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The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019

S.I. 2019/916 · Made 8 May 2019 · Extends to United Kingdom

Up to date with all changes known to legislation.gov.uk, revised to 31 December 2020.

Exiting The European Union

Climate Change

Sift requirements satisfied 1st May 2019

Made 8th May 2019

Laid before Parliament 9th May 2019

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 M1.

The requirements of paragraph 3(2) of Schedule 7 to that Act (relating to the appropriate Parliamentary procedure for these Regulations) have been satisfied.

Annotations to the whole text

Marginal citations

M1

2018 c.16.

Contents

  1. Part 1: Introduction
  2. 1Citation and commencement
  3. Part 2: Amendment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012
  4. 2Amendment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 Not yet in force
  5. Part 3: Amendment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019
  6. 3Amendment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 Not yet in force
  7. Part 4: Amendment of EU Regulations
  8. 4Amendment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 Not yet in force
  9. 5Amendment of Article 15 Not yet in force
  10. 6Amendment of Article 49 Not yet in force
  11. 7Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067
  12. 8Amendment of Article 1
  13. 9Amendment of Article 2
  14. 10Amendment of Article 3
  15. 11New Article 3a
  16. 12Amendment of Article 4
  17. 13Amendment of Article 6
  18. 14Amendment of Article 7
  19. 15Amendment of Article 9
  20. 16Amendment of Article 10
  21. 17Amendment of Article 11
  22. 18Amendment of Article 13
  23. 19Amendment of Article 14
  24. 20Amendment of Article 16
  25. 21Amendment of Article 17
  26. 22Amendment of Article 18
  27. 23Amendment of Article 19
  28. 24Amendment of Article 21
  29. 25Amendment of Article 22
  30. 26Amendment of Article 23
  31. 27Amendment of Article 24
  32. 28Amendment of Article 26
  33. 29Amendment of Article 27
  34. 30Amendment of Article 28
  35. 31Amendment of Article 30
  36. 32Amendment of Article 31
  37. 33Amendment of Article 37
  38. 34Amendment of Article 38
  39. 35Amendment of Articles 41 and 42
  40. 36Amendment of Article 43
  41. 37Amendment of Article 44
  42. 38Amendment of Articles 46, 47, 48 and 49
  43. 39Amendment of Article 50
  44. 40Amendment of Articles 51 and 52
  45. 41Amendment of Article 54
  46. 42Amendment of Article 55
  47. 43Omission of Article 56
  48. 44Amendment of Article 57
  49. 45Amendment of Article 58
  50. 46Amendment of Article 59
  51. 47Amendment of Article 60
  52. 48Amendment of Article 63
  53. 49Omission of Articles 65 to 68
  54. 50Amendment of Article 69
  55. 51Amendment of Article 70
  56. 52Amendment of Article 71
  57. 53Amendment of Article 72
  58. 54Amendment of Article 73
  59. 55Omission of Articles 74 and 75
  60. 56Amendment of Article 76
  61. 57Amendment of Article 77
  62. 58Amendment of Article 79
  63. 59Amendment of Annex 1
  64. 60Amendment of Annex 2
  65. 61Amendment of Annex 3
  66. Part 5: Revocation
  67. 62Revocation of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 Not yet in force
  68. Signature
  69. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencementI1

These Regulations may be cited as the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) (No. 2) Regulations 2019 and come into force on the later of exit day or the 21st day after the day on which these Regulations are laid before Parliament.

2Amendment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012F1

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3Amendment of the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019F1

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4Amendment of Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012F1

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5Amendment of Article 15F1

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6Amendment of Article 49F1

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7Amendment of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067I1

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 is amended in accordance with regulations 8 to 61.

8Amendment of Article 1I1

In Article 1—

(a)

in the first paragraph, for “Directive 2003/87/EC” substitute “ the 2012 Regulations ”;

(b)

omit the second paragraph.

9Amendment of Article 2I1

In Article 2 for the words from “Article 14” to the end, substitute “ regulation 35(4) and paragraph 2(1)(e)(ii) of Schedule 4 to the 2012 Regulations ”.

