CELEX: 52012PC0333
Language: en
Date: 2012-06-20
Title: Proposal for a COUNCIL DECISION on the position to be taken by the European Union in the EEA Joint Committee concerning an amendment to Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement

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			   	EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM
1.           CONTEXT OF THE PROPOSAL
In order to ensure the requisite legal security
and homogeneity of the Internal Market, the EEA Joint Committee is to integrate
all the relevant EU legislation into the EEA Agreement as soon as possible after
its adoption.
2.           RESULTS OF CONSULTATIONS WITH THE
INTERESTED PARTIES AND IMPACT ASSESSMENTS
The draft Decision of the EEA Joint Committee
(annexed to the proposed Council Decision) aims to incorporate Directive
2009/29/EC of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and
extend the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS). It aims to incorporate, as well,
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing,
administration and other aspects of auctioning of greenhouse gas emission
allowances pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC establishing a scheme for
greenhouse gas emission allowances trading within the EU, as amended by
Commission Regulation (EU) 1210/2011 of 23 November 2011 amending
Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 in particular to determine the volume of
greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned prior to 2013, as well as
other Commission acts adopted pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC or amending
previous Commission acts in the same field.
The EEA EFTA States have participated in the EU
ETS since 2008, following the incorporation into the EEA Agreement of Directive
2003/87/EC. In line with the principle of homogeneity underpinning the European
Economic Area, the acts purporting to revise or to implement the EU ETS should
be incorporated into the EEA Agreement. 
The adaptations proposed by the EFTA side are
prompted by the extension of the EU ETS to the EFTA States. They concern Directive
2003/87/EC, as amended by Directive 2009/29/EC and Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010.
A large number of adaptations included in the
present draft JCD are already provided for in Annex XX to the EEA Agreement, in
relation to Directive 2003/87/EC. The wording of the adaptations has been
reviewed for simplification purposes.
Moreover, the EFTA side proposes an adaptation
aimed at adjusting Iceland’s share of allowances to be auctioned (see Article
1, point 2, letter (l) of the draft JCD).
3.           LEGAL ELEMENTS OF THE PROPOSAL
Article 1(3) of Council Regulation (EC) No
2894/94 concerning arrangements for implementing the EEA Agreement provides
that the Council establishes the position to be adopted on the Union’s behalf
on such Decisions, on a proposal from the Commission. 
The Commission submits the Draft Decision of
the EEA Joint Committee for adoption by the Council as the Union’s position.
The Commission would hope to be able to present it in the EEA Joint Committee
at the earliest possible opportunity.
2012/0161 (NLE)
Proposal for a
COUNCIL DECISION
on the position to be taken by the
European Union
in the EEA Joint Committee
concerning an amendment to Annex XX
(Environment)
to the EEA Agreement
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning
of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1) in conjunction with
Article 218(9) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No
2894/94 of 28 November 1994 concerning arrangements for implementing the
Agreement on the European Economic Area[1], and in particular
Article 1(3) thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the
European Commission,
Whereas:
(1)       The Agreement on the
European Economic Area[2] (“the EEA Agreement”)
entered into force on 1st January 1994.
(2)       Pursuant to Article 98 of
the Agreement, the EEA Joint Committee may decide to amend, among others, Annex
XX to the EEA Agreement.
(3)       Annex XX to the EEA
Agreement contains provisions and arrangements concerning the environment.
(4)       It is appropriate to
incorporate Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the
greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the European Union[3],
into the EEA Agreement.
(5)       It is appropriate to
incorporate Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the
timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning of greenhouse gas
emission allowances pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowances
trading within the Community[4], as amended by Commission
Regulation (EU) 1210/2011 of 23 November 2011 amending Regulation (EU)
No 1031/2010 in particular to determine the volume of greenhouse gas
emission allowances to be auctioned prior to 2013[5],
into the EEA Agreement, as well as other Commission acts adopted pursuant to
Directive 2003/87/EC.
(6)       Certain adaptations should
be provided for in relation to Directive 2003/87/EC, as amended by Directive
2009/29/EC and Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010; they are justified by the extension
of the emission trading scheme of the European Union to the EEA EFTA States.
(7)                   Annex XX to
the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended accordingly.
