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Document 32013D0162

2013/162/EU: Commission Decision of 26 March 2013 on determining Member States’ annual emission allocations for the period from 2013 to 2020 pursuant to Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2013) 1708)

OJ L 90, 28.3.2013, p. 106–110 (BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 15 Volume 031 P. 136 - 140

Legal status of the document In force: This act has been changed. Current consolidated version: 12/08/2017

ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2013/162(1)/oj

28.3.2013   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 90/106


COMMISSION DECISION

of 26 March 2013

on determining Member States’ annual emission allocations for the period from 2013 to 2020 pursuant to Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

(notified under document C(2013) 1708)

(2013/162/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions to meet the Community’s greenhouse gas emission reduction commitments up to 2020 (1), and in particular the forth subparagraph of Article 3(2) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

The greenhouse gas emissions from installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (2) as deriving from the Union Registry, Commission Decisions, National Allocation Plans and the official correspondence between the Commission and the respective Member States constitute verified emission data in the sense of the fourth paragraph of Article 3(2) of Decision No 406/2009/EC.

(2)

The total greenhouse gas emissions from gases and activities as defined in Article 2(1) of Decision No 406/2009/EC submitted pursuant to Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 concerning a mechanism for monitoring community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol (3) in the year 2012 as established following the 2012 initial review conducted by the Commission pursuant to the Guidelines for the 2012 Technical Review of Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventories (4) constitute reviewed greenhouse gas emissions data for the years 2005, 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the sense of the fourth paragraph of Article 3(2) of Decision No 406/2009/EC.

(3)

To ensure consistency between the determination of the annual emission allocations and the reported greenhouse gas emissions for each year, Member States’ annual emission allocations should be calculated also by applying the global warming potential values from the 4th IPCC assessment report adopted by Decision15/CP.17. The annual emission allocation calculated as such should become applicable from the first year for which the reporting of greenhouse gas inventories using these new global warming potential values becomes compulsory pursuant to Article 3 of Decision No 280/2004/EC.

(4)

Data currently reported in the national greenhouse gas inventories and the national and Union registries are not sufficient to determine, at Member State level, the CO2 civil aviation emissions at national level that are not covered by Directive 2003/87/EC. CO2 emissions from flights not covered by Directive 2003/87/EC represent only a very minor part of the total greenhouse gas emissions, and collecting additional information on these emissions would create a disproportionate administrative burden. Therefore, the quantity of CO2 emissions of the inventory category ‘1.A.3.A civil aviation’ should be considered equal to zero for the purpose of determining the annual emission allocations.

(5)

The annual emission allocations for a Member State for the year 2020 should be calculated by subtracting the quantity of verified greenhouse gas emissions of installations that existed in 2005 from the reviewed greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2005 and adjusting the outcome by the percentage laid down in Annex II of Decision No 406/2009.

(6)

The quantity of verified greenhouse gas emissions of installations should be determined as follows:

for Member States that participated in the Emissions Trading Scheme as of 2005: the quantity of emissions of installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC in 2005 adjusted by the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions of those installations which were included in or excluded from the Emissions Trading Scheme from 2008 to 2012 due to an adjusted scope applied by the Member States and the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from installations temporarily excluded in the year 2005 but not excluded between 2008 and 2012 from the Emissions Trading Scheme,

for Member States that participated in the Emissions Trading Scheme as of 2007: the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions of installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC in 2007,

for Member States participating in the Emissions Trading Scheme as of 2013: the quantity of greenhouse gas emissions of installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC in 2005 (as communicated by the respective Member State and reviewed by the Commission).

(7)

The average quantity of greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2009 of a Member State with a positive greenhouse gas emission limit pursuant to Annex II of Decision No 406/2009/EC should be calculated by subtracting an average quantity of verified greenhouse gas emissions from installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the respective Member State from its average total reviewed greenhouse gas emissions for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.

(8)

The annual emission allocations for a Member State with a positive greenhouse gas emission limit pursuant to Annex II of Decision No 406/2009/EC for the years 2013 to 2019 should be defined by a linear trajectory starting with that member State’s average quantity of greenhouse gas emissions in the year 2009 and ending with its annual emission allocation for the year 2020.

(9)

The annual emission allocation for a Member State with a negative greenhouse gas emission limit pursuant to Annex II of Decision No 406/2009/EC for the year 2013 should be calculated by subtracting average quantity of verified greenhouse gas emissions from installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC in the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 in the respective Member State from its average total reviewed greenhouse gas emissions for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010.

(10)

The annual emission allocation for a Member State with a negative greenhouse gas emission limit pursuant to Annex II of Decision No 406/2009/EC for the years 2014 to 2019 should be defined by a linear trajectory starting with that member State’s annual emission allocation for the year 2013 and ending with its annual emission allocation for the year 2020.

