Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2024/2924 of 27 November 2024 amending Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2895 as regards the list of islands and ports referred to in Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

Official Journal EN of the European Union L series 2024/2924 28.11.2024 COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2024/2924 of 27 November 2024 amending Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2895 as regards the list of islands and ports referred to in Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC(1), and in particular Article 12(3-d) thereof, Whereas: (1) In order to ensure the connectivity of certain islands, Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC provides for a temporary derogation from the obligation to surrender allowances in respect of certain ports located on an island with no road or rail link with the mainland and with a population of fewer than 200 000permanent residents. (2) Annex I to Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2895(2) lays down the list of islands and ports as referred to in Article 12(3-d), second subparagraph, of Directive 2003/87/EC. (3) After the commencement of the reporting period of the year 2024, Denmark and Greece submitted requests to include additional ports and islands in the list of ports concerned by the temporary derogation pursuant to Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC. (4) In order to simplify the monitoring, reporting and verification of greenhouse gas emissions, ensure an effective functioning of the system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and predictability, this Decision should apply from the starting date of the following reporting period. (5) Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2895 should therefore be amended accordingly, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2895 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Decision. (1) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2003/87/oj. (2) Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2895 of 19 December 2023 laying down the list of islands and ports referred to in Article 12(3-d) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and the list of transnational public service contracts or transnational public service obligations referred to in Article 12(3-c) of that Directive (OJ L, 2023/2895, 22.12.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2023/2895/oj). ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2924/oj 1/4EN OJ L, 28.11.2024 Article 2 This Decision shall enter into force on the third day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. It shall apply from 1 January 2025. Done at Brussels, 27 November 2024. For the Commission The President Ursula VON DER LEYEN 2/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2924/ojEN OJ L, 28.11.2024 ANNEX The table in Annex I to Implementing Decision (EU) 2023/2895 is amended as follows: (1) in the section concerning Denmark, in the second and third columns, the following row is added: NAME OF ISLAND NAME OF PORT ‘SAMSØ SALVIG’. (2) the section concerning Greece is amended as follows: (a) the row concerning the island Angistri is replaced by the following rows: NAME OF ISLAND NAME OF PORT ‘AGISTRI SKALA AGISTRI MEGALOCHORI AGISTRI’. (b) in the third column, concerning the island Ithaki, the following row is inserted after the port Frikes: NAME OF PORT ‘ITHAKI (VATHY)’. (c) in the third column, concerning the island Karpathos, the following row is inserted before the port Karpathos: NAME OF PORT ‘DIAFANI’. (d) in the third column, concerning the island Kefallonia, the following row is inserted after the port Argostoli: NAME OF PORT ‘PESSADA’. (e) in the third column, concerning the island of Kerkyra, the following row is inserted before the port Lefkimi: NAME OF PORT ‘KERKYRA’. (f) in the third column, concerning the island Kos, the following row is inserted after the port Kos: NAME OF PORT ‘KEFALOS’. (g) in the third column, concerning the island Lesvos, the following row is added: NAME OF PORT ‘SIGRI’. ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2924/oj 3/4EN OJ L, 28.11.2024 (h) the row concerning the island Skopelos is replaced by the following rows: NAME OF ISLAND NAME OF PORT ‘SKOPELOS AGNONTAS GLOSSA SKOPELOS’. (i) in the third column, concerning the island Symi, the following row is inserted before the port Symi: NAME OF PORT ‘PANORMITIS’. (j) after the island Thira, the following row is inserted: NAME OF ISLAND NAME OF PORT ‘THIRASIA THIRASIA’. 4/4 ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2024/2924/oj