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Article 3Criteria for environmentally sustainable economic activities
CELEX 32020R0852 · Read on 2026-08-18
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For the purposes of establishing the degree to which an investment is environmentally sustainable, an economic activity shall qualify as environmentally sustainable where that economic activity:
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For the purposes of establishing the degree to which an investment is environmentally sustainable, an economic activity shall qualify as environmentally sustainable where that economic activity:
(a)
contributes substantially to one or more of the environmental objectives set out in Article 9 in accordance with Articles 10 to 16;
(b)
does not significantly harm any of the environmental objectives set out in Article 9 in accordance with Article 17;
(c)
is carried out in compliance with the minimum safeguards laid down in Article 18; and
(d)
complies with technical screening criteria that have been established by the Commission in accordance with Article 10(3), 11(3), 12(2), 13(2), 14(2) or 15(2).
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