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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1122/article-3",
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  "legislation": "eur/2019/1122",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1122 of 12 March 2019 supplementing Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards the functioning of the Union Registry (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2019-1122",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Definitions",
  "text": "For the purposes of this Regulation, the definitions in Article 3 of Regulation (EU) No 1031/2010 and in Article 3 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 shall apply. The following definitions shall also apply:\n(1) ‘central administrator’ means the person designated by the Commission pursuant to Article 20 of Directive 2003/87/EC;\n(2) ‘national administrator’ means the entity responsible for administering on behalf of a Member State a set of user accounts under the jurisdiction of a Member State in the Union Registry, designated in accordance with Article 7;\n(3) ‘account holder’ means a natural or legal person that holds an account in the Union Registry;\n(4) ‘account information’ means all information necessary to open an account or register a verifier, including all information on representatives assigned to them;\n(5) ‘competent authority’ means the authority or authorities designated by a Member State pursuant to Article 18 of Directive 2003/87/EC;\n(6) ‘verifier’ means a verifier as defined in Article 3(3) of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067;\n(7) ‘aviation allowances’ means allowances created pursuant to Article 3c(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC, including allowances, created for the same purpose, stemming from emission trading systems that are linked to the EU ETS under Article 25 of that Directive;\n(8) ‘general allowances’ means all other allowances created pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC, including allowances stemming from emission trading systems that are linked with the EU ETS pursuant to Article 25 of that Directive;\n(9) ‘process’ means an automated technical means to carry out an action relating to an account or a unit in the Union Registry;\n(10) ‘execution’ means the finalisation of a process proposed for execution that may result in completion if all conditions are fulfilled or in termination;\n(11) ‘working day’ means any day of the year from Monday to Friday;\n(12) ‘ transaction ’ means a process in the Union Registry that involves the transfer of an allowance or an annual emission allocation unit from one account to another account;\n(13) ‘surrender’ means the accounting of an allowance by an operator or aircraft operator against the verified emissions of its installation or aircraft;\n(14) ‘deletion’ means the definitive disposal of an allowance by its holder without accounting it against verified emissions;\n(15) ‘money laundering’ means money laundering as defined in Article 1(3) of Directive (EU) 2015/849;\n(16) ‘serious crime’ means serious crime as defined in Article 3(4) of Directive (EU) 2015/849;\n(17) ‘terrorist financing’ means terrorist financing as defined in Article 1(5) of Directive (EU) 2015/849;\n(18) ‘directors’ means the persons discharging managerial responsibilities as defined in Article 3(1) point (25) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014;\n(19) ‘parent undertaking’ means parent undertaking as defined in Article 2(9) of Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council;\n(20) ‘subsidiary undertaking’ means subsidiary undertaking as defined in Article 2(10) of Directive 2013/34/EU;\n(21) ‘group’ means group as defined in Article 2(11) of Directive 2013/34/EU;\n(22) ‘central counterparty’ means central counterparty as defined in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council;\n(23) ‘ ESR compliance period ’ means the period from 1 January 2021 to 31 December 2030 during which the Member States are to limit their greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Regulation (EU) 2018/842;\n(24) ‘ annual emission allocation unit ’ means a subdivision of a Member State's annual emission allocation determined pursuant to Article 4(3) and Article 10 of Regulation (EU) 2018/842 equal to 1 tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1124 of 13 March 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1122 as regards the functioning of the Union Registry under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Inserted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1124 of 13 March 2019 amending Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/1122 as regards the functioning of the Union Registry under Regulation (EU) 2018/842 of the European Parliament and of the Council."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 of 19 December 2018 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 59, 27.2.2019, p. 8)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 of 19 December 2018 on the verification of data and on the accreditation of verifiers pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 334, 31.12.2018, p. 94)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Directive 2013/34/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 26 June 2013 on the annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements and related reports of certain types of undertakings, amending Directive 2006/43/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Council Directives 78/660/EEC and 83/349/EEC (OJ L 182, 29.6.2013, p. 19)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "Regulation (EU) No 648/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 July 2012 on OTC derivatives, central counterparties and trade repositories (OJ L 201, 27.7.2012, p. 1)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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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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