Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1208 of 7 August 2020 on structure, format, submission processes and review of information reported by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014 (Text with EEA relevance)
CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS
Article 1
Subject matter
This Regulation establishes rules implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 as regards the following:
- (a) Member States’ reporting on national adaptation actions, the use of auctioning revenues and financial and technology support provided to developing countries pursuant to Article 19 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (b) Member States’ reporting on approximated greenhouse gas (or GHG) inventories, greenhouse gas inventories and accounted greenhouse gas emissions and removals pursuant to Article 26 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (c) requirements on the establishment, operation and functioning of national inventory systems pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (d) the timing and the procedure for carrying out the comprehensive review pursuant to Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (e) Member States’ reporting on national system for policies and measures and projections pursuant to Article 39 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Article 2
Scope
This Regulation applies to the reports submitted by the Member States containing data required for the year 2021 onwards.
Article 3
Definitions
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:
- (1) ‘common reporting table’, or ‘CRT’, means a table for information on anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks included in Annex I to Decision 5/CMA.3 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting to the Parties to the Paris Agreement (Decision 5/CMA.3).
- (2) ‘reference approach’ means the reference approach by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), as set out in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories (‘2006 IPCC Guidelines’);
- (3) ‘approach 1’ means the basic method for the estimation of uncertainties included in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines;
- (4) ‘key category’ means a category which has a significant influence on a Member State’s or the Union’s total inventory of greenhouse gases in terms of the absolute level of emissions and removals, the trend in emissions and removals, or uncertainty in emissions and removals;
- (5) ‘sectoral approach’ means the IPCC sectoral approach as set out in the 2006 IPCC Guidelines;
- (6) ‘outline for greenhouse gas inventory documents’ means the outline included in Annex V to Decision 5/CMA.3 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting to the Parties to the Paris Agreement pursuant to Decision 18/CMA.1;
- (7) ‘transparency MPGs’ means the modalities, procedures and guidelines for the transparency framework for action and support referred to in Article 13 of the Paris Agreement, as set out in in the Annex to Decision 18/CMA.1 of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC serving as meeting of the Parties to the Paris Agreement;
- (8) ‘greenhouse gas inventory guidelines’ mean guidelines specified in Article 3 of the Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1044 (1);
- (9) ‘recalculation’ is a procedure for re-estimating, in accordance with the greenhouse gas inventory guidelines anthropogenic GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks of previously submitted GHG inventories as a consequence of changes in methodologies, changes in the manner in which emission factors and activity data are obtained and used, or the inclusion of new source and sink categories.
CHAPTER II REPORTING BY MEMBER STATES ON NATIONAL ADAPTATION ACTIONS, AUCTIONING REVENUES AND SUPPORT TO DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
Article 4
Information on national adaptation actions
Member States shall report the information on their national adaptation actions pursuant to Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex I to this Regulation.
Article 5
Information on the use of auctioning revenues
Member States shall report the information on the use of revenues generated by auctioning allowances pursuant to Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the formats set out in Annex II to this Regulation.
If the Commission considers that the information referred to in the first subparagraph is not sufficiently detailed for an assessment of compliance with Article 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC, the Commission shall request that the relevant Member State resubmit the report with sufficiently detailed information Such resubmission shall be made within two months from the receipt of the request.
Article 6
Information on financial and technology support provided to developing countries
Member States shall report the quantitative information on public and mobilised financial resources referred to in point (a)(i) and available information on activities by the Member State related to public-funded technology transfer projects and capacity-building projects for developing countries under the UNFCCC referred to in point (a)(iii) of Part 2 of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, in accordance with the common tabular format introduced by the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Development Assistance Committee for reporting to the Creditor Reporting System (CRS) or the formats set out in Annex III to this Regulation.
Member States shall report the qualitative methodological information explaining the method used to calculate the quantitative information referred to in point (a)(ii) of Part 2 of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex IV to this Regulation.
Member States shall report available information on the planned provision of support referred to in point (b) of Part 2 of Annex VIII to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex V to this Regulation.
CHAPTER III REPORTING BY MEMBER STATES ON APPROXIMATED GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES, GREENHOUSE GAS INVENTORIES AND ACCOUNTED GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSIONS AND REMOVALS
Article 7
Reporting on approximated greenhouse gas inventories
Member States shall report their approximated greenhouse gas inventories pursuant to Article 26(2) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex VI:
- (a) at a level of disaggregation of categories reflecting the activity data and methods available for the preparation of estimates for the year X-1;
- (b) in separate columns, the split between emissions covered by Directive 2003/87/EC and emissions covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/842 by source category, where available.
