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The transboundary transportation of CO 2 gives rise to international legal issues not faced in other standalone Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) projects or domestic projects. While the EU CCS Directive establishes a framework for CCS, it does not address transboundary transportation with specificity. Moreover, unlike the U.S. and Canada, where a federal 'hook' enables streamlined regulation of transboundary CO 2 pipelines, such a regime is lacking in the EU currently. This will require participating Member States to agree a statutory framework for CO 2 transport, which addresses issues at the international, national and local levels of law. In this paper, several key issues for developing and resolving legal issues around ownership and risk are examined using a 'pilot' project to explore specific examples of this. Further, potential partnership arrangements from a legal and policy perspective, and in the penultimate section, communication plan is advanced, which sets out key issues to be addressed with Member States when partnerships must be established. Finally, while this research presents a legal perspective on the next steps for risk and ownership for CO 2 transport, the analysis was developed with an interdisciplinary research team and further through key industry stakeholder meetings.