(8)       The position of the
European Union in the EEA Joint Committee should be based on the attached draft
Decision,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: 
Article 1
The position to be taken by the European
Union in the EEA Joint Committee on the proposed amendment to Annex XX
(Environment) to the EEA Agreement shall be based on the draft Decision of
that Committee, attached to this Decision.
Minor changes to the draft Decision may be
agreed to by the representatives of the Union in the EEA Joint Committee
without further decision of the Council. 
Article 2
After its adoption, the Decision of the EEA
Joint Committee shall be published in the Official Journal of the European
Union. 
Article […]
This Decision shall enter into force on the
day of its adoption.
Done at Brussels, 
                                                                       For
the Council
                                                                       The
President
ANNEX 
DECISION
OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE 
No 
of 
amending
Annex XX (Environment) to the EEA Agreement
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the
European Economic Area, as amended by the Protocol adjusting the Agreement on
the European Economic Area, hereinafter referred to as ‘the Agreement’, and in
particular Article 98 thereof,
Whereas:
(1)                   
Annex XX to the Agreement was amended by
Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No …/… of …[6].
(2)                   
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12
November 2010 on the timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning of
greenhouse gas emission allowances pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas
emission allowances trading within the Community[7] is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.
(3)                   
Commission Regulation (EU) No 550/2011 of 7 June
2011 on determining, pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council, certain restrictions applicable to the use of
international credits from projects involving industrial gases[8]
is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
(4)                   
Commission Regulation (EU) No 1210/2011 of 23
November 2011 amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 in particular to determine
the volume of greenhouse gas emission allowances to be auctioned prior to 2013[9]
is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
(5)                   
Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to
improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the
Community[10] is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.
(6)                   
Commission Decision 2010/2/EU of 24 December
2009 determining, pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament
and of the Council, a list of sectors and subsectors which are deemed to be
exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage[11]
is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
(7)                   
Commission Decision 2010/345/EU of 8 June 2010
amending Decision 2007/589/EC as regards the inclusion of monitoring and
reporting guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions from the capture, transport
and geological storage of carbon dioxide[12] (CO2)
is to be incorporated into the Agreement.
(8)                   
Commission Decision 2010/670/EU of 3 November
2010 laying down criteria and measures for the financing of commercial
demonstration projects that aim at the environmentally safe capture and
geological storage of CO2 as well as demonstration projects of
innovative renewable energy technologies under the scheme for greenhouse gas
emission allowance trading within the Community established by Directive 2003/87/EC
of the European Parliament and of the Council[13] is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.
(9)                   
Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011
determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of
emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council[14] is to be
incorporated into the Agreement.
(10)               
Commission Decision 2011/540/EU of
18 August 2011 on amending Decision 2007/589/EC as regards the inclusion
of monitoring and reporting guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions from new
activities and gases[15] is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.
(11)               
Commission Decision 2011/745/EU of
11 November 2011 amending Decisions 2010/2/EU and 2011/278/EU as regards
the sectors and subsectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk
of carbon leakage[16] is to be incorporated
into the Agreement.
(12)               
This Joint Committee Decision does not affect
the autonomy of the Contracting Parties with respect to international
negotiations on climate change, in particular in the context of the United
Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the Kyoto Protocol or any
other international agreement on climate change, other than in respect of
aspects relevant to the EU Emission Trading Scheme (EU ETS) that are
incorporated into the EEA Agreement. However, the EFTA States shall take due
account of the obligations they have undertaken in the EEA Agreement. Each EFTA
State is responsible for implementing policies and measures to comply with its
international commitments under the United Nations Framework Convention on
Climate Change, the Kyoto Protocol and any other international agreement
related to climate change.
(13)               
The participation of the EFTA States in the EU
ETS is without prejudice to the EFTA States’ participation in any flexible
instruments for mitigating emissions.
(14)               
The extension of the scheme to installations in
the EFTA States implies an increase of the total quantity of allowances in the
EU ETS as a whole under Articles 9 and 9a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council. The EFTA States provide in Part A of
the Appendix to the Directive, the relevant figures in order to allow the
Commission to determine the average annual EEA-wide total quantity of allowances.