Member States shall provide explanations including on the main drivers for the key changes in emissions and removals reported in accordance with the format set out in Annex VI compared to the most recent final greenhouse gas inventory reported.
Article 8
General rules for reporting on greenhouse gas inventories
Member States shall report the information referred to in Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 by completing, in accordance with the greenhouse gas inventory guidelines and with the rules provided for in this Regulation:
- (a) the common reporting tables by providing a complete set of spread sheets or Extensible Markup Language (XML) files, depending on the availability of the appropriate software, and covering Member State’s geographical scope under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (b) the information as specified in Articles 9 to 23 of this Regulation.
Member States shall draft the national inventory report referred to in Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 (‘national inventory report’, ‘NIR’) based on the outline for greenhouse gas inventory documents, and following the rules provided for in this Regulation. Member States shall include the information reported pursuant to Articles 9, 10, 12 and 14 to 18 of this Regulation in the national inventory report or in a separate Annex to the national inventory report and indicate clearly in accordance with Annex VII where the information is provided.
Article 9
Reporting on recalculations
Member States shall report the reasons for recalculations of greenhouse gas emissions and removals referred to in point (d) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in the years 1990, 2005 and X-3; how the time series consistency for all reported years is maintained in writing in the form of a draft of the dedicated summary chapter on recalculations of the national inventory report.
Article 10
Reporting on implementation of recommendations
Member States shall report the information on the steps taken to improve inventory estimates referred to in point (g) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the formats set out in Annex VIII to this Regulation.
In their reports referred to in paragraph 1, Member States shall cover both issues raised for the first time in the most recent respective review reports and issues repeated from previous review reports.
Article 11
Reporting on inventory methods, emission factors and on related methodological descriptions for Union key categories
Member States shall provide the following information for the preparation of the Union inventory report referred to in point (m) of Part 1 of Annex V of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999:
- (a) summary information on the methods and emission factors used for the Union’s key categories within the relevant XML files of the common reporting tables;
- (b) for those Union key categories, where information on methods and emission factors is not contained in the common reporting tables, information in accordance with Part 3 of Annex IX of this Regulation;
- (c) updated summary methodological descriptions for the Union’s key categories in accordance with the format set out in Part 4 of Annex IX.
For the purpose of reporting under paragraph 1, the Commission shall provide the Member States with the following:
- (a) the list of the most recent Union’s key categories by 31 October in accordance with the format set out in Part 1 of Annex IX;
- (b) the updated list referred to in paragraph 2(a) with changes highlighted by 28 February;
- (c) where available, information on inventory methods, emission factors and on summary methodological descriptions by 31 October in accordance with the format set out in Part 2 of Annex IX;
- (d) the updated information referred to in paragraph 2(c) by 28 February.
Article 12
Reporting on uncertainty and completeness
Member States shall report at least approach 1 uncertainty estimates referred to in point (m) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex X to this Regulation.
Member States shall report the information on the general assessment of completeness referred to in point (m) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in the national inventory report, specifying:
- (a) the categories, which were reported as not estimated (NE), as defined in the transparency MPGs, and detailed explanations for the use of this notation key especially where the greenhouse gas inventory guidelines provide methods for estimation of greenhouse gases;
- (b) the geographical coverage of the greenhouse gas inventory, and any differences between the geographical coverage under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement and under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Article 13
Reporting on indicators
Member States shall report information on indicators referred to in point (e) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex XI.
Article 14
Reporting on consistency of reported emissions with data from the EU Emissions Trading System
Member States shall report the information referred to in point (h) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex XII to this Regulation.
Member States shall report the information on results of the checks referred to in point (i) of Part 1 of Annex V of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in a textual format.
Article 15
Reporting on consistency of the reported data on air pollutants
Member States shall report information on the results of the checks referred to in point (j)(i) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and on the consistency of the data pursuant to point (b) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in a textual format, specifying
- (a) whether the emissions estimates of carbon monoxide (CO), sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and volatile organic compounds, in inventories submitted by the Member State under Directive (EU) 2016/2284 are consistent with the corresponding emission estimates in greenhouse gas inventories under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (b) the submission dates of the reports under Directive (EU) 2016/2284 that were compared with the inventory submission under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Where the checks referred to in paragraph 1 result in differences of more than +/–5 % between the total emissions excluding the Land Use, Land Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) for a particular air pollutant reported under Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and under Directive (EU) 2016/2284, the Member State concerned shall, in addition to the textual information referred to in paragraph 1, report information for that air pollutant in accordance with the format set out in Annex XIII to this Regulation.
