Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/893of 24 April 2026setting out annual limit values for net greenhouse gas removals of Member States for the period 2026-2029 pursuant to Article 4(5) Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council(Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/893 of 24 April 2026 setting out annual limit values for net greenhouse gas removals of Member States for the period 2026-2029 pursuant to Article 4(5) Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p.1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/841/oj. , and in particular Article 4(5) thereof, Whereas: (1) In 2025, the Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency, carried out a comprehensive review of the national greenhouse gas inventory data submitted by the Member States for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018, as well as 2021, 2022 and 2023, in accordance with Article 38(1a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/1999/oj). . The reviewed inventory data are the basis for the calculation of Member States’ linear trajectories with the annual limit values. (2) The linear trajectory for each Member State is a straight line. Its starting value in the year 2022 equals to the average value of the reviewed annual inventory data for the years 2021, 2022 and 2023 as submitted in 2025. The ending value in the year 2030 equals to the value obtained by adding the value of the Member State’s target from column C of Annex IIa to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 to the average value of the reviewed annual inventory data for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 as submitted in 2025. (3) The annual limit values for the years 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 for each Member State are the values that are located on the linear trajectory of that Member State for each of those years. (4) With regard to the compliance check and after the comprehensive review of the national greenhouse gas inventory data to be carried out in 2032, it is appropriate to adjust the linear trajectory for Member States that changed the methodology for calculation of their national inventory data as set out in Article 14(1a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841. For the Member States concerned, the starting value and the ending value of their linear trajectory are to be adjusted by the respective methodological adjustment established on the basis of the greenhouse gas inventory to be submitted in 2032.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The annual limit values for the years 2026, 2027, 2028 and 2029 for each Member State pursuant to Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 shall apply as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States. Done at Brussels, 24 April 2026. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen

Annex

ANNEX Annual limit values for each Member State pursuant to Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent)2026202720282029Belgium-695624-773458-851292-929125Bulgaria-8833749-8991605-9149461-9307318Czechia-2272311-3103862-3935414-4766965Denmark321044463863606682749502Germany39404213364265523344889230471231Estonia1144322122436213044021384442Ireland3619749354072734617053382682Greece-5048152-5116023-5183893-5251763Spain-57916969-58826443-59735916-60645389France-48537844-49040499-49543154-50045809Croatia-5707271-5778524-5849777-5921030Italy-48182282-48164246-48146210-48128173Cyprus-162470-169008-175545-182082Latvia920510117707-685096-1487900Lithuania-6250912-6375424-6499937-6624449Luxembourg-596858-569072-541287-513501Hungary-6043740-6064428-6085117-6105806Malta261127-6-139Netherlands3761601381423138668603919490Austria-1566484-2288253-3010021-3731790Poland-39191942-40942192-42692441-44442690Portugal1217974177894723399202900893Romania-44867519-44832438-44797358-44762278Slovenia-1865230-1243913-622597-1280Slovakia-4709883-4468794-4227705-3986617Finland41657052222902280100-1662702Sweden-41962018-43998194-46034371-48070547