QUESTIONNAIRE ON THE IMPLEMENTATION OF DIRECTIVE 2003/87/EC
1. Details of institution submitting the report
Name and department of organisation:
Name of contact person:
Job title of contact person:
Address:
International telephone number:
E-mail:
2. Responsible authorities in the emissions trading scheme (eu ets) and coordination between authorities
Contact details (1)
(1) Please provide the telephone number, e-mail address and website address.
Questions in this section are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
2.1. In the table below, please state the name, abbreviation and contact details of the competent authorities involved in the implementation of EU ETS for installations and aviation in your Member State. Add further rows if necessary.
Name
Abbreviation
In the table below, please state the name, abbreviation and contact details of the national accreditation body appointed pursuant to Article 4(1) of Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (2).
(2) OJ L 218, 13.8.2008, p. 30.
Have you set up a national certification authority to certify verifiers pursuant to Article 54(2) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 600/2012 (3)? Yes/No
(3) OJ L 181, 12.7.2012, p. 1.
If yes, please state the name, abbreviation and contact details of the national certification authority using the table below.
In the table below, please state the name, abbreviation and contact details of the registry administrator in your Member State.
2.2. In the table below, please indicate which competent authority is responsible for the following tasks, using their abbreviation. Add further rows if necessary.
Please note that if a box in the table below is grey, the task is not relevant for either installations or aviation.
Competent authority in charge of:
Installations
Aviation
(4) This box needs only to be completed if the Member State has included activities or gases under Article 24 of Directive 2003/87/EC.
(5) This box needs only to be completed if the Member State has excluded installations under Article 27 of Directive 2003/87/EC.
2.3. If more than one competent authority is designated in your Member State pursuant to Article 18 of Directive 2003/87/EC, which competent authority is your focal point referred to in Article 69(2) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012? Please answer using the abbreviation concerned in the table below.
Name of the competent authority that is the focal point referred to in Article 69(2) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012
Abbreviation
If more than one competent authority is designated in your Member State to carry out the activities in Regulation (EU) No 601/2012, what measures have been taken to coordinate the work of those competent authorities in accordance with Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Please answer using the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
Coordination of activities with respect to Article 10 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012
Comments (optional)
2.4. What effective exchange of information and cooperation has been established in accordance with Article 69(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012 between the national accreditation body or, if relevant, the national certification authority and the competent authority within your Member State? Please answer using the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
Coordination of activities with respect to Article 69(1) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012
3. Coverage of activities, installations and aircraft operators
The second sub-question of question 3.1 and the second and third sub-questions of question 3.2 in this section are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
3.A. Installations
3.1. How many installations carry out activities and emit greenhouse gas emissions listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC? How many of those installations are category A, B and C installations as referred to in Article 19(2) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? How many are installations with low emissions as referred to in Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Please answer using the table below.
Installations
Number
For which Annex I activities has your Member State issued permits under Directive 2003/87/EC? Please answer using the table below.
This part of question 3.1 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
Annex I activity
Yes/No
3.2. Have you excluded installations under Article 27 of Directive 2003/87/EC? Yes/No
If yes, please complete the table and the questions below.
Main Annex I activity
Total emissions of installations excluded under Article 27 of Directive 2003/87/EC
Number of installations that have exceeded the threshold of 25 000 tonnes of CO2(e) and need to re-enter the emissions trading scheme
What verification measures have been implemented pursuant to Article 27 of Directive 2003/87/EC? Please specify below.
This part of question 3.2 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
Have any simplified monitoring, reporting and verification requirements been established for installations whose annual verified emissions between 2008 and 2010 are below 5 000 tonnes of CO2(e) a year? Yes/No
If yes, please indicate below what simplified requirements apply.
This part of question 3.2 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
3.B. Aircraft operators
3.3. How many aircraft operators are carrying out activities listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC for which you are responsible as administering Member State and have submitted a monitoring plan? How many of those aircraft operators are commercial aircraft operators and non-commercial aircraft operators? How many of the total number of aircraft operators are small emitters as referred to in Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Please specify using the table below.
