Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1409 of 4 July 2023 instructing the Central Administrator of the Union Registry to return to the Member States and the United Kingdom the Union surplus at the end of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol
Date: 2023-07-04
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: Doha Round, EU Member State, EU emission allowance, Kyoto Protocol, United Kingdom, adaptation to climate change, climate change, emission trading, pollution control, reduction of gas emissions








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5.7.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 170/100








            COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2023/1409
of 4 July 2023
         
instructing the Central Administrator of the Union Registry to return to the Member States and the United Kingdom the Union surplus at the end of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2015/1339 of 13 July 2015 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder (1), and in particular Article 4 thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


The Union concluded the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Doha Amendment established a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, starting on 1 January 2013 and ending on 31 December 2020.












(2)


In accordance with Article 4 of Decision (EU) 2015/1339, all assigned amount units issued for the second commitment period available in the Union registry after the Union has complied with its obligation laid down in Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) and after any transfer of assigned amount units pursuant to implementing acts adopted on the basis of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 has been carried out (‘Union surplus’) shall be returned to the Member States at the end of the second commitment period.












(3)


After transferring the applicable share of proceeds to the Adaptation Fund, there is a net Union surplus in the Union Registry of 2 215 147 885 assigned amount units. These units should be returned to the Member States and the United Kingdom (3) in accordance with the rules set out in Article 4(2) of Decision (EU) 2015/1339.












(4)


The Commission should instruct the central administrator of the Union Registry to return the units to the Member States and the United Kingdom,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Sole Article
The Commission instructs the central administrator of the Union Registry to return to the accounts of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom the assigned amount units set out in Annex.




Done at Brussels, 4 July 2023.


For the Commission

Frans TIMMERMANS
            

Executive Vice-President






(1)  
            OJ L 207, 4.8.2015, p. 1.

(2)  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).

(3)  
            OJ C 384 I, 12.11.2019, p. 59.




ANNEX






Member State


Allocated Union surplus assigned amount units




Austria


13 779 438 




Belgium


21 010 620 




Bulgaria


129 595 427 




Croatia


7 379 327 




Cyprus


1 611 575 




Czechia


136 916 575 




Denmark


13 496 692 




Estonia


52 162 070 




Finland


8 895 367 




France


102 390 482 




Germany


200 540 800 




Greece


16 329 385 




Hungary


110 193 391 




Ireland


11 665 373 




Italy


81 862 104 




Latvia


41 199 008 




Lithuania


72 359 623 




Luxembourg


2 472 803 




Malta


315 853 




Netherlands


31 245 242 




Poland


306 866 601 




Portugal


13 660 512 




Romania


503 842 880 




Slovakia


77 068 229 




Slovenia


3 376 854 




Spain


60 009 461 




Sweden


13 580 833 




United Kingdom


181 321 357