EUROPEAN COMMISSION Brussels, 1.2.2018 COM(2018) 52 final REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL on the exercise of the power to adopt delegated acts conferred on the Commission pursuant 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



1. Introduction and legal basis The Climate Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR) lays down a robust transparency framework for greenhouse gas emissions and other information relevant to climate change. It includes the elements necessary to track progress of the implementation of EU climate legislation, notably the Effort Sharing Decision, and the EU's international commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and the Kyoto Protocol. The MMR empowers the Commission to adopt delegated acts, as referred to in Article 25(2), with a view to: ·establishing substantive requirements for a Union inventory system, as provided for in Article 6(2); ·adding or deleting substances to or from the list of greenhouse gases in Annex I to the MMR or adding, deleting or amending indicators in its Annex III, and taking account of changes in global warming potentials and internationally agreed inventory guidelines, as provided for in Article 7(6); and ·setting up the Union registry, as referred to in Article 10(4). The present report is required under Article 25(2) of the MMR. Under Article 25(2), the Commission has the power to adopt delegated acts referred to in Articles 6, 7 and 10(4) for a period of five years from 8 July 2013. The Commission is required to prepare a report in respect of this delegation of power not later than nine months before the end of the five-year period. The MMR has been amended in 2014 as regards the technical implementation of the Kyoto Protocol. By this amendment, the Commission has furthermore been empowered to adopt delegated acts related to the technical implementation of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol in the Union, as provided for in Article 10(5) and (6) of the MMR. According to Article 25(2a) of the MMR, the powers referred to in Article 10(5) and (6) have been conferred on the Commission from the date of conclusion by the Union of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the end of the additional period for fulfilling commitments under the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol. As these powers have been conferred on the Commission for a precisely defined time period without extension, and are not referred to in Article 25(2), they are not covered in this report. On 30 November 2016, the Commission put forward a proposal for a Regulation on the Governance of the Energy Union. The proposal fully integrates the MMR to promote integration between the energy and climate fields, repealing the MMR as of 1 January 2021. Until that date, the MMR will remain in force as the relevant framework for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and removals and other climate information. 2. Exercise of the delegation 2.1. Substantive requirements for a Union inventory system and taking into account changes in the global warming potentials and internationally agreed inventory guidelines (Articles 6(2) and 7(6)(b))