PART 3RENEWABLE TRANSPORT FUEL AMENDMENTS

Amendment of article 2325.

(1)

Article 23 (civil penalties)45 is amended as follows.

(2)

In paragraph (5), for “the 16th November immediately following the obligation period in question” substitute “the applicable date in paragraph (5A)”.

(3)

After paragraph (5), insert—

“(5A)

For the purposes of paragraph (5), the “applicable date” is—

(a)

in respect of an obligation period which ends on 14th April in a year, 16th November of that year (or the next working day after 16th November, if 16th November is not a working day);

(b)

in respect of an obligation period which ends on 31st December in a year, 16th August of the following year (or the next working day after 16th August, if 16th August is not a working day).”.

(4)

For paragraph (8), substitute—

“(8)

For the purposes of paragraph (7)(a), the value of an RTF certificate is an amount equal to the amount that would be payable, in respect of the fuel to which the certificate relates, if that fuel were to fall within the development fuel target shortfall or the main obligation shortfall under article 21(7).”.