LegalizeCommission 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)
| --- | --- | --- | --- | | 1. Submission of annual inventories (complete CRT and elements of the national inventory report) by Member States | Member States | Annually by 15 January | Elements listed in Article 26(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 | | 2. ‘Initial checks’ of Member State submissions | Commission (incl. DG ESTAT (Eurostat), DG JRC), assisted by European Environment Agency (EEA) | For the Member State submission from 15 January at the latest until 28 February | Checks to verify the transparency, accuracy, consistency, completeness and comparability of Member States’ inventories (by EEA). Comparison of energy data provided by Member States in the CRT with Eurostat energy data (sectoral and reference approach) by Eurostat and EEA. Check of Member States’ agriculture inventories by JRC (in consultation with Member States). Check of Member States’ land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) inventories by EEA (in consultation with JRC and Member States). The findings of the initial checks will be documented. | | 3. Compilation of draft Union inventory and inventory report (elements of the Union inventory report) | Commission (incl. Euro stat, JRC), assisted by EEA | Until 28 February | Draft Union inventory and inventory report (compilation of Member State information), based on Member State inventories and additional information where needed (as submitted on 15 January). | | 4. Circulation of ‘initial check’ findings including notification of potential gap-filling | Commission assisted by EEA | 28 February | Circulation of ‘initial check’ findings including notification of potential gap-filling and making available the findings. | | 5. Circulation of draft Union inventory and inventory report | Commission assisted by EEA | 28 February | Circulation of the draft Union inventory on 28 February to Member States. Member States check data. | | 6. Submission of updated or additional inventory data and complete national inventory reports by Member States | Member States | By 15 March | Updated or additional inventory data submitted by Member States (to remove inconsistencies or to fill gaps) and complete national inventory reports. | | 7. Member State commenting on the draft Union inventory | Member States | By 15 March | If necessary, provide corrected data and comments to the draft Union inventory. | | 8. Member State responses to the ‘initial checks’ | Member States | By 15 March | Member States respond to ‘initial checks’ if applicable. | | 9. Circulation of follow-up initial check findings | Commission assisted by EEA | 15 March – 31 March | Evaluation of Member States’ responses to the initial-check findings and follow-up questions to Member States. | | 10. Estimates for data missing from a national inventory | Commission assisted by EEA | 31 March | The Commission prepares estimates for missing data by 31 March of the reporting year and communicates these to the Member States. | | 12. Comments from Member States regarding the Commission estimates for missing data | Member States | 7 April | Member States provide comments on the Commission estimates for missing data, for consideration by the Commission. | | 13. Member States responses to follow-up ‘initial checks’ | Member States | 7 April | Member States provide responses to follow up of ‘initial checks’. | | 14. Member States submissions to the UNFCCC | Member States | 15 April | Submissions to the UNFCCC (with a copy to EEA). | | 15. Final annual Union inventory (incl. Union inventory report) | Commission assisted by EEA | 15 April | Submission to UNFCCC of the final annual Union inventory. | | 16. Submission of any other resubmission after the initial check phase | Member States | When additional resubmissions occur | Member States provide to the Commission any other resubmission (CRT or national inventory report) which they provide to the UNFCCC secretariat after the initial check phase. |
ANNEX XXII
Schedule and procedure for carrying out the comprehensive review pursuant to Article 30
Secretarial tasks referred to in Article 30(2):
(1)preparing the work plan for the comprehensive review (or ‘review’);
(2)compiling and providing the information necessary for the work of the technical experts review team;
(3)coordinating the review activities as set out in this Regulation, including the communication between the technical experts review team and the designated contact person or persons of the Member State under review, as well as making other practical arrangements;
(4)monitoring the progress of the review and informing Member States about cases where Member States’ greenhouse gas inventories present significant issues within the meaning of Article 31, in consultation with the Commission;
(5)compiling, quality controlling and editing the draft and final review reports and communicating them to the Member State concerned and to the European Commission.
