Article 12U.K.Content and submission of the monitoring plan
1.Each operator or aircraft operator shall submit a monitoring plan to the competent authority for approval.
The monitoring plan shall consist of a detailed, complete and transparent documentation of the monitoring methodology of a specific installation or aircraft operator and shall contain at least the elements laid down in Annex I.
Together with the monitoring plan, the operator or aircraft operator shall submit the following supporting documents:
(a)for installations, evidence for each major and minor source stream demonstrating compliance with the uncertainty thresholds for activity data and calculation factors, where applicable, for the applied tiers as defined in Annexes II and IV, and for each emission source demonstrating compliance with the uncertainty thresholds for the applied tiers as defined in Annex VIII, where applicable;
(b)the results of a risk assessment providing evidence that the proposed control activities and procedures for control activities are commensurate with the inherent risks and control risks identified.
2.Where Annex I refers to a procedure, an operator or aircraft operator shall establish, document, implement and maintain such a procedure separately from the monitoring plan.
The operator or aircraft operator shall summarise the procedures in the monitoring plan providing the following information:
(a)the title of the procedure;
(b)a traceable and verifiable reference for identification of the procedure;
(c)identification of the post or department responsible for implementing the procedure and for the data generated from or managed by the procedure;
(d)a brief description of the procedure, allowing the operator or aircraft operator, the competent authority and the verifier to understand the essential parameters and operations performed;
(e)the location of relevant records and information;
(f)the name of the computerised system used, where applicable;
(g)a list of EN standards or other standards applied, where relevant.
The operator or aircraft operator shall make any written documentation of the procedures available to the competent authority upon request. The operator or aircraft operator shall also make them available for the purposes of verification pursuant to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067.
3.In addition to the elements referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article, Member States may require the inclusion of further elements in the monitoring plan of installations to meet the requirements of delegated acts adopted pursuant to Article 10a(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC and implementing acts adopted in accordance with Article 10a(21) of that Directive.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Art. 12 modified (7.2.2022) by S.I. 2020/1265, reg. 28(3) (as amended by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2021 (S.I. 2021/1455), arts. 2, 7(4)(b))