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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1818/article-6",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/1818",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1818 of 17 July 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1011 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards minimum standards for UK Climate Transition Benchmarks and UK Paris-aligned Benchmarks",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1818",
  "path": "article/6",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "6",
  "heading": "Companies setting and publishing GHG emission reduction targets",
  "text": "Administrators of UK Climate Transition Benchmarks and administrators of UK Paris-aligned Benchmarks may increase in those benchmarks the weight of the issuers of the constituent securities that set and publish GHG emission reduction targets, where the following conditions are fulfilled:\n(a)the issuers of the constituent securities publish consistently and accurately their Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions;\n(b)the issuers of the constituent securities have reduced their GHG intensity or, where applicable, their absolute GHG emissions, including Scope 1, 2 and 3 GHG emissions, by an average of at least 7 % per annum for at least three consecutive years.\nFor the purposes of the first subparagraph, Scope 3 GHG emissions shall be construed in accordance with the phase-in implementation period set out in Article 5.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
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      "text": "Words in Ch. 2 s. 1 substituted (18.10.2021) by The Markets in Financial Instruments, Benchmarks and Financial Promotions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1074), regs. 1(2), 6(4)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Ch. 2 s. 1 substituted (18.10.2021) by The Markets in Financial Instruments, Benchmarks and Financial Promotions (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/1074), regs. 1(2), 6(4)(b)"
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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