This Law prescribes the competences and responsibilities for climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and ozone layer protection, the achievement of climate goals and competences in their achievement, documents on climate change and ozone layer protection, monitoring and reporting on greenhouse gas emissions and sinks, measures for their reduction, monitoring and reporting on climate change adaptation and desertification, reporting on emissions related to the carbon border payment mechanism, sectors outside the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system, the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system, the Union Registry, financial mechanisms arising from the EU greenhouse gas emission allowance trading system, monitoring and reporting on substances that deplete the ozone layer and fluorinated greenhouse gases, financing of climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and ozone layer protection, the information system for climate change, land and ozone layer protection, and inspection supervision. Legal acts of the European Union that have been transposes into the legal order of the Republic of Croatia are listed in article 2. This Law is divided into six main thematic Parts 9each with its related Chapters) and a total of 147 articles. Titles of these Parts are as follows: One-Basic provisions; Two-Information system for climate change, land use and ozone layer protection; Three- EU greenhouse gas emissions trading system; Four-Ozone depleting substances and fluorined greenhouse gases; Five-Financial resources and information system; Six-Supervision, minority, transitional and final provisions. Also the constituent parts of this text are: 1. Annex I. Activities causing greenhouse gas emissions from installations, aviation and maritime transport; 2. Annex II. Activities in the buildings and road transport sectors and additional sectors covered by the new EU Emissions Trading System (ETS2); 3. Annex III. Principles for monitoring and reporting referred to in article 68 of this Law; 4. Annex IV. Verification criteria referred to in article 69 of this Law. The long-term climate objective of the Republic of Croatia in the field of climate change mitigation and adaptation is to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. By implementing the obligations set out in this Law, the Republic of Croatia contributes to the achievement of the joint nationally determined contribution of the EU and its Member States under the Paris Agreement, which is a reduction in greenhouse gas emissions of at least 55% by 2030 compared to 1990 levels. Climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation and ozone layer protection, for the purpose of sustainable development, are based on the principles of environmental protection set out in the law regulating the field of environmental protection and the requirements of international law and the acquis communautaire of the European Union, as well as the principle of equality.
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