Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

CHAPTER 7 U.K. Cooperation and support

Article 41 U.K. Cooperation between the Member States and the Union

1. The Member States shall cooperate and coordinate fully with each other and with the Union in relation to obligations under this Regulation, in particular concerning:

(a) the process for preparing, adopting, notifying and assessing the integrated national energy and climate plans pursuant to Articles 9 to 13;

(b) the process for preparing, adopting, notifying and assessing the integrated national energy and climate progress report pursuant to Article 17 and annual reporting pursuant to Article 26;

(c) the process related to the Commission recommendations and addressing those recommendations pursuant to Article 9(2) and (3), Article 17(6), Article 30(1), Article 31(1) and Article 32(1) and (2);

(d) compiling the Union greenhouse gas inventory and preparing the Union greenhouse gas inventory report, pursuant to Article 26(4);

(e) preparing the Union national communication pursuant to Article 12 of the UNFCCC and the Union biennial report pursuant to Decision 2/CP.17 or subsequent relevant decisions adopted by the bodies of the UNFCCC;

(f) review and compliance procedures under the UNFCCC and the Paris Agreement in accordance with any applicable decision under the UNFCCC as well as the Union's procedure to review Member States greenhouse gas inventories referred to in Article 38;

(g) any adjustments following the review process referred to in Article 38 or other changes to inventories and inventory reports submitted, or to be submitted, to the UNFCCC Secretariat;

(h) compiling the Union approximated greenhouse gas inventory, pursuant to Article 26(2).

2. The Commission may provide technical support to the Member States in relation to obligations under this Regulation upon request from a Member State.

Article 42 U.K. Role of the European Environment Agency

The European Environment Agency shall assist the Commission in its work as regards the decarbonisation and energy efficiency dimensions to comply with Articles 15 to 21, 26, 28, 29, 35, 37, 38, 39 and 41 in accordance with its annual work programme. That shall include assistance, as required, with:

(a)

compiling the information reported by Member States on policies and measures and projections;

(b)

performing quality assurance and quality control procedures on the information reported by Member States on projections and policies and measures;

(c)

preparing estimates or complementing those available to the Commission for data on projections not reported by the Member States;

(d)

compiling data, wherever available taken from European statistics and appropriate in terms of timing, as required for the State of the Energy Union report to the European Parliament and to the Council prepared by the Commission;

(e)

disseminating information collected under this Regulation, including maintaining and updating a database on Member States' mitigation policies and measures and the European Climate Adaptation Platform relating to impacts, vulnerabilities and adaptation to climate change;

(f)

performing quality assurance and quality control procedures in the preparation of the Union greenhouse gas inventory;

(g)

compiling the Union greenhouse gas inventory and preparing the Union greenhouse gas inventory report;

(h)

preparing estimates for data not reported in the national greenhouse gas inventories;

(i)

conducting the review referred to in Article 38;

(j)

compiling the Union approximated greenhouse gas inventory.