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CHAPTER VIIIU.K.APPOINTMENT OF AUCTION PLATFORMS BY MEMBER STATES OPTING TO HAVE THEIR OWN AUCTION PLATFORM AND THEIR FUNCTIONS

Article 30U.K.Appointment of any auction platform other than an auction platform appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) or (2)

[F11. Any Member State not participating in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) may appoint its own auction platform for the auctioning of its share of the volume of allowances covered by Chapters II and III of Directive 2003/87/EC to be auctioned as provided for in Article 31(1) of this Regulation.

2. Any Member State not participating in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) may appoint its own auction platform for the auctioning of its share of the volume of allowances covered by Chapters II and III of Directive 2003/87/EC to be auctioned as provided for in Article 31(2) of this Regulation.

3. Member States not participating in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) may appoint the same auction platform or separate auction platforms for the auctioning pursuant to Article 31(1) and (2) respectively.

4. Any Member State not participating in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2), shall inform the Commission of its decision not to participate in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) but to appoint its own auction platform pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article within 3 months of the entry into force of this Regulation.

5. Any Member State not participating in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) shall select its own auction platform appointed pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article on the basis of a selection procedure compliant with Union and national procurement law where a public procurement process is required by either Union or national law, respectively. The selection procedure shall be subject to all applicable remedies and enforcement procedures under Union and national law.

Any period of appointment of the auction platform referred to in paragraph 1 and 2 shall be no longer than 3 years renewable for no more than a further 2 years. However, the term of appointment of the auction platform referred to in paragraph 2 shall expire either 3 months from the listing of the auction platform referred to in paragraph 1 pursuant to paragraph 7, 4 months from denial of that listing, or 6 months from the start of the auctions on the auction platform appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) in case the Member State has not notified pursuant to Article 30(6) an auction platform referred to in Article 30(1) by the date of the start of the auctions on the auction platform appointed pursuant to Article 26(1), whichever is the earliest.

The appointment of the auction platforms referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2 shall be subject to listing the auction platform concerned in Annex III pursuant to paragraph 7. It shall not be implemented before the entry into force of the listing of the auction platform concerned in Annex III as provided for in paragraph 7.]

[F16. Each Member State not participating in the joint action as provided for in Article 26(1) and (2) but opting to appoint its own auction platform pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall provide the Commission with a complete notification containing all of the following:

(a) the identity of the auction platform it proposes to appoint;

(b) the detailed operative rules that would govern the auction process to be conducted by the auction platform(s) it proposes to appoint, including the contractual provisions concerning the appointment of the auction platform concerned including the any clearing system(s) and settlement system(s) connected to the proposed auction platform stipulating the terms and conditions governing the structure and level of fees, collateral management, payment and delivery;

[F2(c) the auctioned product and any information necessary for the Commission to assess whether the envisaged auction calendar is compatible with any prevailing or envisaged auction calendar of the auction platforms appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) or (2) as well as other auction calendars proposed by other Member States not participating in the joint action provided for in Article 26 but opting to appoint their own auction platforms;]

(d) the detailed rules and conditions on surveying and supervising the auctions to which its proposed auction platform shall be subject pursuant to Article 35(4), (5) and (6) as well as the detailed rules protecting against money laundering, terrorist financing, criminal activity or market abuse, including any remedial measures or sanctions;

(e) the detailed measures put in place to comply with Article 22(4) and Article 34 regarding the appointment of the auctioneer.]

7.Auction platforms other than those appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) or (2), the Member States appointing them, their term of appointment, and any applicable conditions or obligations, shall be set out in Annex III where the requirements of this Regulation and the objectives of Article 10(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC are satisfied. The Commission and the Committee provided for in Article 23(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC shall act solely on the basis of these requirements and objectives and shall have full regard to any reports made by the auction monitor pursuant to Article 25(4) of this Regulation.

[F1In the absence of any listing provided for in the first subparagraph, a Member State not participating in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) but opting to appoint its own auction platform pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall use the auction platforms appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) or (2) to auction its share of allowances that would have otherwise been auctioned on the auction platform to be appointed pursuant to paragraphs 1 or 2 of this Article in the period until the expiry of 3 months after the entry into force of the listing provided for in the first subparagraph.

Without prejudice to paragraph 8, a Member State not participating in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) but opting to appoint its own auction platform pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article may nevertheless participate in the joint action for the sole purpose of being able to make use of the auction platforms appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) and (2) as provided in the second subparagraph. Such participation shall take place in accordance with the provisions of the second subparagraph of Article 26(6) and subject to the terms and conditions of the joint procurement agreement.]

[F18. Any Member State not participating in the joint action as provided in Article 26(1) and (2) but opting to appoint its own auction platform pursuant to paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article may join the joint action provided for in Article 26, pursuant to Article 26(6).]

The volume of allowances that were scheduled to be auctioned on an auction platform other than the auction platforms appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) or (2) shall be spread evenly over the auctions conducted by the relevant auction platform appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) or (2).