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(2) To reach this target, the Commission adopted a Roadmap for moving to a competitive low carbon economy in 2050, which was noted by the Council in its Conclusions of 17 May 2011, and endorsed by the European Parliament in its Resolution of 15 March 2012. In that Roadmap, the Commission laid out a cost-effective way of achieving the necessary overall emission reductions in the Union by 2050. That roadmap establishes the sectoral contributions needed in six areas. Non-CO_(2) emissions, including fluorinated greenhouse gases but excluding non-CO_(2) emissions from agriculture, should be reduced by 72 % to 73 % by 2030 and by 70 % to 78 % by 2050, compared to 1990 levels. If based on the reference year 2005, a reduction in non-CO_(2) emissions, except those from agriculture, of 60 % to 61 % by 2030 is required. Fluorinated greenhouse gas emissions were estimated at 90 million tonnes (Mt) of CO_(2) equivalent in 2005. A 60 % reduction means that emissions would have to be reduced to approximately 35 Mt of CO_(2) equivalent by 2030. Given estimated emissions of 104 Mt of CO_(2) equivalent in 2030 based on the full application of current Union legislation, a further decrease of approximately 70 Mt of CO_(2) equivalent is required.

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