Competent authorities of the Member State where CO2 is captured (or the first Member State of transit) must approve monitoring plans and verify emission reports for CO2 transport infrastructure, exchanging information with transit/reception Member States.

Operators of CO2 transport infrastructure / Member State competent authorities must comply, 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(11), inserting Art. 6a of Directive 2003/87/EC, in the EU ETS revision. as of 2026-08-14
The act gives its timing as: from 1 January 2031. as of 2026-08-14
It names one industry by name: Carbon capture and storage. as of 2026-08-14
Compliance is checked by competent authority, recurring. as of 2026-08-14

Addressee Operators of CO2 transport infrastructure / Member State competent authoritiesAct COM(2026) 616 final, 2026/0212 (COD)Article Art. 1(11), inserting Art. 6a of Directive 2003/87/ECClass Businesses

The rule

New — no predecessor

Trigger

CO2 transport infrastructure operating across or into Member State jurisdictions

Obligation

Competent authorities of the Member State where CO2 is captured (or the first Member State of transit) must approve monitoring plans and verify emission reports for CO2 transport infrastructure, exchanging information with transit/reception Member States.

Who is affected

Addressee

Operators of CO2 transport infrastructure / Member State competent authorities

Class

Businesses

Sectors

Names Carbon capture and fuels

Applies

from 1 January 2031

Burden drivers

D1 · D2 · D3 · D7 — 4 of 7 marks fire on this provision.

Source text

Verbatim

The competent authorities pursuant to paragraph 1 and the competent authorities of transit or reception Member States shall exchange all relevant information necessary for the approval of monitoring plans and verification of emission reports of the CO2 transport infrastructures.

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