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Article 18 CRTS credits: generalI1

United Kingdom

(1)

A CRTS participant may acquire a CRTS credit in accordance with articles 19, 20 F1, 23 to 23B, 57A and 58A.

(2)

Where F2it acquires a CRTS credit for a scheme year, a CRTS participant may—

(a)

surrender that CRTS credit for that scheme year in accordance with article 27; or

(b)

trade the credit in accordance with article 25 during the trading window following that scheme year F3, unless the credit was acquired by the CRTS participant in accordance with article 23, 23A, 23B, 57A or 58A.

(3)

An SPV car manufacturer may acquire a CRTS credit in accordance with article 21 or 22.

(4)

An SPV car manufacturer may trade a credit acquired for a scheme year in accordance with article 26 F4or 26A during the trading window following that scheme year.

(5)

Where a CRTS participant or an SPV car manufacturer acquires a CRTS credit in accordance with articles 19 to F523B, the administrator must update the registry accordingly F6(see also the requirement for the administrator to update the registry in articles 57A(7) and 58A(8)).

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 18(1) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 6(2)

F2

Word in art. 18(2) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 6(3)(a)

F3

Words in art. 18(2)(b) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 6(3)(b)

F4

Words in art. 18(4) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 6(4)

F5

Word in art. 18(5) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 6(5)(a)

F6

Words in art. 18(5) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 6(5)(b)

Commencement

I1

Art. 18 in force at 3.1.2024, see art. 1(b)