Type of aircraft operators
Number
Are you aware of any additional aircraft operators for which you are responsible as administering Member State that should have submitted a monitoring plan and complied with other requirements under Directive 2003/87/EC? Yes/No
If yes, please specify the number of aircraft operators in the table below.
Total number of additional aircraft operators that should have complied with the EU ETS requirements
If you would like to raise issues related to the number of these additional aircraft operators, please specify below.
4. The issue of permits for installations
Question 4.1 and the first part of question 4.2 are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
4.1. Have the requirements specified in Articles 5, 6 and 7 of Directive 2003/87/EC been integrated into the procedures as required by Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (6)? Yes/No
(6) OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17.
If yes, please specify in the table below how the integration was carried out. Add further rows if necessary.
Integration of the greenhouse gas emission permit (ETS permit) and the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) permit
Yes/No
If no, please specify in the table below how the coordination of conditions and procedures for the issue of the ETS permit and the IED permit are carried out. Add further rows if necessary.
Coordination of conditions and procedures for the issue of the ETS permit and the IED permit
Yes/No
Comments (optional)
4.2. When does national law require the permit to be updated in accordance with Article 6 and 7 of Directive 2003/87/EC? Please provide details of the provisions in national law in the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
This part of question 4.2 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
Category of changes
Details of provisions in national law
What is the total number of permit updates that occurred in the reporting period? Please specify in the table below the number of permit updates as far as this is known to the competent authority.
Total number of permits updated in the reporting period
5. Application of the monitoring and reporting regulation
5.A. General
Question 5.1, 5.2, 5.3 and 5.4 are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
Question 5.1 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.1. Has additional national legislation been implemented to assist in the application of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If yes, please specify below for which areas additional national legislation has been implemented.
Has additional national guidance been developed to support the understanding of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If yes, please specify below for which areas additional national guidance has been developed.
Question 5.2 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.2. What measures have been taken to complement the reporting requirements of other existing reporting mechanisms such as greenhouse gas inventory reporting and EPRTR reporting? Please specify below.
Question 5.3 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.3. Have you developed Member State customised electronic templates or specific file formats for monitoring plans, emissions reports, verification reports and/or improvement reports? Yes/No
If yes, please complete the tables below.
Member State specific template or file format (7)
What elements of the template or specific file format are Member State specific (8)?
(7) Please select Member State specific template or Member State specific file format.
(8) Compared to the requirements of the Commission published template and specific file formats.
What measures have you implemented to comply with the requirements in Article 74(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Please specify below.
Question 5.4 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.4. Have you developed an automated system for electronic data exchange between operators or aircraft operators and the competent authority and other parties? Yes/No
If yes, please specify below what provisions you have implemented to comply with the requirements in Article 75(1) and (2) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012.
5.B. Installations
Questions 5.7, 5.9, the second sub-question of 5.17 and the questions 5.19 and 5.20 are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.5. In the table below, please complete, for the fuels listed, the total fuel consumption and total annual emissions based on data reported in the operator’s emissions reports for the reporting year.
Fuel type description
Total fuel consumption (TJ)
Total annual emissions (t CO2)
(11) Please note that this question does not cover biomass (including non-sustainable biofuels and bioliquids). Information concerning biomass, biofuels and bioliquids is covered by question 5.17.
5.6. In the table below, please complete the aggregate total emissions for each reported IPCC Common Reporting Format (CRF) category based on the data provided in the operator’s emissions reports in accordance with Article 73 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012.
CRF Category 1 (Energy)
CRF Category 2 (Process emissions)
Total emissions (t CO2(e))
Total combustion emissions (t CO2(e))
Total process emissions (t CO2(e))
Question 5.7 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.7. In the table below, please indicate:
the number of installations for which the competent authority has approved literature values referred to in Article 31(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012;
the value, fuel type and calculation factor concerned as well as the source and justification for these literature values;
the number of installations for which the competent authority has approved Type I default values, i.e. values referred to in Article 31(1)(d) and (e) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012;
the value, fuel type or material type and calculation factor concerned as well as the source and justification for these Type I default values.
Type of value (12)
Fuel or material type
Calculation factor (13)
Value used in practice
Source of the value and its justification
Number of installations for which the competent authority has approved the value
(12) Please select under the type of value: the literature value agreed with the competent authority or Type I default value. Literature values referred to in Article 31(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 are related to calculation factors concerning fuel types.
