Article 50 VRTS credits: generalI1
United Kingdom
A VRTS participant may acquire a VRTS credit in accordance with articles F125A, 26A, 51, 52 and 55 to 55B.
Where it acquires a VRTS credit for a scheme year, a VRTS participant may—
surrender that VRTS credit for that scheme year in accordance with article 59; or
trade that credit in accordance with article 57 during the trading window following that scheme year F2unless the credit was acquired in accordance with article 25A, 26A, 55, 55A or 55B.
An SPV van manufacturer may acquire a VRTS credit in accordance with article 53 or 54.
An SPV van manufacturer may trade a credit acquired for a scheme year in accordance with article 58 F3or 58A during the trading window following that scheme year.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words in art. 50(1) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 21(2)
- F2
Words in art. 50(2)(b) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 21(3)
- F3
Words in art. 50(4) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 21(4)
- F4
Word in art. 50(5) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 21(5)(a)
- F5
Words in art. 50(5) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 21(5)(b)
Commencement
- I1
Art. 50 in force at 3.1.2024, see art. 1(b)