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Commission Regulation (EU) No 920/2010 (repealed)Show full title

Commission Regulation (EU) No 920/2010 of 7 October 2010 establishing a Union Registry for the periods ending 31 December 2012 of the Union emissions trading scheme pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1.Subject matter

    2. Article 1a.Scope

    3. Article 2.Definitions

  3. CHAPTER II THE REGISTRIES SYSTEM

    1. Article 3.Registries

    2. Article 4.European Union Transaction Log

    3. Article 5.Communication links between registries, the ITL and the EUTL

    4. Article 6.National administrators and KP registry administrators

  4. CHAPTER III UNITS

    1. Article 7.Units

  5. CHAPTER IV ACCOUNTS

    1. SECTION 1 Provisions applicable to all accounts

      1. Article 8.Accounts

      2. Article 9.Account status

      3. Article 10.The administering of accounts

      4. Article 11.Notifications from the administrators

    2. SECTION 2 Opening and updating of accounts

      1. Article 12.Opening of KP Party accounts and management accounts

      2. Article 13.Opening of person holding accounts in the Union registry

      3. Article 13a.Opening of trading accounts in the Union Registry

      4. Article 14.Opening of trading platform holding accounts in the Union registry

      5. Article 15.Opening of operator holding accounts in the Union registry

      6. Article 16.Opening of aircraft operator holding accounts in the Union registry

      7. Article 17.Opening of verifier accounts in the Union registry

      8. Article 18.Refusal to open an account

      9. Article 19.Authorised representatives

      10. Article 20.Nominating and approval of authorised representatives and additional authorised representatives

      11. Article 21.Updating of account information and information on authorised representatives

      12. Article 21a.Trusted account list

    3. SECTION 3 Closure of accounts

      1. Article 22.Closure of KP Party accounts, management accounts, person holding accounts and trading platform holding accounts

      2. Article 23.Closure of operator holding accounts

      3. Article 24.Closure of aircraft operator holding accounts

      4. Article 25.Closure of verifier accounts

      5. Article 26.Positive balance on accounts under closure

    4. SECTION 4 Suspension of access to accounts

      1. Article 27.Suspension of access to accounts

      2. Article 28.Closure of accounts and removal of authorised representative on the administrator's initiative

  6. CHAPTER V VERIFIED EMISSIONS AND COMPLIANCE

    1. Article 29.Verified emissions data for an installation or aircraft operator

    2. Article 30.Blocking of accounts due to a failure to submit verified emissions

    3. Article 31.Calculation of compliance status figures

    4. Article 32.Excluded aircraft operator holding accounts

  7. CHAPTER VI TRANSACTIONS

    1. SECTION 1 Allocation and issue of allowances

      1. Article 32a.Execution of transfers

      2. Article 32b.Nature of allowances and finality of transactions

      3. Article 33.National allocation plan tables

      4. Article 34.Union aviation allocation table

      5. Article 35.Entry into the EUTL of national allocation plan tables

      6. Article 36.Entry of allocation decisions in the Union aviation allocation table

      7. Article 37.Corrections of national allocation plan tables

      8. Article 38.Corrections of the Union aviation allocation table

      9. Article 39.Issuance of Chapter III allowances

      10. Article 40.Allocation of Chapter III allowances

      11. Article 41.Allocation of Chapter II allowances

      12. Article 42.Allocation of Chapter III allowances following their sale by Member State

    2. SECTION 2 Transfers of allowances and Kyoto units

      1. Article 43.Transfers of allowances by account holders

      2. Article 44.Transfers of Kyoto units by account holders

      3. Article 45.Minimum holding of Chapter III allowances in Union registry holding accounts administered by the same Member State

