CHAPTER II U.K. VERIFICATION

Article 17 U.K.Verification of the correct application of the monitoring methodology

1. The verifier shall check the correct application and implementation of the monitoring methodology as approved by the competent authority in the monitoring plan including specific details of that monitoring methodology.

2. For the purposes of verifying the operator's emission report, the verifier shall check the correct application and implementation of the sampling plan referred to in Article 33 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066, as approved by the competent authority.

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4. Where transferred CO₂ is subtracted in accordance with Article 49 of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 F2 ... _{and the CO2 F2 ... is measured by both the transferring and receiving installation, the verifier shall check whether differences between the measured values at both installations can be explained by the uncertainty of the measurement systems and whether the correct arithmetic average of the measured values has been used in the emission reports of both installations.}

Where the differences between the measured values at both installations cannot be explained by the uncertainty of the measurement systems, the verifier shall check whether adjustments were made to align the differences between the measured values, whether those adjustments were conservative and whether the competent authority has granted approval for those adjustments.

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Textual Amendments

F1 Art. 17(3) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/916), regs. 1, 21(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F2 Words in Art. 17(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/916), regs. 1, 21(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

F3 Art. 17(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/916), regs. 1, 21(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)