Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2024/299 of 27 October 2023 amending Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the methodology for the reporting of projected emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants

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Article 1

Annexes I and IV to Directive (EU) 2016/2284 are amended in line with the Annex to this Directive.

Article 2

1.   Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive by 31 December 2024. They shall forthwith communicate to the Commission the text of those provisions.

When Member States adopt those provisions, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or be accompanied by such a reference on the occasion of their official publication. Member States shall determine how such reference is to be made.

2.   Member States shall communicate to the Commission the text of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.

Article 3

This Directive shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union .

Article 4

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Schedules & Appendices

ANNEX

ANNEX

Annexes I and IV to Directive (EU) 2016/2284 are amended as follows:

(1)

In Annex I, Table C is replaced by the following:

‘Table C

Reporting requirements for emissions and projections as referred to in Article 8(2)

Element

Pollutants

Time series/target years

Reporting dates

National gridded data of emissions by source category (GNFR)

—

SO 2 , NO x , NMVOC, CO, NH 3 , PM 10 , PM 2,5

—

heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb)

—

POPs (total PAHs, HCB, PCBs, dioxins/furans)

—

BC (if available)

Every four years for reporting year minus 2 (X-2)

as from 2017

1 May  ( 1 )

Large Point Sources (LPS) by source category (GNFR)

—

SO 2 , NO x , NMVOC, CO, NH 3 , PM 10 , PM 2,5

—

heavy metals (Cd, Hg, Pb)

—

POPs (total PAHs, HCB, PCBs, dioxins/furans)

—

BC (if available)

Every four years for reporting year minus 2 (X-2)

as from 2017

1 May  ( 1 )

Projected emissions by NFR source category

—

SO 2 , NO x , NH 3 , NMVOC, PM 2,5 and, if available, BC

Biennial, covering projection years 2020, 2025, 2030 and, where available, 2040 and 2050

as from 2017

15 March

(2)

In Annex IV, Part 2 (‘National emission projections’), point 2, is replaced by the following:

‘2.

Projections of emissions shall be estimated and reported by NFR source category. Where not possible due to lack of sufficiently detailed data, a justification for reporting at a more aggregated level shall be included in the Informative Inventory Report. Member States shall provide a “with measures” (adopted measures) projection and, where relevant, a “with additional measures” (planned measures) projection for each pollutant in accordance with the guidance established in the EMEP/EEA Guidebook.’.

( 1 )   Re-submissions due to errors shall be provided within four weeks and include a clear explanation of the changes made.’