(13) Please select under calculation factor: net calorific value, emission factor, oxidation factor, conversion factor, carbon content or biomass fraction.
How many of the Type I default values are values listed in Annex VI to Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 as referred to in Article 31(1)(a) of that Regulation?
5.8. Have sampling plans been drawn up in all cases required under Article 33 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If no, please indicate below the cases and reasons for not drawing up a sampling plan.
Are you aware of any particular problems or issues concerning sampling plans set-up by operators? Yes/No
If yes, please specify below problems or issues that have arisen.
Question 5.9 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.9. In the table below, please indicate the number of installations for which the competent authority has allowed a different frequency in accordance with Article 35(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 as well as confirmation that the sampling plan in those cases is fully documented and adhered to.
Name of fuel or material
Number of installations for which the competent authority has allowed a different frequency
Number of major source streams for which a different frequency is applied
Confirmation that the sampling plan is fully documented and adhered to Yes/No. If no, please specify the reason
5.10. If the highest tier approaches for major source streams of category C installations referred to in Article 19(2)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 are not applied, please indicate in the table below, for each installation for which this situation occurred, the affected source streams, the affected monitoring parameter, the highest tier required under Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 and the tier applied.
Installation identification code (14)
Affected source stream in the calculation based methodology
Affected emission source in the measurement based methodology
Affected monitoring parameter (15)
Highest tier required under Regulation (EU) No 601/2012
Tier applied in practice
(14) Installation identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013.
(15) Please select under affected monitoring parameter: quantity of fuel, quantity of material, net calorific value, emission factor, preliminary emission factor, oxidation factor, conversion factor, carbon content, biomass fraction, or in the case of a measurement based methodology: the annual average hourly emissions in kg/h from the emission source.
5.11. In the table below, please indicate the number of category B installations referred to in Article 19(2)(b) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 that do not apply the highest tier for all major source streams and all major emission sources (16) in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012.
Monitoring methodology (17)
Main Annex I activity
Number of installations affected
(16) Emission sources which emit more than 5 000 tonnes of CO2(e) per year or which contribute more than 10 % of the total annual emissions of the installation, whichever is higher in terms of absolute emissions.
(17) Please select: calculation based methodology or measurement based methodology.
5.12. Have installations in your Member State applied the fall-back approach in accordance with Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If yes, please complete the table below.
Installation identification code (18)
Reason for applying the fall-back approach (19)
Parameter, for which not at least tier 1 was reached (20)
Estimated emissions affected by this parameter
(18) Installation identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013.
(19) Please select:
a) applying tier 1 is technically infeasible or leads to unreasonable costs for one major source stream;
b) applying tier 1 is technically infeasible or leads to unreasonable costs for one minor source stream;
c) applying tier 1 is technically infeasible or leads to unreasonable costs for more than one major or minor source stream; or
d) applying tier 1 in the measurement based methodology is technically infeasible or leads to unreasonable costs as referred to in Article 22 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012.
(20) Please select: quantity of fuel, quantity of material, net calorific value, emission factor, preliminary emission factor, oxidation factor, conversion factor, carbon content, biomass fraction or, in the case of a measurement based methodology, the annual average hourly emissions in kg/h from the emission source.
5.13. Please indicate in the table below the number of category A, B and C installations that were required to submit and actually submitted an improvement report in accordance with Article 69 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012. The information in the table below relates to the previous reporting period.
Installation category
Main Annex I activity
Type of improvement report (21)
Number of installations required to submit an improvement report
Number of installations that submitted an improvement report in practice
(21) Please select: improvement report according to Article 69(1), improvement report according to Article 69(3) or improvement report according to Article 69(4).
5.14. Has inherent CO2 in accordance with Article 48 or CO2 in accordance with Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 been transferred in your Member State? Yes/No
If yes, please complete the table below.
Installation identification code (22) of the installation transferring the inherent CO2 or CO2 under Article 49
Type of transfer (23)
Installation identification code (24)
Amount of CO2 transferred (25)
Emissions of inherent CO2 received (t CO2)
Type of receiving installation in the case of transfer of CO2 (Article 49) (26)
Permit number for the storage site (permit under Directive 2009/31/EC)
(22) Installation identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013.
