Various types of input data, including primary and secondary data, can be used to calculate greenhouse gas emissions from transport services. The use of primary data leads to the most reliable and accurate results, and therefore should be prioritised to provide for the gradual uptake of those primary data in greenhouse gas emissions calculation processes. Primary data might be unattainable or prohibitively expensive for certain stakeholders, especially SMEs. Therefore, the use of secondary data should be allowed under clear conditions. However, in order to get a more accurate greenhouse gas emissions accounting, a Member State should be able to provide that the use of primary data be compulsory for transport operations on its territory by transport and hub entities, the number of employees of which exceeds a specific threshold set by national law, where the transport service starts and ends on its territory. In order not to hamper international transport services and the development of SMEs, Member States should not apply such a requirement to cross-border transport operations, including to transport operations in transit through their territories, or to SMEs.
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