ANNEX IX

PROGRESS ACCOMPLISHED TOWARDS IMPLEMENTING THE NATIONAL POLICIES AND MEASURES

Table 1

Key characteristics and progress towards implementing policies and measures

PaM number PaM number in NECP, if different Name of policy or measure Single or grouped policy or measure In case of a grouped policy or measure, which single policies or measures does it cover Relevant objective(s), target(s) or contribution(s) the policy or measure contributes to (1) Geographical coverage (2) Sector(s) affected (3) Objective (4) Quantified objective (5) Short description M Miap M M M M M M M Miap M PaM 1 PaM 2 Add further rows, as needed Notes: M = mandatory; Miap = mandatory if applicable





Assessment of the contribution of the policy or measure to the achievement of the Union’s climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) of Regulation 2021/1119 and to the achievement of the long-term strategy referred to in Article 15 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 Type of policy instrument ((6)) Union policies which resulted in the implementation of the PaM Status of implementation ((9)) Implementation period Entities responsible for implementing the policy ((10)) Indicators used to monitor and evaluate progress over time ((11)) Union policy ((7)) Other Relevant provision ((8)) Start Finish Type Name Description Year Value M M M Miap M M Miap M Miap PaM 1 PaM 2 Add further rows, as needed Notes (cont.):





Update since last submission ((12)) Explanations of the update or the link to an extra/additional document Progress against policy objective ((13)) Progress against policy indicators ((14)) Reference to assessments and underpinning technical reports General Comments Indicator Value Year Unit M Miap M Miap M M Notes (cont.):





Dimension specific reporting Vector(s) affected ((15)) Supported Energy Union R&I priority ((16)) Supported Clean energy/low carbon technologies ((17)) Sectors supported ((18)) Miap M M Miap Notes (cont.):





Table 2

Available results of ex-ante and ex-post assessments of the effects of individual or groups of policies and measures on renewable energy production (6)

PaM Number Ex-ante assessment Ex-post assessment Renewable energy production (ktoe/year) Explanation of the basis for the estimate Documentation/Source of estimation if available (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) Year for which production applies (7) Renewable energy production (ktoe/year) (8) Explanation of the basis for the estimate Documentation/Source of estimation if available (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) t t + 5 t + 10 t + 15 V PAM 1 PAM 2 Add further rows, as needed Notation: V = voluntary; t signifies the first future year ending with 0 or 5 immediately following the reporting year. Notes:





Table 3

Available results of ex-ante and ex-post assessments of the effects of individual or groups of policies and measures on energy efficiency (9)

PaM Number Ex-ante assessment Ex-post assessment Energy reductions (ktoe/year, final energy) Explanation of the basis for the estimate Documentation/Source of estimation if available (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) Year for which reduction applies (10) Energy reductions (ktoe/year, final energy) (11) Explanation of the basis for the estimate Documentation/Source of estimation if available (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) t t + 5 t +10 t + 15 V PAM 1 PAM 2 Add further rows, as needed Notation: V = voluntary; t signifies the first future year ending with 0 or 5 immediately following the reporting year. Notes:





Table 4

Available projected and realised costs and benefits of individual or groups of policies and measures on renewable energy production (12)

PaM Number Projected costs and benefits (ex-ante assessment) Realised costs and benefits (ex-post assessment) Year(s) for which cost has been calculated Gross cost in EUR per toe renewable energy production Absolute gross costs per year in EUR Absolute benefits (13) per year in EUR Benefits (13) in EUR per toe renewable energy production Net costs in EUR per toe renewable energy production Absolute net cost per year in EUR Price year Description of cost estimates (basis for cost estimate, what type of costs are included in the estimate, methodology) (14) Documentation/source (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) Description of other benefits Year(s) for which cost has been calculated Gross cost in EUR per toe renewable energy production Absolute gross costs per year in EUR Benefits (13) in EUR per toe renewable energy production Absolute benefits (13) per year in EUR Net costs in EUR per toe renewable energy production Absolute net costs per year in EUR Price year Description of cost estimates (basis for cost estimate, what type of costs are included in the estimate, methodology) (14) Documentation/source (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) Description of other benefits V PAM 1 PAM 2 Add further rows, as needed Notes: V = voluntary