(24) Please provide either the installation identification code of the installation receiving the inherent CO2 or the installation identification code of the installations receiving CO2 pursuant to Article 49.
(25) Please provide the amount of inherent CO2 or CO2 transferred pursuant to Article 49.
(23) Please select: transfer of inherent CO2 (Article 48) or transfer of CO2 (Article 49).
(26) Please select:
capture of greenhouse gases from an installation covered by Directive 2003/87/EC for the purpose of transport and geological storage in a storage site permitted under Directive 2009/31/EC;
transport of greenhouse gases by pipelines for geological storage in a storage site permitted under Directive 2009/31/EC; or
geological storage of greenhouse gases in a storage site permitted under Directive 2009/31/EC.
5.15. Are there innovative technologies foreseen, other than those allowed under Article 49 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012, that could be applied for permanent storage and for which you would like to bring to the attention of the Commission because of its relevance for future amendments to Regulation (EU) No 601/2012?
5.16. Did any installations in your Member State apply continuous emissions measurement in accordance with Article 40 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If yes, please indicate in the table below, the total emissions of each installation, the emissions covered by continuous emission measurement, and whether the measured gas contains biomass CO2.
Installation identification code (27) of installations emitting CO2
Installation identification code (28) of installations emitting N2O
Total annual emissions (t CO2(e))
Emissions covered by continuous measurement (t CO2(e))
Does the measured flue gas contain biomass? Yes/No
(27) Installation identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013.
(28) Please select: transfer of inherent CO2 (Article 48) or transfer of CO2 (Article 49).
5.17. In the table below, please indicate for each main activity listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC:
the number of category A, B and C installations using biomass;
the total emissions from biomass which are considered zero rated, i.e. where no sustainability criteria apply or where the sustainability criteria are complied with;
the total emissions from biomass which are not considered zero rated, i.e. where sustainability criteria apply but the sustainability criteria are not complied with;
the energy content of the biomass which is considered zero rated; and
the energy content of the biomass which is not considered zero rated.
Main Annex I activity
Installation category
the number of category A, B and C installations using biomass;
Emissions from biomass to which sustainability criteria are applied and satisfied and emissions from biomass to which no sustainability criteria apply (t CO2(e))
Emissions from biomass to which the sustainability criteria apply but were not satisfied (t CO2(e))
Energy content of zero rated biomass (TJ)
Energy content of non-zero rated biomass (TJ)
This part of question 5.17 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
Which of the methods to demonstrate compliance with sustainability criteria are in general applied in your Member State? Please describe below the main elements if national systems are used to demonstrate this compliance.
5.18. What was for each waste type the total quantity of fossil CO2 emissions from waste used as fuel or input material, as reported by operators in their verified emissions report? Please answer by using the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
Waste type
Emissions (t CO2)
Question 5.19 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.19. Has your Member State allowed use of any simplified monitoring plans in accordance with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If yes, please specify in the table below what sort of risk assessment was carried out and on which principles it was configured.
Type of risk assessment (29)
General principles of the risk assessment
(29) Please select: risk assessment carried out by the competent authority or risk assessment carried out by the operator.
Question 5.20 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.20. Have innovative ways been used to simplify compliance for installations with low emissions referred to in Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If yes, please specify per item in the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
Innovative ways used to simplify compliance
5.C. Aircraft operators
Questions 5.26 and 5.27 are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.21. How many aircraft operators are using Method A or B to determine the fuel consumption? Please answer using the table below.
Method to determine the fuel consumption
Number of aircraft operators
Share (in %) of small emitters (of the total number of aircraft operators in the second column) determining fuel consumption
5.22. In the table below, please specify the aggregate total emissions of all flights and domestic flights carried out in the reporting period by aircraft operators for which you are the administering Member State.
Total emissions of flights carried out by aircraft operators for which you are the administering Member State (t CO2)
Total emissions of domestic flights carried out by aircraft operators for which you are the administering Member State (t CO2)
5.23. In the table below, please indicate:
the number of aircraft operators using biofuels;
the total emissions from biofuels which are considered zero rated, i.e. where the sustainability criteria are complied with;
the total emissions from biofuels which are not considered zero rated, i.e. where sustainability criteria apply but the sustainability criteria are not complied with;
the energy content of the biofuels which is considered zero rated; and
the energy content of the biofuels which is not considered zero rated.
