Study to support the review and evaluation of Directive 2009/31/EC on the geological storage of carbon dioxide (CCS Directive) : final report

This report presents the consultants work in supporting the Commission in their review of the CCS Directive. The objective of the work presented in this study was to effectively carry out an interim evaluation of the Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Directive, including consideration of the Directive under the new Regulatory Fitness and Performance programme (REFIT). The evaluation has been structured against a set of questions defined in the terms of reference for this work and structured under the standard European Commission (EC) evaluation headings (effectiveness, relevance, efficiency, coherence, EU added value, utility and sustainability). These questions have been answered via a combination of literature review and stakeholder input. Stakeholder input has been via an online survey, interviews, written submissions, two stakeholder meetings and focus groups. This report has been structured using the evaluation headings with the information and opinions for each method presented under each individual question. This enables readers to quickly see all the information collected on each question. The report concludes with detailed conclusions on each addressed question.