    3. SECTION 3 Surrender of allowances, ERUs and CERs

      1. Article 46.Surrender of allowances

      2. Article 47.Surrender of allowances on instruction of the competent authority

      3. Article 48.The surrender of CERs and ERUs

    4. SECTION 4 Deletion of allowances and cancellation of Kyoto units

      1. Article 49.Deletion of allowances

      2. Article 50.Cancellation of Kyoto units

    5. SECTION 5 Transaction reversal

      1. Article 51.Reversal of finalised processes initiated in error

    6. SECTION 6 Accounting mechanisms

      1. Article 52.Minimum deposited quantity on the ETS AAU deposit account

      2. Article 53.Gateway quantity and gateway deposit account

      3. Article 54.Setting aside of AAUs against surrenders of Chapter III allowances by aircraft operators

      4. Article 55.Cancellation of Kyoto units against deletions of Chapter III allowances

      5. Article 56.Clearing of allowance transfers

      6. Article 57.Banking between periods

      7. Article 58.Retirement of AAUs, ERUs or CERs against the domestic aviation emissions of aircraft operators

  8. CHAPTER VII TECHNICAL REQUIREMENTS OF THE REGISTRIES SYSTEM

    1. SECTION I Availability

      1. Article 59.Availability and reliability of the Union registry and the EUTL

      2. Article 60.Helpdesks

    2. SECTION 2 Security, and authentication

      1. Article 61.Authentication of registries and the EUTL

      2. Article 62.Accessing accounts in the Union registry

      3. Article 63.Authentication and authorisation of authorised representatives in the Union registry

      4. Article 64.Suspension of all access due to a security breach or a security risk

      5. Article 64a.Suspension of access to allowances or Kyoto units in case of a suspected fraudulent transaction

      6. Article 65.Suspension of processes

    3. SECTION 3 Automated checking, recording and completing of processes

      1. Article 66.Automated checking of processes

      2. Article 67.Detection of discrepancies

      3. Article 68.Detection of discrepancies by the registries

      4. Article 69.Reconciliation — Detection of inconsistencies by the EUTL

      5. Article 70.Finalisation of processes

    4. SECTION 4 Specifications and change management

      1. Article 71.Data exchange and technical specifications

      2. Article 72.Change management

  9. CHAPTER VIII RECORDS, REPORTS, CONFIDENTIALITY AND FEES

    1. Article 73.Records

    2. Article 74.Reporting

    3. Article 75.Confidentiality

    4. Article 76.Fees

  10. CHAPTER IX TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 77.Migration and Decoupling

    2. Article 78.Amendments of Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004

    3. Article 79.Repeal

    4. Article 80.Entry into force

  11. Signature

    1. ANNEX I

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

    2. ANNEX II

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

    3. ANNEX III

      Information to be submitted with requests for opening KP Party accounts and management accounts

      1. 1. The information set out in Table III-I.

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

    4. ANNEX IV

      Information concerning person holding accounts and trading platform holding accounts to be provided to the national administrator

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. Evidence to support the identity of the natural person requesting...

      4. 4. Evidence to support the address of the permanent residence of...

      5. 5. The following documents in case of a legal person requesting...

      6. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

      9. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

      10. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

    5. ANNEX V

      1. Additional information concerning trading platform holding accounts to be provided...

        1. 1. A signed statement from the competent financial authorities of the...

      2. Additional information concerning verifier accounts to be provided to the...

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

    6. ANNEX VI

      Core terms and conditions

      1. Structure and effect of core terms and conditions

        1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. The account holder and authorised representative’s obligations

        1. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. The registry administrator’s obligations

        1. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

        3. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      4. Process procedures

        1. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

      5. Payment

        1. 9. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. Operation of the registry website

        1. 10. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 11. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. Warranties and indemnities

        1. 12. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 13. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. Modification of these core terms to reflect changes to this...

      9. Security and response to security breaches

        1. 14. . . . . . . . . . ....

      10. Dispute resolution

        1. 15. . . . . . . . . . ....

      11. Liability

        1. 16. . . . . . . . . . ....

        2. 17. . . . . . . . . . ....

      12. Third party rights

      13. Agency, notices and governing law

    7. ANNEX VII

      Information concerning each operator holding account to be provided to the national administrator

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. The information set out in Tables VII-I and VII-II

      4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

    8. ANNEX VIII

      Information concerning each aircraft operator holding account to be provided to the registry administrator

      1. 1. . . . . . . . . . ....

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. The information set out in Table VIII-I.

      4. 4. . . . . . . . . . ....

    9. ANNEX IX

      Information concerning authorised representatives and additional authorised representatives to be provided to the administrator of the account

      1. 1. The information set out in Table IX-I.

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. Evidence to support the identity of the nominee, which may...

      4. 4. Evidence to support the address of the permanent residence of...

      5. 5. . . . . . . . . . ....

      6. 6. . . . . . . . . . ....

      7. 7. . . . . . . . . . ....

      8. 8. . . . . . . . . . ....

    10. ANNEX X

      Formats for submitting annual emissions data

      1. 1. Emissions data for operators shall contain the information set out...

      2. 2. . . . . . . . . . ....

      3. 3. . . . . . . . . . ....

    11. ANNEX XI

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

    12. ANNEX XII

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

    13. ANNEX XIII

      Reporting requirements of the Central Administrator

      1. Information available to the public

        1. 1. The EUTL shall display on the public website of the...

        2. 2. The EUTL shall display on the public website of the...

        3. 3. The EUTL shall display on its public website the following...

        4. 4. The EUTL shall display on the public website of the...

      2. Information available to account holders

        1. 5. The Union registry shall display on the part of the...

      3. Information available to national administrators

        1. 6. The Union registry shall display on the part of the...

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