Number of aircraft operators using biofuels
Emissions from biofuels to which sustainability criteria are applied and satisfied (t CO2)
Emissions from biofuels to which the sustainability criteria apply but were not satisfied (t CO2)
Energy content of zero rated biofuels (TJ)
Energy content of non-zero rated biofuels (TJ)
5.24. In the table below, please indicate:
the number of small emitters using the small emitters tool (SET) to determine the fuel consumption;
the number of small emitters whose emission report is based on the SET and generated from the EU ETS support facility independently from any input of the aircraft operator;
the number of aircraft operators using an alternative method to determine the emissions of missing flights; and
the number of aircraft operators using the small emitters tool to determine the emissions of missing flights in accordance with Article 65(2) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012.
5.25. In the table below, please indicate the number of aircraft operators that were required to submit and actually submitted an improvement report in accordance with Article 69 of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012. The information requested in the table below relates to the previous reporting period.
Number of aircraft operators required to submit an improvement report
Number of aircraft operators that submitted an improvement report in practice
Question 5.26 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.26. Has your Member State allowed use of any simplified monitoring plans in accordance with Article 13(2) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No.
If yes, please specify in the table below what type of risk assessment was carried out and on which principles it was configured.
Type of risk assessment (30)
General principles of risk assessment
(30) Please select: risk assessment carried out by the competent authority or risk assessment carried out by the aircraft operator.
Question 5.27 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
5.27. Have innovative ways been used to simplify compliance for small emitters as referred to in Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If yes, please specify per item in the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
Innovative ways used to simplify compliance
6. Arrangements for verification
6.A. General
6.1. Please indicate in the table below the number of verifiers accredited for a particular scope of accreditation referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 600/2012. If Member States have allowed certification of natural person verifiers pursuant to Article 54(2) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012, please indicate also the number of natural person verifiers certified for a particular scope of certification referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 600/2012.
Scope of accreditation or certification listed in Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 600/2012
Number of verifiers accredited in your Member State
Number of verifiers certified in your Member State
6.2. In the table below, please provide information on the application of the requirements on information exchange specified in Chapter VI of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012
Information on the application of information exchange requirements specified in Chapter VI of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012
For installations
For aviation
Suspension
Withdrawal of accreditation
Reduction of scope
Number of complaints made
Number of complaints resolved
Number of non-conformities
Number of non-conformities resolved
6.B. Installations
6.3. For which installations did the competent authority make a conservative estimation of emissions in accordance with Article 70(1) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Please answer using the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
Installation identification code (31)
Total annual emissions of the installation (t CO2(e))
Reason for making a conservative estimation (32)
Share (in %) of emissions of the installation conservatively estimated
Method used to conservatively estimate the emissions
Further action taken or proposed (33)
(31) Installation identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013.
(33) Please indicate which of the following actions have been carried out or are being proposed: reminder or formal warning on imposing sanctions sent to operators, blocking of the operator holding account, imposition of fines, or other (please specify). A combination of actions is possible.
(32) Please specify: no emissions report submitted by 31 March, no positive verification because of material misstatements, no positive verification because of limitation of scope (Article 27(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012, no positive verification because of Article 27(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012, emissions report rejected because it was not in line with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012, or emissions report not verified in line with Regulation (EU) No 600/2012.
6.4. Did any verification report include non-material misstatements, non-conformities that did not lead to a negative verification opinion statement, non-compliance with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 or recommendations for improvement? Yes/No
If yes, please provide information in the table below:
Main Annex I activity
Type of issue found (34)
Number of installations
Main reasons for the issue(s) found (in general) (35)
Share (in %) of verified emissions reports that have led to conservative estimation of the emissions by the competent authority
(35) Only high level information on main reasons should be completed. A specification of each individual misstatement, non-conformity, non-compliance or recommendation is not necessary.
(34) Please specify: non-material misstatements, non-conformities not leading to a negative verification opinion statement, non-compliance with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012, recommendations for improvement.
