Retained EU Law 2013 United Kingdom

Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 of 2 May 2013 establishing a Union Registry pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Decisions No 280/2004/EC and No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 920/2010 and No 1193/2011 (Text with EEA relevance)

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s.art025

Updating of account information and information on authorised representatives

  • Keep account information up to date and notify changes
s.art094

Accessing accounts in the Registry

  • Notify national administrator if your registry credentials are compromised
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s.art001

Subject matter

s.art002

Scope

s.art003

Definitions

s.art004

Union Registry

s.art005

National and Union KP registries

s.art006

European Union transaction log

s.art007

Communication links between registries, the ITL and the EUTL

s.art008

National administrator

s.art009

Accounts

s.art010

Account status

s.art011

The administering of accounts

s.art012

Notifications from the central administrator

s.art013

Party holding accounts

s.art014

Opening national administrative platform accounts in the Union Registry

s.art015

Opening an auction delivery account in the Union Registry

s.art016

Opening operator holding accounts in the Union Registry

s.art017

Opening aircraft operator holding accounts in the Union Registry

s.art018

Opening person holding and trading accounts in the Union Registry

s.art019

Opening national holding accounts in the Union Registry

s.art020

Opening external trading platform accounts in the Union Registry

s.art021

Opening verifier accounts in the Union Registry

s.art022

Refusal to open an account

s.art023

Authorised representatives

s.art024

Nominating and approval of authorised representatives ...

s.art026

Trusted account list

s.art027

Closure of accounts

s.art028

Closure of operator holding accounts

s.art029

Closure of aircraft operator holding accounts

s.art030

Closure of verifier accounts

s.art031

Closure of the ESD Compliance Account

s.art032

Positive balance on accounts under closure

s.art033

Closure of accounts and removal of authorised representative on the national administrator’s initiative

s.art034

Suspension of access to accounts

s.art035

Verified emissions data for an installation or aircraft operator

s.art036

Blocking of accounts due to a failure to submit verified emissions

s.art037

Calculation of compliance status figures

s.art038

Only transactions expressly provided for in this Regulation for each...

s.art039

Execution of transfers

s.art040

Nature of Kyoto units and finality of transactions

s.art041

Creation of allowances

s.art042

Transfer of general allowances to be auctioned

s.art043

Transfer of general allowances to be allocated free of charge

s.art044

Transfer of general allowances for the new entrant reserve

s.art045

Transfer of aviation allowances to be auctioned

s.art046

Transfer of aviation allowances to be allocated free of charge

s.art047

Transfer of aviation allowances to the special reserve

s.art048

Transfer of general allowances to the EU Total Quantity-Account

s.art049

Transfer of aviation allowances to the EU Aviation Total Quantity Account

s.art050

Deletion of aviation allowances

s.art051

Entry of national allocation tables into the EUTL

s.art052

Changes to the national allocation tables

s.art053

Free allocation of general allowances

s.art054

Entry of national aviation allocation tables into the EUTL

s.art055

Changes to the national aviation allocation tables

s.art056

Free allocation of aviation allowances

s.art057

Return of aviation allowances

s.art058

International credit holdings in the Union Registry

s.art059

Entry of international credit entitlement tables into the EUTL

s.art060

Use of international credits through allowance exchange

s.art061

Calculation of remaining international credit entitlement

s.art062

Entry of auction tables into the EUTL

s.art063

Changes to the auction tables

s.art064

Auctioning of allowances

s.art065

Transfers of Kyoto units initiated by an account holder

s.art066

Transfers of allowances or Kyoto units initiated by a trading account

s.art067

Surrender of allowances

s.art068

Deletion of allowances

s.art069

Cancellation of Kyoto units

s.art070

Reversal of finalised processes initiated in error

s.art071

Implementation of linking arrangements

s.art072

Opening of person holding accounts in KP registries

s.art073

Execution of transfers

s.art073

Transfer of CERs and ERUs exchanged in the EU ETS

s.art073

Issuance and Deposit of AAUs

s.art073

Transfer and use of units

s.art073

Cancellation of units

s.art073

Retirement of units

s.art073

Carry-over in the Union Registry

s.art073

Clearing Processes

s.art073

Clearing process for countries not parties to a joint fulfilment agreement

s.art074

Creation of AEAs

s.art075

Annual emission allocation units

s.art076

Transfer of AEAs to each ESD Compliance Account

s.art077

Introduction of the relevant greenhouse gas emissions data

s.art078

Calculation of the balance of the ESD Compliance Account

s.art079

Determination of the compliance status figures

s.art080

Application of Article 7(1) (a) and (c) of Decision No 406/2009/EC

s.art081

Use of international credits, tCERs and lCERs

s.art082

Carry forward of AEAs

s.art083

Carry over of AEAs

s.art084

Carry over of the unused credit entitlement

s.art085

Transfers of up to 5 % of a Member State's annual emission allocation

s.art086

Transfers after the calculation of the balance of the ESD Compliance Account

s.art087

Transfer of up to 3 % of the credit entitlement

s.art088

Adjustments

s.art089

Replacement of tCERs and lCERs

s.art090

Execution and reversal of transfers

s.art091

Availability and reliability of the Union Registry and the EUTL

s.art092

Helpdesk

s.art093

Authentication of the Union Registry and national KP registries

s.art095

Authentication and authorisation of authorised representatives in the Union Registry

s.art096

Suspension of all access due to a security breach or a security risk

s.art097

Suspension of access to Kyoto units in the case of a suspected fraudulent transaction

s.art098

Cooperation with competent authorities and notification of money laundering, terrorist financing or criminal activity

s.art099

Suspension of processes

s.art099

Suspension of linking agreements

s.art100

Automated checking of processes

s.art101

Detection of discrepancies

s.art102

Detection of discrepancies within the Union Registry and national KP registries

s.art103

Reconciliation - detection of inconsistencies by the EUTL

s.art104

Finalisation of processes

s.art105

Data exchange and technical specifications

s.art106

Change and release management

s.art107

Processing of information and personal data

s.art108

Records

s.art109

Reporting

s.art110

Confidentiality

s.art110

Provision of information

s.art110

Right of appeal regarding Article 110a notices

s.art110

Right of appeal regarding national administrator decisions

s.art110

Guidance

s.art110

Notices

s.art111

Fees

s.art112

Interruption of operation

s.art113

Implementation

s.art114

Further use of accounts

s.art115

Entry into force of use restrictions

s.art116

Amendments to Regulation (EU) No 920/2010

s.art117

Repeal

s.art118

Entry into force

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