Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision No 529/2013/EU to include reference levels for forest management, minimum values for the definition of forest and base year of emissions for the Republic of Croatia
Date: 2016-01-12
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: Croatia, European forestry policy, climate change, disclosure of information, economic accounts for agriculture, environmental standard, greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions, silviculture

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   EUROPEAN COMMISSION  Brussels, 12.1.2016  COM(2015) 687 final 2015/0315 (NLE)   Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION amending Decision No 529/2013/EU to include reference levels for forest management, minimum values for the definition of forest and base year of emissions for the Republic of Croatia   
 
EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM 

Decision No 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on 
accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating 
to  land  use,  land-use  change  and  forestry  and  on  information  concerning  actions  relating  to 
those activities entered into force on 7 July 2013 upon its publication in the Official Journal 
L165  of  18  June  2013.  This  decision  sets  Member  State  reference  levels  for  forest 
management, minimum values for the definition of forest and base year or period of emissions 
in Annex II, V and VI respectively. 

Following  the  accession  of  the  Republic  of  Croatia  to  the  European  Union  on  1  July  2013, 
Annexes II, V and VI to Decision No 529/2013/EU should also include the specific reference 
level, values for the definition of forest and base year of emissions, respectively for Croatia. 
This information was submitted by Croatia to the European Commission.  

(1) 

The proposed value for reference level is in accordance with the value inscribed in 
the Appendix of  Decision 2/CMP.7 on Land use,  land-use  change  and forestry and 
the values for the definition of forest and the base year in accordance with the values 
specified in the Initial Report of the Republic of Croatia under the Kyoto Protocol.  

The  legal  basis  for  the  amendment  is  Article  50  of  the  Act  of  Accession  of  Croatia.  The 
amendment must be adopted by the Council, on a proposal by the Commission.  

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CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL 

Decision No 529/2013/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on 
accounting rules on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities relating 
to  land  use,  land-use  change  and  forestry  and  on  information  concerning  actions  relating  to 
those activities entered into force on 7 July 2013 upon its publication in the Official Journal 
L165  of  18  June  2013.  This  decision  sets  Member  State  reference  levels  for  forest 
management, minimum values for the definition of forest and base year or period of emissions 
in Annex II, V and VI respectively. 

Following  the  accession  of  the  Republic  of  Croatia  to  the  European  Union  on  1  July  2013, 
Annexes II, V and VI to Decision No 529/2013/EU should also include the specific reference 
level, values for the definition of forest and base year of emissions, respectively for Croatia. 
This information was submitted by Croatia to the European Commission.  

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LEGAL BASIS, SUBSIDIARITY AND PROPORTIONALITY 

The  legal  basis  for  the  amendment  is  Article  50  of  the  Act  of  Accession  of  Croatia.  The 
amendment must be adopted by the Council, on a proposal by the Commission.  

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2015/0315 (NLE) 

Proposal for a 

COUNCIL DECISION 

amending Decision No 529/2013/EU to include reference levels for forest management, 
minimum values for the definition of forest and base year of emissions for the Republic 
of Croatia  

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION, 

Having regard to the Act of Accession of the Republic of Croatia and in particular Article 50 
thereof, 

Whereas: 

(1) 

(2) 

Decision No 529/2013/EU sets Member State reference levels for forest management, 
minimum  values  for  the  definition  of  forest  and  base  year  or  period  of  emissions  in 
Annex II, V and VI, respectively. 

Following the accession of the Republic of Croatia to the European Union on 1st July 
2013,  Annexes  II,  V  and  VI  to  Decision  No  529/2013/EU  should  also  include  the 
specific reference level, values for the definition of forest and base year, respectively 
for Croatia. 

(3) 

Decision 

No 

529/2013/EU 

should 

be 

amended 

accordingly, 

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:  

Article 1 

In  Annex  II  to  Decision  No  529//2013/EU  the  following  is  inserted  after  the  entry  for 
Bulgaria: 

ʽCroatia 

- 6 289 ʼ. 

In Annex V to Decision No 529//2013/EU the following is inserted for area(ha), tree crown 
cover (%) and tree height respectively (m),  after the entry for Bulgaria: 

ʽCroatia 

0,1   10  2ʼ. 

In  Annex  VI  to  Decision  No  529//2013/EU  the  following  is  inserted  after  the  entry  for 
Bulgaria: 

ʽCroatia 

1990ʼ. 

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This Decision is addressed to the Member States, 

Done at Brussels, 

For the Commission 

Member of the Commission 

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