Paragraph 2 Duty to monitor emissionsF1F2
United Kingdom
The operator of an Article 27a installation must monitor the installation's emissions of carbon dioxide equivalent in accordance with an appropriate monitoring plan.
An appropriate monitoring plan for the first allocation period is a monitoring plan that—
was approved in relation to the installation in accordance with Articles 11 to 13 of the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation, for the purposes of the scheme year immediately before the first allocation period; or
is otherwise approved by the regulator, following an application made by the operator, as a plan that is capable of monitoring whether the installation has exceeded the maximum amount in any scheme year.
An appropriate monitoring plan for the second allocation period is a monitoring plan that—
was approved in relation to the installation in accordance with Articles 11 to 13 of the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation, for the purposes of the scheme year immediately before the first allocation period;
was approved in relation to the installation in accordance with Article 11 to 13 of the Monitoring and Reporting Regulation 2018, for the purposes of the scheme year immediately before the second allocation period; or
is otherwise approved by the regulator, following an application made by the operator, as a plan that is capable of monitoring whether the installation has exceeded the maximum amount in any scheme year.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Regulations revoked in so far as they continue to apply in relation to the UK Registry (1.5.2021) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions (Kyoto Protocol Registry) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/511), regs. 1, 12
- F2
Sch. 5A inserted (1.1.2021) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 3) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1440), reg. 1(4), Sch. (as amended by S.I. 2020/18, regs. 1, 11(4), 16(2)(3) and S.I. 2020/1369, regs. 1(2), 44(a))