10Amendment of Article 3I1

In Article 3—

(a)

in the first sentence omit “Article 3 of Directive 2003/87/EC and”;

(b)

before paragraph (1), insert—

“(A1)

‘the 2012 Regulations’ means the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012;”;

(c)

in paragraph (2), for “harmonised standards, within the meaning of point 9 of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008” substitute “ EN ISO 14065:2013 M1 ”;

(d)

in paragraph (3), omit the words “or a natural person otherwise authorised, without prejudice to Article 5(2) of that Regulation,”;

(e)

after paragraph (4), insert—

“(4a)

‘aircraft operator’ means the person who operates an aircraft at the time it performs an aviation activity or, where that person is not known or is not identified by the owner of the aircraft, the owner of the aircraft;

(4b)

‘emissions’ has the meaning given in Article 3(b) of Directive 2003/87/EC;”;

(f)

in paragraph (7), for the words from “Article 14(3)” to the end, substitute “ regulation 35(4) and paragraph 2(1)(e)(ii) of Schedule 4 to the 2012 Regulations; ”;

(g)

after paragraph (7), insert—

“(7a)

‘greenhouse gas emissions permit’ has the same meaning as in the 2012 Regulations;

(7b)

‘aviation activity’ has the same meaning as in the 2012 Regulations;”;

(h)

in paragraph (11), omit the words from “or pursuant to Article 11” to the end;

(i)

after paragraph (12), insert—

“(12a)

‘the CCS licensing regime’ means Chapter 3 of Part 1 of the Energy Act 2008 and other domestic legislation which immediately before exit day implemented Directive 2009/31/EC M2;”;

(j)

in paragraph (13), omit point (c);

(k)

omit paragraphs (28) and (29).

11New Article 3aI1

After Article 3 insert—

“Article 3a

Interpretation

In this Regulation:

(a)

references to a national accreditation body are references to the national accreditation body of the United Kingdom appointed in accordance with Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

(b)

references to Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 are to be construed as references to Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 and read in accordance with the following correlation table.

Correlation table

Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012
Article 1 to 49Article 1 to 49
Article 50–
Article 51 to 54Article 50 to 53
Article 55Article 54
Article 56Article 55
Article 57–
Article 58Article 57
Article 59Article 58
Article 60Article 59
Article 61 to 65Article 60 to 64
Article 66Article 65
Article 67 to 68Article 66 to 67
Article 69 to 75Article 69 to 75
Article 76–
Article 77 to 78Article 76 to 77
Annex 1 to 10Annex 1 to 10
Annex 11–

”

12Amendment of Article 4I1

In Article 4—

(a)

for “the relevant harmonised standards as defined in point (9) of Article 2 of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008, or parts thereof, the references of which have been published in the Official Journal of the European Union” substitute “ EN ISO 14065:2013 ”;

(b)

for “the applicable harmonised standards” substitute “ those standards ”.

13Amendment of Article 6I1

In Article 6—

(a)

in the first paragraph omit “, baseline data report or new entrant data report”;

(b)

in the second paragraph omit “or data relevant for free allocation”.

14Amendment of Article 7I1

In Article 7—

(a)

in paragraph 3, omit “responsible for Directive 2003/87/EC”;

(b)

in paragraph 4,

(i)

in the first subparagraph—

(aa)

in point (a) omit the words from “or in Annex IV” to the end;

(bb)

omit point (c);

(ii)

omit the second subparagraph;

(iii)

for the third subparagraph, substitute—

“For the purpose of point (d) of this paragraph, the verifier shall obtain clear and objective evidence from the operator or aircraft operator to support the reported aggregated emissions or tonne-kilometres taking into account all other information provided in the operator's or aircraft operator's report.”;

(c)

for paragraph 5, substitute—

“

5

 If the verifier discovers that an operator or an aircraft operator is not complying with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066, that irregularity shall be included in the verification report even if the monitoring plan concerned has been approved by the competent authority.”;

(d)

in paragraph 6, omit the second subparagraph.

15Amendment of Article 9I1

In Article 9(1)—

(a)

in point (b) omit “or the monitoring methodology plan, as appropriate”;

(b)

in point (e) for “greenhouse gas emissions, tonne-kilometre data or data relevant for free allocation” substitute “ greenhouse gas emissions or tonne-kilometre data ”.

16Amendment of Article 10I1

In Article 10(1)—

(a)

omit point (c);

(b)

in point (e), omit the words from “or Article 11(1)” to “as appropriate,”;

(c)

omit point (f);

(d)

in point (g), omit “or the monitoring methodology plan,”;

(e)

for point (h), substitute—

“(h)

the operator's or aircraft operator's annual emission or tonne-kilometre report, as appropriate;”;

(f)

omit point (i);

(g)

for point (m), substitute—

“(m)

the verification report from the previous year, if the verifier did not carry out the verification for that particular operator or aircraft operator the previous year;”;

(h)

in point (n), omit “or monitoring methodology plan, as appropriate”;

(i)

in point (p)—

(i)

for “Directive 2009/31/EC” substitute “ the CCS licensing regime ”;

(ii)

for “required by that Directive and the reports required by Article 14 of that Directive” substitute “ and reports required by that regime ”.

