CHAPTER VIPOLICIES AND MEASURES AND PROJECTIONS

Article 35Submission processes for reporting

Member States shall use the e-platform referred to in Article 28 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 and linked tools and templates of the Commission, assisted by the European Environment Agency pursuant to Article 42 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, for the submission of the information pursuant to this Chapter.

Article 36Reporting on national systems for policies and measures and projections

Member States shall provide the description of their national systems for reporting on policies and measures, or groups of measures, and projections referred to in point (a) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in the format set out in Annex XXIII to this Regulation.

Article 37Reporting on national policies and measures

1.

Member States shall report the information on their national policies and measures, or groups of measures, referred to in point (c) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in the formats set out in Annex XXIV to this Regulation.

2.

Member States shall report the following information in a textual format:

(a)

the updates relevant to their long-term strategies referred to in point (b) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;

(b)

planned additional policies and measures referred to in point (d) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;

(c)

links between different policies and measures and the contribution of those policies and measures to different projection scenarios, as referred to in point (e) of Annex VI to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

Article 38Reporting on national projections

1.

Member States shall report the information on their national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks, organised by gas or group of gases, referred to in Article 18(1)(b) and point (a) of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in the format set out in Annex XXV to this Regulation.

2.

Member States shall provide the additional information on their national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks referred to in Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 in a textual format, specifying:

(a)

the projection results for total greenhouse gas emissions, emissions covered by Regulation (EU) 2018/842 and Directive 2003/87/EC respectively, and the projected emissions by sources and removals by sinks under Regulation (EU) 2018/841, pursuant to point (b) of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;

(b)

the results of the sensitivity analysis performed pursuant to point (d) of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999;

  1. (1)

    for the total reported greenhouse gas emissions, together with a brief explanation of which parameters were varied and how;

  2. (2)

    split on total emissions covered by Directive 2003/87/EC and by Regulation (EU) 2018/842 respectively and the projected emissions by sources and removals by sinks under the Regulation (EU) 2018/841, where such information is available;

(c)

the year of the inventory data (base year) and the year of the inventory report used as a starting point for the projections;

(d)

the methodologies used for the projections, including a brief description of the models used and their sectoral, geographical and temporal coverage, references to further information on the models and information on data sources, key exogenous assumptions and on the parameters used; pursuant to point (e) of Annex VII of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999.

3.

In the reports on projections to be provided pursuant to Article 18(1) of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999, Member States shall take into account the harmonised values for key parameters for projections – at least for oil, gas, and coal import prices as well as for carbon prices under the European Emission Trading System pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC – which the Commission has recommended, in consultation with the Member States, 12 months before the deadline for submission of the reports.