Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 of 4 June 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance
| Published date | 09 December 2021 |
| Subject Matter | Environment,Investments |
| Official Gazette Publication | Official Journal of the European Union, L 442, 9 December 2021 |
02021R2139 — EN — 01.01.2023 — 001.001
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| ►B | COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/2139 of 4 June 2021 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives (Text with EEA relevance) (OJ L 442 9.12.2021, p. 1) |
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COMMISSION DELEGATED REGULATION (EU) 2021/2139
of 4 June 2021
supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation or climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives
(Text with EEA relevance)
Article 1
The technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 2
The technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change adaptation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
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Article 2a
Review
When performing the review referred to in Article 19(5) of Regulation (EU) 2020/852, the Commission shall also review and assess the necessity to amend the dates referred to in Annex I, Section 4.27, Section 4.28, Section 4.29, point 1(b), Section 4.30, point 1(b) and Section 4.31, point 1(b).
Any review of the date referred to in point (2) of Sections 4.27 and 4.28 to Annex I shall take into account the technical progress in accident-tolerant fuel commercialisation in the Union and worldwide.
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Article 3
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2022.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
Technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to climate change mitigation and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives
| TABLE OF CONTENTS | |
| 1. | Forestry |
| 1.1. | Afforestation |
| 1.2. | Rehabilitation and restoration of forests, including reforestation and natural forest regeneration after an extreme event |
| 1.3. | Forest management |
| 1.4. | Conservation forestry |
| 2. | Environmental protection and restoration activities |
| 2.1. | Restoration of wetlands |
| 3. | Manufacturing |
| 3.1. | Manufacture of renewable energy technologies |
| 3.2. | Manufacture of equipment for the production and use of hydrogen |
| 3.3. | Manufacture of low carbon technologies for transport |
| 3.4. | Manufacture of batteries |
| 3.5. | Manufacture of energy efficiency equipment for buildings |
| 3.6. | Manufacture of other low carbon technologies |
| 3.7. | Manufacture of cement |
| 3.8. | Manufacture of aluminium |
| 3.9. | Manufacture of iron and steel |
| 3.10. | Manufacture of hydrogen |
| 3.11. | Manufacture of carbon black |
| 3.12. | Manufacture of soda ash |
| 3.13. | Manufacture of chlorine |
| 3.14. | Manufacture of organic basic chemicals |
| 3.15. | Manufacture of anhydrous ammonia |
| 3.16. | Manufacture of nitric acid |
| 3.17. | Manufacture of plastics in primary form |
| 4. | Energy |
| 4.1. | Electricity generation using solar photovoltaic technology |
| 4.2. | Electricity generation using concentrated solar power (CSP) technology |
| 4.3. | Electricity generation from wind power |
| 4.4. | Electricity generation from ocean energy technologies |
| 4.5. | Electricity generation from hydropower |
| 4.6. | Electricity generation from geothermal energy |
| 4.7. | Electricity generation from renewable non-fossil gaseous and liquid fuels |
| 4.8. | Electricity generation from bioenergy |
| 4.9. | Transmission and distribution of electricity |
| 4.10. | Storage of electricity |
| 4.11. | Storage of thermal energy |
| 4.12. | Storage of hydrogen |
| 4.13. | Manufacture of biogas and biofuels for use in transport and of bioliquids |
| 4.14. | Transmission and distribution networks for renewable and low-carbon gases |
| 4.15. | District heating/cooling distribution |
| 4.16. | Installation and operation of electric heat pumps |
| 4.17. | Cogeneration of heat/cool and power from solar energy |
| 4.18. | Cogeneration of heat/cool and power from geothermal energy |
| 4.19. | Cogeneration of heat/cool and power from renewable non-fossil gaseous and liquid fuels |
| 4.20. | Cogeneration of heat/cool and power from bioenergy |
| 4.21. | Production of heat/cool from solar thermal heating |
| 4.22. | Production of heat/cool from geothermal energy |
| 4.23. | Production of heat/cool from renewable non-fossil gaseous and liquid fuels |
| 4.24. | Production of heat/cool from bioenergy |
| 4.25. | Production of heat/cool using waste heat |
| 4.26. | Pre-commercial stages of advanced technologies to produce energy from nuclear processes with minimal waste from the fuel cycle |
| 4.27. | Construction and safe operation of new nuclear power plants, for the generation of electricity or heat, including for hydrogen production, using best-available technologies |
| 4.28. | Electricity generation from nuclear energy in existing installations |
| 4.29. | Electricity generation from fossil gaseous fuels |
| 4.30. | High-efficiency co-generation of heat/cool and power from fossil gaseous fuels |
| 4.31. | Production of heat/cool from fossil gaseous fuels in an efficient district heating and cooling system |
| 5. | Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation |
| 5.1. | Construction, extension and operation of water collection, treatment and supply systems |
| 5.2. | Renewal of water collection, treatment and supply systems |
| 5.3. | Construction, extension and operation of waste water collection and treatment |
| 5.4. | Renewal of waste water collection and treatment |
| 5.5. | Collection and transport of non-hazardous waste in source segregated fractions |
| 5.6. | Anaerobic digestion of sewage sludge |
| 5.7. | Anaerobic digestion of bio-waste |
| 5.8. | Composting of bio-waste |
| 5.9. | Material recovery from non-hazardous waste |
| 5.10. | Landfill gas capture and utilisation |
| 5.11. | Transport of CO2 |
| 5.12. | Underground permanent geological storage of CO2 |
| 6. | Transport |
| 6.1. | Passenger interurban rail transport |
| 6.2. | Freight rail transport |
| 6.3. | Urban and suburban transport, road passenger transport |
| 6.4. | Operation of personal mobility devices, cycle logistics |
| 6.5. | Transport by motorbikes, passenger cars and light commercial vehicles |
| 6.6. | Freight transport services by road |
| 6.7. | Inland passenger water transport |
| 6.8. | Inland freight water transport |
| 6.9. | Retrofitting of inland water passenger and freight transport |
| 6.10. | Sea and coastal freight water transport, vessels for port operations and auxiliary activities |
| 6.11. | Sea and coastal passenger water transport |
| 6.12. | Retrofitting of sea and coastal freight and passenger water transport |
| 6.13. | Infrastructure for personal mobility, cycle logistics |
| 6.14. | Infrastructure for rail transport |
| 6.15. | Infrastructure enabling low-carbon road transport and public transport |
| 6.16. | Infrastructure enabling low carbon water transport |
| 6.17. | Low carbon airport infrastructure |
| 7. | Construction and real estate activities |
| 7.1. | Construction of new buildings |
| 7.2. | Renovation of existing buildings |
| 7.3. | Installation, maintenance and repair of energy efficiency equipment |
| 7.4. | Installation, maintenance and repair of charging stations for electric vehicles in buildings (and parking spaces attached to buildings) |
| 7.5. | Installation, maintenance and repair of instruments and devices for measuring, regulation and controlling energy performance of buildings |
| 7.6. | Installation, maintenance and repair of renewable energy technologies |
| 7.7. | Acquisition and ownership of buildings |
| 8. | Information and communication |
| 8.1. | Data processing, hosting and related activities |
| 8.2. | Data-driven solutions for GHG emissions reductions |
| 9. | Professional, scientific and technical activities |
| 9.1. | Close to market research, development and innovation |
| 9.2. | Research, development and innovation for direct air capture of CO2 |
| 9.3. | Professional services |
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