Environment

#2026/278Sera Gazı Emisyonları Ticareti Şeması (Değişiklik) Emri 2026

🇬🇧United Kingdom··Statutory Instrument·Medium Impact·View source ↗

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🇬🇧 English

The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Amendment) Order 2026 updates the UK's emissions trading system, which requires certain industrial operators to monitor and report their greenhouse gas emissions. These operators must buy or receive allowances that permit them to emit a certain amount of greenhouse gases, with some getting these allowances for free. The scheme aims to reduce overall emissions by capping the total number of allowances available.

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Key Changes

  • Clarification of the allocation periods for allowances
  • Introduction of a standalone scheme year in 2026
  • Details on the auction process for selling allowances

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Obligations

What this law requires

high

Operators of certain industrial installations must monitor their greenhouse gas emissions each scheme year

Operators of industrial installations within scope of UK ETS
operational
high

Operators must submit verified reports on their greenhouse gas emissions each scheme year

Operators of industrial installations within scope of UK ETS
reporting
high

Operators must surrender allowances equivalent to their greenhouse gas emissions each scheme year

Operators of industrial installations within scope of UK ETS
operational
medium

Operators must hold allowances in accounts in the UK ETS registry

Operators of industrial installations within scope of UK ETS
operational
medium

Some operators of installations must receive and manage their allocation of free allowances for each scheme year

Eligible operators of industrial installations receiving free allocation
operational

Affected Parties

Industrial operatorsEnvironmental regulators+1 more…

Tags

emissions,trading scheme,greenhouse gases