Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance.)

Member States shall include in their integrated national energy and climate progress reports information on the implementation of the following objectives and measures:

• (a) where applicable, national objectives and policies translating to a national context the SET Plan objectives and policies;

• (b) national objectives for total public and, where available, private spending in research and innovation relating to clean energy technologies as well as for technology cost and performance development;

• (c) where appropriate, national objectives, including long-term targets for 2050 for the deployment of technologies for decarbonising energy- and carbon-intensive industrial sectors and, where applicable, for related carbon transport, use, and storage infrastructure;

• (d) national objectives to phase out energy subsidies, in particular for fossil fuels;

• (e) implemented, adopted and planned policies and measures to achieve the objectives referred to in points (b) and (c);

• (f) cooperation with other Member States in implementing the objectives and policies referred to in points (b) to (d), including coordination of policies and measures in the context of the SET Plan, such as alignment of research programmes and common programmes;

• (g) financing measures, including Union support and the use of Union funds, in this area at national level, where applicable.

Section 2 Annual reporting

Article 26

Annual Reporting

• (a) the information referred to in Article 6(2) of Directive 2009/119/EC;

• (b) the information referred to in point 3 of Annex IX of Directive 2013/30/EU, in accordance with Article 25 of that Directive.

For the purposes of this paragraph, the Commission shall, on the basis of the Member States' approximated greenhouse gas inventories or, if a Member State has not communicated its approximated inventories by that date, on the basis of its own estimates, annually compile a Union approximated greenhouse gas inventory. The Commission shall make that information available to the public by 30 September every year.

• (a) amend Part 2 of Annex V by adding or deleting substances in the list of greenhouse gases, in accordance with relevant decisions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement;

• (b) supplement this Regulation by adopting values for global warming potentials and specifying the inventory guidelines applicable in accordance with relevant decisions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement;

• (c) amend Part 3 of Annex V to update the list of categories in accordance with relevant Union legislation.

In proposing such implementing acts the Commission shall take into account the UNFCCC or Paris Agreement timetables for the monitoring and reporting of that information and the relevant decisions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement in order to ensure compliance by the Union with its reporting obligations as a Party to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. Those implementing acts shall also specify the timescales for cooperation and coordination between the Commission and the Member States in preparing the Union greenhouse gas inventory report.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(6).

Article 27

Reporting on the 2020 targets

By 30 April 2022, each Member State shall report to the Commission on the achievement of its 2020 energy efficiency national target established pursuant to Article 3(1) of Directive 2012/27/EU by providing the information set out in Part 2 of Annex IX to this Regulation, and of the national overall targets for the share of energy from renewable sources in 2020 as set out in Annex I to Directive 2009/28/EC in the version in force on 31 December 2020 by providing the following information:

• (a) the sectoral (electricity, heating and cooling, and transport) and overall shares of energy from renewable sources in 2020;

• (b) the measures taken to achieve the 2020 national renewable energy targets, including measures related to support schemes, guarantees of origin and simplification of administrative procedures;

• (c) the share of energy from biofuels and bioliquids produced from cereal and other starch-rich crops, sugars and oil crops in energy consumption in transport;

• (d) the share of energy from biofuels and biogas for transport produced from feedstocks and of other fuels listed in Part A of Annex IX to Directive 2009/28/EC in the version in force on 31 December 2020 in energy consumption in transport.

Section 3 Reporting platform

Article 28

E-platform

CHAPTER 5 Aggregate assessment of progress and policy response to ensure Union targets achievement — Commission monitoring

Article 29

Assessment of progress

• (a) the progress made at Union level towards meeting the objectives of the Energy Union, including for the first ten-year period the Union's 2030 targets for energy and climate, in particular for the purpose of avoiding any gaps to the Union's 2030 targets for renewable energy and energy efficiency;

• (b) the progress made by each Member State towards meeting its objectives, including progress towards the Union’s climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, targets and contributions and implementing the policies and measures set out in its integrated national energy and climate plan;

• (c) the overall impact of aviation on the global climate, including through non-CO2 emissions or effects, based on the emission data provided by Member States pursuant to Article 26, and improve that assessment by reference to scientific advancements and air traffic data, as appropriate;

• (d) the overall impact of the policies and measures of the integrated national energy and climate plans on the operation of the Union climate and energy policy measures;

• (e) the overall impact of the policies and measures included in the integrated national energy and climate plans on the operation of the European Union's emission trading system (EU ETS) and on the supply-demand balance of allowances in the European carbon market.

