Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1471 of 10 August 2017 amending Decision 2013/162/EU to revise Member States' annual emission allocations for the period from 2017 to 2020 (notified under document C(2017) 5556)
Date: 2017-08-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: EU emission allowance, climate change, greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions








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12.8.2017   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 209/53








            COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2017/1471
of 10 August 2017
         
amending Decision 2013/162/EU to revise Member States' annual emission allocations for the period from 2017 to 2020


(notified under document C(2017) 5556)




THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community's greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (1), and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Commission Decision 2013/162/EU (2) determines Member States' annual emission allocations (AEAs) for the period from 2013 to 2020 using the data from Member States' greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories determined in accordance with the 1996 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, available at the time of its adoption.












(2)


After the adoption of Decision 2013/162/EU, Article 6 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 666/2014 (3) required Member States to report greenhouse gas inventories determined in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reporting guidelines on annual inventories as set out in Decision 24/CP.19 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC.












(3)


Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (4) requires the Commission to examine the impact of the use of the 2006 IPCC guidelines, or of changes to UNFCCC methodologies used, on the Member State's total greenhouse gas emissions relevant for Article 3 of Decision No 406/2009/EC by December 2016, with a view to ensuring consistency between the methodologies used for the determination of the AEAs and the annual reporting by Member States after the date of that examination.












(4)


In accordance with Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and based on the GHG inventory data as reviewed under Article 19 of that Regulation, the Commission examined the impact of the use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, and of changes to UNFCCC methodologies used, on Member State's GHG inventories. The difference in the total greenhouse gas emissions relevant for Article 3 of Decision No 406/2009/EC exceeds 1 % for most Member States. In the light of this examination, all Member States' annual emission allocations for the years 2017 to 2020 contained in Annex II to Decision 2013/162/EU should be revised in order to take into account the updated inventory data reported and reviewed pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 in 2016. Such revision should be done using the same methodology as the one used for determining the annual emission allocations by Decision 2013/162/EU.












(5)


The revision of AEAs should be limited to those that were allocated for the years 2017 to 2020, since for greenhouse gas emissions for the years 2013 to 2016 Member States can no longer change their policies and measures. However, in the interests of clarity the whole Annex II to Decision 2013/162/EU should be replaced, while keeping the AEAs for the years 2013 to 2016 unchanged.












(6)


Article 2 of Decision 2013/162/EU refers to global warming potential values from the 4th IPCC Assessment Report as adopted by Decision 15/CP.17 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. In the meanwhile the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC adopted a new Decision 24/CP.19 recalling Decision 15/CP.17 and confirming the values from the 4th IPCC Assessment Report. Article 7 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 666/2014 requires Member States and the Commission to use the global warming potentials listed in Annex III to Decision 24/CP.19 for the purpose of determining and reporting greenhouse gas inventories pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 5 of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013. In the interests of clarity the reference to Decision 15/CP.17 in Article 2 of Decision 2013/162/EU should therefore be replaced by a reference to Decision 24/CP.19.












(7)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
Decision 2013/162/EU is amended as follows:






(1)


In Article 2, ‘Decision 15/CP.17’ is replaced by ‘Decision 24/CP.19’;










(2)


Annex II is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.






Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 10 August 2017.


For the Commission

Miguel ARIAS CAÑETE
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136.

(2)  Commission Decision 2013/162/EU of 26 March 2013 on determining Member States' annual emission allocations for the period from 2013 to 2020 pursuant to Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 90, 28.3.2013, p. 106).

(3)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 666/2014 of 12 March 2014 establishing substantive requirements for a Union inventory system and taking into account changes in the global warming potentials and internationally agreed inventory guidelines pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 179, 19.6.2014, p. 26).

(4)  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 (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13).




