21.9.2011 Official Journal of the European Union L 244[1 (Non-legislative acts) DECISIONS COMMISSION DECISION of 18 August 2011 on amending Decision 2007/589/EC as regards the inclusion of monitoring and reporting guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions from new activities and gases (notified under document C(2011) 5861) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/540/EU) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (') as amended by Directive 2004/101/EC (3, Directive 2008/101/EC (}) and Regulation (EC) No 219/2009 (¥, and in particular Articles 14(1) and 24(3) thereof, Whereas: (1)  Directive 2003/87/EC  establishes a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union (hereinafter ‘the ETS’). (2)  Pursuant to Article 14(1) of Directive 2003/87[EC as amended by Directive =~ 2004/101/EC,  Directive 2008/101/EC and Regulation (EC) No 219/2009, the Commission adopted Decision 2007/589/EC (°) estab- lishing guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions. (3)  Pursuant to Article 24(3) of Directive 2003/87[EC as amended by Directive =~ 2004/101/EC,  Directive 2008/101/EC and Regulation (EC) No 219/2009, the Commission may, on its own initiative, adopt moni- toring and reporting guidelines for emissions from () O] L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32. () O] L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 18. () O] L 8, 13.1.2009, p. 3. (4 O] L 87, 31.3.2009, p. 109. () O] L 229, 31.8.2007, p. 1. activities, installations and greenhouse gases which are not listed in Annex I if the monitoring and reporting of those emissions can be carried out with sufficient accuracy. (4)  Pursuant to Article 3 of Directive 2009/29/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 amending Directive 2003/87/EC so as to improve and extend the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme of the Community (°), Articles 14 and 24 of Directive 2003/87/EC as amended by Directive  2004/101/EC,  Directive 2008/101/EC and Regulation (EC) No 219/2009, continue to apply until 31 December 2012. (5)  Directive 2009/29/EC includes new gases and activities in the ETS as of 2013. The Commission should adopt guidelines for the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions resulting from new activities and new gases with a view to the inclusion of such activities in the ETS from 2013 and their possible unilateral inclusion in the ETS before 2013. (6)  Decision 2007/589/EC should therefore be amended accordingly. (7)  The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee referred to in Article 23 of Directive 2003/87EC, HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: Article 1 Decision 2007/589/EC is amended as follows: () O] L 140, 5.6.2009, p. 63.