In carrying out its assessment, the Commission shall take the following steps:

• (a) consider whether the Union's milestone of no more than 1 483 Mtoe of primary energy and no more than 1 086  Mtoe of final energy in 2020 is achieved;

• (b) assess whether Member States' progress indicates that the Union as a whole is on track towards the level of energy consumption in 2030 as referred to in the first subparagraph, taking into account the assessment of information provided by Member States in their integrated national energy and climate progress reports;

• (c) use results from modelling exercises in relation to future trends in energy consumption at Union level and national level and use other complementary analysis;

• (d) take due account of relevant circumstances affecting primary and final energy consumption indicated by the Member States in their integrated national energy and climate plans, in accordance with Article 6(2).

• (a) commitments under Article 4 of the UNFCCC and under Article 3 of the Paris Agreement as set out in decisions adopted by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC, or by the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement;

• (b) obligations set out in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 and in Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841;

• (c) the objectives set out in the integrated national energy and climate plan with a view to achieving the Energy Union objectives and for the first ten-year period with a view to fulfilling the 2030 targets for energy and climate.

Article 30

Inconsistencies with overarching Energy Union objectives and targets under Regulation (EU) 2018/842

Article 31

Response to insufficient ambition of integrated national energy and climate plans

Where a gap between the Union's 2030 target and the sum of the national contributions occurs in the area of energy efficiency, the Commission shall, in particular, evaluate the relevant circumstances listed in Article 6(2), information provided by Member States in their integrated national energy and climate plans, results from modelling exercises in relation to future trends in energy consumption and other complementary analysis as appropriate.

Without prejudice to the other provisions of this Article, and for the sole purpose of assessing whether a gap between the Union's 2030 target and the collective contributions of Member States occurs, the Commission shall, in its assessment, assume a national contribution of the Member States which did not submit their draft integrated national energy and climate plans in accordance with Article 9(1).

In its assumption, in the area of renewable energy, the Commission shall take into account the Member State's national binding target for 2020 as set out in Annex I to Directive (EU) 2018/2001, results from modelling exercises on renewable energy development and the results from the formula set out in Annex II to this Regulation. In the area of energy efficiency, it shall take into account modelling exercises in relation to future trends in energy consumption and other complementary analysis as appropriate.

In its assessment of the renewable energy contributions, based on the formula set out in Annex II, the Commission shall take into consideration any potential negative impacts on the security of supply and grid stability in small or isolated energy systems or in Member States' systems where there may be significant implications due to the change of synchronous area.

In its assessment of the energy efficiency contributions, the Commission shall take into consideration the potential impact on electricity system operation and grid stability in Member States where there may be significant implications due to the change of synchronous area.

Article 32

Response to insufficient progress towards the Union's energy and climate objectives and targets

In its recommendations in the area of renewable energy, the Commission shall take into consideration the relevant circumstances indicated by the Member State in accordance with the second subparagraph of Article 5(1). The Commission shall also take into consideration renewable energy projects for which a final investment decision has been taken, provided that those projects become operational in the period 2021 to 2030 and have a significant impact on a Member State's national contribution.

In its recommendations in the area of energy efficiency, the Commission shall take due account of the objective criteria listed in points (a) and (b) of Article 6(1) and the relevant national circumstances indicated by the Member State in accordance with Article 6(2).

In the area of renewable energy, the Commission shall assess if the national measures provided for in paragraph 3 are sufficient to achieve the Union's renewable energy targets. In the case of insufficient national measures, the Commission shall, as appropriate, propose measures and exercise its power at Union level in addition to those recommendations in order to ensure, in particular, the achievement of the Union's 2030 target for renewable energy.

In the area of energy efficiency, the Commission shall as appropriate, propose measures and exercise its powers at Union level in addition to those recommendations in order to ensure, in particular, the achievement of the Union's 2030 target for energy efficiency.

