{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-amendment-order-2023/article-12",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2023/850",
  "legislation_title": "The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2023",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-amendment-order-2023",
  "path": "article/12",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "12",
  "heading": "Article 16 amended (preliminary allocation at installation level for incumbent installations)",
  "text": "(1) Article 16 is amended as follows.\n(2) In paragraph 2 in each of points (a) to (d) for “, adopted in accordance with Article 10a(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC,” in each place substitute “set out in Annex 8”.\n(3) In paragraph 5 for “, adopted in accordance with Article 10a(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC” substitute “set out in Annex 8”.\n(4) In paragraph 10 for “the benchmarks for the relevant allocation period referred to in paragraphs 2 and 5 have been adopted” substitute “benchmarks for the 2026-2030 allocation period are set out in Annex 8 but, if no such benchmarks are set out in Annex 8 on or before 1 December 2025, as soon as reasonably practicable thereafter (using the benchmarks for the 2021-2025 allocation period set out in Annex 8 for the calculation)”.\n(5) In paragraph 12—\n(a) in the opening words for “adopted in accordance with Article 10a(2) of Directive 2003/87/EC” substitute “set out in Annex 8”;\n(b) in point (a) for “the allocation period in the EU ETS beginning on 1 January 2021” substitute “the 2021-2025 allocation period”;\n(c) in point (b) for “the allocation period in the EU ETS beginning on 1 January 2026” substitute “the 2026-2030 allocation period”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/850/article/12",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:42:05.502262+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}