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31 March 2024
Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024

Synopsis

Amendments by this order will delay a range of UK ETS deadlines by a year.

The window for UK ETS installations to apply for free allocations in the 2026-2030 period is deferred to the period between 1 April to 30 June 2025. This delayed window will also apply for applicants to the hospital or small emitters scheme or ultra-small emitters scheme for 2026-2030.

Summary

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2024 will amend the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 and the assimilated Free Allocation Regulation (EU) 2019/331 on 31 March 2024.

This legislation applies across the UK.

What will change?

A range of deadlines under the legislation will be extended by a year.

UK ETS installations

The window for UK ETS installations to apply for free allocations in the 2026-2030 period is deferred to the period between 1 April to 30 June 2025.

As a result of these changes, the allocation table for UK ETS installations in 2026-2030 will now need to be published by 28 February 2026.

Sites subject to the hospitals or small emitters scheme and ultra-small emitters scheme

The window for applicants to the hospital or small emitters scheme or ultra-small emitters scheme for 2026-2030 is also deferred to 1 April to 30 June 2025. This will also apply to the provision of information for this period of the scheme.

The lists of sites under the hospitals/small emitters scheme and ultra-small emitters scheme will now be published by 17 October 2025.

Background

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020 applies a UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS), which began operation on 1 January 2021. This superseded the EU ETS.

 

 

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