Possible streamlining of climate and energy reporting requirements in areas with interlinkages : final report

The subject of this report is an evaluation of coherence and efficiency of the planning and reporting obligations in terms of the interlinkages between the climate and energy fields, and to provide options for possible streamlining and improvement of the current reporting obligations. The study was completed for DG Climate Action (CLIMA) of the European Commission ('the Commission) by Amec Foster Wheeler Environment and Infrastructure UK Ltd ('Amec Foster Wheeler') in partnership with Öko-Institut and BIO by Deloitte ('BIO'). Streamlining of reporting requirements was an important consideration in the development of the Monitoring Mechanism Regulation (MMR) (Regulation No 525/2013). However, streamlining was limited in some areas where this would have required the amendment or revision of other legal instruments in other policy areas such as energy. Opportunity now exists to investigate the potential to streamline planning and reporting requirements across both climate and energy, particularly as the result of the development of the Energy Union Package and which aims to integrate several policy areas into a single cohesive long-term strategy. While previous studies have analysed the current reporting scenario and the associated costs of inefficiencies at a European-level, and for specific areas such as the Energy Efficiency Directive (EED), Renewable Energy Directive (RED), and climate and energy projections for 2020, no study to date has conducted an in-depth analysis encompassing both energy and climate fields. This study identifies the actual information reported by Member States and their national arrangements, and is supported by assessment of impacts of specific streamlining options. Running concurrently to this project, a project has been commissioned by DG Energy regarding "Evaluation of planning and reporting obligations in the EU Energy Acquis". The results of both studies are intended to be used by the Commission to assist in the development of a more streamlined planning and reporting regime covering both climate and energy fields in the period 2021 - 2030.