Report from the Commission. Report to facilitate the calculation of the assigned amount of the European Union, and the report to facilitate the calculation of the joint assigned amount of the Union, its Member States and Iceland pursuant to Article 3(7bis), (8) and (8bis) of the Kyoto Protocol for the second commitment period, as required under Article 3(2) of Council Decision (EU) 2015/1339

This report and the accompanying Staff Working Document constitute the report to facilitate the calculation of the assigned amount of the European Union, and the report to facilitate the calculation of the joint assigned amount of the Union, its Member States and Iceland, for the second commitment period and to demonstrate the capacity of the EU, its Member States and Iceland to account for their emissions and assigned amount in accordance with decision 2/CMP.8 of the Conference of the Parties serving as the meeting of the Parties to the Kyoto Protocol, as required under Article 3(2) of Council Decision (EU) 2015/1339.

The calculation of the assigned amount under the Kyoto Protocol in this report is a precondition for the accounting of the EU’s greenhouse gas emission reduction target in the second commitment period under the Kyoto Protocol. This report also includes information on the choices related to specific accounting options under the Kyoto Protocol.

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EUR-Lex: SWD(2016)316: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2016:316:FIN

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