17Amendment of Article 11I1

In Article 11—

(a)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

for point (c), substitute—

“(c)

the monitoring plan approved by the competent authority as well as the specifics of the monitoring methodology laid down in that monitoring plan;”;

(ii)

for point (d), substitute—

“(d)

the nature, scale and complexity of emission sources and source streams as well as the equipment and processes that have resulted in emissions or tonne-kilometre data, including the measurement equipment described in the monitoring plan, the origin and application of calculation factors and other primary data sources;”;

(b)

in paragraph 4—

(i)

for point (a), substitute—

“(a)

whether the monitoring plan presented to it is the most recent version approved by the competent authority;”;

(ii)

in point (b), omit “or of the monitoring methodology plan during the baseline period, as appropriate”;

(iii)

in point (c), omit “where applicable,”;

(iv)

omit point (d).

18Amendment of Article 13I1

In Article 13—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for point (c) substitute—

“(c)

a data sampling plan setting out the scope and methods of data sampling related to data points underlying the aggregated emissions in the operator or aircraft operator's emission report or the aggregated tonne-kilometre data in the aircraft operator's tonne-kilometre report.”;

(b)

in paragraph 2, for “Article 7(4)(b), (c), (d) or the second subparagraph of Article 7(4)” substitute “ Article 7(4)(b) or (d) ”.

19Amendment of Article 14I1

In Article 14—

(a)

in the first paragraph, omit “or monitoring methodology plan, as appropriate”;

(b)

in the second paragraph in point (c), omit “or monitoring methodology plan, as appropriate,”.

20Amendment of Article 16I1

In Article 16(2)—

(a)

omit “or monitoring methodology plan, as appropriate”;

(b)

omit point (b);

(c)

for point (c), substitute—

“(c)

for the purposes of verifying an operator's emission report, the completeness of source streams and emission sources as described in the monitoring plan approved by the competent authority;”;

(d)

in point (d) omit “listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC”.

21Amendment of Article 17I1

In Article 17—

(a)

omit paragraph 3;

(b)

in paragraph 4, omit “or transferred N2O is not counted in accordance with Article 50 of that Regulation” and “or N2O transferred”;

(c)

omit paragraph 5.

22Amendment of Article 18I1

In Article 18, omit paragraph 3.

23Amendment of Article 19I1

In Article 19, omit paragraph 3.

24Amendment of Article 21I1

In Article 21—

(a)

omit paragraph 4;

(b)

in paragraph 5, omit “baseline data report or new entrant data report,”.

25Amendment of Article 22I1

In Article 22—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for the first subparagraph substitute—

“If the verifier identifies misstatements, non-conformities or non-compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 during the verification, it shall inform the operator or aircraft operator thereof on a timely basis and request relevant corrections.”;

(ii)

for the third subparagraph substitute—

“Where a non-compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 has been identified, the operator or aircraft operator shall notify the competent authority and correct the non-compliance as appropriate without undue delay.”;

(b)

for paragraph 2, substitute—

“The verifier shall document and mark as resolved in the internal verification documentation all misstatements, non-conformities or non-compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 that have been corrected by the operator or aircraft operator during the verification.”;

(c)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

in the second subparagraph, for “, tonne-kilometre data or data relevant for free allocation” substitute “ or tonne-kilometre data ”;

(ii)

for the fourth subparagraph substitute—

“If the operator or aircraft operator does not correct the non-compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 in accordance with paragraph 1 before the verifier issues the verification report, the verifier shall assess whether the uncorrected non-compliance has an impact on the reported data and whether this leads to material misstatement.”.

26Amendment of Article 23I1

In Article 23, omit paragraph 4.

27Amendment of Article 24I1

In Article 24 in point (c), omit “or monitoring methodology plan, as appropriate”.

28Amendment of Article 26I1

For Article 26(1)(c), substitute—

“(c)

sufficient information to support the verification opinion, including justifications for judgments made on whether or not the misstatements identified have material effect on the reported emissions or tonne-kilometre data.”.

