IP/06/936
Brussels, 05 July 2006
EU Emissions Trading Scheme: Poland's National Allocation Plan is uploaded to the Community registry system, total verified emissions are made public As announced last week, 5 July, the Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) will show the 2005-7 approved allocations of Polish installations as of 14:00 today, 5 July. The verified emissions of individual installations will appear on the CITL once their accounts are created by the Polish registry Administrator. The Commission is reporting today the total verified emissions of the installations included in the CITL.
A total of 459 installations are being included today, which have already submitted their 2005 verified emissions to the Polish government. These 459 installations have been allocated 90% percent of Poland's total annual average allocation, amounting to 213,6 million allowances. The total verified emissions of these 459 installations in 2005 amounted to 184,9 million tonnes of CO2.
The remaining 10% of Polish allowances have been allocated to 629 other installations, and their emissions will be included in the CITL by the end of September.
Allocations for 2005-2007 were made on the basis of data that were not independently verified. Now, that a full set of verified data exists the Commission expects it to be used as a basis for the next allocation plan covering the period 2008-2012, and will assess all plans in this context.
Poland's overall greenhouse gas emissions in 2004 were 386.4 million tonnes, 31.6% below their Kyoto baseline of 1988 emissions. Poland's Kyoto target is -6%, and it is therefore on track for meeting this target.
