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Iceland and Norway will, on a voluntary basis, develop national plans describing how Iceland and Norway intend to fulfil the commitments they have undertaken by including the following acts in Protocol 31 to the EEA Agreement:

• Regulation (EU) 2018/841 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on the inclusion of greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use, land use change and forestry in the 2030 climate and energy framework, and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 and Decision No 529/2013/EU (the LULUCF Regulation) and

• Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 30 May 2018 on binding annual greenhouse gas emission reductions by Member States from 2021 to 2030 contributing to climate action to meet commitments under the Paris Agreement and amending Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 (the Effort Sharing Regulation – ESR).

Iceland and Norway will develop their respective national plans and make them available to the EU Member States, the European Commission, the EFTA Surveillance Authority and the public, by 31 December 2019.

The plans will contain the following main elements:

• An executive summary of the plan;

• An overview of current national climate policies;

• A description of the national Effort Sharing target and LULUCF commitment;

• A description of the main existing and planned policies and measures foreseen to achieve the Effort Sharing target and LULUCF commitment;

• A description of the current national greenhouse gas emissions and removals as well as projections of the Effort Sharing target and LULUCF commitment based on already existing policies and measures;

• An assessment of impacts of the planned national policies and measures to meet the Effort Sharing target and LULUCF commitment, comparing with the projections based on existing policies and measures and describing interactions between existing and planned policies and measures.