Guidance

Regulatory guidance for installations: the greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme

Help for those operating or regulating activities that are covered by the greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme regulations 2012.

• From: Environment Agency
• Published: 1 February 2013
• Last updated: 16 July 2018
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  1. 16 July 2018

     Regulatory guidance for installations updated to reflect changes to the revised 2018 scheme year reporting and surrender deadlines in the UK Regulations which came into force 27 December 2017, as well as our updated Enforcement and Sanctions policy.

  2. 25 January 2017

     The Regulatory guidance for installations: the greenhouse gas emissions trading scheme has been updated to reflect amendments to Regulations and removal of outdated information. This document was updated in January 2017.

  3. 1 February 2013

     First published.

Documents

European Union Emissions Trading System (EU ETS): Regulatory guidance for installations (including excluded installations) - The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012

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Details

This guidance aims to provide help for those operating or regulating activities that are covered by the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012.

This guidance applies to Phase III of the European Union emissions trading scheme (EU ETS) only (which commences on 1 January 2013) and excludes aviation, for which there is separate guidance.

To ensure this guidance is current and up to date, it will be updated from time to time.