Second assessment of the draft technical specifications for certification under the EU CRCF

This document provides an assessment of the revised draft technical specifications for the certification of permanent carbon removals through DACCS/BioCCS under the EU CRCF provided by the European Commission, dated 12 March 2025. The revised methodology has been improved in several areas, in particular by requiring demonstration that the biomass would also be used without EU CRCF units, requiring the establishment of a full mass balance, improving equations for quantification of removals, enhancing the guidance on factors to account for uncertainty, and providing more guidance and clarity on the monitoring of relevant parameters. However, the methodology could still lead to no actual removals or significant overestimation of the amount of removals, as some key areas were not addressed. We provide recommendations for further improving the certification methodology.