In the area of energy efficiency, such additional measures may in particular improve the energy efficiency of:

• (a) products, pursuant to Directive 2009/125/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council ([^E0003]) and Regulation (EU) 2017/1369 of the European Parliament and of the Council ([^E0004]);

• (b) buildings, pursuant to Directives 2010/31/EU and 2012/27/EU; and

• (c) transport.

• (a) national measures to increase deployment of renewable energy;

• (b) adjusting the share of renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector set out in Article 23(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

• (c) adjusting the share of renewable energy in the transport sector set out in Article 25(1) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001;

• (d) making a voluntary financial payment to the Union renewable energy financing mechanism set up at Union level, contributing to renewable energy projects and managed directly or indirectly by the Commission as set out in Article 33;

• (e) using cooperation mechanisms set out in Directive (EU) 2018/2001.

Such measures shall take into account the Commission's considerations as set out in the second subparagraph of paragraph 1 of this Article. The Member States concerned shall include those measures as part of their integrated national energy and climate progress report.

Member States fulfilling the obligation to cover the gap to the baseline shall be deemed to be in compliance with the obligations set out in the first sentence of the first subparagraph of this paragraph and in Article 3(4) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 throughout the period where the gap occurred.

For the purposes of point (d) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 3 of this Article, Member States may use their revenues from annual emission allowances under Directive 2003/87/EC.

Article 33

Union renewable energy financing mechanism

• (a) payments from Member States referred to in Article 32 may be complemented by additional sources, such as Union funds, private sector contributions or additional payments by Member States in order to contribute to the achievement of the Union target;

• (b) the financing mechanism may, inter alia, provide support in the form of low-interest loans, grants, or a mix of both and may support, inter alia, joint projects between Member States in accordance with Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2018/2001 and Member States' participation in joint projects with third countries referred to in Article 11 of that Directive.

• (a) the methodology for the calculation of the maximum level of the premium for each tender;

• (b) the tender design to be applied, including conditions for delivery and associated penalties;

• (c) the methodology for the calculation of the payments of Member States and the resulting statistical benefits for the contributing Member States;

• (d) minimum requirements for Member States' participation, having regard to the need to ensure both continuity of the mechanism by means of a sufficient duration of the Member State payment, as well as the maximum amount of flexibility for Member States' participation;

• (e) provisions ensuring the participation and/or approval of hosting Member States, and where necessary provisions relating to additional system cost charges.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(6).

Article 34

Commission recommendations to Member States

• (a) the Member State concerned shall take due account of the recommendation in a spirit of solidarity between Member States and the Union and between Member States;

• (b) the Member State shall set out, in its integrated national energy and climate progress report made in the year following the year the recommendation was issued, how it has taken due account of the recommendation. If the Member State concerned decides not to address a recommendation or a substantial part thereof, that Member State shall provide its reasoning;

• (c) the recommendations should be complementary to the latest country-specific recommendations issued in the context of the European Semester.

Article 35

State of the Energy Union report

• (a) the assessment carried out pursuant to Article 29;

• (b) where appropriate, recommendations pursuant to Article 34;

• (c) the report on the functioning of the carbon market referred to in Article 10(5) of Directive 2003/87/EC, including information on the application of that Directive in accordance with Article 21(2) thereof;

• (d) biennially, from 2023, a report on Union bioenergy sustainability, containing the information specified in Annex X;

• (e) biennially, a report on voluntary schemes in respect of which the Commission has adopted a decision pursuant to Article 30(4) of Directive (EU) 2018/2001, containing the information specified in Annex XI to this Regulation;

• (f) an overall progress report on the application of Directive 2009/72/EC;

• (g) an overall progress report on the application of Directive 2009/73/EC pursuant to Article 52 of that Directive;

• (h) an overall progress report on energy efficiency obligation schemes and alternative policy measures as referred to in Articles 7a and 7b of Directive 2012/27/EU;

• (i) biennially, an overall progress report on the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, in line with the roadmaps set out in the long-term renovation strategies that each Member State shall establish in accordance with Article 2a of Directive 2010/31/EU;

• (j) every four years, an overall progress report on Member States' increase in the number of nearly zero-energy buildings in accordance with Article 9(5) of Directive 2010/31/EU;

