Annexes to COM(2019)438 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement [Extended Climate Cooperation EU - Iceland - Norway] - Main contents
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dossier | COM(2019)438 - EU position concerning an amendment to Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement [Extended Climate Cooperation EU - Iceland - Norway]. |
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document | COM(2019)438 |
date | October 24, 2019 |
(5) Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1).
(6) 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 (OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13).
(7) 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).
DRAFT
DECISION OF THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE No […]
of […]
amending Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement, on cooperation in specific fields outside the four freedoms
THE EEA JOINT COMMITTEE,
Having regard to the Agreement on the European Economic Area (“the EEA Agreement”), and in particular Articles 86 and 98 thereof,
Whereas:
(1) | The European Union, Iceland and Norway are committed to reduce their overall greenhouse gas emissions, in view of holding the increase in the global average temperature well below 2°C above pre‐industrial levels, and to pursue efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1,5°C above pre‐industrial levels. |
(2) | It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (1). |
(3) | It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (2). |
(4) | It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to certain provisions of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 December 2018 on the Governance of the Energy Union and Climate Action, amending Regulations (EC) No 663/2009 and (EC) No 715/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 94/22/EC, 98/70/EC, 2009/31/EC, 2009/73/EC, 2010/31/EU, 2012/27/EU and 2013/30/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Directives 2009/119/EC and (EU) 2015/652 and repealing Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council (3), which are essential for the implementation of Regulations (EU) 2018/841 and (EU) 2018/842. |
(5) | It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to certain provisions of 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 (4), which are essential for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2018/842. |
(6) | It is appropriate to extend the cooperation of the Contracting Parties to the EEA Agreement to certain provisions of 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 (5), which are essential for the implementation of Regulation (EU) 2018/842. |
(7) | By this Decision, Iceland and Norway are taking action to fulfil their emissions reduction targets of an at least 40 % reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. |
(8) | This Decision is without prejudice to how the EU, Iceland and Norway implement the Paris Agreement. |
(9) | Budgetary issues are not part of the EEA Agreement. The application of Article 5(6) of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 is therefore without prejudice to the scope of the EEA Agreement. |
(10) | The EFTA Surveillance Authority should coordinate closely with the European Commission whenever it is called to undertake tasks relating to Iceland and Norway pursuant to this Decision. |
(11) | The competences of the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the EFTA Court pursuant to this Decision are limited to the obligations hereby undertaken. |
(12) | Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement should therefore be amended in order to allow for that extended cooperation to take place, |
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The following paragraph shall be inserted after paragraph 7 of Article 3 (Environment) of Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:
‘8. (a) | Iceland and Norway will fulfil their respective greenhouse gas emission reduction targets for the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 in accordance with the following acts:
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(b) | By virtue of Article 79(3) of the EEA Agreement, Part VII (Institutional Provisions) of the Agreement shall apply to this paragraph. |
(c) | Protocol 1 to the EEA Agreement (Horizontal Adaptations) shall apply mutatis mutandis to this paragraph. |
(d) | References to Union legislation, acts, rules, policies and measures in the acts and provisions referred to or contained in this paragraph shall apply to the extent and in the form that the relevant legislation, acts, rules policies and measures are incorporated into this Agreement. |
(e) | Iceland and Norway shall participate fully in the work of the Climate Change Committee pursuant to the acts and provisions referred to or contained in this paragraph but shall not have the right to vote. |
(f) | When the Commission consults experts designated by the Member States pursuant to the acts and provisions referred to or contained in this paragraph, it shall consult experts designated by the EFTA States on the same basis. |
(g) | The European Environment Agency shall assist the EFTA Surveillance Authority in its work pursuant to Regulations (EU) 2018/841 and (EU) 2018/842. |
(h) | This paragraph shall not apply to Liechtenstein.’. |
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on […], or on the day following the last notification to the EEA Joint Committee under Article 103(1) of the EEA Agreement, whichever is the later (8).
Article 3
This Decision shall be published in the EEA Section of, and in the EEA Supplement to, the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, […].
For the EEA Joint Committee
The President
The Secretaries
To the EEA Joint Committee
(1) OJ L 156, 19.06.2018, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 156, 19.06.2018, p. 26.
(3) OJ L 328, 21.12.2018, p. 1.
(4) OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13.
(5) OJ L 203, 11.7.2014, p. 23.
(6) OJ L 207, 4.8.2015, p. 1.
(7) OJ L 309, 8.11.2012, p. 38.
(8) [No constitutional requirements indicated.] [Constitutional requirements indicated.]
Declaration by Iceland and Norway on national plans related to Decision of the EEA Joint Committee No [this Decision]
Iceland and Norway will, on a voluntary basis, develop national plans describing how Iceland and Norway intend to fulfil the commitments they have undertaken by including the following acts in Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:
— | Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (the LULUCF Regulation) and |
— | Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (the Effort Sharing Regulation – ESR). |
Iceland and Norway will develop their respective national plans and make them available to the EU Member States, the European Commission, the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the public, by 31 December 2019.
The plans will contain the following main elements:
— | An executive summary of the plan; |
— | An overview of current national climate policies; |
— | A description of the national Effort Sharing target and LULUCF commitment; |
— | A description of the main existing and planned policies and measures foreseen to achieve the Effort Sharing target and LULUCF commitment; |
— | A description of the current national greenhouse gas emissions and removals as well as projections of the Effort Sharing target and LULUCF commitment based on already existing policies and measures; |
— | An assessment of impacts of the planned national policies and measures to meet the Effort Sharing target and LULUCF commitment, comparing with the projections based on existing policies and measures and describing interactions between existing and planned policies and measures. |