Member States may report only the information referred to in paragraph 1 if the difference of more than +/– 5 % referred to in paragraph 2 derives from correction of data errors or from differences in geographical coverage or scope of application between the respective legal instruments.
Article 16
Reporting on consistency of the data reported on fluorinated greenhouse gases
Member States shall report the information on the results of the checks referred to in point (j)(ii) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in a textual format, specifying:
- (a) the checks performed by the Member State concerning the level of detail, the data sets and the submissions compared;
- (b) the main results of the checks and explanations for the main inconsistencies;
- (c) whether the data collected by operators under Article 6(1) of Regulation (EU) No 517/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) were made use of and how;
- (d) the reasons why the checks were not considered to be relevant, where those checks were not performed.
Article 17
Reporting on consistency with energy statistics
Member States shall report information on the results of the checks referred to in point (j)(iii) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in a textual format, specifying the differences between the reference approach calculated on the basis of the data included in the greenhouse gas inventory and the reference approach calculated on the basis of the energy statistics reported pursuant to Article 4 and Annex B to Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3).
Member States shall report the quantitative information and explanations for differences of more than +/– 2 % in the total national apparent fossil fuel consumption at aggregate level for all fossil fuel categories for the year X-2 referred to in paragraph 1 in accordance with Annex XIV to this Regulation.
Article 18
Reporting on changes in descriptions of national inventory systems or registries
Member States shall clearly state in the relevant chapters of the national inventory report if there were no changes in the description of their national inventory systems or, if applicable, of their national registries referred to in points (k) and (l) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 since the previous submission of the national inventory report.
Article 19
Reporting on greenhouse gas emissions covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Member States shall report anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases listed in Part 2 of Annex V to Regulation 2018/1999 in the scope specified in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, as referred to in point (a) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, and updates of such information referred to in point (d) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex XV to this Regulation.
Article 20
Reporting on summary information on concluded transfers in accordance with Regulation 2018/841
Member States shall report the summary information on concluded transfers pursuant to Articles 12 and 13 of Regulation (EU) 2018/841, referred to in point (f) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, in accordance with the format set out in Annex XVI to this Regulation. After compilation by the Commission, a summary of the information provided pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available within three months from receiving the reports by Member States, in electronic form. In this summary, the range of prices paid per land mitigation units transaction shall be provided.
Article 21
Reporting on summary information on concluded transfers in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Member States shall report the summary information on concluded transfers pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 as referred to in point (f) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Table 1 of Annex XVII to this Regulation. After compilation by the Commission, a summary of the information provided pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available within three months from receiving the reports by Member States, in electronic form. In this summary, the range of prices paid per annual emission allocations transaction shall be provided.
Within the two periods between the publication of the implementing acts referred to in Article 38(4) and the start of the compliance check procedure set out in Article 38(6) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, the Member States may report to the Commission on the 15th of each month on concluded transfers pursuant to Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 in accordance with the format set out in Table 2 of Annex XVII to this Regulation. After compilation by the Commission, a summary of the information received pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available, in a timely manner and in electronic form.
Article 22
Reporting information on intended use of flexibilities in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Member States shall report the information on intended use of the flexibilities referred to in paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 5 and Article 7(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 as referred to in point (n) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex XVIII to this Regulation.
Within the two periods between the publication of the implementing acts referred to in Article 38(4) and the start of the compliance check procedure set out in Article 38(6) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 pursuant to Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, the Member States may report to the Commission on the 15th of each month on intended use of the flexibilities in paragraphs 4 and 5 of Article 5 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 in accordance with the format set out in Table 1 of Annex XVIII to this Regulation. After compilation by the Commission, the information received pursuant to this paragraph shall be made available, in electronic form and no later than at the end of the month referred to above.
The information reported pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not include any concluded transfers reported pursuant to Article 21.
Article 23
Reporting on the use of revenues from transfers in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Member States shall report the information on the use of revenues in accordance with Article 5(6) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 referred to in point (n) of Part 1 of Annex V to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex XIX to this Regulation.
Article 24
Reporting on accounted greenhouse gas emissions and removals
Member States shall report accounted greenhouse gas emissions and removals pursuant to Article 26(5) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in accordance with the format set out in Annex XX.
Article 25
Timescales for cooperation and coordination in preparing the Union greenhouse gas inventory and the UNFCCC review
Member States and the Commission shall cooperate and coordinate in preparing the Union greenhouse gas inventory and of the Union inventory report in accordance with the timescales set out in Annex XXI.