• (k) an overall progress report on Member States' progress in creating a complete and operational energy market;

• (l) actual fuel quality in the different Member States and geographical coverage of fuels with a maximum sulphur content of 10 mg/kg aiming to provide an overview of the fuels quality data in the different Member States as reported pursuant to Directive 98/70/EC;

• (m) a progress report on competitiveness;

• (n) Member States' progress towards phasing out energy subsidies, in particular for fossil fuels;

• (o) other issues of relevance to the implementation of the Energy Union, including public and private support;

• (p) by 31 October 2019 and every four years thereafter, an assessment of the implementation of Directive 2009/31/EC.

Article 36

Monitoring of the governance mechanism

In the context of the State of the Energy Union as referred to in Article 35, the Commission shall inform the European Parliament and the Council on the implementation of the integrated national energy and climate plans. The European Parliament and the Council shall, on an annual basis, address the progress achieved by the Energy Union on all dimensions of Energy and Climate policies.

CHAPTER 6 Union and national systems on greenhouse gas emissions and removals by sinks

Article 37

Union and national inventory systems

4a. Where the Commission finds during the initial check carried out pursuant to paragraph 4 of this Article a difference between the annual average of net removals in the years specified in Article 4(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 reported by any Member State in the 2020 and 2023 or subsequent submission of the greenhouse gas inventory that is greater than 500 kt CO2 equivalent, the Commission shall verify:

• (a) the transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability and completeness of information submitted; and

• (b) that LULUCF reporting is carried out in a manner which is consistent with UNFCCC guidance documentation or Union rules.

The Commission shall make the results of that verification publicly available.

In proposing such implementing acts, the Commission shall take into account any relevant decisions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(6).

Article 38

Inventory review

1a. In 2025, the Commission shall carry out a comprehensive review of the national inventory data submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 26(4) of this Regulation, in order to determine the annual targets of net greenhouse gas emissions reduction of the Member States pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/841 and in order to determine the annual emission allocations of the Member States pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842.

• (a) checks to verify the transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability and completeness of information submitted;

• (b) checks to identify cases where inventory data are prepared in a manner which is inconsistent with UNFCCC guidance documentation or Union rules;

• (c) checks to identify cases where LULUCF accounting is carried out in a manner which is inconsistent with UNFCCC guidance documentation or Union rules, and

• (d) where appropriate, calculating the resulting technical corrections necessary, in consultation with the Member States.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(6).

Article 39

Union and national systems for policies and measures and projections

In proposing such implementing acts, the Commission shall take into account the relevant decisions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC or of the Paris Agreement, including internationally agreed reporting requirements as well as timetables for monitoring and reporting of that information.

Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 44(6).

Article 40

Establishment and operation of registries

CHAPTER 7 Cooperation and support

Article 41

Cooperation between the Member States and the Union

• (a) the process for preparing, adopting, notifying and assessing the integrated national energy and climate plans pursuant to Articles 9 to 13;

• (b) the process for preparing, adopting, notifying and assessing the integrated national energy and climate progress report pursuant to Article 17 and annual reporting pursuant to Article 26;

• (c) the process related to the Commission recommendations and addressing those recommendations pursuant to Article 9(2) and (3), Article 17(6), Article 30(1), Article 31(1) and Article 32(1) and (2);

• (d) compiling the Union greenhouse gas inventory and preparing the Union greenhouse gas inventory report, pursuant to Article 26(4);

• (e) preparing the Union national communication pursuant to Article 12 of the UNFCCC and the Union biennial report pursuant to Decision 2/CP.17 or subsequent relevant decisions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC;

• (f) review and compliance procedures under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement in accordance with any applicable decision under the UNFCCC as well as the Union's procedure to review Member States greenhouse gas inventories referred to in Article 38;

• (g) any adjustments following the review process referred to in Article 38 or other changes to inventories and inventory reports submitted, or to be submitted, to the UNFCCC Secretariat;

• (h) compiling the Union approximated greenhouse gas inventory, pursuant to Article 26(2).

