Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1477 of 21 May 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the rules on the identification of authorised oil and gas producers who are required to contribute to the objective of reaching the Union target for available CO2 injection capacity by 2030, on the calculation of their respective contributions, and on their reporting obligations

• CELEX: Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1477
• Articles: 6

Article 1 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions apply:

(1)

‘authorisation holder’ means a legal entity, notified by Member States to the Commission in accordance with Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 as the holder of an authorisation as defined in Article 1, point 3, of Directive 94/22/EC, that held the relevant authorisation during the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023, or the current holder, should they differ;

(2)

‘obligated entity’ means an authorisation holder that is subject to an individual contribution to the Union-wide target for available CO 2 injection capacity set in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735;

(3)

‘excluded entity’ means an authorisation holder that is not subject to an individual contribution to the Union-wide target for available CO 2 injection capacity set in Article 20(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735.

Article 2 Additional rules for the identification of obligated entities

1.   Where an authorisation is held jointly by more than one entity, the relevant Member State shall indicate to the Commission the production volumes of each joint authorisation holder.

2.   Where, during the relevant production period, an authorisation has been transferred between obligated entities, the date of the transfer shall be the relevant point in time for the division of the production and the corresponding contribution obligation between the authorisation holders.

3.   Where an authorisation holder has ceased to legally exist by 31 December 2030 or if the relevant authorisation is transferred to a new legal entity, the contribution obligation corresponding to the relevant crude oil and natural gas production activities between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2023 falls to the subsequent authorisation holder.

Article 3 Identification of excluded entities

1.   Authorisation holders that produced less than 610 thousand tonnes of oil equivalent of natural gas and crude oil in the Union from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 and which represent a total production of natural gas and crude oil, accounting for less than 5 % of the total Union production of natural gas and crude oil over the period concerned, shall be considered excluded entities.

2.   For the purpose of Article 23(5) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735, excluded entities that operate CO 2 storage sites shall be considered as third-party storage project developers or investors in accordance with Article 23(5), point (c), of that Regulation.

Article 4 Calculation methodology of the individual pro-rata contribution of obligated entities

1.   In accordance with Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 and for the purpose of the pro-rata calculation, the production of crude oil and natural gas is normalised in kilo-tonne oil equivalent.

2.   The share of the individual pro-rata contribution of each obligated entity is calculated on the basis of the following formula in kilo-tonne oil equivalent:

(Total production 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2023 of the obligated entity) / (total production 1 January 2020 – 31 December 2023 of all obligated entities) × 100 = % of 50 million tonnes of annual CO 2 injection capacity

Article 5 Annual progress reporting by obligated entities

1.   The reports referred to in Article 23(6) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 shall contain at least the following set of information on the CO 2 storage projects under development by the entities in as much detail as possible at the state of development:

(a)

the relevant injection capacity contribution obligation(s) and the location of the relevant CO 2 storage site(s) with coordinates in a commonly used GIS file format;

(b)

the identity of the responsible deployment manager and corporate contact information, in particular for potential storage customers;

(c)

the targeted geological formation and the expected total storage capacity (in million tonnes of CO 2 ) per storage site;

(d)

the expected annual injection capacity (in million tonnes of CO 2 per year) per storage site as specified in the relevant storage permit, as well as the exspected end date of injection, and the potential expansion after 2030, if any;

(e)

the planned mode(s) of CO 2 transportation and related transportation infrastructure that will be needed from the point of hand-over  ( 3 ) to the injection site;

(f)

the planned CO 2 transportation infrastructures that will be needed to transport CO 2 to the hand-over point, including the expected start date of operation thereof, as well as the applicable CO 2 quality requirements;

(g)

the planned sources of CO 2 that are to be stored, including the providers of captured CO 2 with whom commercial agreements have been reached for the use of the relevant injection capacity during the first 5 years of operation;

(h)

the expected Final Investment Decision (FID) dates, and the expected injection capacity that will be made operationally available by the end of 2030 or earlier;

(i)

a detailed report on their stakeholder engagement activities, including specifically on the involvement of local communities and other relevant stakeholders in the CO 2 storage project development process;

(j)

a dedicated section outlining the anticipated economic, social, and climate benefits resulting from carbon capture and storage activities in the country or region where the CO 2 storage site will be developed.

2.   The information provided in the annual progress report referred to in paragraph 1 shall be kept updated between the annual reports, regarding material changes that affect either the operational storage capacities or the timeline of the relevant projects. The annual progress report shall also include a detailed description of the storage site, as necessary for the application for a storage permit in accordance with Article 7 of Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council  ( 4 ) and the timelines and conditions under which the injection capacity of the storage site will be placed on the market to comply with the contribution obligation. That information shall include a detailed roadmap of the key technical and commercial readiness milestones and decision points, as well as risks, uncertainties and mitigation strategies, which potential commercial customers would need to know to advance their own investment decisions.

3.   In line with Article 47 of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735, trade and business secrets and other sensitive confidential and classified information relevant for the reporting under paragraph 1 of this Article shall be excluded from the published version of the annual progress report.

Article 6 Entry into force

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