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Official TranscriptOfficial Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/1479 25.7.2025 COMMISSION DECISION(EU) 2025/1479 of 22 May 2025 specifying the pro rata contributions to the Union CO injection capacity objective by 2030 from 2 entities holding an authorisation as defined in Article 1, point 3, of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the...
Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2025/1479 25.7.2025 COMMISSION DECISION(EU) 2025/1479 of 22 May 2025 specifying the pro rata contributions to the Union CO injection capacity objective by 2030 from 2 entities holding an authorisation as defined in Article 1, point 3, of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 June 2024 on establishing a framework of measures for strengthening Europe’s net-zero technology manufacturing ecosystem and amending Regulation (EU) 2018/1724(1), and in particular Article 23(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Articles 20(1) and Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 provide that entities which produced natural gas and crude oil on the territory of the Union between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2023 are to contribute to the Union-wide target of 50 million tonnes of CO injection capacity by 2030.
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(2) Member States were required, pursuant to Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735, to report to the Commission by 30 September 2024 the entities to which they had granted authorisations for the production of natural gas and crude oil, and the production volumes of those entities between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2023.
(3) All Member States reported information on every individual authorisation as defined in Article 1, point 3, of Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2) on their territory, such as which entity or entities held the authorisation, the production volume of those entities for the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023, and the split of the production volumes between those entities in the event that more than one entity held the authorisation. The information on authorisations was communicated using a standardised form, and Member States sent one form per authorisation. In addition, several Member States also sent the aggregated production volume for the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 for all entities holding at least one authorisation on the respective Member State’s territory.
(4) The Commission has verified the completeness of the reports, and the comparability of the data provided. Where necessary, it requested the Member States to provide any missing information and to clarify the data supplied. Where Member States sent both the standardised forms per authorisation and the aggregated production per entity, the Commission relied on the latter. Where Member States were not able to calculate the production per authorisation, the Commission agreed to only rely on the aggregated production per entity. After obtaining the relevant production data from all Member States, the Commission cross-referenced it with external sources, to determine the Union’s total crude oil and natural gas production in the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023.
(5) Following the receipt of the reports referred to in Article 23(2) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735, and in accordance with the rules set out in Article 4 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1477(3), the Commission is to specify the amount of the contributions of obligated entities.
(1) OJ L, 2024/1735, 28.6.2024, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2024/1735/oj.
(2) Directive 94/22/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 1994 on the conditions for granting and using authorizations for the prospection, exploration and production of hydrocarbons (OJ L 164, 30.6.1994, p. 3, ELI: http://data.europa.
eu/eli/dir/1994/22/oj).
(3) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2025/1477 of 21 May 2025 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2024/1735 of the European Parliament and of the Council by specifying the rules on the identification of authorised oil and gas producers who are required to contribute to the objective of reaching the Union target for available CO injection capacity by 2030, on the calculation of their 2 respective contributions, and on their reporting obligations (OJ L, 2025/1477, 25.7.2025, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_del/2025/ 1477/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1479/oj 1/8EN OJ L, 25.7.2025
(6) It is therefore necessary for the Commission to specify the amount of the contributions to the Union CO injection 2 capacity objective by 2030 from the entities referred to in Article 23(1) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735.
(7) In accordance with Article 23(4) of Regulation (EU) 2024/1735, by 30 June 2025, the authorisation holders are to submit to the Commission a plan specifying in detail how they intend to meet their contribution to the Union CO 2 injection capacity objective by 2030. In order to allow authorisation holders time to prepare and submit that plan by 30 June 2025, this Decision should enter into force as a matter of urgency,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1 Authorisation holders whose combined production of crude oil and natural gas in the Union amounted to 95 % of the volume of crude oil and natural gas produced in the Union in the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 shall be considered obligated entities. Those obligated entities shall be subject to the contribution obligations as set out in Annex 1.
Article 2 Authorisation holders with production volumes of crude oil and natural gas that made up 5 % of the cumulative Union production volumes of crude oil and natural gas in the period from 1 January 2020 to 31 December 2023 shall be considered excluded entities. Those excluded entities are listed in Annex 2.
Article 3 This Decision shall enter into force on the day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 22 May 2025.