29Amendment of Article 27I1

In Article 27—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “each emission report, tonne-kilometre report, baseline data report or new entrant data report” substitute “ each emission report or tonne-kilometre report ”;

(ii)

omit point (e);

(b)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

for point (e), substitute—

“(e)

the criteria used to verify the operator's or aircraft operator's report, including the permit, where applicable, and versions of the monitoring plan approved by the competent authority as well as the period of validity for each monitoring plan;”;

(ii)

omit point (f);

(iii)

in point (g) for “per activity referred to in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC and per installation or aircraft operator” substitute “ per aviation activity and per aircraft operator or per activity, other than aviation, listed in Annex 1 to Directive 2003/87/EC and per installation ”;

(iv)

omit point (h);

(v)

in point (i), omit “or baseline period”;

(vi)

for point (o), substitute—

“(o)

any issues of non-compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 which have become apparent during the verification;”;

(vii)

omit points (q) and (r);

(c)

in paragraph 4—

(i)

for the first sub paragraph, substitute—

“The verifier shall describe the misstatements, non-conformities and non-compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 in sufficient detail in the verification report to allow the operator or aircraft operator as well as the competent authority to understand the following:”;

(ii)

for point (a), substitute—

“(a)

the size and nature of the misstatement, non-conformity or non-compliance with Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066;”;

(iii)

in point (c), omit “or the monitoring methodology plan”;

(iv)

for point (d), substitute—

“(d)

to which Article in Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 the non-compliance relates.”;

(d)

in paragraph 5, for “a Member State” substitute “ the competent authority ”.

30Amendment of Article 28I1

In Article 28—

(a)

in point (c), omit “or monitoring methodology plan, as appropriate,”;

(b)

omit point (e).

31Amendment of Article 30I1

In Article 30(1)—

(a)

for “points (a) to (e)” substitute “ points (a) to (d) ”;

(b)

in point (c), omit the words from “or Article 11(2)” to the end;

(c)

omit point (e).

32Amendment of Article 31I1

In Article 31(3), omit point (d).

33Amendment of Article 37I1

In Article 37(5), omit the second subparagraph.

34Amendment of Article 38I1

For Article 38(1)(a) substitute—

“(a)

knowledge of Directive 2003/87/EC, Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066, this Regulation, relevant standards, and other relevant legislation, applicable guidelines, as well as relevant guidelines and legislation issued by the competent authority or Secretary of State;”.

35Amendment of Articles 41 and 42I1

In Articles 41 and 42, for “harmonised standard” in each place it occurs substitute “ standard ”.

36Amendment of Article 43I1

In Article 43—

(a)

for “harmonised standard” in each place it occurs substitute “ standard ”;

(b)

in paragraph 3—

(i)

in point (a), omit “or in the monitoring methodology plan, as applicable” and “or monitoring methodology plan”;

(ii)

in point (b), for “emissions, tonne-kilometre data or data relevant for free allocation” substitute “ emissions or tonne-kilometre data. ”.

37Amendment of Article 44I1

In Article 44, omit the second paragraph.

38Amendment of Articles 46, 47, 48 and 49I1

In Articles 46, 47, 48, and 49, for “harmonised standard” in each place it occurs substitute “ standard ”.

39Amendment of Article 50I1

In Article 50—

(a)

in paragraph 3, for “harmonised standard” substitute “ standard ”;

(b)

omit paragraph 5.

40Amendment of Articles 51 and 52I1

In Articles 51 and 52, for “harmonised standard” in each place it occurs substitute “ standard ”.

41Amendment of Article 54I1

In Article 54(4), in the second subparagraph for “Member States” substitute “ The national accreditation body ”.

42Amendment of Article 55I1

In Article 55—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for “national accreditation bodies appointed pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008” substitute “ national accreditation body ”;

(b)

omit paragraphs 2 to 4;

(c)

in paragraph 5, omit the words “and be granted formal recognition by the Member State,”;

(d)

in paragraph 6, for “harmonised standard” substitute “ standard ”.

43Omission of Article 56I1

Omit Article 56.

44Amendment of Article 57I1

In Article 57(4), for “harmonised standard” substitute “ standard ”.

45Amendment of Article 58I1

In Article 58(2), omit the third subparagraph.

46Amendment of Article 59I1

In Article 59(1)—

(a)

in point (a), for “harmonised standard pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008” substitute “ standard ”;

(b)

in point (b), omit the words from “Delegated Regulation” to “in Annex I of this Regulation,”.

47Amendment of Article 60I1

In Article 60(2)(a) omit the words from “Delegated Regulation” to “in Annex I of this Regulation,”.

