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The document describes the National System for the
preparation of National Inventory for emissions into atmosphere.
This system, required under the Kyoto Protocol, was established at
a national level by Legislative Decree 51/2008. As stated in the
decree, ISPRA is responsible for the implementation of the National
Inventory and updating of the National System document which
describes the system used under the United Nations Framework
Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the Monitoring Mechanism of
Greenhouse Gases of the European Union and the Kyoto Protocol. The
document outlines the roles and responsibilities of institutional
bodies involved in the preparation, the main sources of
information, systems and procedures for quality control inventory
as well as the national law reference. This document is reported
annually by the ISPRA to the Italian Ministry for the Environment
and the Protection of Land and Sea together with emissions
estimates and documentation describing the estimating methodologies
and the trends of the historical emission series.
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