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  • NECP and integrated progress reports

Climate and Governance

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NECP and integrated progress reports
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Long-term strategies
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NECP and integrated progress reports

  • Secretariat’s actions

    Secretariat’s actions

    • Supporting
      • Reviews national transposition drafts and provides feedback.
      • Follows the timely development of the draft integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) and the adoption of the NECPs.
      • Facilitates regional cooperation and consultation among Contracting Parties related to the NECPs.
      • Monitors the implementation of the related Energy Community acquis.

       

    • Monitoring
      • Oversees the transposition and implementation of national laws.
      • Assesses and provides recommendations on draft integrated NECPs.
      • Assesses on the basis of integrated national energy and climate progress reports (NECPRs) the progress towards the 2030 targets for energy and climate and the Energy Community’s climate-neutrality objective on the level of individual Contracting Parties and the Energy Community as a whole. Provides recommendations to Contracting Parties in case there is a gap between the actual and the planned level of progress.

       

  • Timeline and tasks

    Timeline

    Nov 2021

    Adoption of the Governance Regulation in the Energy Community.

    Dec 2022

    Deadline for Contracting Parties to transpose the regulation into national law.

    Jun 2023

    Deadline for Contracting Parties to submit the draft NECPs to the Secretariat.

    Dec 2023

    Assessment (within 6 months after submission) of the draft NECPs and development of recommendations by the Secretariat.

    Jun 2024

    Deadline for Contracting Parties to adopt and publish the NECP.

    Mar 2025, then biennially

    Submission of integrated progress reports by Contracting Parties.

    Jan 2028

    Deadline for Contracting Parties to submit the second iteration of their draft NECP.

    Jan 2029

    Deadline for Contracting Parties to adopt and the publish the second iteration of their NECP.

  • Legal basis and purpose

    Legal basis and purpose

    The Governance Regulation establishes rules for integrated energy and climate planning and reporting. The development of NECPs is a central element of the Regulation, in which Contracting Parties outline their planned trajectories, policies and measures in the five dimensions of the Energy Union:

    • decarbonisation (including renewable energy);
    • energy efficiency;
    • energy security;
    • internal energy market; and
    • research, innovation and competitiveness

     in order to achieve the Energy Community 2030 targets.

KEY OUTPUT

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NECPS process

The Governance Regulation in the Energy Community requires Contracting Parties to develop integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs). The NECPs include national objectives and targets and respective policies and measures for all five dimensions of the Energy Union, which are closely related and mutually reinforcing. View the state of NECPs for more details.

USEFUL LINKS

  • Governance Regulation (EU) 2018/1999
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