Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/1876 of 20 October 2021 on greenhouse ... (32021D1876)
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COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2021/1876

of 20 October 2021

on greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the year 2019 for each Member State

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to 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 (1), and in particular Article 19(6) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (2) lays down annual emission allocations for each Member State for each year of the period 2013 to 2020 and a mechanism to annually assess compliance with those limits. Member States’ annual emission allocations expressed in tonnes of CO
2
equivalent are contained in Commission Decision 2013/162/EU (3). The adjustments to the annual emission allocations for each Member State are set in Commission Implementing Decision 2013/634/EU (4).
(2) Article 19 of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 provides for a procedure for the review of Member States’ greenhouse gas emissions inventories for the purpose of assessing compliance with Decision No 406/2009/EC. The annual review referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 was carried out on the basis of the 2019 emissions data reported to the Commission in March 2021 in accordance with the procedures laid down in Chapter III of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014 (5) and Annex XVI to that Regulation.
(3) The total amount of greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC for the year 2019 for each Member State should take into consideration the technical corrections and revised estimates calculated during the annual review as contained in the final review reports drawn up pursuant to Article 35(2) of Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014.
(4) This Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication in order to be aligned with the provisions of Article 19(7) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 which sets the date of publication of this Decision as the starting point for the four-month period when Member States are allowed to use the flexibility mechanisms under Decision No 406/2009/EC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The total sum of greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC for each Member State for the year 2019 arising from the corrected inventory data upon completion of the annual review referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 is set out in the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the
Official Journal of the European Union
.
Done at Brussels, 20 October 2021.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN
(1)  
OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13
.
(2)  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
).
(3)  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
).
(4)  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
).
(5)  Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014 of 30 June 2014 on structure, format, submission processes and review of information reported by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (
OJ L 203, 11.7.2014, p. 23
).

ANNEX

Member State

Greenhouse gas emissions for the year 2019 covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC

(tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)

Belgium

72 013 554

Bulgaria

25 814 515

Czechia

60 543 276

Denmark

32 050 593

Germany

444 262 722

Estonia

6 208 760

Ireland

45 579 575

Greece

44 744 947

Spain

201 878 747

France

336 358 317

Croatia

16 058 241

Italy

274 938 773

Cyprus

4 377 563

Latvia

8 650 111

Lithuania

14 298 998

Luxembourg

9 239 043

Hungary

44 894 942

Malta

1 427 261

The Netherlands

97 096 843

Austria

50 218 754

Poland

209 084 930

Portugal

41 527 062

Romania

75 211 340

Slovenia

10 809 900

Slovakia

20 087 964

Finland

29 643 287

Sweden

31 679 703

United Kingdom

329 100 245

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