COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2022/1953

of 7 October 2022

on greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council for the year 2020 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

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 2020 emissions data reported to the Commission in March 2022 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 2020 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 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 2020 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, 7 October 2022.

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 2020 covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC (tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent)
Belgium	64 904 157
Bulgaria	25 735 613
Czechia	58 650 330
Denmark	30 835 287
Germany	407 410 808
Estonia	5 934 829
Ireland	44 721 180
Greece	42 893 855
Spain	184 188 341
France	307 767 715
Croatia	16 518 244
Italy	254 001 457
Cyprus	4 243 155
Latvia	8 436 245
Lithuania	14 042 972
Luxembourg	7 687 843
Hungary	43 906 325
Malta	1 311 233
The Netherlands	90 196 821
Austria	46 543 211
Poland	205 093 211
Portugal	38 536 930
Romania	77 123 535
Slovenia	9 754 284
Slovakia	18 877 704
Finland	28 120 096
Sweden	29 384 094
United Kingdom	298 936 220