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dossier	COM(2012)93 - Accounting rules and action plans on greenhouse gas emissions and removals resulting from activities related to land use, ...
document	COM(2012)93
date	May 21, 2013

ANNEX I

ACCOUNTING PERIODS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(1)

Accounting period	Years
First accounting period	From 1 January 2013 to 31 December 2020

ANNEX II

MEMBER STATE REFERENCE LEVELS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 6

Member State	Gg carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalents per year
Belgium	–2 499
Bulgaria	–7 950
Czech Republic	–4 686
Denmark	409
Germany	–22 418
Estonia	–2 741
Ireland	– 142
Greece	–1 830
Spain	–23 100
France	–67 410
Italy	–22 166
Cyprus	– 157
Latvia	–16 302
Lithuania	–4 552
Luxembourg	– 418
Hungary	–1 000
Malta	–49
Netherlands	–1 425
Austria	–6 516
Poland	–27 133
Portugal	–6 830
Romania	–15 793
Slovenia	–3 171
Slovakia	–1 084
Finland	–20 466
Sweden	–41 336
United Kingdom	–8 268

ANNEX III

FIRST ORDER DECAY FUNCTION AND DEFAULT HALF-LIFE VALUES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 7

First order decay function starting with i = 1900 and continuing to present year:

(A)	with C(1900) = 0.0

(B)

where:

i= year

C(i)= the carbon stock of the harvested wood products pool in the beginning of year i, Gg C

k= decay constant of first-order decay given in units of year-1 (, where HL is half-life of the harvested wood products pool in years.)

Inflow(i)= the inflow to the harvested wood products pool during year i, Gg C year-1

ΔC(i)= carbon stock change of the harvested wood products pool during year i, Gg C year-1,

Default half-life values (HL):

2 years for paper

25 years for wood panels

35 years for sawn wood.

ANNEX IV

INDICATIVE MEASURES THAT MAY BE INCLUDED IN THE INFORMATION ON LULUCF ACTIONS SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 10(2)(d)

(a)

Measures related to cropland management such as:

—	improving agronomic practices by selecting better crop varieties,

—	extending crop rotations and avoiding or reducing the use of bare fallow,

—	improving nutrient management, tillage/residue management and water management,

—	stimulating agro-forestry practices and potential for land cover/use change.

(b)

Measures related to grazing land management and pasture improvement such as:

—	preventing the conversion of grassland to cropland and the reversion of cropland to native vegetation,

—	improving grazing land management by including changes to the intensity and timing of grazing,

—	increasing productivity,

—	improving nutrient management,

—	improving fire management,

—	introducing more appropriate species and in particular deep rooted species.

(c)

Measures to improve the management of agricultural organic soils, in particular, peat lands, such as:

—	incentivising sustainable paludicultural practices,

—	incentivising adapted agricultural practices, such as minimising soil disturbance or extensive practices.

(d)	Measures to prevent drainage and to incentivise rewetting of wetlands.

(e)

Measures related to existing or partly drained mires, such as:

—	preventing further drainage,

—	incentivising rewetting and restoration of mires,

—	preventing bog fires.

(f)	Restoration of degraded lands.

(g)

Measures related to forestry activities such as:

—	afforestation and reforestation,

—	conservation of carbon in existing forests,

—	enhancing production in existing forests,

—	increasing the harvested wood products pool,

—	enhancing forest management, including through optimised species composition, tending and thinning, and soil conservation.

(h)	Preventing deforestation.

(i)	Strengthening protection against natural disturbances such as fire, pests, and storms.

(j)	Measures to substitute greenhouse gas intensive energy feedstocks and materials with harvested wood products.

ANNEX V

MINIMUM VALUES FOR AREA SIZE, TREE CROWN COVER AND TREE HEIGHT AS SPECIFIED BY THE MEMBER STATE FOR THE DEFINITION OF FOREST

Member State	Area (ha)	Tree crown cover (%)	Tree height (m)
Belgium	0,5	20	5
Bulgaria	0,1	10	5
Czech Republic	0,05	30	2
Denmark	0,5	10	5
Germany	0,1	10	5
Estonia	0,5	30	2
Ireland	0,1	20	5
Greece	0,3	25	2
Spain	1,0	20	3
France	0,5	10	5
Italy	0,5	10	5
Cyprus
Latvia	0,1	20	5
Lithuania	0,1	30	5
Luxembourg	0,5	10	5
Hungary	0,5	30	5
Malta
Netherlands	0,5	20	5
Austria	0,05	30	2
Poland	0,1	10	2
Portugal	1,0	10	5
Romania	0,25	10	5
Slovenia	0,25	30	2
Slovakia	0,3	20	5
Finland	0,5	10	5
Sweden	0,5	10	5
United Kingdom	0,1	20	2

ANNEX VI

BASE YEAR OR PERIOD

Member State	Base Year
Belgium	1990
Bulgaria	1988
Czech Republic	1990
Denmark	1990
Germany	1990
Estonia	1990
Ireland	1990
Greece	1990
Spain	1990
France	1990
Italy	1990
Cyprus
Latvia	1990
Lithuania	1990
Luxembourg	1990
Hungary	1985-87
Malta
Netherlands	1990
Austria	1990
Poland	1988
Portugal	1990
Romania	1989
Slovenia	1986
Slovakia	1990
Finland	1990
Sweden	1990
United Kingdom	1990

ANNEX VII

CALCULATION OF BACKGROUND LEVEL OF NATURAL DISTURBANCES

For the calculation of the background level Member States shall provide information on historic levels of emissions caused by natural disturbances. In doing this, Member States shall:

(a)	provide information on the type(s) of natural disturbance included in the estimation;

(b)	include total annual emissions estimations for those natural disturbance types for the period 1990-2009, listed by activities referred to in Article 3(1);

(c)	demonstrate that time series consistency is guaranteed in all relevant parameters, including minimum area, emission estimation methodologies, coverages of pools and gases.

The background level shall be calculated for those activities listed in Article 3(1), where the Member State intends to apply the Natural Disturbances provisions, as the average of the 1990-2009 time series excluding all years where abnormal levels of emissions were recorded, i.e. excluding all statistical outliers. The identification of statistical outliers shall be made following an iterative process described as follows:

(a)	calculate the arithmetic average value and the standard deviation of the full time series 1990-2009;

(b)	exclude from the time series all years where the annual emissions are outside twice the standard deviation around the average;

(c)	calculate again the arithmetic average value and the standard deviation of the time series 1990-2009 minus the years excluded in (b);

(d)	repeat (b) and (c) until no outliers can be identified.