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National energy and climate plans

EU countries’ 10-year national energy and climate plans for 2021-2030.

The National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) are an essential strategic planning tool to deliver a fair, resilient, and climate-neutral Europe, and to steer the much-needed investments for the climate and energy transition, helping to mobilise private and public spending.

The NECPs define how EU countries will tackle the 5 dimensions of the Energy Union:

  • decarbonisation
  • energy efficiency
  • energy security
  • internal energy market
  • research, innovation and competitiveness

These plans necessitate coordinated efforts across government departments, creating a robust framework that catalyses public and private investment and supports a thorough implementation of the agreed policies. 

The process

Under the Governance Regulation EU countries have to submit their NECPs for the period 2021-2030 to the Commission. Each country shall also submit a progress report every 2 years, according to the structure, format, technical details and process set out in the Implementing Regulation. The Commission will, as part of the state of the energy union report, monitor the EU's progress as a whole towards achieving these targets.

To better develop and implement the plans, EU countries were required to consult citizens, businesses and regional authorities in the drafting and finalisation process.

They submitted their final NECPs in 2019 and then updated them in 2024, to reflect the increased EU 2030 climate and energy ambitions, as set by the Fit for 55 legislative package and the RepowerEU plan.

The governance regulation also required EU countries to submit by the start of 2020 national long term strategies looking forward to 2050.

From 2021, EU countries are required to submit information on climate and energy progress via dedicated reporting platforms.

NECPs as a governance tool will be reviewed for the post-2030 period as part of the forthcoming revision of the governance of the Energy Union and climate action.

Updating the NECPs 2021-2030

  1. 26 January 2026
  2. 2 October 2025
  3. 28 May 2025

    The Commission published its EU-wide assessment of the final updated NECPs accompanied by a Staff Working Document with the individual assessment of 23 final updated NECPs submitted and evaluated to that date. 

  4. 30 June 2024

    EU countries to submit the final updated NECPs, taking into account the Commission’s recommendations on the draft updated NECPs

  5. 18 December 2023

    The Commission published its EU-wide assessment of the draft updated NECPs, together with individual assessments and country-specific recommendations for the 21 EU countries that submitted their draft plans in time. Six EU countries submitted their draft updated NECPs at a later stage. The assessments and recommendations for those countries were published on 23 February 2024, 26 April 2024 and on 18 October 2024.

  6. 24 October 2023

    The Commission published its technical assessment of the first NECP progress reports towards meeting the EU’s energy and climate objectives. The relevant Staff Working Document is part of the 2023 State of the Energy Union report

  7. 30 June 2023

    EU countries to submit their draft updated NECPs, in line with article 14 of the Governance Regulation.

  8. 15 December 2022

    Commission guidance to EU countries on the process and scope of the update of the NECPs

Initial NECPs 2021-2030

Under the Governance Regulation EU countries had to submit their draft NECPs for the period 2021-2030 to the Commission by 31 December 2018. These were analysed by the Commission with an overall assessment and country-specific recommendations published in June 2019. Taking these recommendations into account, EU countries were then required to submit their final NECPs by 31 December 2019.

On 17 September 2020, the Commission published a detailed EU-wide assessment of the final NECPs. As a follow-up, and as part of the 2020 Energy Union report, the Commission published individual assessments of each of the national plans with further guidance.

National Energy and Climate plans 2021-2030

The list below links to the integrated National Energy and Climate Plans (NECPs) for the period 2021-2030 as submitted by each EU countries:

  • the final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)
  • the draft updated NECPs (in 2023)
  • the final NECP (submitted in 2019)
  • the draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Please note that only the original versions of the NECPs are authentic. The English versions are courtesy machine translations or, where available, translations provided by the EU countries itself.

The documents listed also includes the European Commission’s individual recommendations where relevant, and assessment of each NECP.

Austria

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (German)

Belgium

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2025)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (French/Dutch)

Bulgaria

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2025)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Croatia

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2025)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (HR)

Cyprus

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

  • original in English
  • Commission assessment (SWD/2020/912) of the final NECP of Cyprus in Greek or English

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (EL)

Czechia

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Denmark

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

  • original in English
  • Commission assessment (SWD/2020/903) of the final NECP of Denmark in Danish or English

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Estonia

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2025)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (ET)

Finland

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

  • original in English
  • Commission assessment (SWD/2020/925) of the final NECP of Finland in Finnish or English

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (FI)

France

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (FR)

Germany

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (DE)

Greece

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2025)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (EL)

Hungary

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Ireland

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

  • original in English
  • Commission assessment (SWD/2020/906) of the final NECP of Ireland in English

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (IE)

Italy

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (IT)

Latvia

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (LV)

Lithuania

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Luxembourg

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (FR)

Malta

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2025)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

  • original in English
  • Commission assessment (SWD/2020/917) of the final NECP of Malta in Maltese or English

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Netherlands

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Poland

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2026)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (PL)

Portugal

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (PT)

Romania

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Slovakia

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2025)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (SK)

Slovenia

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2025)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (2021-2030)

Spain

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

Sweden

Final updated NECP (submitted in 2024)

Draft updated NECP (submitted in 2023)

Final NECP (submitted in 2019)

Draft NECP (submitted in 2018)

National NECP website (EN)

* The UK left the EU on 1 February 2020, and the transition period agreed upon in the EU-UK Withdrawal Agreement finished on 31 December 2020. However, as it was subject to EU legislation during the Brexit transition, the UK submitted their NECP shortly before the end of 2020.

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