(11)

The verified greenhouse gas emissions of installations unilaterally included in the Emissions Trading Scheme in accordance with Article 24 of Directive 2003/87/EC during the period from 2008 to 2012 should not be accounted for in the average quantity of verified greenhouse gas emissions from installations covered by Directive 2003/87/EC for the years 2008, 2009 and 2010 as this would result in double counting of greenhouse gas emissions during future adjustments of the annual emission allocations pursuant to Article 10 of Decision No 406/2009/EC.

(12)

In view of Croatia’s accession to the Union, its annual emission allocation for each year of the period from 2013 to 2020 should be determined using the same methodology as for the other Member States. These values should become applicable as of the date of Croatia’s accession.

(13)

Given the adoption by the European Council of the Decision 2012/419/EU of 11 July 2012 amending the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union (5) as of 2014, the annual emission allocations for France as of 2014 are calculated by taking into account the relevant reviewed greenhouse gas emissions.

(14)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The annual emission allocations for each Member State for each year of the period from 2013 to 2020 are set out in Annex I and shall apply subject to any adjustments published pursuant to Article 10 of Decision No 406/2009/EC.

Article 2

Notwithstanding Article 1, where an act adopted pursuant to Article 3 of Decision No 280/2004/EC provides for Member States to submit greenhouse gas emissions inventories determined using global warming potential values from the 4th IPCC assessment report as adopted by Decision 15/CP.17 of the Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, the annual emission allocations set out in Annex II shall apply as of the first year for which such reporting of greenhouse gas inventories becomes compulsory.

Article 3

The annual emission allocations for Croatia as set out in Annex I shall apply as of the date of entry into force of the Treaty of Accession of Croatia.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 26 March 2013.

For the Commission

Connie HEDEGAARD

Member of the Commission


(1)  OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136.

(2)  OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32.

(3)  OJ L 49, 19.2.2004, p. 1.

(4)  SWD (2012) 107 final, 26.4.2012.

(5)  OJ L 204, 31.7.2012, p. 131.


ANNEX I

Member States Annual Emissions Allocation for the year 2013 to 2020 calculated applying global warming potential values from the second IPCC assessment report

