Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2003 of 6 August 2021 supplementing Directive (EU) 2018/2001

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Outline, 8 provisions

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Article 1

This Regulation establishes the Union renewable development platform (‘URDP’) to facilitate statistical transfers for the purposes of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, and to facilitate the achievement of the Union target set out in Article 3(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and of each Member State’s contribution to that target in accordance with Article 3(2) of that Directive.

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Article 2

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

(1)

‘statistical transfer’ means the transfer of the statistical value, without requiring a physical transfer, of a specified amount of energy from renewable sources as reported under Annex B, point 5 to Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy statistics (5) from one Member State to another Member State, which amount is deducted from the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account in calculating the renewable energy share of the Member State making the transfer and added to the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account in calculating the renewable energy share of the Member State accepting the transfer;

(2)	‘buying Member State’ means a Member State that enters into a statistical transfer agreement to buy a certain statistical quantity of renewable energy from another Member State which is added to the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account in calculating the former Member State’s renewable energy share pursuant to Article 8(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

(3)	‘selling Member State’ means a Member State that enters into a statistical transfer agreement to sell a certain statistical quantity of renewable energy to another Member State which is deducted from the amount of energy from renewable sources that is taken into account in calculating the former Member State’s renewable energy share pursuant to Article 8(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

(4)	‘additional conditions’ means criteria, beyond the timing, price and volume of a statistical transfer, that Member States may choose to attach to a statistical transfer agreement;

(5)	‘energy from renewable sources’ or ‘renewable energy’ means energy from renewable sources or renewable energy as defined in Article 2(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

(6)	‘statistical transfer volume’ or ‘volume’ means the transferred volume of renewable energy to be deducted from the selling Member State’s statistical accounts and added to those of the buying Member State pursuant to Article 8(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.

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Article 3

The URDP aims to facilitate statistical transfers of energy from renewable sources for the purposes of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and to facilitate the achievement of the Union target set out in Article 3(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and of each Member State’s contribution to that target established in accordance with Article 3(2) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001.
The URDP shall:

(a)	identify potential opportunities for statistical transfers among Member States by providing aggregated information on:(i)Member States which have exceeded or are expected to exceed their renewable contribution or target and thus potentially have excess renewable statistical amounts to be transferred to another Member State;(ii)Member States which have fallen short or are expected to fall short of their renewable contribution or target and could therefore be potentially in deficit of renewable statistical amounts;
(i)	Member States which have exceeded or are expected to exceed their renewable contribution or target and thus potentially have excess renewable statistical amounts to be transferred to another Member State;
(ii)	Member States which have fallen short or are expected to fall short of their renewable contribution or target and could therefore be potentially in deficit of renewable statistical amounts;

(a)

identify potential opportunities for statistical transfers among Member States by providing aggregated information on:(i)Member States which have exceeded or are expected to exceed their renewable contribution or target and thus potentially have excess renewable statistical amounts to be transferred to another Member State;(ii)Member States which have fallen short or are expected to fall short of their renewable contribution or target and could therefore be potentially in deficit of renewable statistical amounts;

(i)

Member States which have exceeded or are expected to exceed their renewable contribution or target and thus potentially have excess renewable statistical amounts to be transferred to another Member State;

(ii)

Member States which have fallen short or are expected to fall short of their renewable contribution or target and could therefore be potentially in deficit of renewable statistical amounts;

(b)	include information provided by Member States on supply and demand for statistical transfers of renewable energy, including volume, price and time frame as well as any additional conditions for the transfer;

(c)	facilitate agreements on statistical transfers between Member States through a non-binding matching mechanism of demand for and supply of statistical transfers between Member States and by providing contact points in Member States to enter into discussions on agreements;

(d)	provide access to guidance material assisting Member States in concluding statistical transfers;

(e)	increase transparency on concluded statistical transfer agreements by providing key information on those transfers, including information about volumes, prices and timing as well as the related statistical transfer agreement documents, where they are publicly available.

In addition to the objectives set out in paragraph 2, the URDP may provide any other functionality relating to the process of statistical transfers of energy from renewable sources to contribute to the objective set out in paragraph 1.

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Article 4

The URDP shall facilitate the conclusion between Member States of statistical transfer agreements by identifying potential opportunities for statistical transfers on the basis of aggregated energy quantities available for statistical transfers.
Those potential opportunities may be identified on the basis of an estimation of expected energy quantities available for statistical transfers per country until 2030 derived from publicly available information, including the integrated national energy and climate plans, their updates and the integrated national energy and climate progress reports submitted by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and third-party assessments.

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Article 5

Member States may, on a voluntary basis, submit to the URDP annual data indicating the quantities of their supply and demand for statistical transfers of energy from renewable sources, including:

(a)	the volume of energy from renewable sources which they seek to buy or sell from or to another Member State through a statistical transfer, including, as applicable, any fixed or flexible volume component;

(b)	the indication of a price or a price range at which they would accept to buy or sell any excess production of energy from renewable sources from or to another Member State through a statistical transfer, including as applicable, any fixed or flexible price component;

(c)	the time frame for which a statistical transfer may be concluded, including, as applicable, a single year or several years, the previous or current year or other future years;

(d)	any other additional conditions or priorities to be attached to the statistical transfer.

Statistical transfer volumes shall be provided in ‘ktoe’ (thousand tonnes of oil equivalent), ‘GWh’ (Gigawatt-hour), ‘TJ’ (Terajoules) or other equivalent energy unit. When a conversion takes place from mass or volume, the corresponding calorific value shall also be included. The quantity of energy from renewable sources subject to the statistical transfer shall be rounded to 3 decimal points.
The data provided by a Member State shall not constitute any legal obligation on this Member State to enter into an agreement with another Member State. It shall only serve for information purposes to facilitate negotiations between Member States. The data shall only be available on the URDP to other Member States and to the Commission.
The URDP shall include a matching mechanism for the purposes of matching supply and demand as indicated by Member States and identifying potential transfers of energy from renewable sources with other Member States.
Any potential transfers identified by the URDP matching mechanism shall be non-binding and shall only serve for information purposes regarding the conclusion of statistical transfer agreements between Member States.

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Article 6

Member States shall specify to the Commission the persons authorised to have access to the URDP. Access shall only be denied to those persons where it is considered justified in terms of numbers or function of such persons.
Member States shall each designate a contact point in charge of statistical transfers of energy from renewable sources, submit the information to the URDP and update it as necessary. The URDP shall make the information about the contact points of each Member State available.

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Article 7

The Commission shall provide guidance materials about the URDP and its use to assist Member States in concluding statistical transfers, including a user manual on statistical transfers.
On the URDP the Commission may provide access to additional resources and information related to the URDP, including an agreement template, articles and reports in the field of statistical transfers of energy from renewable sources.
The Commission shall make available on the URDP information on statistical transfer agreements concluded on it, including their timing, volume, price, additional conditions and the related statistical transfer agreement, as well as information on the timing, volume and the participating Member States with regard to statistical transfer agreements concluded on the basis of Article 8 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 as well as on Article 6 of Directive 2009/28/EC outside the platform.

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Article 8

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

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