SlovakRepublic-UNFCCC.docVIP

Slovak Republic Report on the estimation of assigned amounts under the Kyoto Protocol Report to the UNFCCC Secretariat May 2007 Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute Ministry of the Environment Bratislava, May 2007 Contents INTRODUCTION The Kyoto Protocol entered into force on the 16th February 2005 after fulfillment of condition stated in the Article 25. The Slovak Republic as an Annex I Party to the UNFCCC and the Annex B Party to the Kyoto Protocol has therefore prepared and is presenting its due report to facilitate the estimation of assigned amount for the commitment period pursuant to Articles 3.7 and 3.8 of the Kyoto Protocol and to demonstrate capacity to account for its GHG emissions. This Draft report to the European Commission has been prepared by the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute and Ministry of the Environment, pursuant to Article 8(1)(e) of Decision No. 280/2004/EC and in the scope that closely follows modalities and rules involved in the Decision 13/CMP.1 and 11/CMP.1. A reduction commitment for Slovakia for the 2008-2012 period is defined in the Annex B to the Kyoto Protocol as a five-multiple of 92% of total national greenhouse gas emissions in 1990 (reduction commitment -8%). The strategy of meeting the Kyoto Protocol commitments in Slovakia reduces a total quantity for the Kyoto period by further 5%. This amount of 5% will not be however proportionally transferred to all sectors. Slovakia is not a part of common redistribution of the Kyoto Protocol reduction commitments (so called burden sharing) and the Council Decision 2002/358/EC does not apply to it. The National Focal Point (NFP) at the Air Protection Department of the Ministry of Environment SR is the key expert and legal guarantor for the achievement of commitments and requirements under the UNFCCC and KP. SHMI, Department of Air Quality (DoAQ) is the organization authorized by the Minist