Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1665 of 28 August 2023 correcting Decision (EU) 2023/1409 instructing the Central Administrator of the Union Registry to return to the Member States and the United Kingdom the Union surplus at the end of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol

Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1665 of 28 August 2023 correcting Decision (EU) 2023/1409 instructing the Central Administrator of the Union Registry to return to the Member States and the United Kingdom the Union surplus at the end of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Council Decision (EU) 2015/1339 of 13 July 2015 on the conclusion, on behalf of the European Union, of the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and the joint fulfilment of commitments thereunder OJ L 207, 4.8.2015, p. 1. , and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas: (1) After the adoption of the Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1409 Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1409 of 4 July 2023 instructing the Central Administrator of the Union Registry to return to the Member States and the United Kingdom the Union surplus at the end of the second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol (OJ L 170, 5.7.2023, p. 100). , the Commission identified an error in the calculation of the net Union surplus. (2) In order to ensure legal certainty, it is necessary to correct the above-mentioned Commission Decision and replace the Annex thereto, as regards the total amount of Union surplus and Member States’ allocated Union surplus. (3) After transferring the share of proceeds to the Adaptation Fund, there is a net Union surplus in the Union Registry of 2156103762 assigned amount units as opposed to 2215147885 referred to in the above-mentioned Commission Decision of 4 July 2023. These units should be returned to the Member States and the United Kingdom OJ C 384 I, 12.11.2019, p. 59. in accordance with the rules set out in Article 4(2) of Decision (EU) 2015/1339. (4) This Decision should enter into force on the day of its publication so that the Union surplus is returned to the Member States before 9 September 2023, the date when the additional period for fulfilling commitments under the Kyoto Protocol comes to its end, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:

Article 1

The Annex to the Decision (EU) 2023/1409 is replaced by the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union. Done at Brussels, 28 August 2023. For the Commission Maroš Šefčovič Executive Vice-President

Annex

ANNEX The Annex to Decision (EU) 2023/1409 is amended as follows: Member States and United KingdomAllocated Union surplus assigned amount unitsBelgium20450588Bulgaria126141099Czechia133267103Denmark13136942Germany195195443Estonia50771706Ireland11354436Greece15894130Spain58409926France99661294Croatia7182633Italy79680094Cyprus1568619Latvia40100861Lithuania70430898Luxembourg2406891Hungary107256218Malta307434Netherlands30412409Austria13412151Poland298687162Portugal13296395Romania490413095Slovenia3286845Slovakia75013997Finland8658264Sweden13218840United Kingdom176488289Total2156103762