Commission Decision of 14 December 2006 determining the respective emission levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC (notified under document number C(2006) 6468) (2006/944/EC)

Commission Decision

of 14 December 2006

determining the respective emission levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC

(notified under document number C(2006) 6468)

(2006/944/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Decision 2002/358/EC of 25 April 2002 concerning the approval, on behalf of the European Community, of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder(1), and in particular Article 3 thereof,

Whereas:

(1) Annex II to Decision 2002/358/EC sets quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments for the purpose of determining the [X1 respective emission levels] allocated to the Community and its Member States subject to Article 4 of the Kyoto Protocol. Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol sets quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments for the purpose of determining the emission levels allocated to the Member States that acceded to the Community after 25 April 2002, except Cyprus and Malta which do not yet have quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.

(2) The [X1 respective emission levels] allocated to the Community and its Member States, expressed in tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, are determined in the Annex to this Decision. These emission levels are calculated on the basis of the revised base-year emissions data submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 23 of Commission Decision 2005/166/EC of 10 February 2005 laying down rules implementing Decision 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol(2), multiplied by the quantified emission limitation or reduction commitments set out in Annex II to Decision 2002/358/EC and Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol, multiplied by five, to represent the five years of the Protocol's first commitment period.

(3) In accordance with Article 3 of Decision 2002/358/EC, the assigned amounts of the Community and of each Member State have to be equal to their respective emission level determined in the Annex to this Decision.

(4) The revision of emissions data for the base-year under the Kyoto Protocol, submitted by Member States pursuant to Article 23 of Decision 2005/166/EC, required a recalculation resulting in an arithmetic difference of [X1 11 403 608 tonnes] of carbon dioxide equivalent between the assigned amount for the European Community and the sum of the assigned amounts of the Member States listed in Annex II to Decision 2002/358/EC. This difference should be issued as assigned amount units by the Community.

X2 (5)

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[X1 (5)] Any changes in the final emission levels of the Community and its Member States resulting from the review of the emission levels pursuant to Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol should be specified through an amendment to this Decision.

[X1 (6)] The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change Committee,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2006/944/EC of 14 December 2006 determining the respective emission levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 358 of 16 December 2006).

X2 Deleted by Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2006/944/EC of 14 December 2006 determining the respective emission levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 358 of 16 December 2006).

Article 1 U.K.

The [X1 respective emission levels] in terms of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent allocated to the Community and to Member States for the first quantified emission limitation and reduction commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol are set out in the Annex.

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Commission Decision 2006/944/EC of 14 December 2006 determining the respective emission levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC (Official Journal of the European Union L 358 of 16 December 2006).

[F1 Article 2 U.K.

The difference of 19 357 532 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent between the emission levels of the Union and the sum of the emission levels of the Member States listed in Annex II to Decision 2002/358/EC shall be issued as assigned amount units by the Union.]

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Commission Decision of 15 December 2010 amending Decision 2006/944/EC determining the respective emission levels allocated to the Community and each of its Member States under the Kyoto Protocol pursuant to Council Decision 2002/358/EC (notified under document C(2010) 9009) (2010/778/EU).

Article 3 U.K.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

[F1 ANNEX U.K.

Respective emission levels allocated to the Union and Member States in terms of tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent for the first quantified emission limitation and reduction commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol

European Union a	19 621 381 509
Belgium	673 995 528
Denmark	273 827 177
Germany	4 868 096 694
Ireland	314 184 272
Greece	668 669 806
Spain	1 666 195 929
France	2 819 626 640
Italy	2 416 277 898
Luxembourg	47 402 996
Netherlands	1 001 262 141
Austria	343 866 009
Portugal	381 937 527
Finland	355 017 545
Sweden	375 188 561
United Kingdom	3 396 475 254

a For the purpose of the joint fulfilment of the commitments pursuant to Article 3(1) of the Kyoto Protocol in accordance with the provisions of Article 4 thereof, pursuant to Decision 2002/358/EC and applying to the Member States listed in Annex II to that Decision.]
Bulgaria	610 045 827
Czech Republic	893 541 801
Estonia	196 062 637
Cyprus	Not applicable
Latvia	119 182 130
Lithuania	227 306 177
Hungary	542 366 600
Malta	Not applicable
Poland	2 648 181 038
Romania	1 279 835 099
Slovenia	93 628 593
Slovakia	331 433 516

(1)

OJ L 130, 15.5.2002, p. 1.

(2)

OJ L 55, 1.3.2005, p. 57.