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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2020-1208/annex-XXIII",
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  "legislation": "eur/2020/1208",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2020/1208 of 7 August 2020 on structure, format, submission processes and review of information reported by Member States pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/1999 of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) No 749/2014",
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  "path": "annex/XXIII",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "XXIII",
  "heading": "Format for reporting on national systems for policies and measures and projections pursuant to Article 36",
  "text": "The first report submitted pursuant to Article 36 shall provide a full description and contain all of the information listed in the Table below. For subsequent reporting years, only modifications of the national system for policies and measures and projections need to be reported.\nReporting obligation\nFields for textual information\nExamples of details that could be reported under this specific reporting obligation\nName and contact information for the entities with overall responsibility for the National Systems for policies and measures and projections\nList the responsible entity or entities, and their specific roles and responsibilities. Identify the lead entity.\nIf such a description has already been provided, report changes to the name and contact information.\nInstitutional arrangements in place for preparation of reports on policies and measures and of projections as well as for reporting on them, including an organogram\nDefine 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.\nProvide 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.\nIf such a description of the national system has already been provided, report and explain changes to institutional arrangements.\nLegal arrangements in place for preparation of reports on policies and measures and of projections\nAre there any legal arrangements in place to ensure reporting is completed, and/or data provided? Report the legislation and its scope.\nIf 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.\nProcedural 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.\nReport the cycle for preparation of report on policies and measures and of projections.\nSummarise the methodologies and mechanisms how timeliness, transparency, accuracy, consistency, comparability and completeness of the information reported are ensured.\nReport on assurance of consistency with preparation of reports on policies and measures, where relevant, and of projections under Directive (EU)2016/2284.\nOptionally, 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.\nIf such a description has already been provided, report the changes to procedural and administrative arrangements.\nDescription of the information collection process\nProvide 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.\nIf such a description has already been provided, report the changes to the data collection process.\nDescription of the alignment with the national inventory system\nProvide information on the alignment with the national system for the GHG inventory, such as processes to ensure consistency of the data used.\nOption to provide details of links to other climate reporting systems if relevant.\nIf such a description has already been provided, report changes to the links to the national system for greenhouse gas inventories.\nDescription of the links to arrangements on integrated national energy and climate- reports pursuant to Art. 17 of Regulation (EU) 2018/1999\nProvide 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.\nIf such a description has already been provided, report changes to the links to energy-related reporting systems.\nDescription of the quality assurance and quality control activities for reporting of policies and measures and projections\nProvide 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.\nIf such a description has already been provided, report the changes to the quality control and quality assurance activities.\nDescription of the process for selecting assumptions, methodologies and models for making projections of anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions\nDescribe 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.\nIf such a description has already been provided, report the changes to these processes.\nDescription of procedures for the official consideration and approval of the Member States national system for policies and measures and projections\nDescribe the process for officially approving the national system or changes to the national system.\nIf such a description has already been provided, report the changes to this process.\nInformation on relevant institutional administrative and procedural arrangements for domestic implementation of the EU’s nationally determined contribution, or changes to such arrangements\nRefer 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.\nIf such a description has already been provided, report the changes to such arrangements.\nDescription of the stakeholder engagement undertaken in relation to the preparation of policies and measures and projections\nReport a description of the stakeholder engagement undertaken in relation to the preparation of policies and measures and projections. Indicate which stakeholders were consulted, and any changes or improvements made.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
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  "version": "current",
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