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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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 |
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; |
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 |
(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 |
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 |
1/6-13/6 Potential in-country visits |
1/6-13/6 Potential in-country visits |
1/6-13/6 Potential in-country visits |
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