Table 5

Available projected and realised costs and benefits of individual or groups of policies and measures on energy efficiency (15)

PaM Number Projected costs and benefits (ex-ante assessment) Realised costs and benefits (ex-post assessment) Year(s) for which cost has been calculated Gross cost in EUR per toe final energy reduction Absolute gross costs per year in EUR Absolute benefits (16) per year in EUR Benefits (16) in EUR per toe final energy reduction Net costs in EUR per toe final energy reduction Absolute net cost per year in EUR Price year Description of cost estimates (basis for cost estimate, what type of costs are included in the estimate, methodology) (17) Documentation/source (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) Description of other benefits Year(s) for which cost has been calculated Gross cost in EUR per toe final energy reduction Absolute gross costs per year in EUR Benefits (16) in EUR per toe final energy reduction Absolute benefits (16) per year in EUR Net costs in EUR per toe final energy reduction Absolute net costs per year in EUR Price year Description of cost estimates (basis for cost estimate, what type of costs are included in the estimate, methodology) (17) Documentation/source (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) Description of other benefits V PAM 1 PAM 2 Add further rows, as needed Notes: V = voluntary

(1) Member States shall select from the following objectives, targets and contributions in the integrated national energy and climate plan (more than one objective, target or contribution can be selected):

In dimension Decarbonisation: GHG emissions and removals – Member State’s binding national target for greenhouse gas emissions and the annual binding national limits pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842; Member State’s commitments pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/841; Other objectives and targets, including sector targets and adaptation goals.

In dimension Decarbonisation: Renewable energy – A contribution to the Union’s binding target of at least 32 % renewable energy in 2030 as referred to in Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001; Estimated trajectories for the sectoral share of renewable energy in final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030 in the electricity, heating and cooling and transport sector; Estimated trajectories per renewable energy technology; Estimated trajectories on bioenergy demand, disaggregated between heat, electricity and transport, and on biomass supply, by feedstock and origin; Other national trajectories and objectives, including those that are long-term or sectoral (e.g. share of renewable energy in district heating, renewable energy use in buildings, renewable energy produced by cities, renewable energy communities and renewables self-consumers, energy recovered from the sludge acquired through the treatment of wastewater).

In dimension Energy efficiency – The indicative national energy efficiency contribution to achieving the Union’s energy efficiency targets of at least 32,5 % in 2030 as referred to in Article 1(1) and Article 3(5) of Directive 2012/27/EU; The cumulative amount of end-use energy savings to be achieved over the period 2021-2030 under point (b) of Article 7(1) on the energy saving obligations pursuant to Directive 2012/27/EU; The indicative milestones of the long-term strategy for the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings; The total floor area to be renovated or equivalent annual energy savings to be achieved from 2021 to 2030 under Article 5 of Directive 2012/27/EU on the exemplary role of public bodies’ buildings; Other national objectives, including long-term targets or strategies and sectoral targets, and national objectives in areas such as energy efficiency in the transport sector and with regard to heating and cooling.

In dimension Energy security – National objectives with regard to increasing the diversification of energy sources and supply from third countries, the purpose of which may be to reduce energy import dependency; National objectives with regard to reducing energy import dependency from third countries, for the purpose of increasing the resilience of regional and national energy systems; National objectives with regard to increasing the flexibility of the national energy system, in particular by means of deploying domestic energy sources, demand response and energy storage; National objectives with regard to addressing constrained or interrupted supply of an energy source, for the purpose of improving the resilience of regional and national energy systems.

In dimension Internal energy market – The level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in consideration of the electricity interconnection target for 2030 of at least 15 %; Key electricity and gas transmission infrastructure projects, and, where relevant, modernisation projects, that are necessary for the achievement of objectives and targets under the five dimensions of the Energy Union; Main infrastructure projects envisaged other than Projects of Common Interest (PCIs); National objectives related to other aspects of the internal energy market such as increasing system flexibility, in particular related to the promotion of competitively determined electricity prices in line with relevant sectoral law, market integration and coupling, aimed at increasing the tradeable capacity of existing interconnectors, smart grids, aggregation, demand response, storage, distributed generation, mechanisms for dispatching, re-dispatching and curtailment, and real-time price signals; National objectives related to the non-discriminatory participation of renewable energy, demand response and storage, including via aggregation, in all energy markets; National objectives with regard to ensuring that consumers participate in the energy system and benefit from self-generation and new technologies, including smart meters; National objectives with regard to ensuring electricity system adequacy, as well as for the flexibility of the energy system with regard to renewable energy production; National objectives to protect energy consumers and improve the competitiveness of the retail energy sector; national objectives with regard to energy poverty.

