| Reporting obligation | Fields for textual information | Examples of details that could be reported under this specific reporting obligation |
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| Name and contact information for the entities with overall responsibility for the National Systems for policies and measures and projections | | -
List the responsible entity or entities, and their specific roles and responsibilities. Identify the lead entity. -
If such a description has already been provided, report changes to the name and contact information. |
| Institutional arrangements in place for preparation of reports on policies and measures and of projections as well as for reporting on them, including an organogram | | -
Define the overall structure/set-up of your national system. List all organisations involved in the preparation of the report on policies and measures and projections and in the archiving of information, their responsibilities, and their interactions. -
Provide a description of the organogram to show the organisational structure of the National System for policies and measures and projections, including the functional and hierarchical inter-relationships between organisations. -
If such a description of the national system has already been provided, report and explain changes to institutional arrangements. |
| Legal arrangements in place for preparation of reports on policies and measures and of projections | | -
Are there any legal arrangements in place to ensure reporting is completed, and/or data provided? Report the legislation and its scope. -
If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to legal arrangements in place for the preparation of the report on policies and measures and projections. |
| Procedural and administrative arrangements and timescales in place for the preparation of reports on policies and measures and of projections, to ensure the timeliness, transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability and completeness of the information reported. | | -
Report the cycle for preparation of report on policies and measures and of projections. -
Summarise the methodologies and mechanisms how timeliness, transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability and completeness of the information reported are ensured. -
Report on assurance of consistency with preparation of reports on policies and measures, where relevant, and of projections under Directive (EU)2016/2284. -
Optionally, provide diagrams that show the processes involved in the national system. These diagrams could include the information flows through the system, and at which points QC and QA measures are applied. -
If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to procedural and administrative arrangements. |
| Description of the information collection process | | -
Provide a summary of the process for collecting information for developing policies and measures, evaluating policies and measures and for developing projections. Explain if and how consistent processes are used for collecting and using information for policies and measures and projections. -
If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to the data collection process. |
| Description of the alignment with the national inventory system | | -
Provide information on the alignment with the national system for the GHG inventory, such as processes to ensure consistency of the data used. -
Option to provide details of links to other climate reporting systems if relevant. -
If such a description has already been provided, report changes to the links to the national system for greenhouse gas inventories. |
| Description of the links to arrangements on integrated national energy and climate- reports pursuant to Art. 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 | | -
Provide a summary of the linkages between the processes used to collect data related to policies and measures and projections, and relevant processes to report on progress other dimensions of the Energy Union, e.g. processes to foster consistent use of energy-related data for the development of policies and measures and projections and for integrated progress reporting. -
If such a description has already been provided, report changes to the links to energy-related reporting systems. |
| Description of the quality assurance and quality control activities for reporting of policies and measures and projections | | -
Provide a summary of the Quality Control activities applied to help ensure accuracy and completeness in the policies and measures and Projections reports. Report the Quality Assurance activities in place. -
If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to the quality control and quality assurance activities. |
| Description of the process for selecting assumptions, methodologies and models for making projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions | | -
Describe the process behind the selection of assumptions, methodologies and models used. Member States may also report the reasons for their choices, or cross reference to other reports providing this information. -
If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to these processes. |
| Description of procedures for the official consideration and approval of the Member States national system for policies and measures and projections | | -
Describe the process for officially approving the national system or changes to the national system. -
If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to this process. |
| Information on relevant institutional administrative and procedural arrangements for domestic implementation of the EU’s nationally determined contribution, or changes to such arrangements | | -
Refer to the arrangements for implementing policies and measures as means of domestic implementation and to the arrangements for national projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks as means to track domestic progress. -
If such a description has already been provided, report the changes to such arrangements. |
| Description of the stakeholder engagement undertaken in relation to the preparation of policies and measures and projections | | |