Checks referred to in Article 30:
(6)detailed examination of the inventory estimates including methodologies used by the Member State in the preparation of inventories;
(7)detailed analysis of the Member State's implementation of recommendations related to improving inventory estimates as listed in its most recent UNFCCC annual review report made available to that Member State before the submission under review where recommendations have not been implemented;
(8)detailed analysis of the justification provided by the Member State for not implementing them;
(9)detailed assessment of the time series consistency of the greenhouse gas emissions estimates;
(10)detailed assessment whether the recalculations made by a Member State in the given inventory submission as compared to the previous one are transparently reported and made in accordance with the greenhouse gas inventory guidelines;
(11)follow-up on the results of the initial checks and on any additional information submitted by the Member State under review in response to questions from the technical experts review team and other relevant checks;
(12)other relevant checks complementing the initial checks.
Details of technical corrections pursuant to Article 31:
(13)only technical corrections of emission and removal estimates shall be included in the review report referred to in Article 32 of this Regulation, accompanied by evidence based justification. During the review in 2027, technical corrections concerning emissions covered by Regulation 2018/842 shall cover the emissions in the years 2021-2025 ;
(14)during the review in 2032, technical corrections concerning emissions covered by Regulation 2018/842 shall cover the emissions in the years 2026-2030.
(15)in case a technical correction of an emission exceed the threshold of significance for at least one year of the inventory under review but not for all the years of the time series, the technical correction shall be calculated for all the other years under review in order to ensure time series’ consistency.
| Activity | Task description | Timing |
| --- | --- | --- | | Preparation of review material for the 2025, 2027 and 2032 comprehensive inventory reviews | Material for the 2025, 2027 and 2032 comprehensive inventory reviews shall be prepared based on 15 April submissions of the Member States. | 15 April — 25 April | | Desk based review and communication of questions to Memeber States | The technical expert review team (TERT) shall perform checks and compile questions to Member States based on 15 April submissions of the Member States. Questions shall be sent to Member States. | 25 April— 13 May | | Response to desk-review questions | Member States shall respond to the TERT's questions from the desk based review. | 13 May — 27 May | | Centralised review and communication of additional questions to Member States | The TERT shall meet to discuss responses from Member States, identify cross-cutting issues, ensure consistency of findings across Member States, agree upon recommendations, prepare potential technical corrections, etc. Additional questions shall be identified and sent to the Member States. | One week in the time period 25 May — 15 June | | Response to additional questions and potential technical corrections | Member States shall provide answers to additional questions and potential cases of technical corrections during the centralised review. | During the centralised review | | Communication of draft technical corrections | Draft technical corrections shall be sent to Member States. | One day after the end of the centralised review | | Response to draft technical corrections | Member States shall respond to draft technical corrections or provide revised estimates. | 15 days after the end of the centralised review | | Compilation of draft review reports | The TERT shall compile draft review reports, including any unresolved issues and draft recommendations and, where applicable, details and justification for draft technical corrections. | 21 days after the end of the centralized review | | Potential in-country visit | In exceptional cases, where significant quality issues continue to exist in the inventories reported by Member States or the TERT is unable to resolve questions, an ad-hoc country visit may be undertaken. | 29 June — 9 August | | Communication of draft review reports to Member States | Draft review reports shall be sent to Member States | 21 days after the end of the centralised review | | Comments to draft review reports | Member States shall provide comments on the draft review reports, mentioning any comments they wish to include in the final review report. | 40 days after receipt of the draft review report | | Finalisation of review reports | Informal communication with Member States to follow up any outstanding issues if needed. The TERT shall finalise the review reports. The review reports shall be quality checks and edited. | 75 days after the end of the centralised review | | Submission of Final Review Reports | The final review reports shall be sent to the Commission and to the Member States. | 83 days after the end of the centralised review |
ANNEX XXIII
Format for reporting on national systems for policies and measures and projections pursuant to Article 36
The first report submitted pursuant to Article 36 shall provide a full description and contain all of the information listed in the Table below. For subsequent reporting years, only modifications of the national system for policies and measures and projections need to be reported.
