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Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1409 of 4 July 2023 instructing the Central Administrator of the Union Registry to return to the Member States and the United Kingdom the Union surplus at the end of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol

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Contents
  1. Preamble
  2. Sole Article
  3. ANNEX
  4. ANNEX

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2015/1339 of 13 July 2015 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder, and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) The Union concluded the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Doha Amendment established a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, starting on 1 January 2013 and ending on 31 December 2020.

(2) In accordance with Article 4 of Decision (EU) 2015/1339, all assigned amount units issued for the second commitment period available in the Union registry after the Union has complied with its obligation laid down in Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council and after any transfer of assigned amount units pursuant to implementing acts adopted on the basis of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 has been carried out (Union surplus) shall be returned to the Member States at the end of the second commitment period.

(3) After transferring the applicable share of proceeds to the Adaptation Fund, there is a net Union surplus in the Union Registry of 2215147885 assigned amount units. These units should be returned to the Member States and the United Kingdom in accordance with the rules set out in Article 4(2) of Decision (EU) 2015/1339.

(4) The Commission should instruct the central administrator of the Union Registry to return the units to the Member States and the United Kingdom,

HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Sole Article

The Commission instructs the central administrator of the Union Registry to return to the accounts of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom the assigned amount units set out in Annex.

Done at Brussels, 4 July 2023. For the Commission Frans Timmermans Executive Vice-President

ANNEX

ANNEX

Member State Allocated Union surplus assigned amount units Austria 13779438 Belgium 21010620 Bulgaria 129595427 Croatia 7379327 Cyprus 1611575 Czechia 136916575 Denmark 13496692 Estonia 52162070 Finland 8895367 France 102390482 Germany 200540800 Greece 16329385 Hungary 110193391 Ireland 11665373 Italy 81862104 Latvia 41199008 Lithuania 72359623 Luxembourg 2472803 Malta 315853 Netherlands 31245242 Poland 306866601 Portugal 13660512 Romania 503842880 Slovakia 77068229 Slovenia 3376854 Spain 60009461 Sweden 13580833 United Kingdom 181321357

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  1. 2023-07-04

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