PART 3 U.K.Fluorinated greenhouse gases

SECTION 2 U.K.Amendment of retained direct EU legislation

Article 16 (allocation of quotas for placing hydrofluorocarbons on the market) U.K.

48.—(1) Article 16 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1—

(a) in the first subparagraph, in the first sentence—

(i) for the words from “By 31 October” to “implementing acts,” substitute “The appropriate regulator shall”;

(ii) omit “under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006”;

(iii) after “reported data” insert “to the appropriate regulator on the quantities of hydrofluorocarbons placed on the market from 2015 to [F1 2019],”;

(iv) for “2009 to 2012” substitute “2015 to [F2 2019]”;

(b) for the second subparagraph substitute—

“An appropriate authority for any part of [F3 Great Britain] shall consult the appropriate authority for each other part of [F3 Great Britain] before a proposal is made to allocate quota.

A consultation conducted in respect of the above shall have regard to the response of any other appropriate authority and an assessment of the impact of the proposal on any part of [F3 Great Britain”].

(3) In paragraph 2—

(a) in the first subparagraph—

(i) for “placing on the market hydrofluorocarbons under Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 842/2006,” substitute “to the appropriate regulator the placing on the market of quantities of hydrofluorocarbons”;

(ii) omit “reference”;

(iii) omit “in the following year”;

(b) in the second and third subparagraphs, for “Commission”, in each place it occurs, substitute “appropriate regulator”.

(4) In paragraph 3—

(a) in the first subparagraph, in the first sentence,

(i) for “31 October 2017” substitute “31st October [F4 2023]”;

(ii) for “Commission” substitute “appropriate regulator”;

(iii) for “1 January 2015” substitute “1 January [F5 2021]”;

(b) for the second sentence substitute “The appropriate regulator shall determine those reference values.”;

(c) omit the second subparagraph.

(5) In paragraph 5—

(a) in the first subparagraph—

(i) for “Commission” substitute “appropriate regulator”;

(ii) for “2015” substitute “[F6 2021]”;

(b) in the second subparagraph, for “the Union”, in each place it occurs, substitute “any part of the United Kingdom”.

Textual Amendments

F1 Word in reg. 48(2)(a)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1616), regs. 1(2), 2(23)(a)(i)

F2 Word in reg. 48(2)(a)(iv) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1616), regs. 1(2), 2(23)(a)(i)

F3 Words in reg. 48(2)(b) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1616), regs. 1(2), 2(23)(a)(ii)

F4 Word in reg. 48(4)(a)(i) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1616), regs. 1(2), 2(23)(b)(i)

F5 Word in reg. 48(4)(a)(iii) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1616), regs. 1(2), 2(23)(b)(ii)

F6 Word in reg. 48(5)(a)(ii) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Ozone-Depleting Substances and Fluorinated Greenhouse Gases (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1616), regs. 1(2), 2(23)(c)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 48 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1