Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2019/2005 of 29 November 2019 on greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the year 2017 for each Member State
Date: 2019-11-29
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU emission allowance, adaptation to climate change, greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions








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2.12.2019   


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Official Journal of the European Union


L 310/56








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2019/2005
of 29 November 2019
         
on greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the year 2017 for each Member State


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard 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), and in particular Article 19(6) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) lays down annual emission allocations for each Member State for each year of the period 2013 to 2020 and a mechanism to annually assess compliance with those limits. Member States’ annual emission allocations expressed in tonnes of CO2 equivalent are contained in Commission Decision 2013/162/EU (3). The adjustments to the annual emission allocations for each Member State are set in Commission Implementing Decision 2013/634/EU (4).












(2)


Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 provides for a procedure for the review of Member States’ greenhouse gas emissions inventories for the purpose of assessing compliance with Decision No 406/2009/EC. The annual review referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 was carried out on the basis of the 2017 emissions data reported to the Commission in March 2019 in accordance with the procedures laid down in Chapter III of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014 (5) and Annex XVI to that Regulation.












(3)


The total amount of greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC for the year 2017 for each Member State should take into consideration the technical corrections and revised estimates calculated during the annual review as contained in the final review reports drawn up pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EU) No 749/2014.












(4)


This Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication in order to be aligned with the provisions of Article 19(7) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 which sets the date of publication of this Decision as the starting point for the four-month period when Member States are allowed to use the flexibility mechanisms under Decision No 406/2009/EC,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The total sum of greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC for each Member State for the year 2017 arising from the corrected inventory data upon completion of the annual review referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 is set out in the Annex to this Decision.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 29 November 2019.


For the Commission


The President

Jean-Claude JUNCKER
            





(1)  
            OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13.

(2)  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 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).

(3)  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).

(4)  Commission Implementing Decision 2013/634/EU of 31 October 2013 on the adjustments to 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 292, 1.11.2013, p. 19).

(5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014 of 30 June 2014 on structure, format, submission processes and review of information reported by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 203, 11.7.2014, p. 23).




ANNEX






Member State


Greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2017 covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC
(tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)




Belgium


70824562




Bulgaria


26526793




Czechia


62395184




Denmark


32676908




Germany


466857281




Estonia


6205022




Ireland


43828744




Greece


45445291




Spain


201107413




France


352795706




Croatia


16669301




Italy


270145340




Cyprus


4270890




Latvia


9243088




Lithuania


14132498




Luxembourg


8743461




Hungary


43141883




Malta


1428480




The Netherlands


102326628




Austria


51651769




Poland


211506734




Portugal


40186365




Romania


75363245




Slovenia


10881767




Slovakia


21249803




Finland


30062237




Sweden


32530542




United Kingdom


332050822