At the traditional midday press briefing on Friday 7 February, the European Commission announced that nineteen Member States have so far submitted their National Energy/Climate Plans (NECPs) to the Commission. Latvia joins the list of eighteen countries that Energy Commissioner Kadri Simson revealed on 23 January (see EUROPE 12410/27).
The other countries on the list are Austria, Belgium, Croatia, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Lithuania, Malta, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, Slovakia, and Sweden.
On 23 January, Simson also gave an assurance that seven of the countries that had not yet submitted their PNECs had committed to do so by the end of January, which turned out not to be the case.
The original deadline for the submission of plans passed some time ago, on 31 December 2019.
The Commission's Energy spokesperson also announced that this week the Commission has sent a letter to ministers of the eight Member States who have yet to comply to remind them to submit their PNECs as soon as possible.
PNECs are work programmes for the period from 2021 to 2030, drawn up by each Member State for the purpose of achieving the EU's energy and climate objectives for 2030.
The Commission is expected to evaluate them by the middle of the year.
To consult the available PNECs, go to: http://bit.ly/2vepQJM (Original version in French by Damien Genicot)