According to the governance of the energy union and climate action rules, which entered into force on 24 December 2018, EU countries are required to:

• develop integrated national energy and climate plans (NECPs) that cover the five dimensions of the energy union for the period 2021 to 2030 (and every subsequent ten year period) based on a common template
• submit a draft NECP by 31 December 2018 and be ready to submit the final plans by 31 December 2019 to the European Commission
• report on the progress they make in implementing their NECPs, mostly on a biennial basis

The Commission will monitor the progress of the EU as a whole, notably as part of the annual state of the energy union report.

The new rules underline the importance of effective public participation and regional cooperation in the development and implementation of these plans, ensuring that the views of citizens and businesses as well as regional and local authorities are heard.

Now that they have been submitted, the draft NECPs are being assessed by the Commission. If an individual country's draft NECP and its objectives, policies and measures do not sufficiently or not consistently contribute to reaching the energy union's objectives, or if the EU collectively does not make sufficient progress towards these objectives, the Commission may issue recommendations to countries by 30 June 2019 to amend the draft NECP. Member States then have until the end of 2019 to submit their final NECP.   

Draft National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) submitted to the European Commission (as of 11 March 2019)

	Weblink	Document submitted (PDF)	Courtesy translation in English provided by the translation services of the EC
Austria	Austria’s draft NECP	de	en
Belgium	Belgium’s draft NECP (fr) | (nl)	Belgium’s draft NECP	en
Bulgaria	Bulgaria’s draft NECP	bg	en
Croatia	Croatia’s draft NECP (hr ) | (en )	hr | en	n/a
Cyprus	Cyprus’s draft plan (en)	en	n/a
Czechia	Czech draft plan (cz)	cs	en
Denmark	Will follow in due course	en	n/a
Estonia	Estonia’s draft NECP	et	en
Finland	Finland’s draft NECP (en )	en	n/a
France	France's draft NECP	fr	n/a
Germany	Germany’s draft NECP	de	en
Greece	Greece’s draft NECP	el	en
Hungary	Will follow in due course	hu	en
Ireland	Ireland’s draft NECP	en	n/a
Italy	Italy’s draft NECP	it	en
Latvia	Latvia’s draft NECP	lv	en
Lithuania	Lithuania’s draft NECP	lt | en	n/a
Luxembourg	Luxembourg's draft NECP	de
Malta	Will follow in due course	en	n/a
Netherlands	Netherlands’ draft NECP	nl | en	n/a
Poland	Poland’s draft NECP	Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3	Part 1
Portugal	Portugal’s draft NECP	pt	en
Romania	Romania’s draft NECP (ro ) (en)	ro | en	n/a
Slovakia	Will follow in due course	sk	en
Slovenia	Slovenia’s draft NECP	sl	en
Spain	Will follow in due course	es
Sweden	Sweden’s draft NECP	en	n/a
United Kingdom	UK’s draft NECP	en	n/a

Related links

• Energy union factsheets for EU countries