# 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, Article 8: Change in GHG intensity and absolute GHG emissions

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

1. The change in GHG intensity or absolute GHG emissions shall be calculated as the percentage change between, on the one hand, the weighted average GHG intensity or absolute GHG emissions of all constituents of the UK Climate Transition Benchmark or the UK Paris-aligned Benchmark at the end of year ‘n’ and, on the other hand, the weighted average GHG intensity or absolute GHG emissions of all constituents of the benchmarks at the end of year n-1.
2. Benchmark administrators shall use a new base year whenever significant changes in the calculation methodology of GHG intensity or absolute GHG emissions occur.
For the purposes of the first subparagraph, a new base year shall mean the year against which the decarbonisation trajectory referred to in Article 7 is calculated.
The selection of a new base year shall be without prejudice to the rules laid down in Article 7(5).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2020/1818/article/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1818/article-8
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