Monitoring greenhouse gas emissions (Decision 280/2004/EC concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol as recast by Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013)
The EU has established a mechanism for monitoring and reporting GHG emissions to evaluate the progress made in reducing emissions. The Member States and the Community must devise, publish and implement national programmes and a Community programme to limit or reduce anthropogenic emissions by sources, and enhance the removal by sinks, of all GHGs not controlled by the Montreal Protocol. The national programmes must include information on: the effect of national policies and measures on emissions and removals, broken down by gas and by sector; national projections for emissions and removal of CO2 and other GHGs for 2005, 2010, 2015 and 2020; measures being taken or planned to implement relevant Community policies; and to comply with commitments under the Kyoto Protocol.
