Operators, aircraft operators and shipping companies will be able to offset their fossil CO2 emissions using their own certified domestic permanent carbon removal units (from storage of biogenic emissions), reducing the number of allowances they must surrender.
Operators, aircraft operators and shipping companies generating certified permanent carbon removal units are given a right, and this is not law yet.
Why it matters
This is a Commission proposal: it is not law yet, and it can change before it is.
- It is Art. 1(24)(b), inserting Art. 14(1a) of Directive 2003/87/EC, in the EU ETS revision. as of 2026-08-14
- The act gives its timing as: n/a. as of 2026-08-14
- It names one industry by name: Carbon capture and storage. as of 2026-08-14
- Compliance is checked by accredited third party, annual. as of 2026-08-14
The rule
generation of domestic permanent carbon removal units certified under Regulation (EU) 2024/3012 from biogenic emissions storage
Operators, aircraft operators and shipping companies will be able to offset their fossil CO2 emissions using their own certified domestic permanent carbon removal units (from storage of biogenic emissions), reducing the number of allowances they must surrender.
Who is affected
Burden drivers
Source text
The acts referred to in paragraph 1 shall provide for the possibility for operators, aircraft operators and shipping companies to compensate their fossil emissions with domestic permanent carbon removal units generated from the storage of their biogenic emissions under the scope of this Directive and certified under Regulation (EU) 2024/3012, while avoiding the double counting of those negative emissions.
View source →Settled later in secondary legislation. Implementing act detail on how this compensation mechanism operates is to be set under Art. 14(1), not yet finalised.