Action 8

Review and revise, where necessary, all relevant legislation to support progressive decarbonisation of the energy sector

Key Resources

North Macedonia: Energy Law

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ROADMAP PROGRESS

The 2025 GARI reports that the WB6 continued to align their legislative and policy frameworks with the EU energy and climate acquis, driven by obligations under the Energy Community Treaty, the 2030 targets adopted in 2022, and the preparation and finalisation of NECPs. In 2025, the emphasis was primarily on implementation, updating and further alignment of previously adopted legislation rather than on the adoption of entirely new frameworks, with progress remaining uneven across the region.

Montenegro strengthened its framework through a new Climate Change Law adopted in December 2025, replacing the 2019 law, and adopted and notified its NECP to the Energy Community Secretariat. Albania continued to update its NECP and climate law and made progress in climate reporting, although its NECP had not been finalised and certain governance reporting obligations remained incomplete. North Macedonia advanced policy alignment through implementation of its NECP and the preparation of additional strategic documents and climate-related legislation, while Serbia focused on implementing previously adopted laws and further developing carbon-pricing mechanisms. In Bosnia and Herzegovina, progress remained very limited, with the final NECP and a comprehensive climate law still pending and significant gaps remaining in climate reporting. Kosovo* has established a partial climate governance framework through its Law on Climate Change, but implementation remains limited, its NECP has not been finalised or notified, and further alignment with EU governance and Monitoring, Reporting, Verification and Accreditation (MRVA) requirements is needed.

Across the WB6, NECPs remain the central policy instrument, although WB6 are at different stages of preparation, adoption, implementation and updating. In parallel, progress has been observed in parts of the region in establishing MRVA systems, which are essential for future alignment with the EU Emissions Trading System, although their development remains highly uneven and in some WB6 is still at a very early stage.

Important gaps also remain in embedding 2030 greenhouse gas and renewable energy targets in legislation, completing long-term decarbonisation strategies, and establishing fully functional domestic climate reporting systems.

Note: Action 8 of the original Green Agenda Action Plan (2021–2030), which calls for reviewing and revising relevant legislation to support progressive decarbonisation of the energy sector, is not retained as a standalone action in the Revised Action Plan (2025–2030).

Its objectives are considered covered through the integrated Energy and Climate Plan (NECP) process under the Energy Community Governance framework, which requires periodic review, alignment and updating of energy and climate legislation in line with EU acquis developments.

ALBANIA

Source: Energy Community Secretariat (2025) Annual Implementation Report of the Acquis under the Treaty Establishing the Energy Community, November 2025. Data compiled in Regional Cooperation Council (RCC) (2025) Report on the Implementation of the Green Agenda for the Western Balkans Action Plan (GARI 2025), Table 3.

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA

KOSOVO*

MONTENEGRO

Note: the data presented reflect the status at the time of preparation of the Energy Community Secretariat Implementation Report (November 2025). Montenegro subsequently notified its NECP to the Secretariat in December 2025.

NORTH MACEDONIA

SERBIA

Note on methodology: the 2022 and 2023 values are retained for historical reference. No comparable 2025 percentage was reported for domestic greenhouse gas policies and measures/adaptation under the Energy Roadmap, so the 2025 value is shown as N/A (not assessed under the Energy Roadmap) in 2025 GARI. In 2025 GARI, adaptation is assessed separately under Climate Action and reported as a count of sectoral policies, which is not methodologically comparable to the percentage-based series retained here.

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