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Commission Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 of 12 November 2010 on the timing, administration and other aspects of auctioning of greenhouse gas emission allowances pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowances trading within the Union (Text with EEA relevance)
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1.The following shall constitute confidential information:
(a)the contents of a bid;
(b)the contents of any instructions to bid even when no bid is submitted;
(c)information which discloses, or from which can be deduced, the identity of the bidder in question and either of the following:
the number of allowances which a bidder wishes to acquire in an auction;
the price which a bidder is willing to pay for those allowances;
(d)information about, or derived from, one or more bids or instructions to bid which either separately or collectively would be likely to:
give an indication as to the demand for allowances prior to any auction;
give an indication as to the auction clearing price prior to any auction;
(e)information provided by persons in the framework of the establishment or maintenance of the relationship with bidders or in the framework of the monitoring of that relationship pursuant to Articles 19, 20, 21 and 54;
[F1((f)] F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F2(g) business secrets provided by persons participating in a competitive procurement process to appoint an auction platform;]
(h)information on the algorithm used for the random selection of tied bids, referred to in Article 7(2);
(i)information on the methodology to define what constitutes an auction clearing price significantly under the prevailing secondary market price before and during an auction, referred to in Article 7(6).
2.Confidential information shall not be disclosed by any person who obtained that information, whether directly or indirectly, other than in accordance with paragraph 3.
3.Paragraph 2 shall not prevent the disclosure of confidential information which:
(a)has already lawfully been made available to the public;
(b)is made public with the written consent of a bidder, person admitted to bid, or person applying for admission to bid;
(c)is required to be disclosed or to be publicly available by an obligation under Union law;
(d)is made public pursuant to a court order;
(e)[F3is disclosed or made public] for the purposes of any criminal, administrative, or judicial investigations or proceedings carried out in the Union;
[F1((f)] F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(g)is aggregated or redacted prior to its disclosure, so that it is unlikely that information relating to the following is discernable:
individual bids or instructions to bid;
individual auctions;
individual bidders, prospective bidders or persons applying for admission to bid;
individual applications for admission to bid;
individual relationships with bidders;
[F1((h)] F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(i)is referred to in paragraph 1(g) provided that it is disclosed to persons working for Member States or the Commission involved in the competitive procurement process referred to in paragraph 1(g), who are themselves bound by an obligation of professional secrecy under their terms of employment;
(j)is made public after the end of a period of 30 months starting from either of the following dates, subject to any subsisting professional secrecy obligations under Union law:
the date of the opening of the bidding window of the auction in which the confidential information is first disclosed with respect to confidential information in paragraph 1(a) to (d);
the date of the termination of the relationship with a bidder with respect to confidential information in paragraph 1(e);
[F1. . . . .]
the date of submission of the information in the competitive procurement process with respect to confidential information in paragraph 1(g).
[F24. The measures required to ensure that confidential information is not wrongfully disclosed and the consequences of any such wrongful disclosure by an auction platform, including any persons contracted to work for it, shall be set out in the contract appointing it.
5. Confidential information obtained by an auction platform, including any persons contracted to work for it, shall be used solely for the purpose of the performance of its obligations or the exercise of its functions with respect to the auctions.]
6.[F2Paragraphs 1 to 5 shall not preclude the exchange of confidential information between an auction platform and:]
(a)the competent national authorities supervising an auction platform;
(b)the competent national authorities responsible for investigating and prosecuting money laundering, terrorist financing, criminal activity or market abuse;
(c)the Commission.
Confidential information exchanged under this paragraph shall not be disclosed to other persons than those referred to in points (a), (b) and (c) contrary to paragraph 2.
[F27. Any person who works, or has worked for, an auction platform involved in the auctions, shall be bound by the obligation of professional secrecy and shall ensure that confidential information is protected pursuant to this Article.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Deleted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1868 of 28 August 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 to align the auctioning of allowances with the EU ETS rules for the period 2021 to 2030 and with the classification of allowances as financial instruments pursuant to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).
F2 Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1868 of 28 August 2019 amending Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 to align the auctioning of allowances with the EU ETS rules for the period 2021 to 2030 and with the classification of allowances as financial instruments pursuant to Directive 2014/65/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance).
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