6.5. Did the competent authority carry out any checks on verified emissions reports? Yes/No
If yes, please specify what checks were carried out using the table below:
Checks on the verified verification reports
(36) Please select: risk based assessment, % of installations, all category C installations, random selection, or other (if other please specify).
6.6. Have site visits been waived for installations emitting more than 25 000 tonnes CO2(e) per year? Yes/No
If yes, please indicate in the table below the number of installations for which a site visit was waived under a particular condition. Add further rows if necessary.
Condition for waiving site visit (37)
Main Annex I activity
Number of installations
(37) Please select the condition(s) as mentioned in the Commission Key guidance note II.5 Site visits concerning installations, section 3: Condition I, Condition II, Condition III or Condition IV.
Were site visits waived for installations with low emissions referred to in Article 47(2) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If yes, please indicate in the table below the number of installations for which a site visit was waived.
Total number of site visits waived for installations with low emissions
6.C. Aircraft operators
6.7. For which aircraft operators did the competent authority make a conservative estimation of emissions in accordance with Article 70(1) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Please answer using the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
Aircraft operator identification code (38)
Total annual emissions of the aircraft operator (t CO2(e))
Reason for making a conservative estimation (39)
Share (in %) of emissions of the aircraft operator conservatively estimated
Method used to conservatively estimate the emissions
Further action taken or proposed (40)
(38) Aircraft operator identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013.
(40) Please indicate which of the following actions have been carried out or are being proposed: reminder or formal warning on imposing sanctions sent to aircraft operators, blocking of the aircraft operator holding account, imposition of fines, or other (please specify). A combination of actions is possible.
(39) Please select: no emissions report submitted by 31 March, no positive verification because of material misstatements, no positive verification because of limitation of scope (Article 27(1)(c) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012, no positive verification because of Article 27(1)(d) of Regulation (EU) No 600/2012, emissions report rejected because it was not in line with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012, emissions report not verified in line with Regulation (EU) No 600/2012.
6.8. Did any verification report include non-material misstatements, non-conformities that did not lead to a negative verification opinion statement, non-compliance with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 or recommendations for improvement? Yes/No
If yes, please provide information in the tables below for emissions and tonne-kilometre data respectively.
Table for data related to emissions reports
Type of issue found (41)
Number of aircraft operators
Main reasons for the issue(s) found (in general) (42)
Share (in %) of verified emissions reports that have led to conservative estimation of the emissions by the competent authority
(42) Only high level information on main reasons should be completed. A specification of each individual misstatement, non-conformity, non-compliance or recommendation is not necessary.
(41) Please select: non-material misstatements, non-conformities not leading to a negative verification opinion statement, non-compliance with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 or recommendations for improvement.
Table for data related to tonne-kilometre reports
Type of issue found (43)
Number of aircraft operators
Main reasons for the issue(s) found (in general) (44)
(44) Only high level information on main reasons should be completed. A specification of each individual misstatement, non-conformity, non-compliance or recommendation is not necessary.
(43) Please select: non-material misstatements, non-conformities not leading to a negative verification opinion statement, non-compliance with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 or recommendations for improvement.
6.9. Did the competent authority carry out any checks on verified emissions reports? Yes/No
If yes, please specify what checks were carried out using the tables below for emissions and tonne-kilometre data respectively.
Table for data related to emissions reports
Checks on the verified emissions reports
(45) Please select: risk based assessment, % of aircraft operators, all large aircraft operators, random selection, or other (if other, please specify).
Table for data related to tonne-kilometre reports
Checks on the tonne-kilometre reports
(46) Please select: risk based assessment, % of aircraft operators, large aircraft operators, random selection, or other (if other please specify).
6.10. Were site visits waived for small emitters referred to in Article 54(1) of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012? Yes/No
If yes, please indicate in the table below the number of small emitters for which a site visit was waived.
Number
Total number of site visits waived for small emitters
7. Registries
7.1. Please attach a copy of your Member State specific terms and conditions required to be signed by account holders.
7.2. In all cases where an account was closed because there was no reasonable prospect of further allowances being surrendered by an installation or aircraft operator, please describe in the table below why there was no reasonable further prospect and state the amount of outstanding allowances. Add further rows if necessary.
