Report from the Commission to the European Parliament and the Council on evaluating the implementation of Decision No 406/2009/EC pursuant to its Article 14

Adopted in 2009 as part of the climate and energy package, Decision No 406/2009/EC (also called the Effort Sharing Decision, ESD) establishes greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limits for all Member States for 2020. It covers emissions in the transport, buildings, agriculture, small industry and waste sectors. These sectors accounted for more than 55% of total EU GHG emissions in 2013. The objective of the ESD is to reduce GHG emissions in the EU by 10% by 2020 compared to 2005 and promote reductions of GHG emissions within its scope in a fair and cost-effective manner. The ESD entered into force in June 2009.

This report fulfils Article 14 of the Effort Sharing Decision which requires the Commission to draw up a report evaluating the implementation of the ESD and submit it to the European Parliament and to the Council by 31 October 2016. It presents how the Effort Sharing Decision has performed so far and what lessons can be learned with respect to actions taken by Member States to limit greenhouse gas emissions in the sectors covered by the Decision, and the effect on their national emissions. The results of the evaluation are presented in more detail in the Commission staff working document accompanying this report.

While the first year of reporting by Member States under the Decision was 2015, at the time of the evaluation, most of the provisions of the Decision had not yet been applied, making it more difficult to draw conclusions about their appropriateness and to consider any changes based on lessons learned. However, the evaluation could use valuable evidence deriving from the process of legal implementation of the Decision and the preparatory work undertaken by Member States.

EUR-Lex: SWD(2016)251: Commission Staff Working Document accompanying the report http://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD:2016:251:FIN

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