TITLE IISPECIFIC PROVISIONS FOR THE UNION REGISTRY FOR THE UNION EMISSIONS TRADING SYSTEM
CHAPTER 2 Transactions
Article 46Entry of national allocation tables into the Union Registry
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Each Member State shall notify its national allocation table for the period 2021-2025 and for the period 2026-2030 to the Commission by 31 December 2020 and 31 December 2025 respectively. Member States shall ensure that national allocation tables include the information set out in Annex X.
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The Commission shall instruct the central administrator to enter the national allocation table into the Union Registry if it considers that the national allocation table is in conformity with Directive 2003/87/EC, Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 and decisions adopted by the Commission pursuant to Article 10c of Directive 2003/87/EC. It shall otherwise reject the national allocation table within a reasonable period and inform the Member State concerned without delay, stating its reasons and setting out criteria to be fulfilled for a subsequent notification to be accepted. That Member State shall submit a revised national allocation table to the Commission within three months.
Article 47Changes to the national allocation tables
1.
The central administrator shall ensure that any change to the national allocation table pursuant to the rules governing free allocation to stationary installations are carried out in the Union Registry.
2.
Upon introduction of a change pursuant to paragraph 1, a notification shall be sent to the national administrator administering the installation affected by the change.
3.
A Member State shall notify the Commission of changes to its national allocation table concerning allocation free of charge pursuant to Article 10c of Directive 2003/87/EC.
On receiving a notification pursuant to the first subparagraph, the Commission shall instruct the central administrator to make the corresponding changes to the national allocation table held in the Union Registry if it considers that the changes to the national allocation table are in conformity with Article 10c of Directive 2003/87/EC. It shall otherwise reject the changes within a reasonable period and inform the Member State concerned without delay, stating its reasons and setting out criteria to be fulfilled for a subsequent notification to be accepted.
Article 48Free allocation of general allowances
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The national administrator shall indicate in the national allocation table for each operator, for each year and for each legal basis set out in Annex X, whether or not an installation should receive an allocation for that year.
2.
The central administrator shall ensure that the Union Registry transfers general allowances automatically from the EU Allocation Account in accordance with the relevant national allocation table to the relevant open or blocked operator holding account, having regard to the modalities of the automatic transfer specified in the data exchange and technical specifications provided for in Article 75.
3.
Where an excluded operator holding account does not receive allowances under paragraph 2, allowances for the years of exclusion shall not be transferred to the account, should it be set to open status for subsequent years.
4.
The central administrator shall ensure that an operator can perform transfers returning excess allowances to the EU Allocation Account where the national allocation table of a Member State has been changed pursuant to Article 47 to correct for an over allocation of allowances to the operator, and the competent authority has requested the operator to return such excess allowances.
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The competent authority may instruct the national administrator to transfer returning excess allowances to the EU Allocation Account where the over allocation of allowances is a consequence of allocation after an operator ceased the activities carried out in the installation to which the allocation relate, without informing the competent authority.