(15)               
The Commission shall keep the EFTA States
informed regarding the negotiation and conclusion of agreements with third
countries as referred to in Article 11a of Directive 2003/87/EC and the
consequence this might have on the use of Certified Emission Reductions (CERs).
(16)               
When an agreement pursuant to Articles 11a or 25
of Directive 2003/87/EC is concluded, the EFTA States and their operators shall
not be discriminated against as compared to EU Member States and their
operators.
(17)               
The Commission shall keep the EFTA States informed
regarding the implementation of Article 24a(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC and the
consequence this might have on the amount of allowances in the EU ETS.
(18)               
The EFTA States fully support that the amount of
allowances allocated by auctioning is increasing in the EU ETS, with a view to
reaching no free allocation in 2027. It has always been the aim of the EFTA
States to increase the percentage of allowances that are allocated against
payment. The EFTA States recall adaptation (e) as set out in Article 1 point 2 of
EEA Joint Committee Decision No 146/2007[17] incorporating
Directive 2003/87/EC into the Agreement.
(19)               
The EFTA States will make use of the common
auction platforms appointed pursuant to Article 26 of Regulation 1031/2010 and
appoint the auction monitor selected pursuant to Article 24 of that Regulation
for monitoring the auctioning of their allowances. Due to the fact that the
EFTA States are not participating in the joint action, they do not have to
fulfil any specific tasks in the procurement procedures for appointing the
common auction platforms and auction monitor. Once these are appointed, each
EFTA State will use its best endeavours to enter into a contract with them. The
Commission will, to the extent feasible, see to it that the auction platforms
enter into a contract with the EFTA States subject, mutatis mutandis, to
the same conditions envisaged for participating EU Member States in the
contracts resulting from the joint procurement procedures, provided that the
EFTA States aggregate the auctioning of their allowances with the allowances of
the participating EU Member States. For the auction monitor, the Commission
will, to the extent feasible, see to it that the auction monitor enters into a
contract with the EFTA States subject, mutatis mutandis, to the same
conditions applicable to either the participating EU Member States or the
non-participating EU Member States depending on whether or not the EFTA States
choose to aggregate the auctioning of their allowances with the allowances of
the participating EU Member States.
(20)               
Budgetary issues are not part of the Agreement.
Financial contributions from the EFTA States to the EU Member States are
negotiated through the EEA Financial Mechanisms. The application of the
provisions of Directive 2003/87/EC concerning these issues and the application
of the criteria for distribution amongst certain EU Member States of certain
percentages of the total quantity of allowances to be auctioned pursuant to
Article 10(2)(b) and (c) and Annexes IIa and IIb of Directive 2003/87/EC is
therefore without prejudice to the scope of the Agreement.
(21)               
The EFTA Surveillance Authority shall coordinate
closely with the Commission whenever it is called to undertake tasks relating
to the EFTA States for which the Commission is responsible with respect to the
EU Member States pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC, Regulation (EC) No
2216/2004, Decision 2007/589/EC and Decision 2006/780/EC. These tasks include inter
alia the assessment of the national implementation measures referred to in
Article 11 and any application for the unilateral inclusion of additional
activities and gases under Article 24 of Directive 2003/87/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
Annex XX to the Agreement shall be amended
as follows:
1.           The following indent shall be added
in point 21al (Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council):
‘-       32009 L 0029: Directive
2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 (OJ L
140, 5.6.2009, p. 63).’
2.           The adaptations in point 21al
(Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council) shall be
replaced by the following:
‘The provisions of the Directive shall, for the
purposes of this Agreement, be read with the following adaptations:
(a)     Without prejudice to future development
by the EEA Joint Committee, it should be noted that the following Community
acts are not incorporated into the EEA Agreement:
(i)      Council
Decision 2002/358/EC of 25 April 2002 concerning the approval, on behalf of the
European Community, of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder[18],
(ii)      Decision No 280/2004/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 concerning a
mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for
implementing the Kyoto Protocol[19].
(b)     At the time of incorporation of the
Directive, Liechtenstein does not have any aviation activities as defined in
the Directive operated on its territory. Liechtenstein will comply with the
Directive when relevant aviation activities take place on its territory.
