The European Investment Bank (EIB) shall be the auctioneer for the allowances to be auctioned from 2021 pursuant to the first subparagraph of Article 10a(8) and to Article 10d(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC on the auction platform appointed pursuant to Article 26(1) of this Regulation. Articles 22(2), 22(4), 23(1) and 52(1) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the EIB. The EIB as auctioneer shall ensure that the auction proceeds for the purposes of Article 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC are disbursed to an account notified to it by the Commission, at the latest 15 days following the end of the month within which the auction proceeds were generated. It may deduct prior to disbursement any additional fees for their holding and disbursement, in accordance with the agreement concluded between the Commission and the EIB pursuant to Article 20(3) of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/85623.

The annual auction volumes of allowances pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be auctioned together with the annual volumes to be auctioned by the Member States participating in the joint action pursuant to Article 26(1) of this Regulation and shall be evenly distributed in accordance with Article 8(5) of this Regulation.

The volumes of allowances pursuant to Article 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC shall, in principle, be auctioned in equal annual volumes over the ten-year period beginning from 1 January 2021.

The Commission shall review the distribution of allowances remaining to be auctioned after the award decision of each call for proposals carried out in accordance with the delegated acts adopted pursuant to the fourth subparagraph of Article 10a(8) of Directive 2003/87/EC. Such reviews shall take place every two years, with the first review taking place no later than 30 June 2022. Each review shall pay particular attention to the support available for future calls for proposals, the maximum amount of the Innovation Fund support available for project development assistance, the part of the total amount of the Innovation Fund support available for the call to small-scale projects reserved by the Commission, the support foreseen for the awarded projects as well as the disbursement and the recovery rate.

Any Member State that intends to cancel allowances from its total quantity of allowances to be auctioned in the event of closure of the electricity generation capacity in its territory pursuant to Article 12(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC shall notify the Commission of its intention at the latest by 31 December of the calendar year following the year of the closure, using the template set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

The volume of allowances to be cancelled pursuant to Article 12(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC shall be deducted from the volume to be auctioned by the Member State concerned established pursuant to Article 10 of this Regulation after any adjustments pursuant to Decision (EU) 2015/1814.

The Commission shall publish the information provided by the Member States in accordance with Annex I except for the reports referred to in point 6 of that Annex.