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 2020 on the average of its greenhouse gas emissions during 2016, 2017 and 2018 determined pursuant to paragraph 3 and 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 2020 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.