(c)     The following subparagraph shall be
added in Article 3c(4):
         “The EEA Joint Committee shall, in
accordance with the procedures laid down in the Agreement and based on figures
provided by the EFTA Surveillance Authority in cooperation with Eurocontrol,
decide on the EEA-wide historical aviation emissions by adding the relevant
numbers concerning flights within and between the territories of the EFTA
States and flights between the EFTA States and third countries to the
Commission decision when incorporating the latter into the EEA Agreement.”
(d)     In Article 3d(4), the second
subparagraph shall be deleted.
(e)     The following subparagraph shall be
added in Articles 3e(2) and 3f(4):
         “By the same date, the EFTA States
shall submit applications received to the EFTA Surveillance Authority, which
shall promptly pass them onto the Commission.”
(f)      The following subparagraphs shall be
added in Article 3e(3):
         “The EEA Joint Committee shall, in
accordance with the procedures laid down in the Agreement and based on figures
provided by the EFTA Surveillance Authority in cooperation with Eurocontrol,
decide on the EEA-wide number for the total number of allowances, the number of
allowances to be auctioned, the number of allowances in the special reserve and
the number of free allowances, by adding the relevant numbers concerning
flights within and between the territories of the EFTA States and flights
between the EFTA States and third countries to the Commission decision when
incorporating the latter into the EEA Agreement.
         The Commission shall decide on the
EEA-wide benchmark. During the decision-making process the Commission shall
cooperate closely with the EFTA Surveillance Authority. The calculation and
publication by the EFTA States under Article 3e(4) shall take place subsequent
to the decision of the EEA Joint Committee incorporating the decision adopted
by the Commission into the EEA Agreement.”
(g)     The following subparagraph shall be
added in Article 3f(5):
         “The Commission shall decide on the
EEA-wide benchmark. During the decision-making process the Commission shall
cooperate closely with the EFTA Surveillance Authority. The calculation and
publication by the EFTA States under Article 3f(7) shall take place subsequent
to the decision of the EEA Joint Committee incorporating the decision adopted
by the Commission into the EEA Agreement.”
(h)     The following paragraphs shall be
inserted in Article 9:
         “The increase in the average annual
total quantity of allowances in the EU ETS due to the extension of the scheme
to cover Liechtenstein and Norway pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be in
accordance with the EFTA Surveillance Authority’s decisions concerning their
national allocation plans for the period from 2008 to 2012.
         The increase in the average annual
total quantity of allowances in the EU ETS due to the extension of the scheme
to cover Iceland pursuant to paragraph 1 shall correspond to 23 934 tonnes
of CO2 equivalent. 
         In respect of the EFTA States, the
figures to be taken into account for the calculation of the EEA-wide quantity
of allowances to be issued from 2013 onwards pursuant to this Article are set
out in Part A of the Appendix.”
(i)      The following sentence shall be added
in Article 9a(1):
         “For Norway, the average annual
quantity of allowances issued in respect of the installations mentioned in this
paragraph is 878 850.”
(j)      The following subparagraph shall be
added in Article 9a(2):
         “With regard to installations in the
EFTA States carrying out activities listed in Annex I which are only
included in the Community scheme from 2013 onwards, the average annual
emissions of the reported period for the adjustment shall be:
         Iceland: 1 862 571 tonnes
of CO2 equivalent.
         Liechtenstein: 0 tonnes of CO2
equivalent.
         Norway: 5 269 254 tonnes of
CO2 equivalent.”
(k)     The following paragraphs shall be
added after Article 9a(4):
“5.     In respect of the EFTA States, the
figures to be taken into account for the adjustment of the EEA-wide quantity of
allowances to be issued from 2013 onwards pursuant to this Article are set out
in Part A of the Appendix.
6.       The Commission shall calculate and
adjust the annual EEA-wide quantity of allowances to be issued from 2013
onwards in accordance with Article 9 and this Article in order to include the
EFTA States’ figures as set out in Part A of the Appendix. The Commission shall
publish the adjusted EEA-wide quantities of allowances for 2013 and onwards.”
(l)      The following paragraph shall be
added in Article 10(2): 
         “For the purposes of point (a), in
respect of Liechtenstein and Norway, their shares shall be calculated on the
basis of the following emissions:
         Liechtenstein: 20 943 tonnes of
CO2 equivalent. 
         Norway: 18 635 669 tonnes
of CO2 equivalent.
