Amendment of article 16
15.—(1) Article 16 (application for RTF certificates)(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In paragraph (2)(a)(i), omit “and (d)”.
(3) In paragraph (2)(a)(ii)—
(a)after “the renewable transport fuel”, in the first place where the words occur, insert “, or a chemical precursor to it,”;
(b)after “EEA state” insert “or the UK”.
(4) In paragraph (3)—
(a)in sub-paragraph (b), after “12(1)(a)” insert “and (c)”;
(b)in sub-paragraph (ea)—
(i)after “the renewable transport fuel”, in the first place where the words occur, insert “, or a chemical precursor to it,”;
(ii)after “EEA state” insert “or the UK”;
(c)for sub-paragraph (g), substitute—
“(g)the supplier makes the application for the RTF certificate—
(i)in respect of an obligation period which ends on 14th April in a year, by 12th August of that year (or the next working day after 12th August, if 12th August is not a working day);
(ii)in respect of an obligation period which ends on 31st December in a year, by 12th May of the following year (or the next working day after 12th May, if 12th May is not a working day),
or such later date as the Administrator may notify to the supplier for the purposes of this sub-paragraph; and
(h)the Administrator is satisfied that, at the assessment time, the supplier owns or owned the fuel in respect of which the application for an RTF certificate is made.”.
Article 16 was amended by S.I. 2011/2937 and 2015/534.