# The Carbon Accounting Scheme (Scotland) Regulations 2010, Regulation 2: Interpretation


In these Regulations—
“2009 Regulations” means the Carbon Accounting Regulations 2009;
“cancellation” of a carbon unit means the crediting of the unit in the national cancellation account in the UK registry, and a unit so credited is “cancelled”;
“EU ETS” means the European Union Emissions Trading Scheme established under Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC;
“Kyoto Protocol” means the Kyoto Protocol to the UNFCCC signed at Kyoto on 11th December 1997;
“Registries Regulation” means Commission Regulation (EC) No 2216/2004 for a standardised and secured system of registries pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and Decision No 280/2004/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council;
“registry administrator” means the body appointed by the competent authority as the registry administrator for the UK registry for the purposes of the Registries Regulation;
“UNFCCC” means the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change signed at New York on 9th May 1992; and
“UK registry” means the registry established for the United Kingdom in accordance with the Registries Regulation.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/sdsi/2010/9780111008881/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-carbon-accounting-scheme-scotland-regulations-2010/regulation-2
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