         In respect of Iceland, the share
referred to in point (a) shall be calculated on the basis of 36 196 tonnes
of CO2 equivalent adjusted by 899 645 tonnes of CO2
equivalent, representing the share of verified emissions for 2005 from
installations carrying out activities listed in Annex I, which are only
included in the Community scheme from 2013 onwards. Iceland's share shall thus
be calculated on the basis of 935 841 tonnes of CO2
equivalent.”
(m)    Article 10(3) shall not apply to the
EFTA States.
(n)     The following subparagraph shall be
added after the fifth subparagraph of Article 11a(8):
         “In respect of the EFTA States, the
figures to be taken into account for the calculation of the EEA-wide reductions
pursuant to the fifth subparagraph are set out in Part B of the Appendix.”
(o)     The second sentence in Article 16(3)
shall be replaced by the following:
“The EFTA States shall provide for excess
emissions penalties that are equivalent to those in the EU Member States.”
(p)     The following paragraph shall be
inserted after Article 16(12):
“13.   The EFTA States shall submit any
requests pursuant to Article 16(5) and (10) to the EFTA Surveillance Authority,
which shall promptly pass them on to the Commission.”
(q)     The following subparagraph shall be
added in Article 18a(1):
         “Reallocation of aircraft operators
to the EFTA States should take place during year 2011, after fulfilment by the
operator of its 2010 obligations. A different timeline for reallocation of
aircraft operators initially assigned to a Member State on the basis of the
criteria mentioned under (b), can be agreed by the initial administering Member
State, further to an explicit request introduced by the operator within 6
months from the adoption by the Commission of the EEA-wide list of operators
provided for in Article 18a(3)(b). In this case, reallocation shall take place
no later than in 2020 with regard to the trading period beginning in 2021.”
(r)      In Article 18a(3)(b), the words “for
the whole EEA” shall be inserted after the words “aircraft operators”.
(s)     The following subparagraph shall be
added in Article 18b:
         “For the purposes of carrying out
their tasks under the Directive, the EFTA States and the EFTA Surveillance
Authority may request the assistance of Eurocontrol or another relevant
organisation and may conclude to that effect any appropriate agreements with
those organisations.”
(t)      The following paragraph shall be
added to Article 20:
“4.     The issue, transfer and cancellation
of allowances concerning the EFTA States, their operators and the aircraft
operators administered by them shall be registered in the independent
transaction log referred to in paragraph 1.
          The Central Administrator shall be
competent to perform the tasks referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 when the EFTA
States, their operators or the aircraft operators administered by them are
concerned.”
(u)     The following paragraph shall be added
to Article 25:
“3.     Allowances of the Community system
include allowances issued or traded by the EFTA States or their operators under
the Community system. Upon conclusion by the Community of an agreement referred
to in this Article, no distinction shall be made between such allowances. 
          The Commission shall keep the EFTA
States informed at an early stage regarding the negotiation and conclusion of
agreements or non-binding arrangements according to this Article.”
(v)     The EFTA States participating in the
EU Emission Trading Scheme will provide information according to the relevant
requirements in the first subparagraph of Article 30(3), while the reporting
requirements under the second subparagraph shall not apply to them.
(w)    The following shall be added after
Annex V:
“APPENDIX
PART A
EFTA
States’ figures relevant to the calculation and adjustment of 
the EEA-wide quantity of allowances to be issued from 2013 onwards 
pursuant to Articles 9 and 9a of Directive 2003/87/EC
1.         EFTA
States’ figures pursuant to Article 9
For the determination of these figures, the
linear factor of 1.74% has been applied.
Iceland
These figures are based on the average annual verified emissions from 2005 to 2010 from
activities falling in principle under Directive 2003/87/EC during the period
from 2008 to 2012 corresponding to 23 934 allowances.
 Year || Amount of allowances 
 2013 || 22 684 
 2014 || 22 268 
 2015 || 21 851 
 2016 || 21 435 
 2017 || 21 018 
 2018 || 20 602 
 2019 || 20 186 
 2020 || 19 769 
Liechtenstein
These figures are based on an average
annual total quantity of allowances by Liechtenstein for the period from 2008
to 2012 corresponding to 17 943 allowances as set out in Liechtenstein’s National
Allocation Plan.
