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Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 of 16 December 2020 on setting out the annual emission allocations of the Member States for the period from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 of 16 December 2020 on setting out the annual emission allocations of the Member States for the period from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/2126 of 16 December 2020 on setting out the annual emission allocations of the Member States for the period from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance)
C/2020/8865
IO L 426, 17.12.2020, p. 58–64
(BG, ES, CS, DA, DE, ET, EL, EN, FR, HR, IT, LV, LT, HU, MT, NL, PL, PT, RO, SK, SL, FI, SV)
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Modified by | 32023D1319 | Athchur | iarscríbhinn II | 19/07/2023 | |
Modified by | 32024D1884 | Athchur | iarscríbhinn III | 31/07/2024 |
17.12.2020 |
EN |
Official Journal of the European Union |
L 426/58 |
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2020/2126
of 16 December 2020
on setting out the annual emission allocations of the Member States for the period from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (1), and in particular Article 4(3) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) |
In order to set out the annual emission allocations of the Member States for the period from 2021 to 2030 in the sectors within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, the relevant calculations need to be based on the most accurate data available. Therefore, the total greenhouse gas emissions falling within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 and submitted by the Member States to the Commission pursuant to Article 7 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) in the year 2020 are established following a comprehensive review. That review has been conducted by the Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency, in accordance with Article 19(1) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and constitutes reviewed greenhouse gas emissions data for the years 2005 and 2016 to 2018 in accordance with Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842. |
(2) |
Equally accurate data as the reviewed inventory data are required in relation to greenhouse gas emissions from stationary installations within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), which establishes a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (‘EU ETS’) as deriving from the Union Registry of verified emissions of those installations (‘Registry’). To the extent the 2005 EU ETS emissions in the Registry do not correspond to the current scope of Directive 2003/87/EC or Regulation (EU) 2018/842, relevant Commission Decisions (4) adopted pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC or Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (5), as well as national allocation plans and the official correspondence between the Commission and the respective Member States are used for providing complementary emission data. |
(3) |
In order to ensure consistency of the determined annual emission allocations with the reported greenhouse gas emissions for each year of the period from 2021 to 2030, Member States’ annual emission allocations need to be calculated in CO2 equivalents by applying the same values for global warming potentials, namely values set out in the Intergovernmental Panel for Climate Change 5th Assessment Report and listed in the Annex to Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1044 (6). |
(4) |
To calculate the annual emission allocation for each Member State for the year 2030 in accordance with the greenhouse gas emission reductions in 2030 in relation to their 2005 levels specified in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/842, a five-step methodology applies. |
(5) |
First, the value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions is determined. The quantity of greenhouse gas emissions of stationary installations within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC that existed in 2005 is subtracted from the reviewed total greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2005. To Member States participating in the EU ETS since later than 2005, the quantity of 2005 emissions as determined in Decision 2013/162/EU applies. The extension of the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in 2013 is reflected by calculating the 2005 equivalent value of the corresponding adjustment of the annual emission allocation for 2020 in accordance with Decision No 406/2009/EC as set out in Implementing Decision 2013/634/EU. As required by Article 10(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, the calculation also reflects changes of installation coverage between 2005 and 2012, in the same way as set out in Decision (EU) 2017/1471. |
(6) |
Second, the annual emission allocation for each Member State for the year 2030 is calculated by applying the percentage laid down in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 to the calculated 2005 emission value. |
(7) |
Third, the average quantity of greenhouse gas emissions within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 of each Member State is calculated by subtracting the average quantity of verified greenhouse gas emissions from stationary installations within the scope of Directive 2003/87/EC in the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 in the respective Member State and CO2 emissions of domestic aviation from its average total reviewed greenhouse gas emissions for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018. |
(8) |
Fourth, the annual emission allocations for each Member State for the years 2021 to 2029 are calculated. They are established on the basis of a linear trajectory starting at the average quantity for the years 2016, 2017 and 2018 at five-twelfths of the distance from 2019 to 2020 and ending with its annual emission allocation for the year 2030. For Greece, Croatia and Hungary, the linear trajectory starts in 2020, as this results in a lower allocation for those Member States. |
(9) |
Last, the resulting values of the annual emission allocations are adjusted. EU ETS allowances pertaining to greenhouse gas emissions from stationary installations excluded from the EU ETS in accordance with Article 27 of Directive 2003/87/EC, as notified by Member States to the Commission under that Article, to the extent they are excluded from the Union emission cap under that Directive for 2021 onwards, fall therefore within the scope of Regulation (EU) 2018/842. Subsequently, the quantities deducted from the cap are added to the annual emission allocations of the relevant Member States for the period from 2021 to 2030. The amount of adjustment specified in Annex IV to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 is added to the annual emission allocation for the year 2021 for each Member State listed in that Annex. |
(10) |
The total maximum quantities for certain Member States following reduction of EU ETS allowances that may be taken into account for a Member State’s compliance between 2021 and 2030 in accordance with Article 9 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 are determined by applying the percentages notified by Member States pursuant to Article 6(3) of that Regulation to the values of the calculated 2005 greenhouse gas emissions values. |
(11) |
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 values for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions for each Member State pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 shall apply as set out in Annex I to this Decision.