In dimension Research, innovation and competitiveness – National objectives and funding targets for public and, where available, private research and innovation relating to the Energy Union; National 2050 objectives related to the promotion of clean energy technologies and, where appropriate, national objectives, including long-term targets (2050) for deployment of low-carbon technologies, including for decarbonising energy and carbon-intensive industrial sectors and, where applicable, for related carbon transport and storage infrastructure; National objectives with regard to competitiveness.

(2) Member States shall select from the following categories: covering two or more countries, national, regional, local.

(3) Member States shall select from the following sectors (more than one sector can be selected for cross-sectoral policies and measures): energy supply (comprising extraction, transmission, distribution and storage of fuels as well as the transformation of energy for heating and cooling and electricity production); energy consumption (comprising consumption of fuels and electricity by end users such as households, public administration; services, industry and agriculture); transport; industrial processes (comprising industrial activities that chemically or physically transform materials leading to greenhouse gas emissions, use of greenhouse gases in products and non-energy uses of fossil fuel carbon); agriculture; LULUCF; waste management/waste; other sectors.

(4) Objective means ‘initial statement of the outcomes (including results and impacts) intended to be achieved by the intervention’. Member States shall select from the following objectives (more than one objective may be selected, additional objectives may be added and specified under ‘other’):

For energy supply – increase in renewable energy sources in the electricity sector; increase in renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector; switch to less carbon-intensive fuels; enhanced non-renewable low carbon generation (nuclear); reduction of losses; efficiency improvement in the energy and transformation sector; carbon capture and storage or carbon capture and utilisation; control of fugitive emissions from energy production; increase the number of sources used in primary energy generation; reduce energy dependency from third countries; improve the resilience of energy supply infrastructure, including ensuring energy supply in case of major disruptions to the network; increase the ability of the power network to absorb increased share of renewable generation; increase electricity interconnectivity; increase price convergence of electricity markets; increase consumer participation in energy markets; increase electricity system flexibility and adequacy; research and innovation in energy supply; other energy supply.

For energy consumption – efficiency improvements of buildings; efficiency improvement of appliances; efficiency improvement in services/tertiary sector; efficiency improvement in industrial end-use sectors; demand management/reduction; research and innovation in technologies, processes and materials, which will contribute to reduction in energy consumption; other energy consumption.

For transport – efficiency improvements of vehicles; modal shift to public transport or non-motorized transport; low carbon fuels; electric road transport; demand management/reduction; improved behaviour; improved transport infrastructure; reduce emissions from international air or maritime transport; research and innovation to reduce emissions from the transport sector; innovation in digitalisation of transport; other transport.

For industrial processes – installation of abatement technologies; improved control of fugitive emissions from industrial processes; improved control of manufacturing, fugitive and disposal emissions of fluorinated gases; replacement of fluorinated gases by gases with a lower GWP value; research and innovation in making EU industry less energy intensive; other industrial processes.

For waste management/waste – demand management/reduction; enhanced recycling; enhanced CH4 collection and use; improved treatment technologies; improved landfill management; waste incineration with energy use; improved wastewater management systems; reduced landfilling; other waste.

For agriculture – reduction of fertilizer/manure use on cropland; other activities improving cropland management; improved livestock management; improved animal waste management systems; activities improving grazing land or grassland management; improved management of organic soils; other agriculture.

For LULUCF – afforestation and reforestation; conservation of carbon in existing forests; enhancing production in existing forests; increasing the harvested wood products pool; enhanced forest management; prevention of deforestation; strengthening protection against natural disturbances; substitution of GHG intensive feedstocks and materials with harvested wood products; prevention of drainage or rewetting of wetlands; restoration of degraded lands; other LULUCF.

For Other – Member States shall provide a brief description of the objective.

(5) Member States shall include, as a minimum, the figure(s), unit(s), end year and base year if the objective(s) is(are) quantified. Quantified objectives shall be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time related.

