Article 12 Article 34G amended (new entrants’ reserve)

Article 34G is amended as follows.

For paragraph (4) substitute—

“(4)

Allowances must first be allocated in respect of sub-installations of installations in respect of which the historical activity level of the sub-installation has been determined, in chronological order of the date (and, where relevant, time)—

(a)

where the historical activity level was determined under Article 15 of the Free Allocation Regulation^f1, of the approval by the UK ETS authority of the final annual number of allowances to be allocated in respect of the installation under paragraph 4 of Schedule 8A (free allocation for former hospital or small emitters and ultra-small emitters);

(b)

where the historical activity level was determined under Article 17(1) of the Free Allocation Regulation or Article 3a(2) of the Activity Level Changes Regulation^f2, on which the operator submitted sufficient information to enable the historical activity level of the sub-installation to be determined.”.