48Amendment of Article 63I1

In Article 63(2), for “harmonised standard pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008” substitute “ standard ”.

49Omission of Articles 65 to 68I1

Omit Articles 65 to 68.

50Amendment of Article 69I1

In Article 69(1)—

(a)

for “Member States” substitute “ The competent authority ”;

(b)

omit the words from “or in accordance with Article 13” to the end.

51Amendment of Article 70I1

In Article 70—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

for “Member State” substitute “ the Secretary of State ”;

(ii)

omit the words “, or where applicable, the national authority entrusted with the certification of verifiers,”;

(b)

in paragraph 2, for “pursuant to Article 18 of Directive 2003/87/EC in a Member State, the Member State” substitute “ in the United Kingdom, the Secretary of State with the agreement of the other authorities ”.

52Amendment of Article 71I1

In Article 71(1)—

(a)

omit “of each Member State”;

(b)

for “those Member States” substitute “ the United Kingdom ”;

(c)

omit point (d).

53Amendment of Article 72I1

In Article 72—

(a)

for “the following parties:” substitute “ the competent authority. ”;

(b)

omit points (a) and (b).

54Amendment of Article 73I1

In Article 73(1), omit “of the Member State where the verifier is carrying out the verification” and “which has accredited that verifier”.

55Omission of Articles 74 and 75I1

Omit Articles 74 and 75.

56Amendment of Article 76I1

In Article 76—

(a)

in paragraph 1—

(i)

in the first subparagraph omit “other national accreditation bodies,”;

(ii)

omit the second subparagraph;

(b)

in paragraph 2, omit point (b).

57Amendment of Article 77I1

In Article 77(1)(b), for “emissions, tonne-kilometre reports, baseline data reports or new entrant data reports” substitute “ emissions or tonne-kilometre reports ”.

58Amendment of Article 79I1

In Article 79, omit “This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.”.

59Amendment of Annex 1I1

In Annex 1—

(a)

before the table—

(i)

after “using” insert “ aviation activities or in relation to the activities other than aviation using ”;

(ii)

omit the words from “and other activities pursuant to Articles 10a” to the end;

(b)

in the table—

(i)

in the rows for activity group 10—

(aa)

for “Directive 2003/87/EC” substitute “ the 2012 Regulations ”;

(bb)

for “Directive 2009/31/EC” in each place it occurs substitute “ the CCS licensing regime ”;

(ii)

in the rows for activity group 11 for “Directive 2009/31/EC” substitute “ the CCS licensing regime ”;

(iii)

omit the rows for activity groups 98 and 99.

60Amendment of Annex 2I1

In Annex 2, for “the harmonised standard pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008” substitute “ EN ISO 14065:2013 ”.

61Amendment of Annex 3I1

In Annex 3, for “the harmonised standard pursuant to Regulation (EC) No 765/2008” substitute “ EN ISO/IEC 17011:2017 M1 ”.

62Revocation of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331F1

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Signature

Henley

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations are made in exercise of the powers conferred by section 8 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 in order to address failures of retained EU law to operate effectively and other deficiencies arising from the withdrawal of the United Kingdom from the European Union.

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (the “Exit Regulations”) related to the continuation of the monitoring, reporting, accreditation and verification obligations of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS) in a no deal scenario. These Regulations address further deficiencies to the functioning of those obligations as a result of the coming into force of Article 76 of Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2066 of 19 December 2018 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions (“the new monitoring regulation”) and Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2018/2067 of 19 December 2018 on the verification of data and on the accreditation of verifiers (“the new verification regulation”).

Part 2 amends the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 (the “2012 Regulations”) to update the definition of “the Verification Regulation”.

Part 3 amends the Exit Regulations as a consequence of the amendments made by Article 76 of the new monitoring regulation, to Commission Regulation (EU) 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions (“the previous monitoring regulation”).

In Part 4, regulations 5 and 6 address further deficiencies in the previous monitoring regulation introduced by Article 76 of the new monitoring regulation.

The remainder of Part 4 makes amendments to the new verification regulation to ensure the operability of verification requirements after exit. Part 4 also amends the new verification regulation to exclude provisions relating to free allocation, introduced by 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 (the “FAR”) as after exit, in a no deal scenario the UK will no longer continue participating in the free allocation process.

Part 5 provides for the revocation of the FAR.

An impact assessment has not been produced for this instrument as no, or no significant, impact on the private or voluntary sector is foreseen.