When a Member State re-submits its inventory to the UNFCCC Secretariat that Member State shall provide the Commission with a summary of the changes made in the re-submitted inventory, no later than within one week of the re-submission.
During the UNFCCC review of the Union inventory, at the request of the Commission, Member States shall, as soon as possible provide the Commission with the answers to the questions raised by the UNFCCC reviewers.
CHAPTER IV REQUIREMENTS ON THE ESTABLISHMENT, OPERATION AND FUNCTIONING OF NATIONAL INVENTORY SYSTEMS
Article 26
Functions of national inventory systems
In the implementation of the national inventory systems pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, each Member State shall:
- (a) establish and maintain the institutional, legal and procedural arrangements necessary to perform the functions pursuant to Articles 27 to 29, between the government agencies and other entities responsible for the performance of all functions;
- (b) ensure sufficient capacity for timely performance of the functions pursuant to Articles 27 to 29, including data collection for estimating anthropogenic GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks and arrangements for technical competence of the staff involved in the inventory development process.
Article 27
Inventory planning
As part of its inventory planning, each Member State shall:
- (a) designate a single national entity with overall responsibility for the national inventory and make available its postal and electronic addresses;
- (b) define and allocate specific responsibilities in the inventory development process, including those relating to choice of methods, data collection, particularly activity data and emission factors from statistical services and other entities, processing and archiving, and quality control and quality assurance;
- (c) elaborate an inventory quality assurance and quality control plan which describes specific quality control procedures to be implemented during the inventory development process, facilitate the overall quality assurance procedures to be conducted and establish quality objectives;
- (d) consider establishing processes for the official consideration and approval of the inventory, if relevant including any recalculations, prior to its submission and to respond to any issues raised by the inventory review processes.
As part of its inventory planning, each Member State shall where relevant consider ways to improve the quality of activity data, emission factors, methods and other relevant technical elements of inventories. Information obtained from the implementation of the quality assurance and quality control plan, from reviews under Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and under the UNFCCC shall where appropriate be considered in the development and/or revision of the quality assurance and quality control plan and the quality objectives.
Article 28
Inventory preparation
In accordance with the greenhouse gas inventory guidelines, each Member State shall:
- (a) identify key categories and prepare estimates applying appropriate methods to estimate emissions and removals from key categories;
- (b) collect sufficient activity data, process information and emission factors necessary to support the methods selected for estimating anthropogenic GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks;
- (c) make a quantitative estimate of inventory uncertainty for each category and for the inventory in total and prepare recalculations of previously submitted estimates of anthropogenic GHG emissions by sources and removals by sinks;
- (d) compile the national inventory and implement general inventory quality control procedures in accordance with their quality assurance and quality control plan.
As part of its inventory preparation, each Member State shall where appropriate:
- (a) apply category-specific quality control procedures for key categories and for individual categories where significant methodological and/or data revisions have occurred, in accordance with the greenhouse gas inventory guidelines;
- (b) provide for a basic review of the inventory by an independent third party or personnel not involved in the inventory development,, before the submission of the inventory, in accordance with the planned quality assurance procedures referred to in Article 27(1)(c);
- (c) provide for a more extensive review for key categories and categories where significant changes in methods occurred;
- (d) based on the reviews according to the transparency MPGs and in accordance with Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and periodic internal evaluations of the inventory preparation process, re-evaluate the inventory planning process in order to meet the established quality objectives referred to in Article 27(1)(c) of this Regulation.
Article 29
Inventory management
As part of their inventory management, each Member State shall:
- (a) each year for the reported time series, archive inventory information including: all disaggregated emission factors, activity data, and documentation about how these were generated and aggregated; internal documentation on quality assurance and quality control procedures, external and internal reviews, documentation on annual key sources and key source identification and planned inventory improvements.
- (b) provide review teams under the transparency MPGs and Article 38 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 with access to all archived information used by the Member State to prepare the inventory, taking into account country-specific confidentiality rules.
- (c) respond to requests for clarifying inventory information resulting from the different stages of the review processes of the inventory information, and information on the national system, in a timely manner.
As part of their inventory management, each Member State shall where appropriate make the collection of archived information easily accessible
CHAPTER V PROCEDURE AND SCHEDULE FOR CARRYING OUT THE COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW
Article 30
Procedure for the comprehensive review
When conducting the comprehensive reviews referred to in Article 38(1) and (1a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, the Commission and the European Environment Agency shall be assisted by a technical experts review team and follow the procedure set out in Annex XXII.