 Year || Amount of allowances 
 2013 || 17 006 
 2014 || 16 694 
 2015 || 16 382 
 2016 || 16 070 
 2017 || 15 758 
 2018 || 15 445 
 2019 || 15 133 
 2020 || 14 821 
Norway
These figures are based on an average
annual total quantity of allowances by Norway for the period from 2008 to 2012
corresponding to 14 255 268 allowances, as set out in the Norwegian
National Allocation Plan.
 Year || Amount of allowances 
 2013 || 13 511 143 
 2014 || 13 263 101 
 2015 || 13 015 060 
 2016 || 12 767 018 
 2017 || 12 518 976 
 2018 || 12 270 935 
 2019 || 12 022 893 
 2020 || 11 774 851 
2.         EFTA States’ figures pursuant to Article 9a(1)
For the determination of these figures, the
linear factor of 1.74% has been applied.
Norway
 Year || Amount of allowances 
 2013 || 832 974 
 2014 || 817 682 
 2015 || 802 390 
 2016 || 787 098 
 2017 || 771 806 
 2018 || 756 514 
 2019 || 741 222 
 2020 || 725 930 
3.         EFTA States’ figures pursuant to Article 9a(2)
For the determination of these figures, the
linear factor of 1.74% has been applied.
Iceland
 Year || Amount of allowances 
 2013 || 1 732 936 
 2014 || 1 700 527 
 2015 || 1 668 119 
 2016 || 1 635 710 
 2017 || 1 603 301 
 2018 || 1 570 892 
 2019 || 1 538 484 
 2020 || 1 506 075 
Norway 
 Year || Amount of allowances 
 2013 || 4 994 199 
 2014 || 4 902 514 
 2015 || 4 810 829 
 2016 || 4 719 144 
 2017 || 4 627 459 
 2018 || 4 535 774 
 2019 || 4 444 089 
 2020 || 4 352 404 
PART B
EFTA
States’ figures relevant to the calculation of
the EEA-wide reductions pursuant to the fifth subparagraph of Article 11a(8)
   || Emissions in 2005 from existing sectors (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent) || Emissions in 2005 from new sectors included as of 2013 (in tonnes of CO2 equivalent) 
 Iceland || 36 196 || 899 645 
 Liechtenstein || 18 121 || 0 
 Norway || 19 730 000 || 6 140 000 
”
3.           The following points shall be
inserted after point 21al (Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and
of the Council):
‘21ala.32010 R 1031: Commission
Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, administration
and other aspects of auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances pursuant
to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing
a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowances trading within the Community
(OJ L 302, 18.11.2010, p.1), as amended by:
-        32011 R 1210: Commission
Regulation (EU) No 1210/2011 of 23 November 2011(OJ L 308, 24.11.2011, p. 2).
The provisions of the
Regulation shall, for the purposes of this Agreement, be read with the
following adaptations:
(a)     The first sentence in Article 22(7)
shall read as follows:
“The EFTA States shall notify the identity of
the auctioneer and its contact details to the EFTA Surveillance Authority,
which will forward the information to the Commission.”
(b)     The following sentences shall be added
in Article 24(2):
“The EFTA States shall contract the auction
monitor appointed following the joint procurement procedure between the
Commission and the Member States to monitor all auction processes. In Article
25(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5), the term ‘Member State(s)’ shall be understood to
include the EFTA States.”
(c)     The following subparagraph shall be
added in Article 26(1) and (2):
“The EFTA States shall contract the auction
platform appointed jointly by the Commission and the participating EU Member
States for the auctioning of their shares of the allowances to be auctioned
where the EFTA States choose to aggregate the auctioning of their allowances
with the allowances of the EU Member States participating in the joint action. 
(d)     The following sentence shall be added
in Article 27(1) and Article 28(1):
“Without prejudice to the arrangements in the
contract to be concluded between the EFTA States and the auction platform, the
auction platform appointed following the joint procurement procedure between
the Commission and the Member States participating in the joint action may
provide the above-mentioned services also to the EFTA States.” 
(e)     Articles 30 to 32 shall not apply to
the EFTA States, provided that they have contracted the auction platforms
appointed according to Article 26 in accordance with adaptation (c) above.