Article 2
The annual emission allocation for each Member State for each year of the period from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, adjusted in accordance with Article 10 of that Regulation, shall apply as set out in Annex II to this Decision.
Article 3
The total quantities pursuant to Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 that may be taken into account for a Member State’s compliance under Article 9 of that Regulation shall apply as set out in Annex III to this Decision.
Article 4
This Decision shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 16 December 2020.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1) OJ L 156, 19.6.2018, p. 26.
(2) Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13).
(3) Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).
(4) Commission Decision 2013/162/EU 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 (OJ L 90, 28.3.2013, p. 106); Commission Implementing Decision 2013/634/EU of 31 October 2013 on the adjustments to 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 (OJ L 292, 1.11.2013, p. 19); Commission Decision (EU) 2017/1471 of 10 August 2017 amending Decision 2013/162/EU to revise Member States’ annual emission allocations for the period from 2017 to 2020 (OJ L 209, 12.8.2017, p. 53).
(5) 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 (OJ L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 136).
(6) Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1044 of 8 May 2020 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council with regard to values for global warming potentials and the inventory guidelines and with regard to the Union inventory system and repealing Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 666/2014 (OJ L 230, 17.7.2020, p. 1).
ANNEX I
Values for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions for each Member State pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842
Member State |
Value for the 2005 greenhouse gas emissions in tonnes of CO2 equivalent |
Belgium |
81 605 589 |
Bulgaria |
22 326 386 |
Czechia |
64 965 295 |
Denmark |
40 368 089 |
Germany |
484 694 619 |
Estonia |
6 196 136 |
Ireland |
47 687 589 |
Greece |
62 985 180 |
Spain |
241 979 192 |
France |
401 113 722 |
Croatia |
18 056 312 |
Italy |
343 101 747 |
Cyprus |
4 266 823 |
Latvia |
8 597 807 |
Lithuania |
13 062 124 |
Luxembourg |
10 116 187 |
Hungary |
47 826 909 |
Malta |
1 020 601 |
The Netherlands |
128 112 158 |
Austria |
56 991 984 |
Poland |
192 472 253 |
Portugal |
48 635 827 |
Romania |
78 235 752 |
Slovenia |
11 826 308 |
Slovakia |
23 137 112 |
Finland |
34 439 858 |
Sweden |
43 228 505 |
ANNEX II
Annual emission allocations for each Member State for each year of the period from 2021 to 2030 pursuant to Article 4(3) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842, adjusted in accordance with Article 10 of that Regulation
Member State |
Adjusted value of the annual emission allocation in tonnes of CO2 equivalent |
|||||||||
2021 |
2022 |
2023 |
2024 |
2025 |
2026 |
2027 |
2028 |
2029 |
2030 |
|
Belgium |
71 141 629 |
69 130 741 |
67 119 852 |
65 108 964 |
63 098 075 |
61 087 187 |
59 076 298 |
57 065 410 |
55 054 522 |
53 043 633 |
Bulgaria |
27 116 956 |
25 159 860 |
24 805 676 |
24 451 491 |
24 097 307 |
23 743 123 |
23 388 939 |
23 034 755 |
22 680 571 |
22 326 386 |
Czechia |
65 984 531 |
60 913 974 |
60 283 497 |
59 653 019 |
59 022 541 |
58 392 064 |
57 761 586 |
57 131 109 |
56 500 631 |
55 870 153 |
Denmark |
32 127 535 |
31 293 868 |
30 460 202 |
29 626 535 |
28 792 868 |
27 959 201 |
27 125 535 |
26 291 868 |
25 458 201 |
24 624 534 |
