Slovakia failed to inform Commission about energy, climate plan progress

(EurActiv, 28 Mar 2023) Slovakia, like other member states, missed its 15 March deadline to send its report listing its progress in meeting its climate and renewable targets to the European Commission.

The report on the progress of the National Climate and Energy Plan (NECP) summarises to what extent a member state is on track to meet its climate and renewables target and must be sent to the European Commission every two years.

Slovakia missed the deadline because of the complexity of biennial reporting and the technical problems encountered when entering data into the new information systems of the European Commission’s directorates for energy and the environment (DG ENER and DG ENVI), the Slovak Economy Ministry said.

“The missing data will be completed as soon as possible. We have informed the European Commission in advance about the expected partial delay,” the ministry’s press department told EURACTIV Slovakia.

Asked when they plan to send or publish the report, the ministry replied that it would be after “completion and verification of all reported data and the report itself.”

Other EU member states have also delayed sending the report.

While only Finland and the Netherlands respected the deadline for the progress report, only 15 countries have delivered their NECP implementation reports as of the day of publication.

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