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Article 4 InterpretationI1

United Kingdom

(1)

In this Part—

  • “2026 incumbent” has the meaning given in article 5;

  • “Article 4 application” means an application for free allocation in the 2027-2030 allocation period under Article 4 of the Free Allocation Regulationf1; and a reference to the first stage of such an application must be construed in accordance with that Article;

  • “sub-installation” has the same meaning as in the Free Allocation Regulation;

  • “type 1 2026 incumbent” must be construed in accordance with article 5;

  • “type 2 2026 incumbent” must be construed in accordance with article 5;

  • “UK ETS Order” means the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020f2.

(2)

This Part must be interpreted as if it were part of the UK ETS Order.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Art. 4 in force at 31.3.2025, see art. 2

Footnotes

f1

EUR 2019/331, amended by S.I. 2020/1557, 2021/1455, 2022/1173, 2023/850, 2023/1387, 2024/192, 2024/1366, 2025/100 and this Order. Article 4(1) of S.I. 2020/1265 defines “Free Allocation Regulation” as Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 of 19 December 2018, as it forms part of domestic law.

f2

S.I. 2020/1265, amended by S.I. 2020/1557, 2021/1455, 2022/454, 2022/1173, 2023/850, 2023/1267, 2023/1387, 2024/192, 2024/1366, 2025/100 and this Order.