Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486 of 27 June 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, to the transition to a circular economy, to pollution prevention and control, or to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives and amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards specific public disclosures for those economic activities

The technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 are set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

The technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the transition to a circular economy and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 are set out in Annex II to this Regulation.

The technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to pollution prevention and control and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 are set out in Annex III to this Regulation.

The technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives laid down in Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2020/852 are set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.

‘6 From 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2024, non-financial undertakings shall only disclose the proportion of Taxonomy-eligible and Taxonomy non-eligible economic activities pursuant to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486 and Sections 3.18 to 3.21, Sections 6.18 to 6.20 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 and Sections 5.13, 7.8, 8.4, 9.3, 14.1 and 14.2 of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 in their total turnover, capital and operational expenditure and the qualitative information referred to in Section 1.2 of Annex I relevant for that disclosure. The key performance indicators of non-financial undertakings shall cover the economic activities set out in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486 and Sections 3.18 to 3.21, Sections 6.18 to 6.20 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 and Sections 5.13, 7.8, 8.4, 9.3, 14.1 and 14.2 of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 from 1 January 2025.

7 From 1 January 2024 until 31 December 2025, financial undertakings shall only disclose: (a) the proportion in their covered assets of exposures to Taxonomy non-eligible and Taxonomy-eligible economic activities pursuant to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486 and Sections 3.18 to 3.21, Sections 6.18 to 6.20 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 and Sections 5.13, 7.8, 8.4, 9.3, 14.1 and 14.2 of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139; (b) the qualitative information referred to in Annex XI relating to economic activities referred to in point (a). The key performance indicators of financial undertakings shall cover the economic activities set out in Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486 and Sections 3.18 to 3.21, Sections 6.18 to 6.20 of Annex I to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 and Sections 5.13, 7.8, 8.4, 9.3, 14.1 and 14.2 of Annex II to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2139 from 1 January 2026.’

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2024.