Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2018/1855

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THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,Having regard to 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^note, and in particular Article 19(6) thereof,Whereas:

(1)Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council^note lays down annual emission allocations for each Member State for each year of the period 2013 to 2020 and a mechanism to annually assess compliance with those limits. Member States' annual emission allocations expressed in tonnes of CO₂ equivalent are contained in Commission Decision 2013/162/EU^note. The adjustments to the annual emission allocations for each Member State are set in Commission Implementing Decision 2013/634/EU^note.

(2)Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 provides for a procedure for the review of Member States' greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions inventories for the purpose of assessing compliance with Decision No 406/2009/EC. The annual review referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 was carried out on the basis of the 2016 emissions data reported to the Commission in March 2018 in accordance with the procedures laid down in Chapter III of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014^note and Annex XVI to that Regulation.

(3)The total amount of GHG emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC for the year 2016 for each Member State should take into consideration the technical corrections and revised estimates calculated during the annual review as contained in the final review reports drawn up pursuant to Article 35(2) of Regulation (EU) No 749/2014.

(4)This Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication in order to be aligned with the provisions of Article 19(7) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 which sets the date of publication of this Decision as the starting point for the four-month period when Member States are allowed to use the flexibility mechanisms under Decision No 406/2009/EC,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

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The total sum of greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC for each Member State for the year 2016 arising from the corrected inventory data upon completion of the annual review referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

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This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Member State	Greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2016 covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC(tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Belgium	74063149
Bulgaria	25587947
Czech Republic	62816957
Denmark	33124678
Germany	454157411
Estonia	6218046
Ireland	43798177
Greece	44897200
Spain	198472205
France	351924668
Croatia	16006813
Italy	270685435
Cyprus	4111441
Latvia	9107440
Lithuania	13921700
Luxembourg	8524455
Hungary	42059940
Malta	1329995
Netherlands	101333437
Austria	50618898
Poland	198664758
Portugal	41572594
Romania	73123042
Slovenia	11236888
Slovakia	19758694
Finland	31358144
Sweden	32612247
United Kingdom	333899779

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