EU-MRG Stakeholder Day
Experience in Monitoring & Reporting in the EU-ETS: Stakeholder Consultation
May 12, 2005
Sina Wartmann, [email protected].
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Overview
• Background• Concept of stakeholder consultation• The questionnaire• Stakeholder groups addressed• Results • Outlook
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Background• Review clause in the EU-MRG:
„The Commission will review this Annex and Annexes II—XI by 31 December 2006, taking into account experience with the application“ (Annex I, 1)
• Potential changes anticipated to be in place well ahead 1 January 2008
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Stakeholder Consultation IGoal: Collect experience gained in the application
of the MRG from operators and authorities
Specific Objectives:• Collect structured and comparable feedback for
key issues • Provide space for technical comments on all
annexes • Provide space to express positions and comments
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Stakeholder Consultation II
Consultation includes:
Questionnaire with ratings + possibility for additional written comments
Invitation to submit position papers „Stakeholder Day“ with presentations by
stakeholder groups and sectoral sessions Publication of results
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The Questionnaire I• Evaluate the guidelines as a whole
according to the following aspects:• Accuracy• Flexibility• Cost-effectiveness• User-friendlyness• Providing a level playing field
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The Questionnaire II• Evaluate the following aspects for each of the specific technical annexes:
• Clarity• Applicability• Tier thresholds• Installation coverage
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The Questionnaire IIIFurther aspects to be judged and rated:• Consistency with other reporting systems or
standards• Definitions• Usefulness of monitoring and reporting
principles• Guidance on the application of tier system• Guidance on uncertainty assessment• Reporting templates• ....
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Target Group • Operators participating in the EU-ETS
addressed through their EU industry associations
• National Ministries of the Environment• Regional competent authorities• Non-governmental organisations:
e.g. CEN & IETA• Non-governmental organisations:
e.g. CAN Europe & WWF
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Consultation Process• Questionnaires and invitation to submit
further comments and position papers sent out in early March
• Distributed via E-Mail to a standard list of EU-stakeholders and Member State focal points
• Posted on DG ENV emission trading website • Deadline for submission of questionnaires and
position papers: April 15th
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ResultsFeedback received from:
• Industry associations at EU and national level• Operators• Ministries and other competent authorities• Other non-governmental organisations
in the form of questionnaires as well as position papers and other written comments.
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Questionnaires ReceivedSectors No. of
questionnairesCombustion 25Iron & Steel 7Refineries 11Cement & Lime 31Ceramics 9Pulp & Paper 4Glass 10General (EPAs, Consultants...) 12Total 109
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Position Papers & Other CommentsSectors No. of position papers/other
written commentsCombustion 6Iron & Steel 1Refineries 1Cement & Lime 3Ceramics 2Pulp & Paper 0Glass 0General (EPAs, Consultants...) 9Total 22
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Results I• Accuracy: Good-very good, but
leading to excessive costs• Flexibility: Satisfactory – poor, more
flexiblity needed regarding tier thresholds and calculation methods
• Cost-effectiveness: poor – very poor, good as a principle but not well implemented in the MRG
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Results II• User-friendlieness: poor
– Many sections need clarification– Many references from one section into another– Shift information from Annex I into sectoral
annexes• Providing a level playing field: no opinion
– Depends on interpretation by member states– At present differing interpretations in many
fields! – Harmonization needed
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Results IIIHot-Spots:• Principles: Cost-efficiency, flexibility• Cross-cutting issues: harmonisation, EN ISO 17025,
emission factors, uncertainty assessment• At sectoral level: tier thresholds, calculation
methods for process emissions
General message: Simplify and make less prescriptive in order to balance accuracy against cost-effectiveness
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Next Steps• Stakeholder Day on 12 May 2005 • Publication of presentations and meeting
minutes on DG ENV web-site• Follow-up discussions between
stakeholders and Commission/consortium, where appropriate (summer 2005)
• Participation of stakeholders in review process of revised MRG (during 2006)