulation (EU) 2019/942

RemovedArticle 34 – paragraph 1, Article 15 – paragraph 5: 5. Every three years ACER shall establish and make publicly available a set of indicators and corresponding reference values for the comparison of unit investment costs linked to measurement, monitoring, reporting, verification and abatement, including venting and flaring of methane emissions for comparable projects. It shall issue recommendations on indicators and reference values for unit investment costs for complying with the obligations under [this Regulation] pursuant to Article 3 of [this Regulation].

RemovedAnnex I – subheading 1 a (new): Part 2 Repair and monitoring schedules

RemovedAnnex I – paragraph 2 – point iii: (iii) For components found to be emitting, indication of whether repair was undertaken during the LDAR survey and if not why, taking into account the requirements as regards what elements can be taken into account for a delayed repair, as per Article 14, paragraph 4.

RemovedAnnex I – paragraph 2 – point iv: (iv) For components found to be emitting, planned repair schedule indicating planned date of repair,

RemovedAnnex I – paragraph 2 – point v: deleted

RemovedAnnex I – paragraph 5 – point iii: (iii) For components found to be emitting, results of monitoring after repair to check if repair was successful

RemovedAnnex I – paragraph 5 – point iv: deleted

RemovedAnnex II – paragraph 1 – point ii: (ii) location, name and type of asset;

RemovedAnnex II – paragraph 1 – point v: (v) measured volume of vented or flared methane;

RemovedAnnex II – paragraph 1 – point v a (new): (va) flaring efficiency and the type of flare used;

RemovedAnnex II – paragraph 1 – point ix: (ix) results of weekly inspections and of continuous monitoring of flare stacks carries out in accordance with Article 17

RemovedAnnex IV – paragraph 1 – introductory part: Pursuant to Article 18, inventories of inactive wells and permanently plugged and abandoned wells must include at least the following information:

RemovedAnnex IV – paragraph 1 – point ii: (ii) name, type and address of well or well site, specifying whether it is an inactive well or a permanently plugged and abandoned well;

RemovedAnnex IV – paragraph 1 – point iv: (iv) results of methane emissions measurements to air and to water.

RemovedAnnex IV – paragraph 1 a (new): Pursuant to Article 18, with respect to permanently plugged and abandoned wells, inventories shall also include: / (i) the last known measurements of methane emissions to air and water, if any; / (ii) information showing that the relevant competent authority has attested that the well or well site in question fulfils the criteria set out in Article 2(24a); / (iii) adequate documentation to demonstrate that there have been no methane emissions from that well or well site for at least the last five years.

RemovedAnnex IV – paragraph 1 b (new): Pursuant to Article 18, mitigation plans must include at least the following information: / (i) the schedule of addressing each inactive well, including the actions to be performed; / (ii) name and address of the operator, owner or licensee of the inactive well, where applicable; / (iii) projected end date of all remediation, reclamation or plugging of inactive wells.

RemovedAnnex VI – paragraph 1 – point iii: (iii) cause of the venting and/or flaring event; justification for using venting instead of flaring, if applicable;

RemovedAnnex VI – paragraph 1 – point iv: (iv) tonnage of methane vented and flared (or an estimate if quantification or measurement is not possible).

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 1 – paragraph 1 – point v – introductory part: (v) results of source level direct measurement or quantification at the following point emission sources:

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 1 – paragraph 1 – point v – point 2: 2) unused vent pipes, if not part of safety infrastructure

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 1 – paragraph 1 – point v – point 4: deleted

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 1 – paragraph 1 – point v – point 5: deleted

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 2 – paragraph 1 – point ii: (ii) measurements must be performed using an equipment resulting in a methane emissions measurement accuracy of at least 0,5 tonnes per year.

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point iii – introductory part: (iii) methane emissions from all point emission sources outlined in Part 1 including:

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point iii – point 1: 1) type of point emission source

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 3 – paragraph 1 – point iii – point 5: 5) estimates of methane emissions the point emission source

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 4 – paragraph 1 – point i: (i) list of all point emission sources outlined in Part 1;

RemovedAnnex VII – Part 4 – paragraph 1 – point ii: (ii) technical feasibility of mitigation of methane emissions; each point emission source

RemovedAnnex VIII – paragraph 2 – introductory part: Pursuant to Article 27, importers must provide a report with the following information for each site from which the import to the Union has taken place, including upstream oil and fossil gas production, fossil gas gathering, processing and transmission, and liquefied natural gas terminals:

RemovedAnnex VIII – paragraph 2 – point ii: (ii) country and regions corresponding to the Union nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) level 1 where the energy was produced, countries and regions corresponding to the Union nomenclature of territorial units for statistics (NUTS) level 1 through which the energy was transported until it was placed on the Union market;

RemovedAnnex VIII – paragraph 2 – point iii: (iii) as regards oil and fossil gas, information specifying the exporter’s, or where relevant, the producer’s direct measurements of site-level methane emissions, conducted by independent service provider, in the last available calendar year period including data per detailed, individual, emission source type and detailed information on the quantification methodologies employed to measure methane emissions; measurement and reporting of its methane emissions, either independently or as part of commitments to report national GHG inventories in line with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requirements, and whether it is in compliance with UNFCCC reporting requirements or in compliance with Oil and Gas Methane Partnership 2.0 standards. This must be accompanied by a copy of the latest report on methane emissions, including, where available, the information referred to in Article 12(6), where provided in such report. The method of quantification (such as UNFCCC tiers or OGMP levels) employed in the reporting be specified for each type of emissions;

RemovedAnnex VIII – paragraph 2 – point iv: (iv) as regards oil and gas, information specifying the exporter’s, or where relevant, the producer’s regulatory or voluntary measures to control its methane emissions, including measures such as leak detection and repair surveys or measures to control and restrict venting and flaring of methane; leak detection and repair surveys and programmes conducted within the last two calendar years and information on all venting; and flaring events within the last two calendar years. This must be accompanied by a description of such measures, including, where available, reports from leak detection and repair surveys and from venting and flaring events with respect to the last available calendar year;

RemovedAnnex VIII – paragraph 2 – point v: (v) as regards coal, information specifying the exporter’s source-level methane emissions data measured for ventilation air methane emissions, calculated and quantified in accordance with the methodology described in Part 1 of Annex V; measurement and reporting of its methane emissions, either independently or as part of commitments to report national GHG inventories in line with United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) requirements, and whether it is in compliance with UNFCCC reporting requirements or in compliance with an international or European standard for monitoring, reporting and verification of methane emissions. This must be accompanied by a copy of the latest report on methane emissions, including, where available the information referred to in Article 20(6). The method of quantification (such as UNFCCC tiers or OGMP levels) employed in the reporting must be specified for each type of emissions;

RemovedAnnex VIII – paragraph 2 – point vi: (vi) as regards coal, information specifying the exporter’s regulatory or voluntary measures to control its methane emissions, including measures to control and restrict venting and flaring of methane; volumes of vented and flared methane calculated in each production site during the last two calendar years; and venting and flaring mitigation plans in force in the production site. This must be accompanied by a description of such measures, including, where available, reports from venting and flaring events with respect to the last available calendar year;

RemovedAnnex VIII – paragraph 2 – point vi a (new): (vi a) a reference to its own methane reduction action plan according to Article 15 of [corporate sustainability due diligence];