Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1665

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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^note, and in particular Article 4 thereof,Whereas:

(1)After the adoption of the Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1409^note, 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 2156103762 assigned amount units as opposed to 2215147885 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^note 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:

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The Annex to the Decision (EU) 2023/1409 is replaced by 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.

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

Member States and United Kingdom	Allocated Union surplus assigned amount units
Belgium	20450588
Bulgaria	126141099
Czechia	133267103
Denmark	13136942
Germany	195195443
Estonia	50771706
Ireland	11354436
Greece	15894130
Spain	58409926
France	99661294
Croatia	7182633
Italy	79680094
Cyprus	1568619
Latvia	40100861
Lithuania	70430898
Luxembourg	2406891
Hungary	107256218
Malta	307434
Netherlands	30412409
Austria	13412151
Poland	298687162
Portugal	13296395
Romania	490413095
Slovenia	3286845
Slovakia	75013997
Finland	8658264
Sweden	13218840
United Kingdom	176488289
Total	2156103762

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