On 26 February 2024 the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) of Germany announced key points of its Carbon Management Strategy, which include amendments to the legislative framework to authorise industrial carbon capture and storage or use. Draft amendments to the Carbon Dioxide Storage Act would rename it the Carbon Dioxide Storage and Transport Act and include amendments to provide for industrial carbon capture and storage in the exclusive economic zone (EEZ) or the continental shelf of Germany (Carbon Dioxide Storage Act (Draft Amendment), Sections 2(2)-2(3)), excluding Marine Protected Areas (Carbon Dioxide Storage Act (Draft Amendment), Section 13(9)). A clarified and uniform approval regime for carbon dioxide pipelines is also foreseen (Carbon Dioxide Storage Act (Draft Amendment), Sections 2(1), 3(6)).
The key points also note that Germany intends to ratify the 2009 Amendments to the London Protocol (not yet in force) and will amend its domestic implementing legislation, the High Seas Dumping Act. For more information, see the press release.
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