Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 87)

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1. Introductory Text

2. CHAPTER I GENERAL PROVISIONS

   1. Article 1. Subject matter

   2. Article 2. Scope

   3. Article 3. Definitions

3. CHAPTER II AVIATION

   1. Article 3a. Scope

   2. Article 3b. Aviation activities

   3. Article 3c. Total quantity of allowances for aviation

   4. Article 3d. Method of allocation of allowances for aviation through auctioning

   5. Article 3e. Allocation and issue of allowances to aircraft operators

   6. Article 3f. Special reserve for certain aircraft operators

   7. Article 3g. Monitoring and reporting plans

4. CHAPTER III STATIONARY INSTALLATIONS

   1. Article 3h. Scope

   2. Article 4. Greenhouse gas emissions permits

   3. Article 5. Applications for greenhouse gas emissions permits

   4. Article 6. Conditions for and contents of the greenhouse gas emissions permit

   5. Article 7. Changes relating to installations

   6. Article 8. Coordination with Directive 2010/75/EU

   7. Article 9. Union -wide quantity of allowances

   8. Article 9a. Adjustment of the Union -wide quantity of allowances

   9. Article 10. Auctioning of allowances

   10. Article 10a. Transitional Union -wide rules for harmonised free allocation

   11. Article 10b. Transitional measures to support certain energy intensive industries in the event of carbon leakage

   12. Article 10c. Option for transitional free allocation for the modernisation of the energy sector

   13. Article 10d. Modernisation Fund

   14. Article 11. National implementation measures

5. CHAPTER IV PROVISIONS APPLYING TO AVIATION AND STATIONARY INSTALLATIONS

   1. Article 11a. Use of CERs and ERUs from project activities in the EU ETS before the entry into force of an international agreement on climate change

   2. Article 11b. Project activities

   3. Article 12. Transfer, surrender and cancellation of allowances

   4. Article 13. Validity of allowances

   5. Article 14. Monitoring and reporting of emissions

   6. Article 15. Verification and accreditation

   7. Article 15a. Disclosure of information and professional secrecy

   8. Article 16. Penalties

   9. Article 17. Access to information

   10. Article 18. Competent authority

   11. Article 18a. Administering Member State

   12. Article 18b. Assistance from Eurocontrol

   13. Article 19. Registries

   14. Article 20. Central Administrator

   15. Article 21. Reporting by Member States

   16. Article 21a. Support of capacity-building activities

   17. Article 22. Amendments to the Annexes

   18. Article 22a. Committee procedure

   19. Article 23. Exercise of the delegation

   20. Article 24. Procedures for unilateral inclusion of additional activities and gases

   21. Article 24a. Harmonised rules for projects that reduce emissions

   22. Article 25. Links with other greenhouse gas emissions trading systems

   23. Article 25a. Third country measures to reduce the climate change impact of aviation

   24. Article 26. Amendment of Directive 96/61/EC

   25. Article 27. Exclusion of small installations subject to equivalent measures

   26. Article 27a. Optional exclusion of installations emitting less than 2 500  tonnes

   27. Article 28. Adjustments applicable upon the approval by the Union of an international agreement on climate change

   28. Article 28a. Derogations applicable in advance of the implementation of the ICAO's global market-based measure

   29. Article 28b. Reporting and review by the Commission concerning the implementation of the ICAO's global market-based measure

   30. Article 28c. Provisions for monitoring, reporting and verification for the purpose of the global market-based measure

   31. Article 29. Report to ensure the better functioning of the carbon market

   32. Article 29a. Measures in the event of excessive price fluctuations

   33. Article 30. Review in the light of the implementation of the Paris Agreement and the development of carbon markets in other major economies

6. CHAPTER V FINAL PROVISIONS

   1. Article 31. Implementation

   2. Article 32. Entry into force

   3. Article 33. Addressees

7. 1. ANNEX I

      CATEGORIES OF ACTIVITIES TO WHICH THIS DIRECTIVE APPLIES

      1. 1. Installations or parts of installations used for research, development and...

      2. 2. The thresholds values given below generally refer to production capacities...

      3. 3. When the total rated thermal input of an installation is...

      4. 4. If a unit serves an activity for which the threshold...

      5. 5. When the capacity threshold of any activity in this Annex...

      6. 6. From 1 January 2012 all flights which arrive at or...

   2. ANNEX II

      GREENHOUSE GASES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 3 AND 30

      1. Carbon dioxide (CO2)

      2. Methane (CH4)

      3. Nitrous Oxide (N2O)

      4. Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)

      5. Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)

      6. Sulphur Hexafluoride (SF6)

   3. ANNEX IIa

      Increases in the percentage of allowances to be auctioned by Member States pursuant to Article 10(2)(a), for the purpose of Union solidarity and growth in order to reduce emissions and adapt to the effects of climate change

   4. ANNEX IIb

      DISTRIBUTION OF FUNDS FROM THE MODERNISATION FUND UNTIL 31 DECEMBER 2030

      1. Share of Modernisation Fund Bulgaria 5,84 % Czech Republic 15,59 % Estonia...

   5. ANNEX III

      CRITERIA FOR NATIONAL ALLOCATION PLANS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 9, 22 AND 30

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   6. ANNEX IV

      PRINCIPLES FOR MONITORING AND REPORTING REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 14(1)

      1. PART A — Monitoring and reporting of emissions from stationary installations

         1. Monitoring of carbon dioxide emissions

         2. Calculation

         3. Measurement

         4. Monitoring of emissions of other greenhouse gases

         5. Reporting of emissions

      2. PART B — Monitoring and reporting of emissions from aviation activities

         1. Monitoring of carbon dioxide emissions

         2. Reporting of emissions

         3. Monitoring of tonne-kilometre data for the purpose of Articles 3e...

         4. Reporting of tonne-kilometre data for the purpose of Articles 3e...

   7. ANNEX V

      CRITERIA FOR VERIFICATION REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 15

      1. PART A — Verification of emissions from stationary installations

         1. General Principles

            1. 1. Emissions from each activity listed in Annex I shall be...

            2. 2. The verification process shall include consideration of the report pursuant...

            3. 3. Reported emissions may only be validated if reliable and credible...

            4. 4. The verifier shall be given access to all sites and...

            5. 5. The verifier shall take into account whether the installation is...

         2. Methodology

            1. Strategic analysis

               1. 6. The verification shall be based on a strategic analysis of...

            2. Process analysis

               1. 7. The verification of the information submitted shall, where appropriate, be...

            3. Risk analysis

               1. 8. The verifier shall submit all the sources of emissions in...

               2. 9. On the basis of this analysis the verifier shall explicitly...

               3. 10. The verifier shall take into consideration any effective risk control...

            4. Report

               1. 11. The verifier shall prepare a report on the validation process...

            5. Minimum competency requirements for the verifier

               1. 12. The verifier shall be independent of the operator, carry out...

      2. PART B — Verification of emissions from aviation activities

         1. 13. The general principles and methodology set out in this Annex...

         2. Additional provisions for the verification of aviation emission reports

            1. 14. The verifier shall in particular ascertain that:

         3. Additional provisions for the verification of tonne-kilometre data submitted for...

            1. 15. The general principles and methodology for verifying emissions reports under...

            2. 16. The verifier shall in particular ascertain that only flights actually...