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National Environmental Management: Air Quality Act, 2004 (Act No. 39 of 2004)

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National Greenhouse Gas Emission Reporting Regulations, 2016

2. Purpose of Regulations

 

The purpose of these Regulations is to introduce a single national reporting system for the transparent reporting of greenhouse gas emissions, which will be used─

 

(a) to update and maintain a National Greenhouse Gas Inventory;
(b) for the Republic of South Africa to meet its international reporting obligations under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and instrument treaties to which it is a signatory; and

[Regulation 2(b) substituted by regulation 3 of Notice No. R994, GG43712, dated 11 September 2020]

(c) to inform the formulation and implementation of legislation and policy.