Installation/operator identification code (47)
Operator Name
Installation name
Number of allowances outstanding
Reason for no reasonable further prospect
(47) Installation identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013.
7.3. On how many occasions during the reporting year did aircraft operators use the mandate as provided for in Article 17(3) of Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 (48)? Please specify below the number of occasions.
(48) OJ L 122, 3.5.2013, p. 1.
Number of occasions that the mandate was used during the reporting period
Which aircraft operators used a mandate during the reporting period as provided for in Article 17(3) of Regulation (EU) No 389/2013? Please provide the information by using the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
Aircraft operator identification code (49)
Aircraft operator name
(49) Aircraft operator identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013
8. Allocation
8.1. In the table below, please specify the number of changes that occurred to installations and their allocation since the start of the third trading period and during the reporting period.
During the reporting period
Since the start of third trading period
Reason for the change in the allocation
Number of changes in the reporting period
Quantity of emission allowances corresponding to all changes in the reporting period
Number of changes since the start of the third trading period
Quantity of emission allowances corresponding to all changes since the start of the third trading period
8.2. Were any planned or effective changes to the capacity, activity levels or operation of an installation, as referred to in Article 24 of Decision 2011/278/EU, not notified to the competent authority? Yes/No
If yes, please specify in the table below how many installations it concerned and how these changes were identified.
Number of installations that did not notify planned of effective changes
How the planned or effective changes were identified
8.3. Have you applied Article 10c of Directive 2003/87/EC? Yes/No
If yes, please provide in the table below the total number of emission allowances issued and the total value of investments made under Article 10c of Directive 2003/87/EC in the reporting period?
Within the reporting period
9. Use of emission reduction units (ERUs) and certified emission reduction (CERs) in the Community scheme
Question 9.1 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
9.1. What measures have been taken, prior to issuing a letter of approval for a project, to ensure that relevant international criteria and guidelines, including those contained in the year 2000 Final Report of the World Commission on Dams (WCD), will be respected during the development of hydro-electric power production projects with a generating capacity exceeding 20 MW? Please answer using the table below. Add further rows if necessary.
Measures taken to ensure that relevant international criteria and guidelines, including those contained in the Final report of the WCD, have been respected
Other, please specify:
Comments
10. Fees and charges
Questions 10.1, 10.2 and 10.3 are only to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
10.A. Installations
Questions 10.1 is only to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
10.1. Are fees charged to operators? Yes/No
If yes, please provide details in the table below regarding fees charged for the issuance and update of permits and approval and update of monitoring plans.
Reason for fee/description
Amount in euros
If yes, please provide details for the annual subsistence fees using the following table.
10.B. Aircraft operators
Questions 10.2 is only to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
10.2. Are fees charged to aircraft operators? Yes/No
If yes, please provide details in the table below regarding fees charged for the approval and update of monitoring plans.
If yes, please provide in the table below details for the annual subsistence fees..
10.C. Installations and aircraft operators
Question 10.3 is only to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
10.3. In the tables below, please specify the one-off and annual fees that are charged to operators and aircraft operators in relation to registry accounts.
Table for one-off fees
Table for annual fees
11. Issues related to compliance with the ETS Directive
11.A. Installations
Questions 11.1 and 11.2 are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
Question 11.1 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
11.1. In the table below, please specify what measures have been taken to ensure that operators complied with the permit and Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 and with Regulation (EU) No 600/2012. Add further rows if necessary.
Measures taken to ensure compliance
Yes/No
Question 11.2 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
11.2. In the table below, please state the penalties for infringements of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012, Regulation (EU) No 600/2012 and national law pursuant to Article 16(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC. Add further rows if necessary.
Type of infringement
Fines in euros
Min
Max
Imprisonment in months
Other
11.3. In the table below, please specify infringements incurred and penalties imposed during the reporting period pursuant to Article 16(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC. Add further rows if necessary.