The European Environment Agency shall perform the secretarial tasks for the comprehensive reviews as specified in Annex XXII.
The Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency, shall select a sufficient number of review experts to cover the appropriate inventory sectors. The review experts selected shall have experience in the area of greenhouse gas inventories compilation and, where possible, be active in greenhouse gas review processes. Technical experts who have contributed to the compilation of an individual Member State’s greenhouse gas inventory, or are national of that Member State, shall not take part in the review of that inventory.
The comprehensive reviews shall be carried out as desk-based and centralized reviews, as specified in Annex XXII. In addition, in-country visits may be organised upon recommendation of the technical experts review team and in consultation with the Member State concerned.
The checks pursuant to Article 38(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 shall include, where appropriate, information specified in Annex XXII.
The checks referred to in Article 38(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 shall include, where appropriate, a detailed examination on consistency of the accounted emissions and removals with Union rules.
The comprehensive reviews shall include, where appropriate, checks to identify whether areas of improvement identified for one Member State in the UNFCCC or Union reviews may also constitute an area of improvement for other Member States.
The review of greenhouse gas inventories shall be performed consistently for all Member States concerned and in an objective manner.
Article 31
Technical corrections
A technical correction of an emission estimate within the meaning of Article 38(2)(d) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 shall be deemed necessary if an underestimate or overestimate exceeds the threshold of significance established in paragraph 2 of this Article. Details of the technical corrections are specified in Annex XXII to this Regulation.
The threshold of significance for a given source or sink amounts to 0,05 % of a Member State’s total national greenhouse gas emissions without LULUCF for the year of the inventory under review, or 500 kt CO2 equivalent, whichever is smaller.
In response to a finding by the Commission communicated to a Member State during the review, the Member State may request a change of their estimates of emissions or accounted emissions and removals by providing revised estimates. If a revised estimate is deemed appropriate by the technical review team, it shall be included in the review report referred to in Article 32 and accompanied by a justification.
Article 32
Final review reports
The Commission shall inform the Member State concerned of the end of the comprehensive review and provide the Member State with a final review report by 30 August 2025, 30 August 2027 and 30 August 2032 respectively.
Article 33
Cooperation with Member States
Member States shall:
- (a) participate in the review pursuant to the schedule set out in Annex XXII;
- (b) nominate a National contact point for the Union’s review;
- (c) participate in and facilitate the organisation of an in-country visit, if needed;
- (d) provide answers and additional information and comment on the review reports as relevant.
Upon request by the Member States, the Commission shall include comments regarding the review findings in the final review report referred to in Article 32.
The Commission shall inform the Member States of the composition of the technical experts review team selected pursuant to Article 30.
Article 34
Schedule for the comprehensive reviews
The comprehensive review shall be carried out pursuant to the time schedule set out in Annex XXII.
CHAPTER VI POLICIES AND MEASURES AND PROJECTIONS
Article 35
Submission processes for reporting
Member States shall use the e-platform referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and linked tools and templates of the Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency pursuant to Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, for the submission of the information pursuant to this Chapter.
Article 36
Reporting on national systems for policies and measures and projections
Member States shall provide the description of their national systems for reporting on policies and measures, or groups of measures, and projections referred to in point (a) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in the format set out in Annex XXIII to this Regulation.
Article 37
Reporting on national policies and measures
Member States shall report the information on their national policies and measures, or groups of measures, referred to in point (c) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in the formats set out in Annex XXIV to this Regulation.
Member States shall report the following information in a textual format:
- (a) the updates relevant to their long-term strategies referred to in point (b) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (b) planned additional policies and measures referred to in point (d) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (c) links between different policies and measures and the contribution of those policies and measures to different projection scenarios, as referred to in point (e) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
Article 38
Reporting on national projections
Member States shall report the information on their national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks, organised by gas or group of gases, referred to in Article 18(1)(b) and point (a) of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in the format set out in Annex XXV to this Regulation.
Member States shall provide the additional information on their national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks referred to in Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in a textual format, specifying:
- (a) the projection results for total greenhouse gas emissions, emissions covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/842 and Directive 2003/87/EC respectively, and the projected emissions by sources and removals by sinks under Regulation (EU) 2018/841, pursuant to point (b) of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (b) the results of the sensitivity analysis performed pursuant to point (d) of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;
- (1) for the total reported greenhouse gas emissions, together with a brief explanation of which parameters were varied and how;
- (2) split on total emissions covered by Directive 2003/87/EC and by Regulation (EU) 2018/842 respectively and the projected emissions by sources and removals by sinks under the Regulation (EU) 2018/841, where such information is available;
- (c) the year of the inventory data (base year) and the year of the inventory report used as a starting point for the projections;
- (d) the methodologies used for the projections, including a brief description of the models used and their sectoral, geographical and temporal coverage, references to further information on the models and information on data sources, key exogenous assumptions and on the parameters used; pursuant to point (e) of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.
