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►B COMMISSION DECISION of 14 December 2006 determining the respective emission levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 6468) (2006/944/EC) (OJ L 358, 16.12.2006, p.87)





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COMMISSION DECISION

of 14 December 2006

determining the respective emission levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC

(notified under document number C(2006) 6468)

(2006/944/EC)







THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES, Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, Having regard to Council Decision 2002/358/EC of 25 April 2002 concerning the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder ( 1 ), and in particular Article 3 thereof, Whereas: (1) Annex II to Decision 2002/358/EC sets quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments for the purpose of determining the ►C1 respective emission levels ◄ allocated to the Community and its Member States subject to Article 4 of the Kyoto Protocol. Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol sets quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments for the purpose of determining the emission levels allocated to the Member States that acceded to the Community after 25 April 2002, except Cyprus and Malta which do not yet have quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol. (2) The ►C1 respective emission levels ◄ allocated to the Community and its Member States, expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, are determined in the Annex to this Decision. These emission levels are calculated on the basis of the revised base-year emissions data submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 23 of Commission Decision 2005/166/EC of 10 February 2005 laying down rules implementing Decision 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol ( 2 ), multiplied by the quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments set out in Annex II to Decision 2002/358/EC and Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol, multiplied by five, to represent the five years of the Protocol's first commitment period. (3) In accordance with Article 3 of Decision 2002/358/EC, the assigned amounts of the Community and of each Member State have to be equal to their respective emission level determined in the Annex to this Decision. (4) The revision of emissions data for the base-year under the Kyoto Protocol, submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 23 of Decision 2005/166/EC, required a recalculation resulting in an arithmetic difference of ►C1 11 403 608 tonnes ◄ of carbon dioxide equivalent between the assigned amount for the European Community and the sum of the assigned amounts of the Member States listed in Annex II to Decision 2002/358/EC. This difference should be issued as assigned amount units by the Community. Whereas: ▼C1 ▼B ►C1 (5) ◄ Any changes in the final emission levels of the Community and its Member States resulting from the review of the emission levels pursuant to Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol should be specified through an amendment to this Decision. ►C1 (6) ◄ The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:







Article 1

The ►C1 respective emission levels ◄ in terms of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent allocated to the Community and to Member States for the first quantified emission limitation and reduction commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol are set out in the Annex.

Article 2

The difference of ►C1 11 403 608 tonnes ◄ of carbon dioxide equivalent between the emission levels of the Community and the sum of the emission levels of the Member States listed in Annex II to Decision 2002/358/EC shall be issued as assigned amount units by the Community.

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Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.









ANNEX

►C1 Respective emission levels ◄ allocated to the European Community and Member States in terms of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent for the first quantified emission limitation and reduction commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol







European Community (1) ►C1 19 682 555 325 ◄ Belgium 679 368 682 Denmark 273 827 177 Germany 4 868 520 955 Greece 694 087 947 Spain 1 663 967 412 France 2 819 626 640 Ireland 315 158 338 Italy ►C1 2 428 495 710 ◄ Luxembourg 45 677 304 Netherlands 1 008 565 720 Austria ►C1 343 473 407 ◄ Portugal 386 956 503 Finland 355 480 975 Sweden 375 864 317 United Kingdom 3 412 080 630







Cyprus Not applicable Czech Republic 902 890 649 Estonia 197 902 558 Latvia 119 113 402 Lithuania 221 275 934 Hungary 578 260 222 Malta Not applicable Poland 2 673 496 300 Slovenia 92 934 961 Slovakia 337 456 459