Overview of the European Union National Allocation Plans (NAP II)
FutureCamp, 30 March 2007
Note: This news item has been superceded by an Update (6 November 2008)
The European Commission recently took decisions on the national plans of the Czech Republic, Poland and France for allocating CO2 emission allowances for the 2008-2012 trading period of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. The cap for the Czech Republic was cut to 86.6 million tonnes of CO2, 14.8% lower than proposed. For Poland the cap was cut to 208.5 million tonnes of CO2, 26.7% lower than proposed. The proposal for the cap of France (132.8 million tonnes of CO2) was accepted by the European Commission. All three national plans were approved on condition that some technical changes will be made.
| Country | Allocation 2005-2007 [Mio EUA p.a. incl. NER] |
Emissions 2005 [Mio t CO2] |
Allocation 2008-2012 [Mio EUA p.a. incl. NER] |
Change between 1. & 2. Period |
Share of NAP II in Kyoto commitment |
Status NAP II |
| Belgium | 66 |
55 |
59 |
-11% |
46% |
approved |
| Bulgaria | n.a. |
n.a. |
56 |
n.a. |
- |
not submitted yet |
| Denmark | 35 |
26 |
25 |
-29% |
45% |
not submitted yet |
| Germany | 499 |
474 |
453 |
-9% |
47% |
approved |
| Estonia | 20 |
13 |
24 |
25% |
62% |
under examination |
| Finland | 46 |
33 |
40 |
-15% |
56% |
under examination |
| France | 157 |
131 |
133 |
-15% |
24% |
approved |
| Greece | 74 |
71 |
69 |
-7% |
50% |
approved |
| Ireland | 22 |
22 |
21 |
-5% |
34% |
approved |
| Italy | 235 |
223 |
209 |
-11% |
43% |
under examination |
| Latvia | 5 |
3 |
3 |
-28% |
14% |
approved |
| Lithuania | 12 |
7 |
9 |
-28% |
20% |
approved |
| Luxembourg | 3 |
3 |
3 |
-21% |
30% |
approved |
| Malta | 3 |
2 |
2 |
-28% |
- |
approved |
| Netherlands | 95 |
85 |
86 |
-10% |
45% |
approved |
| Austria | 33 |
33 |
33 |
-2% |
48% |
under examination |
| Poland | 239 |
203 |
209 |
-13% |
52% |
approved |
| Portugal | 41 |
36 |
38 |
-8% |
49% |
under examination |
| Romania | n.a. |
n.a. |
98 |
n.a. |
- |
under examination |
| Slovenia | 9 |
9 |
8 |
-6% |
45% |
approved |
| Slovakia | 31 |
25 |
31 |
1% |
46% |
approved |
| Sweden | 23 |
19 |
23 |
0% |
30% |
approved |
| Spain | 174 |
183 |
152 |
-13% |
46% |
approved |
| Czech Republic | 98 |
83 |
87 |
-11% |
56% |
approved |
| UK | 245 |
242 |
246 |
0% |
36% |
approved |
| Hungary | 32 |
26 |
31 |
-3% |
27% |
under examination |
| Cyprus | 6 |
5 |
8 |
35% |
- |
not submitted yet |
| Total | 2,199 |
2,009 |
2,154 |
Created: 30.3.2007 
Sources: European Commission, PointCarbon, FutureCamp
