Date: 2023-06-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1318 of 28 June 2023 correcting Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1953 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
This Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/1318, dated June 28, 2023, corrects a previously identified error in Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1953. The correction pertains to the reported greenhouse gas emissions for the United Kingdom, as covered by Decision No. 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, specifically for the year 2020. The original figure of 298,936,220 is replaced with the corrected figure of 296,123,996. This correction is deemed necessary to ensure legal certainty and facilitate procedural steps outlined in Articles 73b and 73g of Commission Regulation (EU) No. 389/2013 before September 9, 2023. The decision entered into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. The legal basis for this decision is Regulation (EU) No 525/2013, particularly Article 19(6). The decision was adopted by the European Commission, with Ursula von der Leyen, President, signing on behalf of the Commission.
Key Entities Referenced
European Union: A political and economic union of member states located primarily in Europe.
European Commission: An institution of the European Union, responsible for proposing legislation, implementing decisions, upholding the EU treaties and managing the day-to-day business of the EU.
Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union: One of the primary treaties of the European Union, outlining the scope of the EU's powers.
Regulation EU No 525/2013: Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions.
Decision No 406/2009/EC: Decision of the European Parliament and of the Council on the effort of Member States to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions.
Commission Implementing Decision EU 2022/1953: Commission Implementing Decision on greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision No 406/2009/EC for the year 2020 for each Member State.
Commission Regulation EU No 389/2013: Commission Regulation establishing a Union Registry pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC.
Kyoto Protocol: An international treaty which extends the 1992 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) that commits state parties to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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DECISIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2023/1318
of 28 June 2023
correcting Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1953 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) After the adoption of the Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1953(2), the Commission identified an
error, namely the amount of greenhouse gas emissions covered by Decision of the European Parliament and of the
Council No 406/2009/EC(3)set out for the United Kingdom in the Annex thereof.
(2) In order to ensure legal certainty, it is necessary to correct Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/1953.
(3) This Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication so that the procedural steps foreseen in Articles
73b and 73g of Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013(4) can be carried out before 9 September 2023, the
date when the compliance period of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol comes to its end,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
In the table in Annex to Decision (EU) 2022/1953, in the row for the United Kingdom, second column, the figure
‘298 936 220’ is replaced by the figure ‘296 123 996’.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
(1) OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13.
(2) 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 (OJ L 269, 17.10.2022,
p. 17).
(3) 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).
(4) Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 of 2 May 2013 establishing a Union Registry pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the
European Parliament and of the Council, Decisions No 280/2004/EC and No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 920/2010 and No 1193/2011 (OJ L 122, 3.5.2013, p. 1)L 163/8 EN Official Journal of the European Union 29.6.2023
Done at Brussels, 28 June 2023.
For the Commission
The President
Ursula VON DER LEYEN