Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/1834 of 3 December 2020 on greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the year 2018 for each Member State
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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC, and in particular Article 19(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council lays down annual emission allocations for each Member State for each year of the period 2013 to 2020 and a mechanism to annually assess compliance with those limits. Member States’ annual emission allocations expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent are contained in Commission Decision 2013/162/EU. The adjustments to the annual emission allocations for each Member State are set in Commission Implementing Decision 2013/634/EU.
(2) Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 provides for a procedure for the review of Member States’ greenhouse gas emissions inventories for the purpose of assessing compliance with Decision No 406/2009/EC. The comprehensive review referred to in Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 was carried out on the basis of the 2018 emissions data reported to the Commission in April 2020 in accordance with the procedures laid down in Chapter III of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014 and Annex XVI to that Regulation.
(3) The total amount of greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC for the year 2018 for each Member State should take into consideration the technical corrections and revised estimates calculated during the comprehensive review as contained in the final review reports drawn up pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EU) No 749/2014.
(4) This Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication in order to be aligned with the provisions of Article 19(7) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 which sets the date of publication of this Decision as the starting point for the four-month period when Member States are allowed to use the flexibility mechanisms under Decision No 406/2009/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The total sum of greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC for each Member State for the year 2018 arising from the corrected inventory data upon completion of the comprehensive review referred to in Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 is set out in the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 3 December 2020. For the Commission The President Ursula von der Leyen
ANNEX
ANNEX
Member State Greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2018 covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent) Belgium 74253859 Bulgaria 26339231 Czechia 60616480 Denmark 33142443 Germany 434047773 Estonia 6121701 Ireland 45378559 Greece 44694510 Spain 203029778 France 342199873 Croatia 16219173 Italy 278729729 Cyprus 4162760 Latvia 9126902 Lithuania 14283074 Luxembourg 9075522 Hungary 43249947 Malta 1383374 The Netherlands 99731984 Austria 50336566 Poland 213033372 Portugal 40571864 Romania 77639310 Slovenia 11033844 Slovakia 21065066 Finland 29921574 Sweden 31400231 United Kingdom 329880406