# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, Paragraph 37: Emissions reduction claims


(1) A person who is a maritime operator in relation to a scheme year may submit to the regulator an emissions reduction claim with respect to the carbon dioxide emissions from a fuel that—
(a) is an eligible fuel in accordance with a direction given by the relevant national authority to the regulator under section 52 of the CCA 2008;
(b) was purchased either—
(i) in the scheme year to which the emissions reduction claim relates, or
(ii) no more than three months before the start of the scheme year to which the emissions reduction claim relates;
(c) has been delivered to a point of no return before 31st March in the year following the scheme year to which the emissions reduction claim relates;
(d) has not been used by the person making the emissions reduction claim—
(i) to obtain an emissions reduction in the UK ETS in relation to another scheme year;
(ii) to obtain an emissions reduction or financial benefit in any scheme other than the UK ETS;
(e) has not been sold to a third party.
(2) Where the conditions in sub-paragraphs (1)(a) to (e) are met, the emission factor of the eligible fuel is zero.
(3) An emissions reduction claim must be verified in accordance with Part 8.
(4) The amount of fuel in respect of which the person in sub-paragraph (1) may make an emissions reduction claim must not exceed the total amount of fuel used by that person in respect of its maritime activities in that scheme year.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/schedule/2A/paragraph/37 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-37
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