Article 42

Role of the European Environment Agency

The European Environment Agency shall assist the Commission in its work as regards the decarbonisation and energy efficiency dimensions to comply with Articles 15 to 21, 26, 28, 29, 35, 37, 38, 39 and 41 in accordance with its annual work programme. That shall include assistance, as required, with:

• (a) compiling the information reported by Member States on policies and measures and projections;

• (b) performing quality assurance and quality control procedures on the information reported by Member States on projections and policies and measures;

• (c) preparing estimates or complementing those available to the Commission for data on projections not reported by the Member States;

• (d) compiling data, wherever available taken from European statistics and appropriate in terms of timing, as required for the State of the Energy Union report to the European Parliament and to the Council prepared by the Commission;

• (e) disseminating information collected under this Regulation, including maintaining and updating a database on Member States' mitigation policies and measures and the European Climate Adaptation Platform relating to impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change;

• (f) performing quality assurance and quality control procedures in the preparation of the Union greenhouse gas inventory;

• (g) compiling the Union greenhouse gas inventory and preparing the Union greenhouse gas inventory report;

• (h) preparing estimates for data not reported in the national greenhouse gas inventories;

• (i) conducting the review referred to in Article 38;

• (j) compiling the Union approximated greenhouse gas inventory.

CHAPTER 8 Final provisions

Article 43

Exercise of the delegation

Article 44

Committees

• (a) a Climate Change Committee with regard to the implementation of the issues referred to in Article 19(5), Article 26(7), Article 37(6), Article 38(3) and Article 39(3); and

• (b) an Energy Union Committee with regard to the implementation of issues referred to in Article 17(4) and Article 33(4).

Article 45

Review

The Commission shall report to the European Parliament and to the Council within six months of each global stocktake agreed under Article 14 of the Paris Agreement on the operation of this Regulation, its contribution to governance of the Energy Union, its contribution to the long-term goals of the Paris Agreement, progress towards the achievement of the 2030 climate and energy targets and the Union’s climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119, additional Energy Union objectives and the conformity of the planning, reporting and monitoring provisions laid down in this Regulation with other Union law or decisions relating to the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement. The Commission reports may be accompanied by legislative proposals where appropriate.

Article 46

Amendments to Directive 94/22/EC

Directive 94/22/EC is amended as follows:

• (1) in Article 8, paragraph 2 is deleted;

• (2) Article 9 is deleted.

Article 47

Amendments to Directive 98/70/EC

Directive 98/70/EC is amended as follows:

• (1) Article 7a is amended as follows:
• (a) in the third subparagraph of paragraph 1, point (a) is replaced by the following: ‘(a)the total volume of each type of fuel or energy supplied; and’;
• (b) in paragraph 2, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘2. Member States shall require suppliers to reduce as gradually as possible life cycle greenhouse gas emissions per unit of energy from fuel and energy supplied by up to 10 % by 31 December 2020, compared with the fuel baseline standard set out in Annex II to Council Directive (EU) 2015/652. That reduction shall consist of:’;

• (2) in Article 8, paragraph 4 is replaced by the following: ‘4. The Commission shall ensure that the information submitted pursuant to paragraph 3 is promptly made available by appropriate means.’.

Article 48

Amendments to Directive 2009/31/EC

Directive 2009/31/EC is amended as follows:

• (1) in Article 27, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘Every four years the Member States shall submit to the Commission a report on the implementation of this Directive, including the register referred to in point (b) of Article 25(1). The first report shall be sent to the Commission by 30 June 2011. The report shall be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire or outline adopted by the Commission in the form of implementing acts. Those implementing acts shall be adopted in accordance with the examination procedure referred to in Article 30(2). The questionnaire or outline shall be sent to Member States at least six months before the deadline for the submission of the report.’;

• (2) in Article 38, paragraph 1 is deleted.

Article 49

Amendments to Regulation (EC) No 663/2009

Regulation (EC) No 663/2009 is amended as follows:

• (1) in Article 27, paragraphs 1 and 3 are deleted;

• (2) Article 28 is deleted.

Article 50

Amendment to Regulation (EC) No 715/2009

In Regulation (EC) No 715/2009, Article 29 is deleted.

