1. European Commission ECCP II WG 1: ECCP Review
Christian Egenhofer
Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS)
Brussels
European Commission
Brussels, 24 October 2005

2. Draft Mandate
… review the implementation of climate-related EU-wide policies and measures…
to assess their implementation in Member States - to assess … actual and projected emissions reduction - to discuss the further development of EU climate change policies to achieve … obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, and beyond
Report by March 2006

3. Sectors
- Energy supply - Energy demand - Transport measures - Other gases - Agriculture & forestry

4. Straightforward Tasks 
1.  GHG emissions trends by sector 2.  Evaluate implementation of the conclusions and recommendations of ECCP I & achievements of commitments ECCP I … 5.  Develop conclusions and recommendations …

5. More Tasks
… evaluate the concrete implementation in the Member States of European wide policies and measures and the actual and projected emission reductions resulting from it, as compared to the ex-ante analysis in the ECCP, its contribution in meeting Kyoto commitments, and identifying best practice, evaluating cost-effectiveness, impacts on the sectors concerned and specific gaps.

6. More Tasks
… evaluate the progress in terms of the development of EU climate policy and consider issues in relation to the overall consistency, effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of future EU wide climate policy in synergy with the Lisbon agenda.

7. Comments 1. Best-practice
Compare Member States experiences … but how to ensure that Member States learn from each other? EU is full of examples where best-practice remains lip service!
What about best-practices group?

8. 2. Clarify overall consistency between
- different EU climate change and environmental policies ? - EU climate/environmental and other (economic, foreign, development, trade etc.) policies ? - EU and member state policies ? - long & short-term policies ? - domestic and international ?

9. Different set of policies for short and long-term policies
3. First commitment period versus long-term
Different set of policies for short and long-term policies

10. Cost-benefit analysis ?
4. Effectiveness, cost-effectiveness and Lisbon agenda
Cost-benefit analysis ?

11. 5. Final comments
How to involve economic consumer interests? - How to involve SMEs? - Co-ordination and mutual strengthening of ECCP with other processes? - Set up Study Panel to examine studies (methodologies), e.g. REACH

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