The Kyoto Protocol in the EU [electronic resource] : European Community and Member States under International and European Law /
Massai, Leonardo.author.
The participation of the European Community and the Member States in the international climate change regimes is a complex issue. In the case of the Kyoto Protocol, this is rendered more complicated by the fact that, for the purposes of Article 4 of the Kyoto Protocol, the membership of the European Community and Member States is frozen at a particular point in time. The result of this is that, under international law, the European Community and a part of the Member States (EU15) have agreed to jointly fulfil some of those obligations, whereas under community law all Member States share a certain degree of responsibility to meet the obligations created by the Kyoto Protocol. This book analyses in great detail the Kyoto Protocol and the obligations established, such as monitoring and reporting obligations, eligibility criteria and reduction commitments.
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The Kyoto Protocolin the EU; Preface; Contents; List of Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; Part I; 2 The EU Enlargement; 2.1...History; 2.2...Legal Basis; 2.3...The Enlargement Procedure; 2.4...The Treaty of Accession; 2.5...The Environmental Acquis; 213838_1_En_3_Chapter_OnlinePDF; 3 The International Climate Change Regime; 3.1...Climate Change; 3.2...The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC); 3.3...The Kyoto Protocol; 3.4...The Kyoto Protocol: Key Aspects; 3.5...The Kyoto Protocol: Rules of Implementation; 4 The EC and the Member States in the Kyoto Protocol
4.1...The External Competence of the European Community in the Field of Environmental Protection4.1.1 Mixed Agreements and Environmental Protection; 4.2...The EC in the International Climate Regime; 4.3...EC Greenhouse Gas Emissions Limitation and Reduction Commitments Under the Kyoto Protocol; 4.3.1 History of the EU Burden Sharing Agreement; 4.4...Greenhouse Gas Emissions in the EU; 4.5...Central and Eastern European Countries and the International Climate Regime; 4.5.1 Malta and Cyprus; 4.5.2 Certain Degree of Flexibility; 4.6...GHG Emissions Surplus in the New Member States
4.7...Article 4 of the Kyoto Protocol4.7.1 The Blocking Clause; 4.7.2 Addressing Responsibility; 4.8...Conclusions; 5 The Flexible Mechanisms of the Kyoto Protocol; 5.1...International Flexibility and Annex I Parties; 5.2...Emissions Trading; 5.3...International Emissions Trading; 5.4...EU Emissions Trading System; 5.5...Differences Between the EU ETS and IET; 5.6...The Other Flexible Mechanisms; 5.6.1 Joint Implementation; 5.6.2 Clean Development Mechanism; 5.6.3 JI and CDM Projects in the EU; 5.7...JI and CDM in Central and Eastern Europe; 5.8...Conclusions; Part II
6 EC Compliance with the International Climate Regime6.1...The Non-Compliance Regime of the Kyoto Protocol; 6.1.1 Legal Basis and Amendment Dilemma; 6.1.2 Organisation; 6.1.3 Consequences; 6.2...The Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Obligations; 6.2.1 National System; 6.2.2 GHG Annual Inventory; 6.2.3 National Communication; 6.2.4 Initial and Final Reports; 6.2.5 Registries; 6.3...Eligibility Requirements to Participate in the Flexible Mechanisms; 6.4...The Quantified Emission Limitation and Reduction Commitments (QELRCs); 6.5...Supplementarity
6.6...EC Legislation for Compliance with the Kyoto Protocol Obligations6.6.1 EU Legislation on Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Obligations; 6.6.1.1 Council Decision 280/2004/EC; 6.6.1.2 Registries; 6.6.2 EU Legislation and Eligibility Requirements; 6.6.3 EU Legislation on the Reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions; 6.7...Compliance of the EC and Member States with the Kyoto Protocol Obligations; 6.7.1 Compliance with the Monitoring, Reporting and Verification Obligations; 6.7.2 Compliance with the Eligibility Requirements; 6.7.3 Compliance with the Limitation and Reduction Commitments
6.7.4 Cases Before the Compliance Committee
Includes bibliographical references.
The participation of the European Community and the Member States in the international climate change regimes is a complex issue. In the case of the Kyoto Protocol, this is rendered more complicated by the fact that, for the purposes of Article 4 of the Kyoto Protocol, the membership of the European Community and Member States is frozen at a particular point in time. The result of this is that, under international law, the European Community and a part of the Member States (EU15) have agreed to jointly fulfil some of those obligations, whereas under community law all Member States share a certain degree of responsibility to meet the obligations created by the Kyoto Protocol. This book analyses in great detail the Kyoto Protocol and the obligations established, such as monitoring and reporting obligations, eligibility criteria and reduction commitments.
International environmental law.
Climate change.
Environmental law.
Environmental policy.
Law—Europe.
International Environmental Law.
Climate Change Management and Policy.
Environmental Law/Policy/Ecojustice.
European Law.