Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1471

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to 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^note, and in particular the fourth subparagraph of Article 3(2) thereof,Whereas:

(1)Commission Decision 2013/162/EU^note determines Member States' annual emission allocations (AEAs) for the period from 2013 to 2020 using the data from Member States' greenhouse gas (GHG) inventories determined in accordance with the 1996 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, available at the time of its adoption.

(2)After the adoption of Decision 2013/162/EU, Article 6 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 666/2014^note required Member States to report greenhouse gas inventories determined in accordance with the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories, and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) reporting guidelines on annual inventories as set out in Decision 24/CP.19 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC.

(3)Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council^note requires the Commission to examine the impact of the use of the 2006 IPCC guidelines, or of changes to UNFCCC methodologies used, on the Member State's total greenhouse gas emissions relevant for Article 3 of Decision No 406/2009/EC by December 2016, with a view to ensuring consistency between the methodologies used for the determination of the AEAs and the annual reporting by Member States after the date of that examination.

(4)In accordance with Article 27 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and based on the GHG inventory data as reviewed under Article 19 of that Regulation, the Commission examined the impact of the use of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines, and of changes to UNFCCC methodologies used, on Member State's GHG inventories. The difference in the total greenhouse gas emissions relevant for Article 3 of Decision No 406/2009/EC exceeds 1 % for most Member States. In the light of this examination, all Member States' annual emission allocations for the years 2017 to 2020 contained in Annex II to Decision 2013/162/EU should be revised in order to take into account the updated inventory data reported and reviewed pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 in 2016. Such revision should be done using the same methodology as the one used for determining the annual emission allocations by Decision 2013/162/EU.

(5)The revision of AEAs should be limited to those that were allocated for the years 2017 to 2020, since for greenhouse gas emissions for the years 2013 to 2016 Member States can no longer change their policies and measures. However, in the interests of clarity the whole Annex II to Decision 2013/162/EU should be replaced, while keeping the AEAs for the years 2013 to 2016 unchanged.

(6)Article 2 of Decision 2013/162/EU refers to global warming potential values from the 4th IPCC Assessment Report as adopted by Decision 15/CP.17 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC. In the meanwhile the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC adopted a new Decision 24/CP.19 recalling Decision 15/CP.17 and confirming the values from the 4th IPCC Assessment Report. Article 7 of Delegated Regulation (EU) No 666/2014 requires Member States and the Commission to use the global warming potentials listed in Annex III to Decision 24/CP.19 for the purpose of determining and reporting greenhouse gas inventories pursuant to paragraphs 1 to 5 of Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013. In the interests of clarity the reference to Decision 15/CP.17 in Article 2 of Decision 2013/162/EU should therefore be replaced by a reference to Decision 24/CP.19.

(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 #

Decision 2013/162/EU is amended as follows:

(1)In Article 2, ‘Decision 15/CP.17’ is replaced by ‘Decision 24/CP.19’;

(2)Annex II is replaced by the text in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2 #

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Annex II

Member States Annual Emissions Allocation for the year 2013 to 2020 calculated applying global warming potential values from the fourth IPCC assessment report

Member State	Annual Emission Allocation(tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)
2013	2014	2015	2016	2017	2018	2019	2020
Belgium	82376327	80774027	79171726	77569425	76190376	74703759	73217143	71730526
Bulgaria	28661817	28897235	29132652	29368070	27481112	27670637	27860163	28049688
Czech Republic	65452506	66137845	66823185	67508524	67971770	68581207	69190644	69800080
Denmark	36829163	35925171	35021179	34117187	34775642	33871444	32967246	32063048
Germany	495725112	488602056	481479000	474355944	453842854	446270289	438697724	431125160
Estonia	6296988	6321312	6345636	6369960	5928965	5960550	5992135	6023720
Ireland	47226256	46089109	44951963	43814816	41194830	40110780	39026731	37942682
Greece	61003810	61293018	61582226	61871434	61029668	61298009	61566349	61834690
Spain	235551490	233489390	231427291	229365191	225664376	223560157	221455939	219351720
France	408762813	403877606	398580044	393282481	371789603	366284473	360779342	355274211
Croatia	21196005	21358410	21520815	21683221	20147020	20330287	20513553	20696819
Italy	317768849	315628134	313487419	311346703	307153729	304562057	301970385	299378714
Cyprus	5919071	5922555	5926039	5929524	4196633	4122837	4049042	3975247
Latvia	9279248	9370072	9460897	9551721	9747135	9834273	9921411	10008549
Lithuania	17153997	17437556	17721116	18004675	18033267	18327321	18621376	18915430
Luxembourg	9814716	9610393	9406070	9201747	8992800	8780781	8568762	8356742
Hungary	50796264	51906630	53016996	54127362	50432363	51347175	52261987	53176800
Malta	1168514	1166788	1165061	1163334	1174524	1173666	1172808	1171950
Netherlands	125086859	122775394	120463928	118152462	116032216	113763728	111495240	109226752
Austria	54643228	54060177	53477125	52894074	51372672	50751430	50130188	49508946
Poland	204579390	205621337	206663283	207705229	210107929	211642729	213177529	214712329
Portugal	49874317	50139847	50405377	50670907	48431756	48811632	49191508	49571384
Romania	83080513	84765858	86451202	88136547	90958677	92739954	94521231	96302508
Slovenia	12278677	12309309	12339941	12370573	12161170	12196719	12232267	12267816
Slovakia	25877815	26203808	26529801	26855793	26759746	27028129	27296513	27564896
Finland	33497046	32977333	32457619	31937905	31771327	31185203	30599079	30012956
Sweden	43386459	42715001	42043544	41372087	39377620	38772710	38167800	37562890
United Kingdom	358980526	354455751	349930975	345406200	360630247	357464952	354299657	351134362

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Member States Annual Emissions Allocation for the year 2013 to 2020 calculated applying global warming potential values from the fourth IPCC assessment report

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Member States Annual Emissions Allocation for the year 2013 to 2020 calculated applying global warming potential values from the fourth IPCC assessment report