EEA Emission Review Tool (EMRT) for the National Emission reduction Commitments Directive
Intro
The EMRT-NECD (Emission Review Tool for the National Emission reduction Commitments Directive) is a web-based tool hosted by the EEA to facilitate quality checks and reviews of national emission inventories reported by EU Member States under the National Emission reduction Commitments Directive (NECD, Directive 2016/2284/EU) .
The emission inventory review process and the emission projections review process follow guideline documents provided at the bottom of this page.
Login
- Click 'Log in' in the top right corner of the screen.
- If requested, enter your EIONET username and password.
- Click '2024 Inventory' to start the review of emission inventories.
NECD Review 2024 - Timeline and Process
The timeline of the 2024 NECD Inventory Review process is summarized in the following table.
The focus of 2024 process will be the follow-up of previous review round and the review of data reported in 2024.
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Emission Inventory Review 2024 Activity |
Deadline |
| Deadline for the inventory submission; deadline for MS to inform Commission of their intention to apply a flexibility | 15 February |
| Deadline for resubmissions of the inventory; deadline for the submission of the Informative Inventory Report and Flexibility Applications | 15 March |
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Initial checks for main pollutants begin |
25 March |
| Initial checks for main pollutants end |
19 April |
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Training webinar and kick-off meeting for the review of air emission inventories |
29 April |
| Questions can be sent via EMRT-NECD from the TERT to MS | From 29 April |
| Desk based review – air emission inventories; sector experts perform review | 29 April - 23 May |
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Desk based review – air emission inventories; lead reviewers finalise work |
24 May - 28 May |
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Deadline for questions sent via EMRT-NECD |
29 May |
| Deadline for answers by MS to questions sent via EMRT-NECD | 12 June |
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Centralised review (including requirement for Member State involvement through further Q&A) |
17 - 21 June |
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Flexibility recommendations agreed |
28 June |
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LRs filled in LR input file and general assessment template |
28 June |
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Initial status reports sent to Member States by EEA |
1 July |
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Feedback from MS on potential Technical Corrections (latest 4 weeks after receipt) |
1 July - 26 July |
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TERT resolves all PTCs in the EMRT (becoming REs or TCs), except for rejected REs for which a follow-up question should be raised informing the MS of the rejected RE |
29 July - 9 August |
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Draft review reports sent to Member States by EEA |
24 September |
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Deadline for MS to send comments on draft review reports to EEA |
15 October |
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Quality controller assistant incorporates Member States comments (and consults if needed TERT) |
15 October – 4 November |
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Final review reports sent to Member States by EEA |
7 November |
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Horizontal project report sent to the European Commission |
5 December |
NECD Review Guidelines
The emission inventory review process under the NEC Directive follows the Air Emission Inventory Review Guidelines below.
FINAL_Air_Emission_NECD_InventoryReviewGuidelines_2024.pdf
FINAL_Air_Emission_NECD_InventoryReviewGuidelines_2024.pdf
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The emission projections review process follows the National Air Emissions Projections Review Guidelines. These guidelines can be found below.
ProjectionsReviewGuidelines_2023.pdf
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TERT allocation_EMRT-NECD_2024.JPG
For the purpose of the projections review, every Member State has been allocated to a technical review team. This allocation is provided in the document below.
TERT allocation_EMRT-NECD_2024.JPG
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