{"id":2807,"date":"2024-12-06T09:30:32","date_gmt":"2024-12-06T07:30:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/2024\/12\/regulation-eu-2024-3012-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-of-27-november-2024-establishing-a-union-certification-framework-for-permanent-carbon-removals-carbon-farming-and-carbon-storag\/"},"modified":"2024-12-06T09:30:32","modified_gmt":"2024-12-06T07:30:32","slug":"regulation-eu-2024-3012-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-of-27-november-2024-establishing-a-union-certification-framework-for-permanent-carbon-removals-carbon-farming-and-carbon-storag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/2024\/12\/regulation-eu-2024-3012-of-the-european-parliament-and-of-the-council-of-27-november-2024-establishing-a-union-certification-framework-for-permanent-carbon-removals-carbon-farming-and-carbon-storag\/","title":{"rendered":"Regulation (EU) 2024\/3012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 November 2024 establishing a Union certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This Regulation establishes a voluntary Union certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products. It aims to facilitate and encourage high-quality carbon removals and soil emission reductions while ensuring environmental integrity and transparency.The Regulation creates a comprehensive framework with three main components:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Quality criteria for carbon removal activities including quantification, additionality, storage monitoring and sustainability requirements<\/li>\n<li>Certification process through independent third-party verification<\/li>\n<li>Governance system with certification schemes recognized by the European Commission and a Union registry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Key provisions include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Detailed rules for quantifying net carbon removal benefits and soil emission reductions in an accurate and conservative manner<\/li>\n<li>Requirements for activities to be additional and go beyond standard practice<\/li>\n<li>Monitoring and liability mechanisms to ensure long-term carbon storage<\/li>\n<li>Minimum sustainability criteria and co-benefits, particularly for biodiversity<\/li>\n<li>Certification through accredited certification bodies and recognized certification schemes<\/li>\n<li>Establishment of a Union registry by 2028 to track certified units and avoid double counting<\/li>\n<li>Regular review and updates of methodologies based on scientific progress<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Regulation aims to support the EU&#8217;s climate neutrality objectives under the Paris Agreement while ensuring high environmental integrity standards and avoiding greenwashing. It provides a harmonized framework that can be used by both public and private certification schemes on a voluntary basis.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/eur-lex.europa.eu\/legal-content\/AUTO\/?uri=OJ:L_202403012\"><strong>Full text by link<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This Regulation establishes a voluntary Union certification framework for permanent carbon removals, carbon farming and carbon storage in products. It aims to facilitate and encourage high-quality carbon removals and soil emission reductions while ensuring environmental integrity and transparency.The Regulation creates a comprehensive framework with three main components: Quality criteria for carbon removal activities including quantification,&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pmpro_default_level":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[13,42],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2807","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-eu-legislation-general-en","category-eu-legislation-important","pmpro-has-access"],"acf":{"patreon-level":0},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2807"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2807\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2807"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2807"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lexcovery.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2807"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}