In the reports on projections to be provided pursuant to Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, Member States shall take into account the harmonised values for key parameters for projections – at least for oil, gas, and coal import prices as well as for carbon prices under the European Emission Trading System pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC – which the Commission has recommended, in consultation with the Member States, 12 months before the deadline for submission of the reports.
CHAPTER VII TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS
Article 39
Repeal
Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014 is repealed with effect from 1 January 2021, subject to the transitional provisions laid down in Article 40 of this Regulation.
Article 40
Transitional provision
By way of derogation from Article 39 of this Regulation, Articles 3 to 18 and 27 to 43 of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014 shall continue to have effect for the reports containing the data required for the years 2019 and 2020.
Article 41
Entry into force and application
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
It shall apply from 1 January 2021.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
ANNEX I
Information on national adaptation actions pursuant to Article 4
1. National circumstances, impacts, vulnerabilities, risks and adaptive capacity (4)
- 1.1National circumstances relevant to adaptation actions:
- a) biogeophysical characteristics;
- b) demographics;
- c) economy and infrastructure.
- 1.2Climate monitoring and modelling framework:
- a) main activities on climate monitoring, modelling, projections and scenarios;
- b) main approaches, methodologies and tools, and associated uncertainties and challenges.
- 1.3Assessment of climate impacts, vulnerability and risks, including adaptive capacity:
- a) overview of observed climate hazards among the ones listed in Table 1 (5) and existing pressures (6);
- b) identification of key future climate hazards from the ones listed in Table 1 and key affected sectors (7). Table 1 - Classification of climate-related hazards (8) Temperature-related Wind-related Water-related Solid mass-related Chronic Changing temperature (air, freshwater, marine water) Changing wind patterns Changing precipitation patterns and types (rain, hail, snow/ice) Coastal erosion Precipitation and/or hydrological variability Soil degradation (including desertification) Temperature variability
Ocean acidification Soil erosion Permafrost thawing
Saline intrusion
Solifluction Sea level rise Change in sea ice cover Water scarcity Acute Heat wave Cyclone Drought Avalanche Cold wave/frost Storm (including blizzards, dust and sandstorms) Heavy precipitation (rain, hail, snow/ice) Landslide Wildfire Tornado Flood (coastal, fluvial, pluvial, ground water, flash) Subsidence Snow and ice load Glacial lake outburst
- c) For each key affected sector, overview of the following, rated on qualitative scales of high/medium/low/not applicable, with accompanying explanation as appropriate (9):
- i. observed impacts of key hazards, including changes in frequency and magnitude;
- ii. likelihood of the occurrence of key hazards and exposure to them under future climate, drawing upon the best available climate modelling science;
- iii. vulnerability, including adaptive capacity;
- iv. risk of potential future impacts.
Legal and policy frameworks and institutional arrangements
- 2.1Legal and policy frameworks and regulations, including National Adaptation Strategies (NAS), National Adaptation Plans (NAP) (10) and any sectoral adaptation plans.
- 2.2Overview of institutional arrangements and governance at the national level for:
- a) assessing climate vulnerability and risks;
- b) planning, implementing, monitoring, evaluating and revising adaptation policy (11);
- c) integrating climate change impacts and resilience into environmental assessment procedures;
- d) collection, ownership and re-use of relevant data (such as climate-related disaster loss data or risk data) and access to it;
- e) integrating climate change impacts and adaptation planning into disaster risk management frameworks and vice versa (12).
- 2.3Overview of institutional arrangements and governance at the sub-national (13) level:
- a) legal requirements and strategic documents;
- b) networks or other collaborations on adaptation across national authorities;
- c) good practice examples of networks or other collaborations on adaptation across local and regional authorities.
Adaptation strategies, policies, plans and goals
- 3.1Adaptation priorities
- 3.2Challenges, gaps and barriers to adaptation (14)
- 3.3Summaries of national strategies, policies, plans and efforts, with a focus on goals and objectives, foreseen actions (15), budget and timeline (16)
- 3.4Overview of the content of sub-national strategies, policies, plans and efforts
- 3.5Overview of efforts to integrate climate change adaptation into sectoral policies, plans and programs, including disaster risk management strategies and action plans
- 3.6Stakeholder engagement
- Overview of measures in adaptation policy at the national level and good practice examples from the sub-national levels to engage with:
- a) stakeholders particularly vulnerable to climate change impacts;
- b) the private sector (17).