For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN 2/8 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1479/ojEN OJ L, 25.7.2025 ANNEX 1 List of obligated entities referred to in Article 1 and their respective contribution obligations to the Union CO injection capacity objective by 2030 2 Operational CO injection 2 capacity contribution No Obligated entities Local tax registration number obligation by 2030 (in thousand tonnes per annum) 1 Nederlandse Aardolie Maatschappij B.V. NL003014861B01 6 350 2 OMV PETROM SA RO 1590082 5 880 3 S.N.G.N ROMGAZ S.A. RO 14056826 4 120 4 ORLEN S.A. (poprzednio Polskie Górnictwo 7740001454 4 100 Naftowe i Gazownictwo S.A.) 5 Eni S.A. 00484960588 3 230 6 Wintershall Dea Deutschland GmbH DE 814756974 1 980 7 TotalEnergies EP Nederland B.V. NL001766971B01 1 590 8 MOL Magyar Olaj- és Gázipari Nyrt. 10625790-4-44 1 560 9 SHELL ITALIA E&P 05160421003 1 550 10 BlueNord Energy Denmark A/S 78342714 1 340 11 Oldenburgische Erdölgesellschaft mbH DE 204823786 1 270 12 NAM Offshore B.V. NL863955058B01 1 220 13 INA-INDUSTRIJA NAFTE, d.d OIB-27759560625 1 150 14 TotalEnergies EP Danmark A/S concessionaire 22757318 1 130 15 OMV Austria ATU57544036 960 16 Eni Energy Netherlands B.V. NL001649103B01 880 17 TOTALENERGIES EP ITALIA 10569621005 830 18 Neptune Energy Deutschland GmbH DE 811127999 770 19 Nordsøfonden 29435065 730 20 BEB Erdgas und Erdöl GmbH & Co. KG DE 282430970 630 21 Petrogas E&P Netherlands B.V. NL007409825B01 580 22 Nephin Energy Limited 3514113IH 550 23 ENI MEDITERRANEA IDROCARBURI 12300000150 510 24 Vermilion Energy Corrib Ireland Limited 8249996O 470 25 Rockrose (NL) CS1 B.V. NL001799782B01 450 26 Vermilion Energy Netherlands B.V. NL812927254B01 450 27 TotalEnergies Denmark ASW, Filial af TotalEnergies 53592716 440 Denmark ASW, INC., USA 28 MITSUI E&P ITALIA B 11835991008 420 29 ENERGEAN ITALY 10245700967 410
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1479/oj 3/8EN OJ L, 25.7.2025 Operational CO injection 2 capacity contribution No Obligated entities Local tax registration number obligation by 2030 (in thousand tonnes per annum) 30 Mobil Erdgas und Erdöl GmbH DE 811140133 400 31 VERMILION REP 79410964837 390 32 Lakocsa Koncessziós Kft. 25500002-2-44 390 33 Kistos NL2 B.V. NL855336717B01 370 34 Exxonmobil Producing Netherlands B.V. NL814970175B01 330 35 ONE-Dyas B.V. NL008848087B01 330 36 Vermilion Energy Germany GmbH & Co. KG DE 292 126 532 320 37 Wintershall Noordzee B.V. NL005614260B01 310 38 TAQA Offshore B.V. NL814079386B01 290 39 INEOS Energy (Syd Arne) ApS 73589118 250 40 Black Sea Oil & Gas S.A. RO 21288144 250 41 INEOS E&P A/S 73349613 250 42 Vermilion Energy Ireland Limited 6602191R 240 43 Dana Petroleum Netherlands B.V. NL005658214B01 170 44 B8 Sp. z o.o. BALTIC Sp. k. a. 5833163579 160 4/8 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1479/ojEN OJ L, 25.7.2025 ANNEX 2 List of excluded entities referred to in Article 2 Excluded entities AB „LOTOS Geonafta“ ADX VIE GmbH AIMAG ALPHA METAL OIL AND GAS SRL AMROMCO ENERGY S.R.L.
APENNINE ENERGY ARMAX GAZ SA Bendra Lietuvos–Švedijos įmonė uždaroji akcinė bendrovė „Genčių nafta“ BRENT EXPLORATION & PRODUCTION S.R.L.
BRIDGE ENERGIES CANOEL ITALIA CEPSA E.P. ESPAÑA, S.L.
CH LIZZANO 4 CNWL Oil España, S.A.U.
Csanád Szénhidrogén Koncessziós Kft.
DACIAN PETROLEUM S.A.
Danoil Exploration A/S Darany Energy Kft.
