# The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020, Paragraph 45: Information to be provided by maritime operators


(1) A maritime operator must provide the verifier with the following supporting information prior to the strategic analysis and verification of the annual emissions report—
(a) the latest version of the emissions monitoring plan as well as any other relevant versions of the emissions monitoring plan previously issued by the regulator;
(b) the annual emissions report for the scheme year to be verified;
(c) where applicable, a copy of the verified annual emissions report and verification report from the previous year, if the verification was not carried out by the same verifier;
(d) a description of the maritime operator’s data flow activities;
(e) the maritime operator’s risk assessment referred to in paragraph 27 and an outline of the overall control system;
(f) the procedures mentioned in the emissions monitoring plan issued by the regulator, including procedures for data flow activities and control activities;
(g) if the emissions monitoring plan was varied during the scheme year, a record of all those variations;
(h) all relevant correspondence with the regulator, in particular information related to the notification of variations of the emissions monitoring plan;
(i) where applicable, information on databases and data sources used for monitoring and reporting purposes;
(j) where applicable, the approval from the regulator for carrying out a virtual site visit pursuant to paragraph 55;
(k) a list of all ships in which the maritime operator carried out maritime activities;
(l) any other relevant information necessary for planning and carrying out the verification.
(2) A maritime operator must provide the verifier with the following supporting information in relation to each ship listed in accordance with sub-paragraph (1)(k) prior to verification of the annual emissions report—
(a) a list of all voyages carried out by the ship in question during the scheme year;
(b) where data gaps occurred during the scheme year—
(i) the number of voyages for which data gaps occurred, and the circumstances and reasons for such data gaps;
(ii) the estimation method for surrogate data applied as referred to in paragraph 33 and, where applicable, in the emissions monitoring plan;
(iii) the amount of emissions calculated based on surrogate data;
(c) copies of the ship’s official logbook and of the oil record book (if separate);
(d) copies of bunkering documents;
(e) copies of any relevant certificates concerning fuels for the purposes of determining emission factors in accordance with paragraph 36;
(f) copies of any relevant documentation supporting an emissions reduction claim made under paragraph 37.
(3) If relevant to the monitoring method applied, the verifier may ask the maritime operator to provide—
(a) an overview of the IT landscape showing the data-flow for the relevant ship, including information on databases and where data is held and processed;
(b) evidence of the maintenance of measurement equipment and flow meters;
(c) evidence of the accuracy of measurement equipment and flow meters;
(d) an extract of fuel consumption activity data from flow meters;
(e) copies of evidence of fuel tank meter readings;
(f) an extract of activity data from direct emissions measurement systems;
(g) any other information relevant to the verification of the annual emissions report.
(4) If the verifier asks for any of the information in sub-paragraph (3), the maritime operator must provide that information.
(5) Before the verifier issues the verification report, the maritime operator must provide it with the final authorised and internally validated annual emissions report.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2020/1265/schedule/2A/paragraph/45 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/greenhouse-gas-emissions-trading-scheme-order-2020/schedule-2A/paragraph-45
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