Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/1884 of 10 July 2024 amending Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 as regards the total quantities of cancelled EU ETS allowances that may be taken into account for certain Member States’ compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council
Date: 2024-07-10
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: EU emission allowance, Malta, Sweden, climate change, environmental monitoring, greenhouse gas, pollution control, reduction of gas emissions








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Official Journal of the European Union


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2024/1884


11.7.2024







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/1884
of 10 July 2024
         
amending Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 as regards the total quantities of cancelled EU ETS allowances that may be taken into account for certain Member States’ compliance under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

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


Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Article 6 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 provides the possibility for certain Member States to have a limited cancellation of EU ETS emission allowances taken into account for their compliance under Article 9 of that Regulation (the ‘ETS flexibility’).












(2)


Annex III of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 (2) sets out the total quantities that may be used for the ETS flexibility pursuant to Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842. The total number was determined applying the percentages notified by Member States by 31 December 2019 pursuant to Article 6(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to the values of the calculated 2005 greenhouse gas emissions values.












(3)


Following the amendment of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 by Regulation (EU) 2023/857 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), Malta’s maximum percentage of ETS flexibility for the years 2025-2030 was increased from 2 % to 7 %. In addition, some Member States were granted a new opportunity to notify the Commission by 31 December 2023 whether they intended to make use or further use of the ETS flexibility for the period 2025-2030.












(4)


By 31 December 2023, Malta and Sweden notified the Commission of their intended use of this flexibility. Therefore, the quantities to be used for the ETS flexibility set out in Annex III to Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 should be amended for those two Member States.












(5)


The additional quantities for these two Member States that may be taken into account for a Member State’s compliance under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 are determined by applying the percentages for the period 2025 to 2030 as notified pursuant to Articles 6(3a) and (3b) of that Regulation to the values of the calculated 2005 greenhouse gas emissions as established in Annex I of Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126.












(6)


Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 should therefore be amended accordingly.












(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
Annex III to Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.


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




Done at Brussels, 10 July 2024.


For the Commission


The President

Ursula VON DER LEYEN
            





(1)  
            OJ L 156 19.6.2018, p. 26, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2018/842/oj.

(2)  Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 of 16 December 2020 on setting out the annual emission allocations of the Member States for the period from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 426, 17.12.2020, p. 58, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2020/2126/oj).

(3)  Regulation (EU) 2023/857 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 April 2023 amending Regulation (EU) 2018/842 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement, and Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (OJ L 111, 26.4.2023, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/857/oj).




ANNEX



‘ANNEX III
Total quantities following reduction of EU ETS allowances that may be taken into account for certain Member States’ compliance under Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842






Member State


Total quantity in tonnes of CO2 equivalent




Belgium


15 423 456 




Denmark


8 073 618 




Ireland


19 075 035 




Luxembourg


4 046 475 




Malta


510 300 




Austria


11 398 397 




Finland


6 887 972 




Sweden


5 187 421 






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ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/1884/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)