1.Upon application by a new entrant, the Member State concerned shall determine on the basis of this Regulation the amount of allowances to be allocated free of charge to that operator's installation once it has started normal operation.
2.The operator shall divide the installation concerned in sub-installations in accordance with Article 10. The operator shall submit to the competent authority, in support of the application referred to in paragraph 1, all relevant information and a new entrant data report containing each parameter listed in sections 1 and 2 of Annex IV for each sub-installation separately, for the first calendar year after the start of normal operation, together with the monitoring methodology plan as referred to in Article 8 and the verification report issued in accordance with measures adopted pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 2003/87/EC, and shall specify to the competent authority the date of start of normal operation.
3.Where an application by a new entrant fulfils all the conditions laid down in paragraph 2, and follows the allocation rules laid down in Articles 17 to 22, the competent authority shall approve it, as well as the specified date of start of normal operation.
4.Competent authorities shall only accept data submitted pursuant to this Article that has been verified as satisfactory by a verifier, in accordance with the requirements set out in measures adopted pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 2003/87/EC.