Article 51

Amendments to Directive 2009/73/EC

Directive 2009/73/EC is amended as follows:

• (1) Article 5 is deleted;

• (2) Article 52 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 52 Reporting The Commission shall monitor and review the application of this Directive and submit an overall progress report to the European Parliament and to the Council as an annex to the State of the Energy Union Report referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council ([^E0005]).

Article 52

Amendment to Council Directive 2009/119/EC

In Article 6 of Directive 2009/119/EC, paragraph 2 is replaced by the following:

‘2. By 15 March each year, each Member State shall send the Commission a summary copy of the stock register referred to in paragraph 1 showing at least the quantities and nature of the emergency stocks included in the register on the last day of the preceding calendar year.’.

Article 53

Amendments to Directive 2010/31/EU

Directive 2010/31/EU is amended as follows:

• (1) Article 2a is amended as follows:
• (a) in paragraph 1, the introductory wording is replaced by the following: ‘1. Each Member State shall establish a long-term renovation strategy to support the renovation of the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, into a highly energy efficient and decarbonised building stock by 2050, facilitating the cost-effective transformation of existing buildings into nearly zero-energy buildings. Each long-term renovation strategy shall encompass:’;
• (b) the following paragraph is added: ‘8. Each Member State's long-term renovation strategy shall be submitted to the Commission as part of its final integrated national energy and climate plan referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council ([^E0006]). As a derogation from Article 3(1) of that Regulation, the first long-term renovation strategy under paragraph 1 of this Article shall be submitted to the Commission by 10 March 2020.

• (2) in the second subparagraph of Article 5(2), the sentence ‘The report may be included in the Energy Efficiency Action Plans referred to in Article 14(2) of Directive 2006/32/EC’ is deleted;

• (3) in Article 9, paragraph 5 is replaced by the following: ‘5. As part of its State of the Energy Union report referred to in Article 35 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, the Commission shall report every four years to the European Parliament and to the Council on the progress of Member States in increasing the number of nearly zero-energy buildings. On the basis of this reported information the Commission shall, where necessary, develop an action plan and propose recommendations and measures in accordance with Article 34 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 to increase the number of those buildings and encourage best practices as regards the cost-effective transformation of existing buildings into nearly zero-energy buildings.’;

• (4) in Article 10, paragraphs 2 and 3 are deleted;

• (5) in Article 14(3), the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘Such a report shall be submitted to the Commission as part of the Member States' integrated national energy and climate plans referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999’;

• (6) in Article 15(3), the third subparagraph is replaced by the following: ‘Such a report shall be submitted to the Commission as part of the Member States' integrated national energy and climate plans referred to in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999’.

Article 54

Amendments to Directive 2012/27/EU

Directive 2012/27/EU is amended as follows:

• (1) Article 4 is deleted;

• (2) in Article 18(1), point (e) is deleted;

• (3) Article 24 is amended as follows:
• (a) paragraphs 1, 3, 4 and 11, are deleted;
• (b) paragraph 2 is deleted;

• (4) Annex XIV is deleted.

Article 55

Amendment to Directive 2013/30/EU

In Article 25 of Directive 2013/30/EU, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following:

‘1. Member States shall report annually to the Commission, as part of the annual reporting referred to in Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council ([^E0007]), the information specified in point 3 of Annex IX.

Article 56

Amendments to Directive (EU) 2015/652

Directive (EU) 2015/652 is amended as follows:

• (1) in Article 5, paragraph 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1. Each year by 31 December Member States shall provide the Commission with data for the preceding calendar year related to compliance with Article 7a of Directive 98/70/EC, as defined in Annex III to this Directive.’;

• (2) in Annex I, Part 2, points 1(h), 2, 3, 4 and 7 are deleted.

• (3) Annex III is amended as follows:
• (a) point 1 is replaced by the following: ‘1.Member States are to report the data listed in point 3. Those data must be reported for all fuel and energy placed on the market in each Member State. Where multiple biofuels are blended with fossil fuels, the data for each biofuel must be provided.’;
• (b) in point 3, points (e) and (f) are deleted;

• (4) Annex IV is amended as follows:
• (a) the following templates for reporting information for consistency of the reported data are deleted:
• — Origin — Single Suppliers
• — Origin — Joint Suppliers
• — Place of Purchase;
• (b) in the format notes, points 8 and 9 are deleted.