| Reporting obligation | Fields for textual information | Examples of details that could be reported under this specific reporting obligation |
| --- | --- | --- | | Name and contact information for the entities with overall responsibility for the National Systems for policies and measures and projections | | — List the responsible entity or entities, and their specific roles and responsibilities. Identify the lead entity. — If such a description has already been provided, report changes to the name and contact information. | | Institutional arrangements in place for preparation of reports on policies and measures and of projections as well as for reporting on them, including an organogram | | — Define the overall structure/set-up of your national system. List all organisations involved in the preparation of the report on policies and measures and projections and in the archiving of information, their responsibilities, and their interactions. — Provide a description of the organogram to show the organisational structure of the National System for policies and measures and projections, including the functional and hierarchical inter-relationships between organisations. — If such a description of the national system has already been provided, report and explain changes to institutional arrangements. | | Legal arrangements in place for preparation of reports on policies and measures and of projections | | — Are there any legal arrangements in place to ensure reporting is completed, and/or data provided? Report the legislation and its scope. — If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to legal arrangements in place for the preparation of the report on policies and measures and projections. | | Procedural and administrative arrangements and timescales in place for the preparation of reports on policies and measures and of projections, to ensure the timeliness, transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability and completeness of the information reported. | | — Report the cycle for preparation of report on policies and measures and of projections. — Summarise the methodologies and mechanisms how timeliness, transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability and completeness of the information reported are ensured. — Report on assurance of consistency with preparation of reports on policies and measures, where relevant, and of projections under Directive (EU)2016/2284. — Optionally, provide diagrams that show the processes involved in the national system. These diagrams could include the information flows through the system, and at which points QC and QA measures are applied. — If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to procedural and administrative arrangements. | | Description of the information collection process | | — Provide a summary of the process for collecting information for developing policies and measures, evaluating policies and measures and for developing projections. Explain if and how consistent processes are used for collecting and using information for policies and measures and projections. — If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to the data collection process. | | Description of the alignment with the national inventory system | | — Provide information on the alignment with the national system for the GHG inventory, such as processes to ensure consistency of the data used. — Option to provide details of links to other climate reporting systems if relevant. — If such a description has already been provided, report changes to the links to the national system for greenhouse gas inventories. | | Description of the links to arrangements on integrated national energy and climate- reports pursuant to Art. 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 | | — Provide a summary of the linkages between the processes used to collect data related to policies and measures and projections, and relevant processes to report on progress other dimensions of the Energy Union, e.g. processes to foster consistent use of energy-related data for the development of policies and measures and projections and for integrated progress reporting. — If such a description has already been provided, report changes to the links to energy-related reporting systems. | | Description of the quality assurance and quality control activities for reporting of policies and measures and projections | | — Provide a summary of the Quality Control activities applied to help ensure accuracy and completeness in the policies and measures and Projections reports. Report the Quality Assurance activities in place. — If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to the quality control and quality assurance activities. | | Description of the process for selecting assumptions, methodologies and models for making projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions | | — Describe the process behind the selection of assumptions, methodologies and models used. Member States may also report the reasons for their choices, or cross reference to other reports providing this information. — If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to these processes. | | Description of procedures for the official consideration and approval of the Member States national system for policies and measures and projections | | — Describe the process for officially approving the national system or changes to the national system. — If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to this process. | | Information on relevant institutional administrative and procedural arrangements for domestic implementation of the EU’s nationally determined contribution, or changes to such arrangements | | — Refer to the arrangements for implementing policies and measures as means of domestic implementation and to the arrangements for national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks as means to track domestic progress. — If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to such arrangements. | | Description of the stakeholder engagement undertaken in relation to the preparation of policies and measures and projections | | — Report a description of the stakeholder engagement undertaken in relation to the preparation of policies and measures and projections. Indicate which stakeholders were consulted, and any changes or improvements made. |
ANNEX XXIV
Reporting on national policies and measures pursuant to Article 37
| PaM number | Name of policy or measure | Single or grouped policy or measure | In case of a grouped policy or measure, which single policies or measures does it cover | Geographical coverage (a) | Sector(s) affected (b) | GHG(s) affected (c) | Objective (d) | Quantified objective (e) | Short description | Assessment of the contribution of the policy or Measure to the achievement of the long-term strategy referred to in Article 15 Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 | Type of policy Instrument (f) | Union policies which resulted in the implementation of the PaM | Status of implementation (h) | Implementation period | Projections scenario in which the PaM is included | Entities responsible for implementing the policy (i) | Indicators used to monitor and evaluate progress over time (j) | Reference to assessments and underpinning technical reports | General comments | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Union policy (g) | Other | Start | Finish | Type | Name | Description | Year | Value | ||||||||||||||||
Notes: Abbreviations: GHG = greenhouse gas; LULUCF = land use, land-use change and forestry.
