Preamble
Chapter 1 - SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS (Article 1-3) 3
Chapter 2 - SELECTION OF STORAGE SITES AND EXPLORATION PERMITS (Article 4-5) 2
Chapter 3 - STORAGE PERMITS (Article 6-11) 6
Chapter 4 - OPERATION, CLOSURE AND POST-CLOSURE OBLIGATIONS (Article 12-20) 9
Chapter 5 - THIRD-PARTY ACCESS (Article 21-22) 2
Chapter 6 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (Article 23-30) 9
Chapter 7 - AMENDMENTS (Article 32-37) 6
Chapter 8 - FINAL PROVISIONS (Article 38-41) 4
Annexes 2
- Annex I - CRITERIA FOR THE CHARACTERISATION AND ASSESSMENT OF THE POTENTIAL STORAGE COMPLEX AND SURROUNDING AREA REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(3)
- Annex II - CRITERIA FOR ESTABLISHING AND UPDATING THE MONITORING PLAN REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 13(2) AND FOR POST-CLOSURE MONITORING

exploration

Definitions over time (1)

04/07/2018 – today applies on 12/11/2026 Article 3, Directive 2009/31/EC Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:

‘exploration’ means the assessment of potential storage complexes for the purposes of geologically storing CO_{2} by means of activities intruding into the subsurface such as drilling to obtain geological information about strata in the potential storage complex and, as appropriate, carrying out injection tests in order to characterise the storage site;