Monitoring and evaluation of adaptation actions and processes
- 4.1Monitoring and evaluation methodology (18) related to:
- a) reducing climate impacts, vulnerabilities, risks, and increasing adaptive capacity;
- b) implementation of adaptation actions.
- 4.2State of play of the implementation of measures planned under points 3.3 to 3.6, including an overview of the subnational level and the disbursement of funding to increase climate resilience. The reporting on funding shall cover:
- a) spending earmarked for climate adaptation including in disaster risk management;
- b) to the extent possible, the share of spending used to support climate adaptation (19) in each sector (20).
- 4.3Evaluating progress towards the following (21):
- a) reducing climate impacts, vulnerabilities and risks;
- b) increasing adaptive capacity;
- c) meeting adaptation priorities;
- d) addressing barriers to adaptation.
- 4.4Steps taken to review and update the following:
- a) vulnerability and risk assessments;
- b) national adaptation policies, strategies, plans, and measures.
- 4.5Overview of good practice with regard to steps taken to review and update subnational adaptation plans, policies, strategies and measures.
Cooperation, good practices, synergies, experience and lessons learned in the field of adaptation
- 5.1Good practices and lessons learnt, including at sub-national level (22)
- 5.2Synergies of adaptation actions with other international frameworks and/or conventions, in particular the Sustainable Development Goals and the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction
- 5.3Cooperation with Union Member States, international cooperation, and with regional and international organisations (23):
- a) cooperation to share information and to strengthen science, institutions and adaptation knowledge;
- b) cooperation to enhance adaptation action at the sub-national, national, macro-regional and international level, including the area, scale and types of cooperation.
Any other information related to climate change impacts and adaptation
- 6.1Key contact details of national coordinator and organisation
- 6.2Relevant websites and social media sources used for communication on adaptation action at national and sub-national level, as appropriate
- 6.3Key reports and publications at national and sub-national level
- 6.4Any other relevant information.
ANNEX II
Information on the use of auctioning revenues pursuant to Article 5
Table 1
Revenues generated and used from auctioning of allowances in the year X-1
| 1 | | Amount for the year X-1 | Amount for the year X-1 |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2 | | 1 000 Euros | 1 000 in domestic currency, if applicable (1) | | 3 | A | B | C | | 4 | Total amount of revenues generated from auctioning of allowances | | | | 5 | Total amount of revenue generated from the additional allowances pursuant to Article 3ga(3) second subparagraph (2) | | | | 6 | Total amount of revenues from auctioning of allowances or equivalent financial value disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC | | | | 7 | Total amount of revenues from auctioning of allowances or equivalent financial value committed (3) but not disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC | | | | 8 | Total amount of revenues from auctioning of allowances or equivalent financial value not yet committed or disbursed | | | | 9 | Financial approach Please explain relevant national approach (fund, ad-hoc projects, equivalent financial value via the general budget, or any combination thereof) and any changes to the approach since last reporting | | | | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) An average annual exchange rate for the year X-1 or the real exchange rate applied to the amount disbursed shall be used for the currency conversion. (2) Pursuant to Article 3ga(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC, until 31 December 2030, a share of allowances is be attributed to Member States with a high ratio of shipping companies that would have been under their responsibility compared to their respective population in 2020. The revenue generated from the auctioning of that share of allowances shall be reported separately here and included in the amount reported in row 4. (3) A ‘commitment’ means that the Member State has assigned the money to a specific programme or measure, for instance in the form of a budget line in a dedicated fund or in the form of a contract with a beneficiary, but has not yet paid it out. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) An average annual exchange rate for the year X-1 or the real exchange rate applied to the amount disbursed shall be used for the currency conversion. (2) Pursuant to Article 3ga(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC, until 31 December 2030, a share of allowances is be attributed to Member States with a high ratio of shipping companies that would have been under their responsibility compared to their respective population in 2020. The revenue generated from the auctioning of that share of allowances shall be reported separately here and included in the amount reported in row 4. (3) A ‘commitment’ means that the Member State has assigned the money to a specific programme or measure, for instance in the form of a budget line in a dedicated fund or in the form of a contract with a beneficiary, but has not yet paid it out. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) An average annual exchange rate for the year X-1 or the real exchange rate applied to the amount disbursed shall be used for the currency conversion. (2) Pursuant to Article 3ga(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC, until 31 December 2030, a share of allowances is be attributed to Member States with a high ratio of shipping companies that would have been under their responsibility compared to their respective population in 2020. The revenue generated from the auctioning of that share of allowances shall be reported separately here and included in the amount reported in row 4. (3) A ‘commitment’ means that the Member State has assigned the money to a specific programme or measure, for instance in the form of a budget line in a dedicated fund or in the form of a contract with a beneficiary, but has not yet paid it out. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) An average annual exchange rate for the year X-1 or the real exchange rate applied to the amount disbursed shall be used for the currency conversion. (2) Pursuant to Article 3ga(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC, until 31 December 2030, a share of allowances is be attributed to Member States with a high ratio of shipping companies that would have been under their responsibility compared to their respective population in 2020. The revenue generated from the auctioning of that share of allowances shall be reported separately here and included in the amount reported in row 4. (3) A ‘commitment’ means that the Member State has assigned the money to a specific programme or measure, for instance in the form of a budget line in a dedicated fund or in the form of a contract with a beneficiary, but has not yet paid it out. |
