Amendments to UK greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme and national emissions inventory regulations: a public consultation (link)
This consultation has been issued by DECC and the Environment Agency. It addresses a number of proposed technical amendments to the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012.
Views are sought on the draft Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme and National Emissions Inventory (Amendment) Regulations 2013, which will amend the 2012 and Inventory Regulations. The aim of this amendment is to:
– Clarify the level of civil penalties to be imposed on operators carrying out unauthorised EU ETS activities;
– Bring the penalty for under-reporting EU ETS emissions prior to 2013 into line with the penalty from 2013;
– Implement the EU’s 2013 Registries Regulation (Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 of 2 May 2013);
– Replace the National Emissions Inventory’s system of criminal sanctions with a civil penalty scheme and remove the associated powers of entry.
The consultation closes on 19th September 2013.
Source: DECC/Environment Agency