# The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes Order 2023, Paragraph 40: Pool VCTS participant


(1) The baseline for a VCTS participant which is a pool VCTS participant is calculated as follows.
Step 1
Calculate the baseline for each manufacturer which is a member of the pool VCTS participant in accordance with whichever of paragraphs 25 to 39 is applicable to each manufacturer.
Step 2
Multiply each baseline calculated in accordance with step 1—
(a) by the number of non-ZE vans of which the manufacturer was the manufacturer and which were registered in 2021; or
(b) where the manufacturer was not the manufacturer of a van which was registered in 2021, by the number of non-ZE vans of which the manufacturer is the manufacturer and which were registered during the calendar year in which the manufacturer first became a VCTS participant or a member of a pool VCTS participant.
Step 3
Add together the numbers resulting from step 2.
Step 4
Calculate the total number of non-ZE vans of which the manufacturers which are members of the pool VCTS participant are the manufacturer and which were registered—
(a) during 2021; or
(b) where the manufacturer was not the manufacturer of a van which was registered in 2021, during the calendar year in which the manufacturer first became a VCTS participant or a member of a pool VCTS participant.
Step 5
Divide the number resulting from step 3 by the number resulting from step 4.
(2) The pool VCTS participant’s baseline is the number resulting from step 5.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2023/9780348252453/schedule/1/paragraph/40 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-vehicle-emissions-trading-schemes-order-2023/schedule-1/paragraph-40
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