(a)Member States shall select from the following categories: covering two or more countries, national, regional, local.
(b)Member States shall select from the following sectors (more than one sector can be selected for cross-sectoral policies and measures): energy supply (comprising extraction, transmission, distribution and storage of fuels as well as the transformation of energy for heating and cooling and electricity production); energy consumption (comprising consumption of fuels and electricity by end users such as households, public administration; services, industry and agriculture); transport; industrial processes (comprising industrial activities that chemically or physically transform materials leading to greenhouse gas emissions, use of greenhouse gases in products and non-energy uses of fossil fuel carbon); agriculture; LULUCF; waste management/waste; other sectors.
(c)Member States shall select from the following GHGs (more than one GHG can be selected): carbon dioxide (CO2); methane (CH4); nitrous oxide (N2O); hydrofluorocarbons (HFC); perfluorocarbons (PFC); sulphur hexafluoride (SF6); nitrogen trifluoride (NF3).
(d)Objective means ‘initial statement of the outcomes (including results and impacts) intended to be achieved by the intervention’. Member States shall select from the following objectives (more than one objective may be selected, additional objectives may be added and specified under ‘other’):
For energy supply — increase in renewable energy sources in the electricity sector; increase in renewable energy in the heating and cooling sector; switch to less carbon-intensive fuels; enhanced non-renewable low carbon generation (nuclear); reduction of losses; efficiency improvement in the energy and transformation sector; carbon capture and storage or carbon capture and utilisation; control of fugitive emissions from energy production; other energy supply.
For energy consumption — efficiency improvements of buildings; efficiency improvement of appliances; efficiency improvement in services/tertiary sector; efficiency improvement in industrial end-use sectors; demand management/reduction; other energy consumption.
For transport — efficiency improvements of vehicles; modal shift to public transport or non-motorized transport; low carbon fuels; electric road transport; demand management/reduction; improved behaviour; improved transport infrastructure; reduce emissions from international air or maritime transport; other transport.
For industrial processes — installation of abatement technologies; improved control of fugitive emissions from industrial processes; improved control of manufacturing, fugitive and disposal emissions of fluorinated gases; replacement of fluorinated gases by gases with a lower GWP value; other industrial processes.
For waste management/waste – demand management/reduction; enhanced recycling; enhanced CH4 collection and use; improved treatment technologies; improved landfill management; waste incineration with energy use; improved wastewater management systems; reduced landfilling; other waste.
For agriculture — reduction of fertilizer/manure use on cropland; other activities improving cropland management; improved livestock management; improved animal waste management systems; activities improving grazing land or grassland management; improved management of organic soils; other agriculture.
For LULUCF — afforestation and reforestation; conservation of carbon in existing forests; enhancing production in existing forests; increasing the harvested wood products pool; enhanced forest management; prevention of deforestation; strengthening protection against natural disturbances; substitution of GHG intensive feedstocks and materials with harvested wood products; prevention of drainage or rewetting of wetlands; restoration of degraded lands; other LULUCF.
For Other — Member States shall provide a brief description of the objective.
(e)Member States shall include, as a minimum, the figure(s), unit(s), end year and base year if the objective(s) is(are) quantified. Quantified objectives shall be specific, measurable, achievable, relevant and time-related.
(f)Member States shall select from the following policy types: economic; fiscal; voluntary/negotiated agreements; regulatory; information; education; research; planning; other.
(g)List here only Union policy/policies that are implemented through the national policy or where national policies are aimed directly at meeting the objectives of Union policies. Member State shall select a policy/policies from a list provided in the electronic version of the tabular format, or select other and specify the name of the Union policy. Member States shall select Directive (EU) 2016/2284 if the PaM has been reported under that Directive.
(h)Member States shall select from the following categories: planned; adopted; implemented; expired. Expired policies and measures shall be reported in the template only if they have an effect, or if they are expected to continue to have an effect on greenhouse gas emissions.