(f)      The following subparagraphs shall be
added in Article 52(3):
“The share of the costs of the auction monitor
relating to an auction platform appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) or (2) and
contracted by the EFTA States shall be distributed between the Member States
participating in the joint action and the EFTA States in accordance with their
shares of the total volume of allowances auctioned on the auction platform
concerned provided that the EFTA States aggregate the auctioning of their
allowances with the allowances of the EU Member States participating in the joint
action.
The share of the costs of the auction monitor
relating to an auction platform appointed pursuant to Article 30(1) or (2) and
contracted by an EFTA State, including the cost of any report requested
pursuant to Article 25(4), shall be borne by the EFTA State concerned in the
same way as for EU Member States not participating in the joint action.”
21alb.32010 D 0002: Commission Decision
2010/2/EU of 24 December 2009 determining, pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council, a list of sectors and subsectors
which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage (OJ L 1,
5.1.2010, p. 10), as amended by:
-        32011
D 0745: Commission Decision 2011/745/EU of 11 November 2011 (OJ L 299,
17.11.2011, p. 9).
21alc.32011 D 0278: Commission Decision
2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for
harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of
Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 130,
17.5.2011, p. 1), as amended by:
-        32011
D 0745: Commission Decision 2011/745/EU of 11 November 2011 (OJ L 299,
17.11.2011, p. 9).
21ald.32010 D 0670: Commission
Decision 2010/670/EU of 3 November 2010 laying down criteria and measures for
the financing of commercial demonstration projects that aim at the
environmentally safe capture and geological storage of CO2 as well
as demonstration projects of innovative renewable energy technologies under the
scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community
established by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 290, 6.11.2010. p. 39).
21ale.32011 R 0550: Commission
Regulation (EU) No 550/2011 of 7 June 2011 on determining, pursuant to
Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, certain
restrictions applicable to the use of international credits from projects
involving industrial gases (OJ L 149, 8.6.2011, p. 1).’
4.           The following indents shall be
added in point 21am (Commission Decision 2007/589/EC):
‘-       32010 D 0345: Commission
Decision 2010/345/EU of 8 June 2010 (OJ L 155, 22.6.2010, p. 34),
-        32011 D 0540: Commission
Decision 2011/540/EU of 18 August 2011 (OJ L 244, 21.9.2011, p. 1).’
Article 2
The texts of Regulations (EU) No 1031/2010,
(EU) No 550/2011 and (EU) No 1210/2011, Directive 2009/29/EC and Decisions
2010/2/EU, 2010/345/EU, 2010/670/EU, 2011/278/EU, 2011/540/EU and 2011/745/EU
in the Icelandic and Norwegian languages, to be published in the EEA Supplement
to the Official Journal of the European Union, shall be authentic.
Article 3
This Decision shall enter into force on […]
or the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under
Article 103(1) of the Agreement, whichever is the latest*.
Article 4
This Decision shall be published in the EEA
Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the
European Union.
Done at Brussels, .
            For
the EEA Joint Committee
            The
President
            
            
            
            The Secretaries
            to the EEA Joint Committee
[1]               OJ L 305, 30.11.1994, p. 6.
[2]               OJ L 1, 3.1.1994, p. 3. 
[3]               OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 63.
[4]               OJ L 302, 18.11.2010, p.1.
[5]               OJ L 308, 24.11.2011, p. 2.
[6]               OJ L …
[7]               OJ L 302, 18.11.2010, p.1.
[8]               OJ L 149, 8.6.2011, p. 1.
[9]               OJ L 308, 24.11.2011, p. 2.
[10]               OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 63.
[11]               OJ L 1, 5.1.2010, p. 10.
[12]               OJ L 155, 22.6.2010, p. 34.
[13]               OJ L 290, 6.11.2010, p. 39.
[14]               OJ L 130, 17.5.2011, p. 1.
[15]             OJ L 244, 21.9.2011, p. 1.
[16]             OJ L 299, 17.11.2011, p. 9.
[17]             OJ L 100, 10.4.2008, p. 92.
[18]             OJ L 130, 15.5.2002, p. 1.
[19]             OJ L 49, 19.2.2004, p. 1.
*               [No constitutional requirements indicated.]
[Constitutional requirements indicated.]