May 2011

Legal Texts and Underlying Decisions

International Agreements

Framework Convention on Climate Change
Kyoto Protocol

COP and COP/MOP Decisions

Activities Implemented Jointly under the Pilot Phase, AIJ (PDF)

Marrakech Accords and Subsequent Decisions

Decisions 3-10 of COP-MOP 1
Decisions 1-3 of COP-MOP 2
Decisions 2,3,9,10 of COP-MOP 3
Decisions 2,5 of COP-MOP 4
Decisions 2-3 of COP-MOP 5
Decisions 3,4,7 of COP-MOP 6

Main EU ETS legislation

EU emission trading directive (Directive 2003/87/EC of 13 October 2003, status as of 25 June 2009, inofficial consolidated version)

This inofficial consolidated version includes the following individual directives

Directive 2003/87/EC of 13 October 2003 establishing the EU ETS
Directive 2004/101/EC  of 27 October 2004 on linking the EU ETS with CDM and JI
Directive 2008/101/EC of 19 November 2008 to include aviation in the EU ETS
Directive 2009/29/EC of 23 April 2009 to improve and extend the EU ETS

EU Effort Sharing Decision

Other legal texts and regulations

See www.dehst.de and www.bmu.de