Type of infringement should be selected from the list in question 11.2. Every imposed penalty should be reported in a separate line
Type of infringement
Actual penalties imposed
Are there ongoing proceedings related to the imposition of the penalty? Yes/No
Was the penalty executed? Yes/No
11.4. In the table below, please provide the names of operators for which excess emission penalties were imposed during the reporting period pursuant to Article 16(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Installation identification code (50)
Name of operator
(50) Installation identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013.
11.B. Aircraft operators
Questions 11.5, 11.6 and 11.9 are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period
Question 11.5 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period
11.5. In the table below, please specify what measures have been taken to ensure that aircraft operators complied with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 and with Regulation (EU) No 600/2012. Add further rows if necessary.
Measures taken
Question 11.6 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period
11.6. In the table below, please state the penalties for infringements of Regulation (EU) No 601/2012, Regulation (EU) No 600/2012 and national law pursuant to Article 16(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC. Add further rows if necessary.
Type of infringement
11.7. In the table below, please specify infringements incurred and penalties imposed during the reporting period pursuant to Article 16(1) of Directive 2003/87/EC. Add further rows if necessary.
Type of infringement should be selected from the list in question 11.6. Every imposed penalty should be reported in a separate line
Type of infringement
Actual penalties imposed
Are there ongoing proceedings related to the imposition of the penalty? Yes/No
Was the penalty executed? Yes/No
11.8. In the table below, please provide the names of aircraft operators for which excess emission penalties were imposed during the reporting period pursuant to Article 16(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC.
Aircraft operator identification code (51)
Name of aircraft operator
(51) Aircraft operator identification code recognised in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 389/2013.
Question 11.9 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period
11.9. What measures would have to be taken in your Member State before your Member State would request an operating ban from the Commission in accordance with Article 16(10) of Directive 2003/87/EC? Please specify below the types of measures.
12. The legal nature of emission allowances and fiscal treatment
Questions 12.1, 12.2, 12.3 and 12.4 are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
12.1. What is the legal nature of an emission allowance in your Member State?
12.2. What is the accounting treatment of emission allowances in the annual financial report of the companies following the Member State’s accounting norm?
12.3. Is VAT due on the issuance of emission allowances? Yes/No
Is VAT due on transaction of emission allowances on the secondary market? Yes/No
Does your Member State apply the reverse-charge mechanism on domestic transactions involving emission allowances? Yes/No
12.4. Are emission allowances taxed? Yes/No
If yes, please indicate in the table below the type of tax and tax rates that apply. Add further rows if necessary.
Type of tax
Tax rate applied
13. Fraud
Question 13.1 and 13.2 are to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014 and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
Question 13.1 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
13.1. In the table below, please specify what arrangements are in place concerning fraudulent activities related to the free allocation of allowances.
Arrangements concerning fraudulent activities
Details of arrangements and procedures in national law
Question 13.2 is to be answered in the report due by 30 June 2014, and in subsequent reports if changes have occurred during the reporting period.
13.2. In the table below, please specify what arrangements, if any, are in place so that competent authorities involved in the implementation of EU ETS are made aware of fraudulent activities.
Arrangements concerning the communication of fraudulent activities to the competent authority
Details of arrangements and procedures
13.3. In the table below, please indicate the following information on fraudulent activities as far as it is known to the competent authority involved in the implementation of EU ETS in your Member State:
the number of investigations carried out in the reporting period (including ongoing);
the number of cases brought to court in the reporting period;
the number of cases settled out of court without conviction and the number of cases leading to acquittal in the reporting period; and
the number of cases in the reporting period leading to a conviction that a fraudulent activity was committed.
Information concerning fraudulent activities
Number
Type of fraud or fraudulent activity
14. Other observations
14.1. In the table below, please provide details of any other issues that give rise to concerns in your Member State, or any other relevant information you would like to provide.
Section
Other information or issues of concern concerning
14.2. Have you addressed all one-off questions in this questionnaire and updated the responses to those questions where relevant? Yes/No
If no, please return to the question concerned.
Other, please specify:
Are there other coordination activities? If yes, please specify:
Is the integration carried out in another way? If yes, please specify:
Is the coordination carried out in another way? If yes, please specify:
Are there other types of permit updates? If yes, please provide details:
Other (as specified in S11.2)
Other (as specified in S11.6)
Telephone number
Email address
Website
Yes
No
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