CHAPTER VTRANSACTIONS

SECTION 5Surrender of allowances

Article 53The use of CERs and ERUs

The use of CERs and ERUs by an operator in accordance with Article 11a of Directive 2003/87/EC in respect of an installation shall take place through an operator requesting the registry administrator to:

  1. (a)

    transfer a specified number of CERs or ERUs for a specified year from the relevant operator holding account into the Party holding account of that registry;

  2. (b)

    enter the number of transferred CERs and ERUs into the section of the surrendered allowance table designated for that installation for that year.

From 1 January 2008 onwards, the registry administrator shall only accept requests to use CERs and ERUs up to a percentage of the allocation made to each installation, as specified by that administrator’s Member State in its national allocation plan for that period.

The transfer and entry shall take place in accordance with the allowance surrender process set out under Annex IX.