Country

Annual Emission Allocation

(tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Belgium

81 206 753

79 635 010

78 063 267

76 491 523

74 919 780

73 348 037

71 776 293

70 204 550

Bulgaria

27 308 615

27 514 835

27 721 056

27 927 276

28 133 496

28 339 716

28 545 936

28 752 156

Czech Republic

63 569 006

64 248 654

64 928 302

65 607 950

66 287 597

66 967 245

67 646 893

68 326 541

Denmark

35 873 692

34 996 609

34 119 525

33 242 442

32 365 359

31 488 276

30 611 193

29 734 110

Germany

487 095 510

480 020 642

472 945 774

465 870 905

458 796 037

451 721 169

444 646 301

437 571 432

Estonia

6 111 145

6 133 644

6 156 143

6 178 641

6 201 140

6 223 639

6 246 137

6 268 636

Ireland

45 163 667

44 066 074

42 968 480

41 870 887

40 773 293

39 675 700

38 578 106

37 480 513

Greece

58 909 882

59 158 791

59 407 700

59 656 609

59 905 518

60 154 427

60 403 336

60 652 245

Spain

228 883 459

226 977 713

225 071 967

223 166 221

221 260 475

219 354 728

217 448 982

215 543 236

France

397 926 454

393 291 390

388 254 953

383 218 516

378 182 079

373 145 642

368 109 206

363 072 769

Croatia

20 596 027

20 761 917

20 927 807

21 093 696

21 259 586

21 425 476

21 591 366

21 757 255

Italy

310 124 250

308 146 930

306 169 610

304 192 289

302 214 969

300 237 649

298 260 329

296 283 008

Cyprus

5 552 863

5 547 275

5 541 687

5 536 100

5 530 512

5 524 924

5 519 336

5 513 749

Latvia

9 005 483

9 092 810

9 180 137

9 267 464

9 354 791

9 442 119

9 529 446

9 616 773

Lithuania

16 661 613

16 941 467

17 221 321

17 501 174

17 781 028

18 060 882

18 340 736

18 620 590

Luxembourg

9 737 871

9 535 962

9 334 053

9 132 144

8 930 235

8 728 326

8 526 417

8 324 508

Hungary

49 291 591

50 388 303

51 485 014

52 581 726

53 678 437

54 775 149

55 871 861

56 968 572

Malta

1 113 574

1 112 781

1 111 988

1 111 195

1 110 402

1 109 609

1 108 816

1 108 023

Netherlands

121 835 387

119 628 131

117 420 874

115 213 617

113 006 361

110 799 104

108 591 847

106 384 590

Austria

53 598 131

53 032 042

52 465 953

51 899 864

51 333 775

50 767 686

50 201 597

49 635 508

Poland

197 978 330

198 929 081

199 879 833

200 830 584

201 781 336

202 732 087

203 682 838

204 633 590

Portugal

47 653 190

47 920 641

48 188 091

48 455 541

48 722 992

48 990 442

49 257 893

49 525 343

Romania

79 108 341

80 681 687

82 255 034

83 828 380

85 401 727

86 975 074

88 548 420

90 121 767

Slovenia

11 890 136

11 916 713

11 943 289

11 969 866

11 996 442

12 023 018

12 049 595

12 076 171

Slovakia

25 095 979

25 413 609

25 731 240

26 048 870

26 366 500

26 684 130

27 001 761

27 319 391

Finland

32 732 387

32 232 553

31 732 719

31 232 885

30 733 051

30 233 217

29 733 383

29 233 549

Sweden

42 526 869

41 863 309

41 199 748

40 536 188

39 872 627

39 209 066

38 545 506

37 881 945

United Kingdom

350 411 692

346 031 648

341 651 604

337 271 559

332 891 515

328 511 471

324 131 426

319 751 382


ANNEX II

Member States Annual Emissions Allocation for the year 2013 to 2020 calculated applying global warming potential values from the fourth IPCC assessment report

Country

Annual Emission Allocation

(tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Belgium

82 376 327

80 774 027

79 171 726

77 569 425

75 967 124

74 364 823

72 762 523

71 160 222

Bulgaria

28 661 817

28 897 235

29 132 652

29 368 070

29 603 488

29 838 906

30 074 324

30 309 742

Czech Republic

65 452 506

66 137 845

66 823 185

67 508 524

68 193 864

68 879 203

69 564 542

70 249 882

Denmark

36 829 163

35 925 171

35 021 179

34 117 187

33 213 195

32 309 203

31 405 210

30 501 218

Germany

495 725 112

488 602 056

481 479 000

474 355 944

467 232 888

460 109 832

452 986 776

445 863 720

Estonia

6 296 988

6 321 312

6 345 636

6 369 960

6 394 284

6 418 608

6 442 932

6 467 256

Ireland

47 226 256

46 089 109

44 951 963

43 814 816

42 677 670

41 540 523

40 403 377

39 266 230

Greece

61 003 810

61 293 018

61 582 226

61 871 434

62 160 642

62 449 850

62 739 057

63 028 265

Spain

235 551 490

233 489 390

231 427 291

229 365 191

227 303 091

225 240 991

223 178 891

221 116 791

France

408 762 813

403 877 606

398 580 044

393 282 481

387 984 919

382 687 356

377 389 794

372 092 231

Croatia

21 196 005

21 358 410

21 520 815

21 683 221

21 845 626

22 008 031

22 170 436

22 332 841

Italy

317 768 849

315 628 134

313 487 419

311 346 703

309 205 988

307 065 273

304 924 558

302 783 843

Cyprus

5 919 071

5 922 555

5 926 039

5 929 524

5 933 008

5 936 493

5 939 977

5 943 461

Latvia

9 279 248

9 370 072

9 460 897

9 551 721

9 642 546

9 733 370

9 824 194

9 915 019

Lithuania

17 153 997

17 437 556

17 721 116

18 004 675

18 288 235

18 571 794

18 855 354

19 138 913

Luxembourg

9 814 716

9 610 393

9 406 070

9 201 747

8 997 423

8 793 100

8 588 777

8 384 454

Hungary

50 796 264

51 906 630

53 016 996

54 127 362

55 237 728

56 348 094

57 458 460

58 568 826

Malta

1 168 514

1 166 788

1 165 061

1 163 334

1 161 608

1 159 881

1 158 155

1 156 428

Netherlands

125 086 859

122 775 394

120 463 928

118 152 462

115 840 997

113 529 531

111 218 065

108 906 600

Austria

54 643 228

54 060 177

53 477 125

52 894 074

52 311 023

51 727 971

51 144 920

50 561 869

Poland

204 579 390

205 621 337

206 663 283

207 705 229

208 747 175

209 789 121

210 831 068

211 873 014

Portugal

49 874 317

50 139 847

50 405 377

50 670 907

50 936 437

51 201 967

51 467 497

51 733 027

Romania

83 080 513

84 765 858

86 451 202

88 136 547

89 821 891

91 507 236

93 192 581

94 877 925

Slovenia

12 278 677

12 309 309

12 339 941

12 370 573

12 401 204

12 431 836

12 462 468

12 493 100

Slovakia

25 877 815

26 203 808

26 529 801

26 855 793

27 181 786

27 507 779

27 833 772

28 159 765

Finland

33 497 046

32 977 333

32 457 619

31 937 905

31 418 191

30 898 477

30 378 764

29 859 050

Sweden

43 386 459

42 715 001

42 043 544

41 372 087

40 700 630

40 029 172

39 357 715

38 686 258

United Kingdom

358 980 526

354 455 751

349 930 975

345 406 200

340 881 425

336 356 649

331 831 874

327 307 099


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