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Article 57 Trading VRTS allowances and credits: VRTS participantsI1

United Kingdom

(1)

During a trading window, a VRTS participant may trade any VRTS allowances or VRTS credits with another VRTS participant, but may not trade—

(a)

a VRTS allowance which was borrowed in accordance with article 47; or

(b)

a VRTS credit which was acquired in accordance with F1article 25A (trading CRTS allowances with VRTS participants), article 26A (trading CRTS credits with VRTS participants: SPV car manufacturers), article 55 (conversion of unused VCTS allowances), article 55A (conversion of unused CRTS allowances) or article 55B (conversion of CRTS credits by SPV car manufacturer).

(2)

A VRTS participant may trade parts of VRTS allowances or VRTS credits, but may not trade a part smaller than one tenth of a VRTS allowance or VRTS credit.

(3)

Each VRTS participant which is party to a trade F2under this article must, before the end of the trading window, notify the administrator of the trade and each notification must include—

(a)

the name and account number in the registry of the VRTS participant which is the transferor;

(b)

the name and account number in the registry of the VRTS participant which is the transferee;

F3(ba)

a statement of the fact the trade was carried out under this article;

(c)

the number of VRTS allowances or VRTS credits traded; and

(d)

the price paid for those VRTS allowances or VRTS credits.

(4)

A VRTS participant which trades a VRTS allowance or a VRTS credit in accordance with this article must inform the other party to the trade of their account number in the registry.

(5)

Where a VRTS participant is a pool VRTS participant, a reference in this article to a VRTS participant’s account number is a reference to the account number of the manufacturer identified to the administrator in accordance with—

(a)

paragraph 5(c)(i) of Schedule 5 (application to be treated as a pool participant) in the application made under that Schedule; or

(b)

article 83(1) (updating information provided with application under Schedule 5).

(6)

Where a trade is notified in accordance with paragraph (3), the administrator must update the registry and notify the parties to the trade accordingly.

(7)

Unless the administrator is satisfied that notification of a trade has been given in accordance with this article, the trade is treated as not having taken place.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in art. 57(1)(b) substituted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 26(2)

F2

Words in art. 57(3) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 26(3)(a)

F3

Art. 57(3)(ba) inserted (1.1.2026) by The Vehicle Emissions Trading Schemes (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/1101), arts. 1(1), 26(3)(b)

Commencement

I1

Art. 57 in force at 3.1.2024, see art. 1(b)