Subject to the flexibilities provided for in Articles 5, 6 and 7, to the adjustment pursuant to Article 10(2) and taking into account any deduction resulting from the application of Article 7 of Decision No 406/2009/EC, each Member State shall ensure that its greenhouse gas emissions in each year between 2021 and 2029 do not exceed the level defined by a linear trajectory, starting in 2017 on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2016, 2017 and 2018 determined pursuant to paragraph 3and ending in 2030 on the limit set for that Member State in Annex I to this Regulation.
Ob upoštevanju prilagodljivosti iz členov 5, 6 in 7, prilagoditev na podlagi člena 10(2) ter zmanjšanja zaradi uporabe člena 7 Odločbe št. 406/2009/ES vsaka država članica zagotovi, da njene emisije toplogrednih plinov v nobenem letu v obdobju 2021–2029 ne presežejo ravni, določene z linearnim zmanjšanjem krivulje, ki se začne leta 2017 na osnovi povprečja emisij toplogrednih plinov v letih 2016, 2017 in 2018, določenih v skladu z odstavkom 3, konča pa leta 2030 na ravni, določeni za navedeno državo članico v Prilogi I k tej uredbi.