EEA Emission Review Tool (EMRT)
Intro
The EMRT is a web-based tool hosted by the EEA to facilitate quality checks and reviews of national emission inventories reported by EU Member States under the Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR). Rules and procedures for reporting of greenhouse gas emission inventories and conducting a Union expert review are laid down in the MMR Implementing Regulation.
The EMRT was developed in 2014 under a service contract commissioned by DG Climate Action in order to streamline the procedure of recording review findings and communicating questions to Member States and replies back to the review team. From 2015 onwards the tool is used in the annual review process under the Effort Sharing Decision (ESD) and the ‘initial QA/QC checks’ under the EU GHG inventory compilation (EU QA/QC programme).
Login
- Click 'Log in' in the top right corner of the screen.
- If requested, enter your EIONET username and password.
- Click '2018' to start the review.
Key dates for the annual ESD review and initial quality checks for the EU inventory in 2017
| Commission / EEA Review Secretariat | EU team (ESD step 1 and initial checks) | Member States action |
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15/1–27/2 EU team QA/QC checks (Art. 291), compiles questions to MS |
15/1 MS submission to EU |
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28/2 EEA communicates potential significant issues to MS |
By 28/2 Quality experts (QA experts) send questions to MS |
28/2–15/3 MS provide responses to questions and potential significant issues |
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15/3–30/3 EU team follows up of MS replies, identifies potential significant issues (PSI) triggering step 2 review |
15/3 MS submission to EU and UNFCCC |
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15/3-31/3 EU team prepares estimates for data missing from the national inventory (Gap-filling) |
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31/3 EEA communicates revised list of potential significant issues to MS |
By 31/3 QA experts send follow up questions to MS |
31/3–7/4 MS provide responses to follow up questions and potential significant issues |
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31/3 Commission and EEA communicate estimates for data missing from the national inventory (Gap-filling) |
31/3–15/4 EU team prepares the EU GHG inventory and inventory report |
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7/4–19/4 Follow up of MS replies, identify potential significant issues triggering step 2 review (art. 31). ESD step 2 team may support the EU team on request by the EEA and the Commission to identify MS subject to step 2 review. |
7/4 MS provide comments to the EEA/Commission estimates for missing data for the EU inventory compilation |
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15/4 Commission submits EU GHG inventory to UNFCCC |
8/4–27/5 EU team prepares the final EU GHG inventory and inventory report |
15/4 MS Submissions to UNFCCC |
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20/4 EEA sends interim review reports to MS subject to step 2 review and final review reports to those who are not |
By 20/4 QA experts finalise all issues of step 1 and hand over unresolved issues to step 2. |
8/5 MS resubmissions to the EU, if applicable; |
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27/5 Commission submits final EU GHG inventory to UNFCCC |
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27/5 MS final submissions to the UNFCCC, if applicable |
| Commission / EEA Review Secretariat | ESD step 2 team | Member State action |
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(7/4) 15/4-21/4 ESD step 2 team performs desk based review; The ESD step 2 team may support the EU team on request by the EEA and the Commission to identify MS subject to step 2 review already from 7/4 onwards. |
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24/4-27/4 Centralised review in Copenhagen; step 2 team identifies and calculates technical corrections and sends questions to MS |
24/4–27/4 MS provide responses to questions and potential technical corrections |
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28/4 EEA communicates potential technical corrections to MS |
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28/4-7/5 MS provide comments on potential technical corrections |
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31/5 EEA sends draft review reports to MS |
7/5-30/5 Drafting of draft review reports |
31/5-15/6 Provide comments on draft review reports |
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1/6-13/6 Potential in-country visits |
1/6-13/6 Potential in-country visits |
1/6-13/6 Potential in-country visits |
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30/6 EEA submits final review reports to Commission and MS |
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1 Articles are referring to the EU MMR Implementing Regulation