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Version date: 10 December 2019 - onwards

Article 19a EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks

DRAFT Paragraph added Article 1 Amendments to Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 as regards the scope of the rules for benchmarks, the use in the Union of benchmarks provided by an administrator located in a third country, and certain reporting requirements (Text with EEA relevance) (COM(2023) 660 final / 2023/0379 (COD)) (updated 14 November 2024 with Cover Note)

1. The requirements laid down in Annex III shall apply to the provision of, and contribution to, EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks, in addition to the requirements of Titles II, III and IV.

2. The Commission is empowered to adopt delegated acts in accordance with Article 49 to supplement this Regulation by laying down the minimum standards for EU Climate Transition Benchmarks and EU Paris-aligned Benchmarks to specify:

(a) the criteria for the choice of the underlying assets, including, where applicable, any criteria for excluding assets;

(b) the criteria and method for the weighting of the underlying assets in the benchmark;

(c) the determination of the decarbonisation trajectory for EU Climate Transition Benchmarks.

3. Benchmark administrators which provide an EU Climate Transition Benchmark or an EU Paris-aligned Benchmark shall comply with this Regulation by 30 April 2020.