CHAPTER VU.K. REPORTING
Article 19U.K.Reporting on production, import, export, feedstock use and destruction of the substances listed in Annexes I or II
1.By [F131 March 2022] and every year thereafter, each producer, importer and exporter that produced, imported or exported one metric tonne or 100 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases and gases listed in Annex II during the preceding calendar year shall report to the [F2appropriate regulator] the data specified in Annex VII on each of those substances for that calendar year. This paragraph shall also apply to undertakings receiving quotas pursuant to Article 18(1).
2.By [F131 March 2022] and every year thereafter, each undertaking that destroyed 1 metric tonne or 1 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases and gases listed in Annex II during the preceding calendar year shall report to the [F2appropriate regulator] the data specified in Annex VII on each of those substances for that calendar year.
3.By [F131 March 2022] and every year thereafter, each undertaking that used 1 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases as feedstock during the preceding calendar year shall report to the [F2appropriate regulator] the data specified in Annex VII on each of those substances for that calendar year.
4.By [F131 March 2022] and every year thereafter, each undertaking that placed 500 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of fluorinated greenhouse gases and gases listed in Annex II contained in products or equipment on the market during the preceding calendar year shall report to the [F2appropriate regulator] the data specified in Annex VII on each of those substances for that calendar year.
5.Each importer of equipment that place on the market pre-charged equipment where hydrofluorocarbons contained in this equipment have not been placed on the market prior to the charging of the equipment shall submit to the [F2appropriate regulator] a verification document issued pursuant to Article 14(2).
6.By [F330 June 2022] and every year thereafter, each undertaking which under paragraph 1 reports on the placing on the market 10 000 tonnes of CO2 equivalent or more of hydrofluorocarbons during the preceding calendar year shall, in addition, ensure that the accuracy of the data is verified by an independent auditor. The auditor shall be either:
(a)accredited pursuant to [F4Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2012 on the verification of greenhouse gas emission reports and tonne-kilometre reports and the verification of verifiers pursuant to] Directive 2003/87/EC; or
(b)accredited to verify financial statements F5....
The undertaking shall keep the verification report for at least five years. The verification report shall be made available, on request, to the [F6appropriate regulator].
7.The [F7appropriate authority may], determine the format and means of submitting the reports referred to in this Article [F8and publish the determination].
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8.The [F10appropriate regulator] shall take appropriate measures to protect the confidentiality of the information submitted to it in accordance with this Article.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in art. 19(1)-(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(3) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1616, regs. 1(2), 2(26)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Words in art. 19(1)-(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(2); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Words in Art. 19(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(4)(a)(i) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1616, regs. 1(2), 2(26)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 19(6)(a) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(4)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 19(6)(b) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(4)(a)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 19(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Words in Art. 19(7) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(5)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F8Words in Art. 19(7) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(5)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F9Words in Art. 19(7) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(5)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F10Words in Art. 19(8) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 51(6); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Article 20U.K.Collection of emissions data
[F11The appropriate authority] shall establish reporting systems for the relevant sectors referred to in this Regulation, with the objective of acquiring, to the extent possible, emissions data.
Textual Amendments
F11Words in Art. 20 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/583), regs. 1, 52; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)