The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023

Information: SPV manufacturers

74.—(1) Where an SPV manufacturer wishes to acquire a CRTS credit or a VRTS credit for a scheme year accordance with article 21, 22, 53 or 54, the SPV manufacturer must comply with paragraphs (2) to (4).

(2) An SPV manufacturer must notify the administrator on or before 20th April of the year following the scheme year for which it wishes to acquire a credit described in paragraph (1) of—

(a) the name, address and other contact details of the person to whom any notification or correspondence about the Trading Schemes should be sent;

(b) the name which the SPV manufacturer indicates, or intends to indicate, on the certificate of conformity or the individual vehicle approval certificate for the ZE SPVs of which it is the manufacturer; and

(c) the world manufacturer identifier of the vehicle identification number which the SPV manufacturer indicates, or intends to indicate, on the certificate of conformity or the individual vehicle approval certificate for the ZE SPVs of which it is the manufacturer.

(3) Subject to paragraph (5), an SPV manufacturer must ensure that the following information, in relation to each ZE SPV of which is the manufacturer and which is registered during a scheme year for which it wishes to acquire a credit described in paragraph (1), is available to the administrator through the process of type-approval and registration of vehicles, and to the extent that it is not, provide it to the administrator on or before 31st August of the year following that scheme year—

(a) the information specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (s) of paragraph 1 of Schedule 7, in relation to each ZE SPV of category M1 which is registered during that scheme year; and

(b) the information specified in sub-paragraphs (a) to (t) of paragraph 6 of Schedule 7, in relation to each ZE SPV of category N1, and each ZE SPV of category N2 which is within the description in paragraph (c) of the definition of “van” in article 3(1), which is registered during that scheme year.

(4) An SPV manufacturer must provide to the administrator, on or before 31st August of the year following the scheme year for which it wishes to acquire a credit described in paragraph (1)—

(a) the number of ZE SPVs of which the participant is the manufacturer and which were registered during the scheme year which are to be used exclusively by a car club for the provision of a car club service for a period of 18 months from the date they are registered, along with the vehicle identification numbers of the SPVs and the name by which the operator of the car club is known;

(b) evidence that condition C of the zero-emission conditions (warranty) is met in relation to the ZE SPVs of which the SPV manufacturer is the manufacturer and which were registered during the scheme year;

(c) the number of ZE SPVs of which the participant is the manufacturer and which were registered during the scheme year, except for ZE wheelchair accessible SPVs, and a breakdown of that number by vehicle category for the purposes of Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2018/858;

(d) the number of ZE wheelchair accessible SPVs of which the participant is the manufacturer and which were registered during the scheme year; and

(e) a copy of the audit certificate referred to in article 76(3).

(5) The obligation in paragraph (3) does not apply to the extent that the administrator—

(a) is satisfied that the information referred to in that paragraph is not available in relation to a particular vehicle; and

(b) notifies the SPV manufacturer concerned of that fact in writing