# Commission Decision of 10 February 2005 laying down rules implementing Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol (notified under document number C(2005) 247) (2005/166/EC), Annex VI

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Procedures and time scales for the compilation of the Community greenhouse gas inventory and inventory report
Element
Who
When
What
1.
Submission of annual inventories (complete Common Reporting Format (CRF) and elements of the national inventory report) by Member States under Decision No 280/2004/EC
Member States
Annually, by 15 January
Elements listed in Article 3(1) of Decision No 280/2004/EC as elaborated in Articles 2 to 7.
Steps taken to improve estimates in areas that were previously adjusted under Article 5.2 of the Kyoto Protocol (for reporting under the Kyoto Protocol).
2.
‘Initial check’ of Member State submissions
Commission (incl. DG ESTAT (Eurostat), DG JRC (JRC)), assisted by European Environment Agency (EEA)
As soon as possible after receipt of Member State data, at the latest by 1 April
Initial checks and consistency checks (by EEA). Comparison of energy data provided by Member States on the basis of the IPCC Reference Approach with Eurostat energy data (by Eurostat and Member States) and check of Member States’ agriculture and land use, land-use change and forestry (LULUCF) inventories by DG JRC (in consultation with Member States).
3.
Compilation of draft Community inventory
Commission (incl. Eurostat, JRC), assisted by EEA
Up to 28 February
Draft Community inventory (by EEA), based on Member State inventories and additional information where needed.
4.
Circulation of draft Community inventory
Commission assisted by EEA
28 February
Circulation of the draft Community inventory on 28 February to Member States. Member States check data.
5.
Submission of updated or additional inventory data and complete national inventory reports by Member States
Member States
15 March
Updated or additional inventory data submitted by Member States (to remove inconsistencies or fill gaps) and complete final national inventory reports.
6.
Estimates for data missing from a national inventory
Commission assisted by EEA
31 March
The Commission prepares estimates for missing data by 31 March of the reporting year, following consultation with the Member State concerned, and communicate these to the Member States.
7.
Comments from Member States regarding the Commission estimates for missing data
Member States
8 April
Member States provide comments on the Commission estimates for missing data, for consideration by the Commission.
8.
Final annual Community inventory (incl. Community inventory report)
Commission assisted by EEA
15 April
Submission to UNFCCC of the final annual Community inventory. This inventory will also be used to evaluate progress as part of the Monitoring Mechanism.
9.
Circulation of initial check results of the Community submission to Member States
Commission assisted by EEA
As soon as possible after receipt of initial check results
Commission circulates the initial check results of the Community submission as soon as possible after their receipt to those Member States, which are affected by the initial checks.
10.
Response of relevant Member State to initial check results of the Community submission
Member States
within one week from receipt of the findings
The Member States for which the initial check indicated problems or inconsistencies provide their responses to the initial check to the Commission.
11.
Any resubmissions by Member States in response to the UNFCCC initial checks
Member States
For each Member State the same as under the UNFCCC initial checks phase
Under the Kyoto Protocol: the resubmission should be provided to the Commission within five weeks of the submission due date
Member States provide to the Commission the resubmissions which they submit to the UNFCCC secretariat in response to the UNFCCC initial checks. The Member States should clearly specify which parts have been revised in order to facilitate the use for the Community resubmission.
As the Community resubmission also has to comply with the deadlines specified in the guidelines under Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol, the resubmission has to be sent to the Commission earlier than the period foreseen in the guidelines under Article 8 of the Kyoto Protocol, provided that the resubmission correct data or information that is used for the compilation of the Community inventory.
12.
Submission of any other resubmission after the initial check phase
Member States
When additional resubmissions occur
Member States provide to the Commission any other resubmission (CRF or national inventory report) which they provide to the UNFCCC secretariat after the initial check phase.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2005/166/annex/VI (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2005-166/annex-VI
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.