CCS Directive to Enter into Force in EEA countries on 1 June 2013 (Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein)
The directive on the geological storage of carbon dioxide , Directive 2009/31/EC (so-called CCS Directive ), was adopted on 23 April 2009 by the EU legislator. After the clearance on 11 April 2013 by the Icelandic authorities of some constitutional requirements , the Directive is now binding on the three states of the European Economic Area Agreement (EEA Agreement), which are Norway, Iceland and Liechtenstein. Date of entry into force and deadline for transposition are 1 June 2013 . Main components of the CCS Directive The CCS Directive establishes " a legal framework for the environmentally safe geological storage of CO2 " in the European Union, as an integral part of EU's climate change policy (Art. 1.1). It regulates the whole CCS chain, i.e.: - evaluation of the available storage volumes, once decision to start storage is made by the state; - selection of the storage sites, assessment and characterisation of the suitability of the sites, ...