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Legal basis for the Finnish GHG Inventory System

Legal basis for the Finnish GHG Inventory System. Jaakko Ojala Counsellor Ministry of the Environment Finland. Ministry of the Environment. responsible for matters pertaining to the Climate Convention/UNFCCC negotiations and implementation on climate matters in the European Community

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Legal basis for the Finnish GHG Inventory System

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  1. Legal basis for the Finnish GHG Inventory System Jaakko Ojala Counsellor Ministry of the Environment Finland

  2. Ministry of the Environment • responsible for • matters pertaining to the Climate Convention/UNFCCC • negotiations and implementation on climate matters in the European Community • the national focal point of the Climate Convention/ UNFCCC • Legislation governing the Government • Act of Finnish Government (175/2003) • Government Rules of Procedure (262/2003) • Government Decree on the Ministry of the Environment (708/2003) §

  3. Statistics Finland • Finland’s general statistical authority • responsible for • annual National Inventory Report on Finland’s greenhouse gas emissions • Legislation governing the operations of Statistics Finland • Statistics Finland Act (48/1992) • Statistics Act (280/2004) • Government resolution of 30 January 2003 on the organisation of climate policy activities of Government authorities §

  4. Agreement between the Ministry of the Environment and Statistics Finland • on operating the National System for estimating greenhouse gas emissions under the Kyoto Protocol • on reporting requirements under the Climate Convention/UNFCCC • Contribution to the work of the EU’s Climate Change Committee • Cooperation in national climate policy preparation tasks – exchange of information

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