# The National Emission Ceilings Regulations 2018, Regulation 7: Trajectory of national emission reduction commitments


(1) Subject to paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must ensure that in 2025 that the total anthropogenic emissions of each of the relevant pollutants occurring within the United Kingdom do not exceed the linear reduction trajectory.
(2) Total anthropogenic emissions of a relevant pollutant may not follow the linear reduction trajectory if the Secretary of State determines it is necessary to do so because it is—
(a) economically more efficient, or
(b) technically more efficient.
(3) Where total anthropogenic emissions of a relevant pollutant do not follow the linear reduction trajectory in accordance with paragraph (2), the Secretary of State must ensure that, in 2025 and each subsequent year up to and including 2029, those emissions reduce each year.
(4) In paragraph (1), “linear reduction trajectory” means the straight linear trajectory between the national emission reduction commitments to be met in 2020 and 2030.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2018/129/regulation/7 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/national-emission-ceilings-regulations-2018/regulation-7
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