(i)Member States shall select from the following options and enter the name/s of entities responsible for implementing the policy or measure (more than one entity may be selected): national government; regional entities; local government; companies/ businesses/industrial associations; research institutions; others not listed.
(j)Member States shall provide any indicator used (including the unit) and values for such indicators that they use to monitor and evaluate progress of policies and measures. Those values can be either ex-post or ex-ante values and Member States shall specify the year or years for which the value applies. Values for multiple indicators and years may be reported. Performance indicators identified by Member States shall be relevant, accepted, credible, easy and robust.
| PaM number | Policy impacting EU ETS, LULUCF and/or ESD/ESR /emission | Ex-ante assessment | Ex-post assessment (e) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | GHG emissions reductions in year t (kt CO2-equivalent per year) | GHG emissions reductions in t + 5 (kt CO2-equivalent per year) | GHG emissions reductions in t + 10 (kt CO2-equivalent per year) | GHG emissions reductions in t + 15 (kt CO2-equivalent per year) | Explanation of the basis for the mitigation estimates | Factors affected by the PaM | Documentation / Source of estimation if available (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) | GHG emissions reduction (kt CO2-equivalent per year) (b) | Explanation of the basis for the mitigation estimates | Factors affected by the PaM | Documentation/ Source of estimation if available (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | EU ETS | ESR | LULUCF (c) | Total (d) | EU ETS | ESR | LULUCF (c) | Total (d) | EU ETS | ESR | LULUCF (c) | Total (d) | EU ETS | ESR | LULUCF (c) | Total (d) | Year for which reduction applies | EU ETS | ESD/ESR | LULUCF (c) | Total (d) | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
Abbreviations: EU ETS = EU Emission Trading System; ESR = Effort Sharing Regulation (EU) 2018/842; ESD = Effort Sharing Decision No 406/2009/EC; LULUCF = land use, land-use change and forestry.
Notes:
(a)Member States shall report on all the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures for which such assessment is available. Notation: t signifies the first future year ending with 0 or 5 immediately following the reporting year.
(b)Member States may report ex-post assessments for more than one year, where available reporting shall focus on years ending with 0 or 5.
(c)Enhanced removals or decreased emissions of greenhouse gases shall be expressed as a positive number. Decreased removals or increased emissions shall be expressed as a negative number.
(d)In this field, the total of the EU ETS and ESR sectors shall be entered if the split between EU ETS and ESR is not available.
(e)Ex-post evaluations include all evaluations based on results from parts of, or the whole implementation period.
| PaM number | Projected costs and benefits | Realized costs and benefits | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Year(s) for which cost has been calculated | Gross costs in EUR per tonne CO2-equivalent reduced/sequestered | Absolute gross costs per year in EUR | Benefits(b) in EUR per tonne CO2-equivalent reduced/ sequestered | Absolute benefit (b) per year in EUR | Net costs in EUR per tonne CO2-equivalent reduced/ sequestered | Absolute net cost per year in EUR | Price year | Description of cost estimates (basis for cost estimate, what type of costs are included in the estimate, methodology) (c) | Documentation / Source of cost estimation (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) | Description of non-GHG mitigation benefits | Year(s) for which cost has been calculated | Gross costs in EUR per tonne CO2-equivalet reduced/sequestered | Absolute gross costs per year in EUR | Benefits (b) in EUR per tonne CO2-equivament reduced/ sequestered | Absolute benefit (b) per year in EUR | Net costs in EUR per tonne CO2-equivalent reduced/ sequestered | Absolute net cost per year in EUR | Price year | Description of cost estimates (Basis for cost estimate, what type of costs are included in the estimate, methodology) (c) | Documentation / Source of cost estimation (provide a weblink of the report where the figure is referenced from) | Description of non-GHG mitigation benefits. | |
Notes:
(a)Member States shall report on all the policies and measures or groups of policies and measures for which such assessment is available.
(b)A benefit shall be indicated in the template as a negative cost.
(c)The description shall include the type of costs and benefits that have been taken into consideration, the stakeholders considered in the assessment of costs and benefits, the baseline against which costs and benefits are compared, and the methodology.
ANNEX XXV
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