Article 57

Repeal

Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 shall be repealed with effect from 1 January 2021, subject to the transitional provisions laid down in Article 58 of this Regulation, with the exception of Article 26(1) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 which shall be repealed with effect from 24 December 2018. References to the repealed Regulation shall be construed as references to this Regulation and shall be read in accordance with the correlation table in Annex XIII.

Article 58

Transitional provisions

By way of derogation from Article 57 of this Regulation, Article 7 and points (a) and (d) of Article 17(1) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 shall continue to apply to the reports containing the data required under those articles for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Article 11 (3) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 shall continue to apply as regards the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol.

Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 shall continue to apply to the reviews of the greenhouse gas inventory data for the years 2018, 2019 and 2020.

Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 shall continue to apply to the submission of the report required under that article.

For the purpose of coherence and legal certainty, nothing in this Regulation prevents the application of the derogations pursuant to the relevant Union sectoral law in the area of electricity and electricity risk preparedness.

Article 59

Entry into force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Article 40 , Article 53(2), (3) and (4), point (a) of Article 54(3), Article 54(4), and Article 55 shall apply from 1 January 2021.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

ANNEX I

GENERAL FRAMEWORK FOR INTEGRATED NATIONAL ENERGY AND CLIMATE PLANS

Part 1

General framework

SECTION A: NATIONAL PLAN

1. OVERVIEW AND PROCESS FOR ESTABLISHING THE PLAN

1.1.   Executive summary

• i. Political, economic, environmental, and social context of the plan

• ii. Strategy relating to the five dimensions of the Energy Union

• iii. Overview table with key objectives, policies and measures of the plan

1.2.   Overview of current policy situation

• i. National and Union energy system and policy context of the national plan

• ii. Current energy and climate policies and measures relating to the five dimensions of the Energy Union

• iii. Key issues of cross-border relevance

• iv. Administrative structure of implementing national energy and climate policies

1.3.   Consultations and involvement of national and Union entities and their outcome

• i. Involvement of the national parliament

• ii. Involvement of local and regional authorities

• iii. Consultations of stakeholders, including the social partners, and engagement of civil society and the general public

• iv. Consultations of other Member States

• v. Iterative process with the Commission

1.4.   Regional cooperation in preparing the plan

• i. Elements subject to joint or coordinated planning with other Member States

• ii. Explanation of how regional cooperation is considered in the plan

2. NATIONAL OBJECTIVES AND TARGETS

2.1.   Dimension decarbonisation

2.1.1.   GHG emissions and removals ([^E0008])

• i. The elements set out in point (a)(1) of Article 4

• ii. Where applicable, other national objectives and targets consistent with the Paris Agreement and the existing long-term strategies. Where applicable for the contribution to the overall Union commitment of reducing the GHG emissions, other objectives and targets, including sector targets and adaptation goals, if available

2.1.2.   Renewable energy

• i. The elements set out in point (a)(2) of Article 4

• ii. Estimated trajectories for the sectoral share of renewable energy in final energy consumption from 2021 to 2030 in the electricity, heating and cooling, and transport sector

• iii. Estimated trajectories by renewable energy technology that the Member State projects to use to achieve the overall and sectoral trajectories for renewable energy from 2021 to 2030, including expected total gross final energy consumption per technology and sector in Mtoe and total planned installed capacity (divided by new capacity and repowering) per technology and sector in MW

• iv. Estimated trajectories on bioenergy demand, disaggregated between heat, electricity and transport, and on biomass supply by feedstocks and origin (distinguishing between domestic production and imports). For forest biomass, an assessment of its source and impact on the LULUCF sink

• v. Where applicable, other national trajectories and objectives, including those that are long term or sectoral (e.g. share of renewable energy in district heating, renewable energy use in buildings, renewable energy produced by cities, renewable energy communities and renewables self-consumers, energy recovered from the sludge acquired through the treatment of wastewater)

2.2.   Dimension energy efficiency

• i. The elements set out in point (b) of Article 4

• ii. The indicative milestones for 2030, 2040 and 2050, the domestically established measurable progress indicators, an evidence-based estimate of expected energy savings and wider benefits, and their contributions to the Union's energy efficiency targets as included in the roadmaps set out in the long-term renovation strategies for the national stock of residential and non-residential buildings, both public and private, in accordance with Article 2a of Directive 2010/31/EU

