The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020

Schedule 4 amended (modifications to Monitoring and Reporting Regulation 2018) U.K.

35.—(1) Schedule 4 is amended as follows.

(2) In the heading for “Commission Regulation (EU) 2018/2066” substitute “ Monitoring and Reporting Regulation 2018 ”.

(3) In paragraph 1—

(a) for “Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066” substitute “ The Monitoring and Reporting Regulation 2018 ”;

(b) after paragraph (a) insert—

“(aa) for “greenhouse gas emissions permit” in each place there were substituted “ permit ”;”.

(4) For paragraph 4(e) substitute—

“(e) after point (5), there were inserted—

“(5a) ‘Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067’ or ‘Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067’ means the Verification Regulation 2018 (as defined in the 2020 Order);

(5b) ‘monitoring plan’ in relation to an aircraft operator, except in Articles 11 to 13 of this Regulation, means the aircraft operator's emissions monitoring plan as defined in article 4 of the 2020 Order;”;”.

(5) In paragraph 11 before sub-paragraph (a) insert—

“(za) for paragraph 1 there were substituted—

“1.   The operator or aircraft operator must notify the regulator of:

(a) any significant modification (within the meaning of paragraph 3) of the monitoring plan at least 14 days before making the modification or, where this is not possible, as soon as reasonably practicable; and

(b) any other modification of the monitoring plan on or before 31 December in the year in which the modification is made.”;”.

(6) After paragraph 31 insert—

“31A.   Article 72(1) is to be read as if for the first subparagraph there were substituted—

“Total annual emissions of each of the greenhouse gases CO₂, N₂O and PFCs shall be reported as rounded tonnes of CO₂ or CO_2(e). The total annual emissions of the installation shall be calculated as the sum of these three rounded values.”.”.

(7) Omit paragraph 33(c).

(8) After paragraph 38(a) insert—

“(aa) in section 8, in subsection B, in calculation method B (overvoltage method) for “F_CF2F6” in both places there were substituted “ F_C2F6 ”;”.

Commencement Information

I1 Art. 35 in force at 31.12.2020, see art. 2(1)