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Legislative instrument details: Greenhouse gas monitoring mechanism

Classification
Legal name Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 concerning a mechanism for monitoring Community greenhouse gas emissions and for implementing the Kyoto Protocol
Short name Greenhouse gas monitoring mechanism
CELEX reference
Identification number 280/2004/EC
Issued by European Commission, Directorate General Climate Action
URL to issuer http://ec.europa.eu/environment/climat/g...
Parent legislative instrument
Valid from 03/03/2004
Abstract This Decision establishes a mechanism for:
(a) monitoring all anthropogenic emissions by sources and
removals by sinks of greenhouse gases not controlled by
the Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone
layer in the Member States;
(b) evaluating progress towards meeting commitments in
respect of these emissions by sources and removals by
sinks;
(c) implementing the UNFCCC and the Kyoto Protocol, as
regards national programmes, greenhouse gas inventories,
national systems and registries of the Community and its
Member States, and the relevant procedures under the
Kyoto Protocol; and
(d) ensuring the timeliness, completeness, accuracy, consistency,
comparability and transparency of reporting by the
Community and its Member States to the UNFCCC Secretariat.
Reporting framework
Reporting obligations
Comments Legislative instrument: http://europa.eu.int/eur-lex/pri/en/oj/dat/2004/l_...