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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-vehicle-emissions-trading-schemes-order-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2023/9780348252453",
  "legislation_title": "The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-vehicle-emissions-trading-schemes-order-2023",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": "Interpretation and general",
  "text": "In this Part—\n(a) the period beginning with 1st January 2021 and ending with 31st December 2021 is referred to as “2021”;\n(b) the period beginning with 1st January 2022 and ending with 31st December 2022 is referred to as “2022”;\n(c) the period beginning with 1st January 2023 and ending with 31st December 2023 is referred to as “2023”;\n(d) “adjusted specific emissions of CO2”, in relation to a car, means the specific emissions of CO2 of the car, reduced where applicable by the number of grams of CO2 per kilometre specified in the certificate of conformity of that car as being due to any eco-innovation;\n(e) “exempt manufacturer” means a manufacturer to which Article 4, points (b) and (c) of Article 7(4), Article 8 and points (a) and (c) of Article 9(1) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 did not apply by virtue of Article 2(4) of that Regulation;\n(f) “excess emissions premium” means a requirement to pay a specified amount where a manufacturer’s average specific emissions exceed its specific emissions target under Article 8 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631;\n(g) “non-ZE car” means a car which has specific emissions of CO2 greater than zero grams per kilometre;\n(h) “pool” means a group of manufacturers which formed a pool for the purposes of meeting their obligations under Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631;\n(i) “pool manager” means a manufacturer nominated as the manager of a pool in accordance with Article 6.2(b) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631;\n(j) “specific emissions target” has the same meaning as it had in Regulation (EU) 2019/631, as it stood immediately before the coming into force of this Order;\n(k) “2021 individual NZE average emissions”, in relation to a manufacturer, means the average of the adjusted specific emissions of CO2 of the non-ZE cars of which that manufacturer is the manufacturer and which were registered during 2021;\n(l) “2021 individual specific emissions target” means the specific emissions target for a manufacturer for 2021;\n(m) “2021 pool specific emissions target” means the specific emissions target to which the manufacturers in a pool were collectively subject, for the purposes of meeting their obligations under Article 4 of Regulation (EU) 2019/631 for 2021, in accordance with Article 6 of that Regulation;\n(n) “2021 individual performance”, in relation to a manufacturer, means the average of the specific emissions of CO2, as specified in the information published by the Secretary of State pursuant to Article 9.1(b) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, of the non-ZE cars of which the manufacturer was the manufacturer and which were registered during 2021;\n(o) “2021 pool performance”, in relation to a pool, means the average of the specific emissions of CO2, as specified in the information published by the Secretary of State pursuant to Article 9.1(b) of Regulation (EU) 2019/631, of the non-ZE cars of which a member of the pool was the manufacturer and which were registered during 2021;\n(p) “2021 individual excess”, in relation to a manufacturer, is calculated by applying the following formula—\nA ÷ B - 1 where—\n“A” is the manufacturer’s 2021 individual performance; and\n“B” is the manufacturer’s 2021 individual specific emissions target;\n(q) “2021 pool excess”, in relation to a pool, is calculated by applying the following formula—\nC ÷ D - 1 where—\n“C” is the pool’s 2021 pool performance; and\n“D” is the pool’s 2021 pool specific emissions target.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Available at https://www.vehicle-certification-agency.gov.uk/fuel-consumption-co2/average-emissions-monitoring/co2-emissions-from-new-passenger-cars/ . A hard copy is available on request from the Department for Transport, Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London SW1P 4DR."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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