• iii. Where applicable, other national objectives, including long-term targets or strategies and sectoral targets, and national objectives in areas such as energy efficiency in the transport sector and with regard to heating and cooling

2.3.   Dimension energy security

• i. The elements set out in point (c) of Article 4

• ii. National objectives with regard to increasing: the diversification of energy sources and supply from third countries for the purpose of increasing the resilience of regional and national energy systems

• iii. Where applicable, national objectives with regard to reducing energy import dependency from third countries, for the purpose of increasing the resilience of regional and national energy systems

• iv. National objectives with regard to increasing the flexibility of the national energy system, in particular by means of deploying domestic energy sources, demand response and energy storage

2.4.   Dimension internal energy market

2.4.1.   Electricity interconnectivity

• i. The level of electricity interconnectivity that the Member State aims for in 2030 in consideration of the electricity interconnection target for 2030 of at least 15 %, with a strategy with the level from 2021 onwards defined in close cooperation with affected Member States, taking into account the 2020 interconnection target of 10 % and the following indicators of the urgency of action:
• (1) Price differential in the wholesale market exceeding an indicative threshold of EUR 2/MWh between Member States, regions or bidding zones;
• (2) Nominal transmission capacity of interconnectors below 30 % of peak load;
• (3) Nominal transmission capacity of interconnectors below 30 % of installed renewable generation. Each new interconnector shall be subject to a socioeconomic and environmental cost-benefit analysis and implemented only if the potential benefits outweigh the costs

2.4.2.   Energy transmission infrastructure

• i. Key electricity and gas transmission infrastructure projects, and, where relevant, modernisation projects, that are necessary for the achievement of objectives and targets under the five dimensions of the Energy Union Strategy

• ii. Where applicable, main infrastructure projects envisaged other than Projects of Common Interest (PCIs) ([^E0009])

2.4.3.   Market integration

• i. National objectives related to other aspects of the internal energy market such as increasing system flexibility, in particular related to the promotion of competitively determined electricity prices in line with relevant sectoral law, market integration and coupling, aimed at increasing the tradeable capacity of existing interconnectors, smart grids, aggregation, demand response, storage, distributed generation, mechanisms for dispatching, re-dispatching and curtailment, and real-time price signals, including a timeframe for when the objectives shall be met

• ii. Where applicable, national objectives related to the non-discriminatory participation of renewable energy, demand response and storage, including via aggregation, in all energy markets, including a timeframe for when the objectives are to be met

• iii. Where applicable, national objectives with regard to ensuring that consumers participate in the energy system and benefit from self-generation and new technologies, including smart meters;

• iv. National objectives with regard to ensuring electricity system adequacy, as well as for the flexibility of the energy system with regard to renewable energy production, including a timeframe for when the objectives are to be met

• v. Where applicable, national objectives to protect energy consumers and improve the competitiveness of the retail energy sector

2.4.4.   Energy poverty

Where applicable, national objectives with regard to energy poverty, including a timeframe for when the objectives are to be met

2.5.   Dimension research, innovation and competitiveness

• i. National objectives and funding targets for public and, where available, private research and innovation relating to the Energy Union, including, where appropriate, a timeframe for when the objectives are to be met

• ii. Where available, national 2050 objectives related to the promotion of clean energy technologies and, where appropriate, national objectives, including long-term targets (2050) for deployment of low-carbon technologies, including for decarbonising energy and carbon-intensive industrial sectors and, where applicable, for related carbon transport and storage infrastructure

• iii. Where applicable, national objectives with regard to competitiveness

3. POLICIES AND MEASURES

3.1.   Dimension decarbonisation

3.1.1.   GHG emissions and removals

• i. Policies and measures to achieve the target set under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 as referred to in point 2.1.1 of this Section and policies and measures to comply with Regulation (EU) 2018/841, covering all key emitting sectors and sectors for the enhancement of removals, with an outlook to the Union’s climate-neutrality objective set out in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2021/1119

• ii. Where relevant, regional cooperation in this area