These regulations reflect the expanded EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). EU ETS permit, monitoring and allowance surrender requirements are extended to further sectors.
EU ETS duties now include municipal waste incinerators, shipping companies and organisations that release fuels for combustion in the buildings, road transport, energy industry, manufacturing or construction sectors. The revised rules also reflect the EU Carbon Border Adjustment Mechanism (CBAM).
Six regulations support the application of the Historic Environment (Wales) Act 2023 from 4 November 2024. This legislation will consolidate duties concerning the historic environment in Wales. The regimes combined concern scheduled monuments, listed buildings and conservation areas.
The Environment Agency has announced that the notification deadline for action plans under phase 3 of the Energy Savings Opportunity Scheme (ESOS) has been deferred.
This deadline, which originally fell on 5 December 2024, has been delayed until 5 March 2025.
These regulations support the Water Environment (Abstractions and Associated Impoundments) Act 2022, which is now in force.
Licences are now required for activities that may abstract 2,000 cubic metres or greater in any 24-hour period. Where existing registered abstractions exceed this threshold, a licence application is required by 28 February 2025 at the latest.
