&file 22/02/2019 National Programmes under the National Emission Ceilings Directive (NECD) André Zuber, European Commission, DG Environment Working group on NEC Policy Instrument 18 – 19 December 2006

What the NEC directive says &file 22/02/2019 What the NEC directive says MS report due by 31 Dec 2006: Emission inventories Final for 2004 and provisional for 2005 Updates of time series Projections Information on national programmes Updating the programmes of 2002 (EU10 for 2004) Adopted and envisaged policies and measures Meeting the objectives of the NEC by 2010 Changes in geographical distribution Commission: ENV-NECD@ec.europa.eu EEA: uploading on the CDR EIONET

Link NECD – CLRTAP reporting &file 22/02/2019 Link NECD – CLRTAP reporting Reporting of MS the basis for EC report to CLRTAP: Emission reporting 15 February 2007 NEC pollutants - 2005 EI and updates Other pollutants under the protocols -2005 EI and updates Projections –activities and pollutants Five year grid data 1 March 2007 Large Point Sources 1 March 2007 Informative Inventory Reports – as soon as possible

Progress report from MS on national programmes (revised after NECPI) &file 22/02/2019 Progress report from MS on national programmes (revised after NECPI) Positive reponse in NECPI AT (NOx) EE (SO2) DE (NOx) LV LU MT (VOC) PO SV ES (NOx, VOC) No response yet CY GR PL Positive reponse BE (NOx, NH3) CZ DK (NOx, NH3) FI (up loaded) FR (SO2, NOx) HU IE (NOx, VOC) IT (NOx) LT (up loaded) NL (SO2, NOx, NH3) SI (NOx) SE (NOx) UK (NOx) Substance identified above ceiling according to IIASA baseline report Sept 2006 in brackets

Evaluation of national programmes &file 22/02/2019 Evaluation of national programmes Service contract to provide support to the Commission Revision of the NEC Directive on the reporting obligations on national programmes; Analysis of the completeness of the MS preparations, implementation and reporting of national programmes Preparation of a review report to the European Parliament and the Council (for 2008) Analysing the extent to which the environmental interim objectives for 2010 and long-term objectives for 2020 laid down in the NEC directive are likely to be met Reference group with EEA and other COM services

Evaluation of national programmes &file 22/02/2019 Evaluation of national programmes Tasks 1: In depth analysis of NEC national programs (10 MS) Consistency of the MS national programmes on Air quality, GHG and ETS, under other directives (LCP, VOC) - NEC gases and PM Comparison with the IIASA NEC projections Use of "Recommendations on developing and reporting national programmes under the National Emission Ceilings Directive" 2: Analysis of EU 25 - compliance to the obligations under NEC directive Development of criteria for fulfilling the requirements of MS reporting under the NEC directive. Collection of supplementary data from the MS to verify that the programmes developed cover the aspects required by the directive. Comparison with the national projections and the information from the RAINS model. Summary estimates of the fulfilment of ceilings for the European Community. Provide recommendations for further action.

Evaluation of national programmes &file 22/02/2019 Evaluation of national programmes Tasks 3: Draft review report (covering aspects of national programmes) “measures to ensure compliance with the ceilings” (article 10, paragraph 5 (c) of the NEC directive) 4: Task 4: Stakeholder consultation “June 2007”

Evaluation of national programmes &file 22/02/2019 Evaluation of national programmes The relation with NEC PI and MS Interim report (draft 15 April 2007, final Dec 2007?) Information on screening and in-depth analysis Commission/contractor will come back with further quiries on the National programmes to check conformity with NEC Proposals for changes in legislation and guidance Usefulness of ”Recommendations ..plans” Stakeholder consultation ”June 2007” Technical report (draft 15 September 2007, final Dec 2007?) NEC review report conc national programmes