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eli-container"> 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 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 ( 1 ) , and in particular Article 4 thereof, Whereas: (1) The Union concluded the Doha Amendment to the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The Doha Amendment established a second commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, starting on 1 January 2013 and ending on 31 December 2020. (2) In accordance with Article 4 of Decision (EU) 2015/1339, all assigned amount units issued for the second commitment period available in the Union registry after the Union has complied with its obligation laid down in Article 11(3) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 2 ) and after any transfer of assigned amount units pursuant to implementing acts adopted on the basis of Article 10(7) of Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 has been carried out (‘Union surplus’) shall be returned to the Member States at the end of the second commitment period. (3) After transferring the applicable share of proceeds to the Adaptation Fund, there is a net Union surplus in the Union Registry of 2 215 147 885 assigned amount units. These units should be returned to the Member States and the United Kingdom ( 3 ) in accordance with the rules set out in Article 4(2) of Decision (EU) 2015/1339. (4) The Commission should instruct the central administrator of the Union Registry to return the units to the Member States and the United Kingdom, HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS: Sole Article The Commission instructs the central administrator of the Union Registry to return to the accounts of Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czechia, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom the assigned amount units set out in Annex. Done at Brussels, 4 July 2023. For the Commission Frans TIMMERMANS Executive Vice-President ( 1 ) OJ L 207, 4.8.2015, p. 1 . ( 2 ) Regulation (EU) No 525/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 21 May 2013 on a mechanism for monitoring and reporting greenhouse gas emissions and for reporting other information at national and Union level relevant to climate change and repealing Decision No 280/2004/EC ( OJ L 165, 18.6.2013, p. 13 ). ( 3 ) OJ C 384 I, 12.11.2019, p. 59 . ANNEX Member State Allocated Union surplus assigned amount units Austria 13 779 438 Belgium 21 010 620 Bulgaria 129 595 427 Croatia 7 379 327 Cyprus 1 611 575 Czechia 136 916 575 Denmark 13 496 692 Estonia 52 162 070 Finland 8 895 367 France 102 390 482 Germany 200 540 800 Greece 16 329 385 Hungary 110 193 391 Ireland 11 665 373 Italy 81 862 104 Latvia 41 199 008 Lithuania 72 359 623 Luxembourg 2 472 803 Malta 315 853 Netherlands 31 245 242 Poland 306 866 601 Portugal 13 660 512 Romania 503 842 880 Slovakia 77 068 229 Slovenia 3 376 854 Spain 60 009 461 Sweden 13 580 833 United Kingdom 181 321 357