(1)

Czechia submitted its draft updated integrated national energy and climate plan (NECP) on 23 October 2023.

(2)

The Commission adopted recommendations on 18 December 2023 on the draft updated NECP of Czechia covering the period 2021-2030 and on the consistency of Czechia’s measures with the Union’s climate-neutrality objective. (2)

(3)

The Commission’s recommendations with regard to the delivery of national targets under the Effort Sharing Regulation (3) (ESR) are based on the likelihood that the Member States will respect the 2030 targets, taking into account the rules for the use of flexibilities under the ESR.

(4)

The Commission’s recommendation on the ESR is an update to the ESR recommendation provided in the aforementioned recommendation of 18 December 2023. There were discrepancies in the ESR emission projections provided in Czechia’s draft updated NECP but following clarification from Czechia on the projection figures, this recommendation replaces the Commission’s first recommendation on the ESR to Czechia.

(5)

Czechia provided the Commission with underpinning projection figures to clarify that their ESR projection scenario with existing measures (WEM) is 43,7 MtCO2eq in 2030 and with additional measures (WAM) is 43,4 MtCO2eq in 2030. The WEM projection would lead to a 32,7 % reduction and the WAM projection would lead to a 33,2 % reduction, compared to 2005 levels, which are greater reductions than Czechia’s 2030 national target of -26% set by the ESR. The emissions reductions by 2030 are measured against the 2005 emission level as set out in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 of 16 December 2020. For Czechia, this number is 64,97 MtCO2 eq. in 2005,