European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) Regulatory guidance for installations (including excluded installations) (link)
The Environment Agency (EA) has produced this guidance to help those operating or regulating activities covered by the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 SI 2012 No. 3038 (the Regulations). The document:
– Describes the main provisions of the Regulations and sets out the regulators’ understanding of the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy’s (BEIS) views on how the Regulations should be applied and how particular provisions should be interpreted;
– Incorporates the contents of ‘Guidance Note 3 – Government Guidance for Operators on Inclusion Criteria for Phase III (2013-2020)’, which was previously available through the regulators’ websites.
– Sets out the regulators’ understanding of BEIS’s views on how particular provisions in relevant European Commission legislation should be interpreted; namely Commission Decision 2011/278/EU (the Free Allocation Decision), Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 (the Registries Regulation 2013), Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation) and Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2012 (the Verification and Accreditation Regulation).
This guidance applies to Phase III of the EU ETS (which commenced on 1 January 2013) for installations only and excludes aviation, for which there is separate guidance.
Source: EA.