Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1665 of 28 August 2023 correcting Decision (EU) 2023/1409 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: 2023-08-28
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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30.8.2023   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 213/1








            COMMISSION DECISION (EU) 2023/1665
of 28 August 2023
         
correcting Decision (EU) 2023/1409 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)


After the adoption of the Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1409 (2), the Commission identified an error in the calculation of the net Union surplus.












(2)


In order to ensure legal certainty, it is necessary to correct the above-mentioned Commission Decision and replace the Annex thereto, as regards the total amount of Union surplus and Member States’ allocated Union surplus.












(3)


After transferring the share of proceeds to the Adaptation Fund, there is a net Union surplus in the Union Registry of 2 156 103 762 assigned amount units as opposed to 2 215 147 885 referred to in the above-mentioned Commission Decision of 4 July 2023. 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)


This Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication so that the Union surplus is returned to the Member States before 9 September 2023, the date when the additional period for fulfilling commitments under the Kyoto Protocol comes to its end,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Article 1
The Annex to the Decision (EU) 2023/1409 is replaced by 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, 28 August 2023.


For the Commission

Maroš ŠEFČOVIČ
            

Executive Vice-President






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

(2)  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 (OJ L 170, 5.7.2023, p. 100).

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




ANNEX
The Annex to Decision (EU) 2023/1409 is amended as follows:






Member States and United Kingdom


Allocated Union surplus assigned amount units




Belgium


20 450 588 




Bulgaria


126 141 099 




Czechia


133 267 103 




Denmark


13 136 942 




Germany


195 195 443 




Estonia


50 771 706 




Ireland


11 354 436 




Greece


15 894 130 




Spain


58 409 926 




France


99 661 294 




Croatia


7 182 633 




Italy


79 680 094 




Cyprus


1 568 619 




Latvia


40 100 861 




Lithuania


70 430 898 




Luxembourg


2 406 891 




Hungary


107 256 218 




Malta


307 434 




Netherlands


30 412 409 




Austria


13 412 151 




Poland


298 687 162 




Portugal


13 296 395 




Romania


490 413 095 




Slovenia


3 286 845 




Slovakia


75 013 997 




Finland


8 658 264 




Sweden


13 218 840 




United Kingdom


176 488 289 




Total


2 156 103 762