ANNEX



‘ANNEX II

Member States Annual Emissions Allocation for the year 2013 to 2020 calculated applying global warming potential values from the fourth IPCC assessment report














Member State


Annual Emission Allocation
(tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)




2013


2014


2015


2016


2017


2018


2019


2020




Belgium


82 376 327 


80 774 027 


79 171 726 


77 569 425 


76 190 376 


74 703 759 


73 217 143 


71 730 526 




Bulgaria


28 661 817 


28 897 235 


29 132 652 


29 368 070 


27 481 112 


27 670 637 


27 860 163 


28 049 688 




Czech Republic


65 452 506 


66 137 845 


66 823 185 


67 508 524 


67 971 770 


68 581 207 


69 190 644 


69 800 080 




Denmark


36 829 163 


35 925 171 


35 021 179 


34 117 187 


34 775 642 


33 871 444 


32 967 246 


32 063 048 




Germany


495 725 112 


488 602 056 


481 479 000 


474 355 944 


453 842 854 


446 270 289 


438 697 724 


431 125 160 




Estonia


6 296 988 


6 321 312 


6 345 636 


6 369 960 


5 928 965 


5 960 550 


5 992 135 


6 023 720 




Ireland


47 226 256 


46 089 109 


44 951 963 


43 814 816 


41 194 830 


40 110 780 


39 026 731 


37 942 682 




Greece


61 003 810 


61 293 018 


61 582 226 


61 871 434 


61 029 668 


61 298 009 


61 566 349 


61 834 690 




Spain


235 551 490 


233 489 390 


231 427 291 


229 365 191 


225 664 376 


223 560 157 


221 455 939 


219 351 720 




France


408 762 813 


403 877 606 


398 580 044 


393 282 481 


371 789 603 


366 284 473 


360 779 342 


355 274 211 




Croatia


21 196 005 


21 358 410 


21 520 815 


21 683 221 


20 147 020 


20 330 287 


20 513 553 


20 696 819 




Italy


317 768 849 


315 628 134 


313 487 419 


311 346 703 


307 153 729 


304 562 057 


301 970 385 


299 378 714 




Cyprus


5 919 071 


5 922 555 


5 926 039 


5 929 524 


4 196 633 


4 122 837 


4 049 042 


3 975 247 




Latvia


9 279 248 


9 370 072 


9 460 897 


9 551 721 


9 747 135 


9 834 273 


9 921 411 


10 008 549 




Lithuania


17 153 997 


17 437 556 


17 721 116 


18 004 675 


18 033 267 


18 327 321 


18 621 376 


18 915 430 




Luxembourg


9 814 716 


9 610 393 


9 406 070 


9 201 747 


8 992 800 


8 780 781 


8 568 762 


8 356 742 




Hungary


50 796 264 


51 906 630 


53 016 996 


54 127 362 


50 432 363 


51 347 175 


52 261 987 


53 176 800 




Malta


1 168 514 


1 166 788 


1 165 061 


1 163 334 


1 174 524 


1 173 666 


1 172 808 


1 171 950 




Netherlands


125 086 859 


122 775 394 


120 463 928 


118 152 462 


116 032 216 


113 763 728 


111 495 240 


109 226 752 




Austria


54 643 228 


54 060 177 


53 477 125 


52 894 074 


51 372 672 


50 751 430 


50 130 188 


49 508 946 




Poland


204 579 390 


205 621 337 


206 663 283 


207 705 229 


210 107 929 


211 642 729 


213 177 529 


214 712 329 




Portugal


49 874 317 


50 139 847 


50 405 377 


50 670 907 


48 431 756 


48 811 632 


49 191 508 


49 571 384 




Romania


83 080 513 


84 765 858 


86 451 202 


88 136 547 


90 958 677 


92 739 954 


94 521 231 


96 302 508 




Slovenia


12 278 677 


12 309 309 


12 339 941 


12 370 573 


12 161 170 


12 196 719 


12 232 267 


12 267 816 




Slovakia


25 877 815 


26 203 808 


26 529 801 


26 855 793 


26 759 746 


27 028 129 


27 296 513 


27 564 896 




Finland


33 497 046 


32 977 333 


32 457 619 


31 937 905 


31 771 327 


31 185 203 


30 599 079 


30 012 956 




Sweden


43 386 459 


42 715 001 


42 043 544 


41 372 087 


39 377 620 


38 772 710 


38 167 800 


37 562 890 




United Kingdom


358 980 526 


354 455 751 


349 930 975 


345 406 200 


360 630 247 


357 464 952 


354 299 657 


351 134 362 






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