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Implementing and delegated acts - Taxonomy Regulation

Find links to implementing and delegated acts for Regulation (EU) 2020/852 (Taxonomy) on the establishment of a framework to facilitate sustainable investment.

The Taxonomy Regulation empowers the Commission to adopt delegated and implementing acts to specify how competent authorities and market participants shall comply with the obligations laid down in the directive.

The Taxonomy Regulation tasks the Commission with establishing the actual list of environmentally sustainable activities by defining technical screening criteria for each environmental objective through delegated acts.

The Commission launched an IT tool on the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities (the ‘taxonomy compass’) that will facilitate the use of the taxonomy by allowing users to navigate easily through its contents.

Complementary Climate Delegated Act

On 15 July 2022, the Complementary Climate Delegated Act including, under strict conditions, specific nuclear and gas energy activities in the list of economic activities covered by the EU taxonomy was published in the Official Journal. It applies as of January 2023. The criteria for the specific gas and nuclear activities are in line with EU climate and environmental objectives and will help accelerate the shift from solid or liquid fossil fuels, including coal, towards a climate-neutral future.

Disclosures Delegated Act

On 10 December 2021, the Delegated Act supplementing Article 8 of the Taxonomy Regulation was published in the Official Journal and is applicable from 1 January 2022. The delegated act specifies the content and presentation of information to be disclosed by undertakings subject to Article 19a or 29a of Directive 2013/34/EU (‘Accounting Directive’) concerning environmentally sustainable economic activities, and specifying the methodology to comply with that disclosure obligation.

Climate Delegated Act

On 9 December 2021, a first delegated act on sustainable activities for climate change mitigation and adaptation objectives of the EU Taxonomy (“Climate Delegated Act”) was published in the Official Journal. The delegated act is applicable from 1 January 2022.

To facilitate the use and navigation through the EU Taxonomy, the Commission launched an IT tool on the EU taxonomy for sustainable activities (the EU Taxonomy Compass). The tool allows users to navigate easily through the contents of the Climate Delegated Act.

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