Germany |
427 306 142 |
413 224 443 |
399 142 745 |
385 061 046 |
370 979 348 |
356 897 650 |
342 815 951 |
328 734 253 |
314 652 554 |
300 570 856 |
Estonia |
6 223 937 |
6 001 620 |
5 925 247 |
5 848 875 |
5 772 502 |
5 696 129 |
5 619 756 |
5 543 384 |
5 467 011 |
5 390 638 |
Ireland |
43 479 402 |
42 357 392 |
41 235 382 |
40 113 372 |
38 991 362 |
37 869 352 |
36 747 342 |
35 625 332 |
34 503 322 |
33 381 312 |
Greece |
46 227 407 |
46 969 645 |
47 711 883 |
48 454 122 |
49 196 360 |
49 938 598 |
50 680 836 |
51 423 075 |
52 165 313 |
52 907 551 |
Spain |
200 997 922 |
198 671 005 |
196 344 088 |
194 017 170 |
191 690 253 |
189 363 335 |
187 036 418 |
184 709 500 |
182 382 583 |
180 055 665 |
France |
335 726 735 |
326 506 522 |
317 286 309 |
308 066 096 |
298 845 883 |
289 625 670 |
280 405 456 |
271 185 243 |
261 965 030 |
252 744 817 |
Croatia |
17 661 355 |
16 544 497 |
16 576 348 |
16 608 198 |
16 640 049 |
16 671 899 |
16 703 749 |
16 735 600 |
16 767 450 |
16 799 301 |
Italy |
273 503 734 |
268 765 611 |
264 027 488 |
259 289 365 |
254 551 242 |
249 813 118 |
245 074 995 |
240 336 872 |
235 598 749 |
230 860 626 |
Cyprus |
4 072 960 |
3 980 718 |
3 888 477 |
3 796 235 |
3 703 993 |
3 611 752 |
3 519 510 |
3 427 269 |
3 335 027 |
3 242 785 |
Latvia |
10 649 507 |
8 854 834 |
8 758 222 |
8 661 610 |
8 564 998 |
8 468 386 |
8 371 774 |
8 275 162 |
8 178 551 |
8 081 939 |
Lithuania |
16 112 304 |
13 717 534 |
13 488 659 |
13 259 784 |
13 030 909 |
12 802 033 |
12 573 158 |
12 344 283 |
12 115 408 |
11 886 533 |
Luxembourg |
8 406 740 |
8 147 070 |
7 887 400 |
7 627 731 |
7 368 061 |
7 108 391 |
6 848 721 |
6 589 052 |
6 329 382 |
6 069 712 |
Hungary |
49 906 277 |
43 342 400 |
43 484 478 |
43 626 556 |
43 768 634 |
43 910 712 |
44 052 791 |
44 194 869 |
44 336 947 |
44 479 025 |
Malta |
2 065 044 |
1 239 449 |
1 187 854 |
1 136 258 |
1 084 663 |
1 033 068 |
981 473 |
929 878 |
878 282 |
826 687 |
The Netherlands |
98 513 233 |
96 677 516 |
94 841 800 |
93 006 083 |
91 170 366 |
89 334 649 |
87 498 932 |
85 663 215 |
83 827 498 |
81 991 781 |
Austria |
48 768 448 |
47 402 495 |
46 036 542 |
44 670 589 |
43 304 636 |
41 938 683 |
40 572 729 |
39 206 776 |
37 840 823 |
36 474 870 |
Poland |
215 005 372 |
204 376 828 |
201 204 624 |
198 032 420 |
194 860 216 |
191 688 012 |
188 515 807 |
185 343 603 |
182 171 399 |
178 999 195 |
Portugal |
42 526 461 |
40 821 093 |
40 770 978 |
40 720 863 |
40 670 748 |
40 620 633 |
40 570 518 |
40 520 403 |
40 470 288 |
40 420 173 |
Romania |
87 878 093 |
76 914 871 |
76 884 391 |
76 853 912 |
76 823 433 |
76 792 954 |
76 762 474 |
76 731 995 |
76 701 516 |
76 671 037 |
Slovenia |
11 403 194 |
11 107 762 |
10 991 138 |
10 874 515 |
10 757 891 |
10 641 268 |
10 524 644 |
10 408 021 |
10 291 397 |
10 174 774 |
Slovakia |
23 410 477 |
21 151 422 |
21 052 577 |
20 953 731 |
20 854 886 |
20 756 040 |
20 657 195 |
20 558 350 |
20 459 504 |
20 360 659 |
Finland |
28 840 335 |
27 970 110 |
27 099 886 |
26 229 661 |
25 359 436 |
24 489 212 |
23 618 987 |
22 748 762 |
21 878 538 |
21 008 313 |
Sweden |
31 331 358 |
30 731 996 |
30 132 635 |
29 533 273 |
28 933 911 |
28 334 550 |
27 735 188 |
27 135 826 |
26 536 464 |
25 937 103 |
ANNEX III
Total quantities pursuant to Article 4(4) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 that may be taken into account for a Member State’s compliance under Article 9 of that Regulation
Member State |
Total quantity in tonnes of CO2 equivalent |
Belgium |
15 423 456 |
Denmark |
8 073 618 |
Ireland |
19 075 035 |
Luxembourg |
4 046 475 |
Malta |
204 120 |
Austria |
11 398 397 |
Finland |
6 887 972 |