DNO North Sea (U.K.) Limited EAST WEST PETROLEUM CORPORATION EDISON STOCCAGGIO EMSZ Első Magyar Szénhidrogén Koncessziós Kft.
ENERGEAN OIL & GAS S.A ENERGEAN SICILIA ENGAS s.r.o.
Eni Energy Participation Netherlands B.V.
Folyópart Energia Kft.
FORA OIL AND GAS SRL FORAJ SONDE SA – CRAIOVA GAS PLUS DACIA SRL GAS PLUS ITALIANA GAZKOP-1 Sp. z o. o.
GAZKOP-WILCHWY Sp. z o.o.
GAZONOR BENELUX
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1479/oj 5/8EN OJ L, 25.7.2025 Excluded entities Gazprom International UK Ltd GEOENERGO d.o.o.
GÉOPÉTROL Green Gas DPB, a.s.
HEXUM Földgáz Zrt.
HEYCO ENERGY IBERIA SLU HHE DrávaP Koncessziós Kft.
HHE Gyulavari Kft.
HHE Sarkad Kft.
INEOS E&P Siri (UK) Limited IPC PETROLEUM IRMINIO KARBONIA S.A.
KMSZ Kelet-Magyarországi Szénhidrogén Koncessziós Kft.
LAMA GAS & OIL s.r.o.
LAZZI GAS LFDE Lietuvos ir Danijos uždaroji akcinė bendrovė „MINIJOS NAFTA“ LOTOS Petrobaltic S.A.
Magyar Földgáztároló Zrt.
Magyar Horizont Energia Kft.
Mazarine Energy Romania S.R.L.
Mercuria Hydrocarbons B.V.
MND a.s.
Mogyoród Koncessziós Kft.
MOL Dráva Szénhidrogén Koncessziós Kft.
NAFTA a.s.
NAFTA Speicher GmbH & Co. KG O&GD Central Kft.
OELWEG OGD Berettyóújfalu Koncessziós Kft.
OGD Újléta Koncessziós Kft.
Oil and Gas Exploration and Production Plc.
OIL AND GAS SKILLS S.A.
OILFIELD EXPLORATION BUSINESS SOLUTIONS S.A.
ONEO GmbH & Co. KG ORLEN Upstream Sp. z o.o.
6/8 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1479/ojEN OJ L, 25.7.2025 Excluded entities Parkmead (E&P) Ltd.
PETRO VENTURES RESOURCES SRL Petroceltic Bulgaria EOOD PETROLEUM OIL & GAS ESPAÑA, SA PETROREP ITALIANA S.R.L. IN LIQUIDAZIONE Production North Sea Netherlands Ltd.
PSE Kinsale Energy Ltd PSE Seven Heads Ltd PSP d.o.o.
PXOG Massey Limited RAFFLES ENERGY SRL RAG Austria AG REP GmbH REPSOL INVESTIGACIONES PETROLÍFERAS, S.A Rhein Petroleum GmbH Rockrose (NL) CS5 B.V.
Römermann Insolvenzverwalter Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft mbH S.C. BRENT OIL S.R.L.
S.C. FORAJ SONDE S.A. – VIDELE S.C. HUNT OIL COMPANY OF ROMANIA S.R.L.
S.C. Lotus Petrol S.R.L.
S.C. MIHOC OIL S.R.L.
S.C. NIS PETROL S.R.L.
S.C. SERINUS ENERGY S.A.
SIM Sociedad de Hidrocarburos de Euskadi, S.A. (SHESA) SOCIETÀ DI SALSOMAGGIORE S.R.L. IN LIQUIDAZIONE SOCIETÀ PADANA ENERGIA SOCOPLUS SPPE Stratum Energy Romania LLC Tápió Szénhidrogén Koncessziós Kft.
TARBA ENERGIA, SL Tenaz Energy Netherlands Offshore B.V.
Tenaz Energy Netherlands Offshore II B.V.
TÉT-3 GÁZKÚT Kft.
TXM Olaj- és Gázkutató Kft.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1479/oj 7/8EN OJ L, 25.7.2025 Excluded entities UAB „LL investicijos“ UAB „Manifoldas“ UNION FENOSA GAS EXPLORACION Y PRODUCCION, SA Vermilion Exploration and Production Ireland Limited Vermilion Hungary Battonya-dél Koncessziós Kft.
Wintershall Dea International GmbH Wintershall Nordzee B.V.
ZENITH RESOURCES SRL ZOK Sp. z o.o.
8/8 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/1479/oj