Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1876 of 20 October 2021 on greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the year 2019 for each Member State
Date: 2021-10-20
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, EU emission allowance, EU environmental policy, adaptation to climate change, greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions








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26.10.2021   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 378/12








            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/1876
of 20 October 2021
         
on greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the year 2019 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 2019 emissions data reported to the Commission in March 2021 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 2019 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 Implementing 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 2019 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, 20 October 2021.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(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 2019 covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC
(tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)




Belgium


72 013 554 




Bulgaria


25 814 515 




Czechia


60 543 276 




Denmark


32 050 593 




Germany


444 262 722 




Estonia


6 208 760 




Ireland


45 579 575 




Greece


44 744 947 




Spain


201 878 747 




France


336 358 317 




Croatia


16 058 241 




Italy


274 938 773 




Cyprus


4 377 563 




Latvia


8 650 111 




Lithuania


14 298 998 




Luxembourg


9 239 043 




Hungary


44 894 942 




Malta


1 427 261 




The Netherlands


97 096 843 




Austria


50 218 754 




Poland


209 084 930 




Portugal


41 527 062 




Romania


75 211 340 




Slovenia


10 809 900 




Slovakia


20 087 964 




Finland


29 643 287 




Sweden


31 679 703 




United Kingdom


329 100 245