((6)) Member States shall select from the following policy types: economic; fiscal; voluntary/negotiated agreements; regulatory; information; education; research; planning; other.

((7)) List here only Union policy/policies that are implemented through the national policy or where national policies are aimed directly at meeting the objectives of Union policies. Member State shall select a policy/policies from a list provided in the electronic version of the tabular format, or select other and specify the name of the Union policy.

((8)) Member States shall report on the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures that contribute to dimensions Decarbonisation: Renewable energy and Energy efficiency. Member State shall select a relevant provision from a list provided in the electronic version of the tabular format, or select other and specify the name of the provision.

((9)) Member States shall select from the following categories: planned; adopted; implemented; expired.

((10)) Member States shall select from the following options and enter the name/s of entities responsible for implementing the policy or measure (more than one entity may be selected): national government; regional entities; local government; companies/businesses/industrial associations; research institutions; others not listed.

((11)) Member States shall provide any indicator (including the unit) and values for such indicators that will be used (ex-ante) to monitor and evaluate progress of policies and measures. Member States shall specify the year or years for which the value applies. Values for multiple indicators and years may be reported. Performance indicators identified by Member States shall be relevant, accepted, credible, easy and robust.

((12)) Member States shall select from the following options (additional options may be added and specified under ‘Other’): Adoption of a new measure, conclusion of agreement, publication of legislation; Commencement/enforcement of a measure/programme; Abolition/termination/completion of measure; Amendments, implementation or design changes and extension of an on-going measure; Monitoring information, update on progress or impact assessment results; Continuation of existing measures/no significant updates; Drafts, announcements, commitments, planned measures, discussions for a new measure; Other.

((13)) Member States shall provide qualitative description of the progress achieved against policy objective.

((14)) Member States shall provide the indicator(s) (including the unit) and values for such indicators that have been used (ex-post) to monitor and evaluate progress of policies and measures. Member States shall specify the year or years for which the value applies. Values for multiple indicators and years may be reported. Performance indicators identified by Member States shall be relevant, accepted, credible, easy and robust.

((15)) Member States shall report on the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures that contribute to dimension Energy security. Member States shall select from the following vectors (more than one vector can be selected; additional vectors may be added and specified under ‘Other fuels’): Whole system; Electricity; Gas; Petroleum products; Nuclear; Heat; Other fuels.

((16)) Member States shall report on the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures that contribute to dimension Research, innovation and competitiveness. Member States shall select one or more priorities from a list provided in the electronic version of the tabular format.

((17)) Member States shall report on the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures that contribute to dimension Research, innovation and competitiveness. ‘Clean energy and low carbon technologies’ include all the technologies covered under the SET Plan. Member States shall select one or more technologies from a list provided in the electronic version of the tabular format.

((18)) Member States shall report on the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures that contribute to dimension Research, innovation and competitiveness. Member States should include a description of which sectors are supported by this policy.

(6) Member States shall report on the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures that contribute to dimension Decarbonisation: Renewable energy. Member States shall report on all the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures for which such assessment is available.

(7) Member States may report ex-post assessments for more than one year, where available reporting shall focus on years ending with 0 or 5.

(8) Ex-post evaluations include all evaluations based on results from parts of, or the whole implementation period.

(9) Member States shall report on the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures that contribute to dimension Energy efficiency. Member States shall report on all the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures for which such assessment is available.

(10) Member States may report ex-post assessments for more than one year, where available reporting shall focus on years ending with 0 or 5.

(11) Ex-post evaluations include all evaluations based on results from parts of, or the whole implementation period.

(12) Member States shall report on the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures that contribute to dimension Decarbonisation: Renewable energy. Member States shall report on all the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures for which such assessment is available.

(13) A benefit shall be indicated as a negative value.

(14) The description shall include the type of costs and benefits that have been taken into consideration, the stakeholders considered in the assessment of costs and benefits, the baseline against which costs and benefits are compared, and the methodology.

(15) Member States shall report on the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures that contribute to dimension Energy efficiency. Member States shall report on all the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures for which such assessment is available.

(16) A benefit shall be indicated in the template as a negative value.

(17) The description shall include the type of costs and benefits that have been taken into consideration, the stakeholders considered in the assessment of costs and benefits, the baseline against which costs and benefits are compared, and the methodology.