Table 2
Revenues from auctioning of allowances since 5 June 2023 cumulatively disbursed in the year X-1 for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) towards 100 % spending
| | Reporting on: — Auction revenues generated in the year X-1 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) in the year X-1 and as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-1 — Total auction revenues generated in the year X-2 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) by the year X-1, also expressed as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-2 (1) | Reporting on: — Auction revenues generated in the year X-1 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) in the year X-1 and as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-1 — Total auction revenues generated in the year X-2 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) by the year X-1, also expressed as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-2 (1) | Reporting on: — Auction revenues generated in the year X-1 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) in the year X-1 and as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-1 — Total auction revenues generated in the year X-2 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) by the year X-1, also expressed as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-2 (1) | Reporting on: — Auction revenues generated in the year X-1 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) in the year X-1 and as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-1 — Total auction revenues generated in the year X-2 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) by the year X-1, also expressed as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-2 (1) | Reporting on: — Auction revenues generated in the year X-1 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) in the year X-1 and as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-1 — Total auction revenues generated in the year X-2 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) by the year X-1, also expressed as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-2 (1) | Reporting on: — Auction revenues generated in the year X-1 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) in the year X-1 and as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-1 — Total auction revenues generated in the year X-2 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) by the year X-1, also expressed as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-2 (1) | Reporting on: — Auction revenues generated in the year X-1 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) in the year X-1 and as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-1 — Total auction revenues generated in the year X-2 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) by the year X-1, also expressed as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-2 (1) | Reporting on: — Auction revenues generated in the year X-1 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) in the year X-1 and as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-1 — Total auction revenues generated in the year X-2 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) by the year X-1, also expressed as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-2 (1) | Reporting on: — Auction revenues generated in the year X-1 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) in the year X-1 and as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-1 — Total auction revenues generated in the year X-2 disbursed for the purposes specified in Article 10(3) in EUR 1 000 (or domestic currency) by the year X-1, also expressed as percentage of the revenues generated in the year X-2 (1) | Comments |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | Year | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 | 2026 | 2027 | 2028 | 2029 | 2030 | % total | If 100 % is not reached yet, please explain why and when you expect the target of 100 % to be reached | | 2023 (2) | | | | | | | | | | | | 2024 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2025 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2026 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2027 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2028 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2029 | | | | | | | | | | | | 2030 | | | | | | | | | | | | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. | Notation: X = year in which the reporting takes place Notes: (1) The second white cell of each year’s row shows the sum of revenues of X-2 disbursed in the year X-1 and in the year X-2. E.g., the cell for the year 2023 and the disbursement in 2024 show the sum of the revenues of 2023 disbursed in 2023 and 2024. The purpose of this table is to track the expenditure of revenues pertaining to a certain year to meet the 100 % obligation. (2) From 5 June until 31 December 2023. |
Table 3
Revenues disbursed or committed in the year X-1 from the revenues generated from the auctioning of allowances for domestic, Union and international purposes pursuant to Articles 3d and 10 of Directive 2003/87/EC
| 1 | Type of use (1) | Name of the project or programme | Short description | Category (2) | Amount for year X-1 | Amount for year X-1 | Status as disbursed and year (3) | Status as committed and year (4) | Visibility (5) | Maritime redistribution mechanism (6) | NECP / JTP (7) | Manufacturing of net-zero technologies | Comments |
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