In the period until 2020, Slovenia has set itself the objective of reducing GHG emissions within the policy and legal order of the EU. Within the climate and energy legislation package adopted in 2009, Slovenia adopted new legally binding objectives for reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2020. The EU objective until 2020 was to reduce GHG emissions by 20% compared to 2005. Within this objective, Slovenia reducing GHG emissions. A part of the reduction will be attained within installations which are not included in the emissions trading scheme; the objective is determined at the EU level, i.e. to decrease GHG emissions by 21% by 2020 compared to 2005 emissions. The objective for the sectors outside the EU Emissions Trading Scheme is a 10% decrease in the amount of emissions by 2020 compared to 2005 emissions for the EU as a whole.