CHAPTER III

Allocation rules

Preliminary allocation to new entrants
Article 18
A1
The regulator must calculate the preliminary annual number of allowances to be allocated free of charge in respect of a new entrant for scheme years in the relevant allocation period in accordance with this Article
A2
Where the start of normal operation of a new entrant is before the date on which the permit (including a permit within the meaning of GGETSR 2012) for the installation comes into force, for the purposes of this Article and Article 18a:
a
the start of normal operation must be treated as the date on which the permit comes into force; and
b
the activity level of the year in which the start of normal operation occurs must be treated as the activity level of that year excluding any days before the date on which the permit comes into force.
1
Where the historical activity level of a sub-installation of the new entrant has been determined under Article 17, the preliminary annual number of allowances to be allocated free of charge in respect of the sub-installation for the first scheme year in the relevant allocation period after the year in which the start of normal operation occurs and for each subsequent scheme year in the relevant allocation period is, as follows:
a
for each product benchmark sub-installation, heat benchmark sub-installation and fuel benchmark sub-installation, the preliminary annual number of emission allowances allocated free of charge for a given year shall correspond to the value of that benchmark for the relevant allocation period multiplied by the relevant historical activity level ...;
b
for each process emissions sub-installation, the preliminary annual number of emission allowances allocated free of charge for a given year shall correspond to the process-related historical activity level multiplied by 0,97.
Article 16(3), (4), (5) and (7) shall apply mutatis mutandis to the calculation of the preliminary annual number of emission allowances allocated free of charge in respect of new entrants under this paragraph and paragraph 2.
2
Where the start of normal operation of a sub-installation of a new entrant occurs in a scheme year in the relevant allocation period, the preliminary annual number of emission allowances allocated free of charge for the scheme year shall correspond to the value of the applicable benchmark value for each sub-installation multiplied by the activity level of that year.
2A
Paragraph 2 applies whether or not the historical activity level of the sub-installation has been determined under Article 17.
3
The preliminary annual amount of emission allowances allocated free of charge for each installation shall be the sum of all sub-installations' preliminary annual numbers of emission allowances allocated free of charge calculated in accordance with paragraphs 1 and 2. The second subparagraph of Article 16(6) shall apply.
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6
For the purpose of the calculations referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3, the number of allowances for sub-installations and installations shall be expressed as the nearest integer , taking 0.5 as nearest to the previous integer.
7
In this Article
... and Article 18b, “
relevant allocation period
” means:
a
in relation to an application for free allocation made under Article 5(1)(a), the 2021-2025 allocation period;
b
in relation to an application for free allocation made under Article 5(1)(b), the
2027-2030 allocation period or, where the start of normal operation of a new entrant is before 1st January 2027, a period consisting of the 2026 allocation period and the 2027-2030 allocation period
.
8
But in paragraph 1(a) of this Article and in Articles 19 to 22, as those Articles apply for the purpose of this Article, “
relevant allocation period
” means the allocation period containing the scheme year for which the preliminary annual number of allowances is to be calculated.
Words in Art. 18 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(2)
Art. 18(A1)(A2) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(3)
Art. 18(2A) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(6)
Art. 18(7) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(9)
Words in Art. 18(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(4)(a)(i)
Words in Art. 18(1)(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(4)(b)
Words in Art. 18(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(5)(a)
Words in Art. 18(2) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(5)(b)
Art. 18(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(7)
Art. 18(5) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(7)
Words in Art. 18(6) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(8)(a)
Words in Art. 18(6) inserted (31.12.2020) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2020 (S.I. 2020/1557), art. 2(2), Sch. 1 para. 22(8)(b)
Words in Art. 18(1)(a) substituted (31.3.2025) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/124), arts. 2, 45(2)(a)
Words in Art. 18(1)(a) omitted (31.3.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/124), arts. 2, 45(2)(b)
Words in Art. 18(7) omitted (31.3.2025) by virtue of The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/124), arts. 2, 45(3)(a)
Words in Art. 18(7)(b) substituted (31.3.2025) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/124), arts. 2, 45(3)(b)
Art. 18(8) inserted (31.3.2025) by The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2025 (S.I. 2025/124), arts. 2, 45(4)