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26/03/2012
Procedure for release of verified data and compliance data on emissions from EU ETS installations for the year 2011
The European Commission will release verified EU ETS emissions data and compliance information for 2011 starting on 2 April 2012. The procedure will be as follows:
- On 2 April 2012 at 12:00 Central European Summer Time (CEST), the Commission will grant unlimited access to installation-level 2011 verified emissions data on the CITL Web site at http://ec.europa.eu/environment/ets/. The data will also be published in an Excel spreadsheet format on the website of DG CLIMA at http://ec.europa.eu/clima/documentation/ets/registries_en.htm. Access to installation-level data will be granted irrespectively of the amount of data available and no aggregate data or interpretation will be made available.
- On 2 May at 12:00 CEST, the Commission will grant unlimited access on the CITL Web site to the quantity of units surrendered for 2011 per unit type - EU Allowances (EUAs), Certified Emission Reductions (CERs) and Emission Reduction Units (ERUs).
- On 15 May at 12:00 CEST, on the CITL Web site the Commission will grant unlimited access to the installation-level compliance status figure indicating whether an installation surrendered the required amount of allowances and/or credits. The compliance information data will also be published in an Excel spreadsheet format on the website of DG CLIMA.
30/01/2012
Partial activation of the Union Registry for airlines
The European Commission has partially activated the Union registry for aircraft operators. From 30 January onwards, aircraft operators' accounts will be able to be opened in the Union registry.
The full activation of the Union registry, including the transfer of existing accounts for stationary installations from national registries, will not take place before June 2012.
Prior to the full activation of the Union registry, existing national registries remain operational, in particular for allocation and for the completion of compliance activities for stationary installations.
30/11/2011
Preparations for transition to the single registry
Following consultations with Member States the Commission has decided to activate the single registry in two steps. In a first step and as of 30 January 2012 the single registry will be partially activated in order to allow airlines to open registry accounts and receive free allowances by end February 2012. The full activation of the single registry, including the transfer of existing accounts from national registries, will not take place before June 2012.
While substantial progress has been made in preparing for the transition, the Commission and Member States have agreed that more time is needed to finalise preparations and to avoid any risk of interrupting the annually recurring compliance cycle.
This cycle consists of the allocation of free allowances for 2012 to operators in February 2012, the reporting of verified 2011 emissions by operators in March 2012 and the surrender of allowances by operators in April 2012 as well as final compliance checks in May 2012.
Prior to the full activation of the single registry existing national registries will remain operational.
21/10/2011
EU Emissions Trading System – Preparations for transition to the Union registry
Further to the announcement of 16 September, the Commission met with Member States on 20-21 October to advance preparations for the transition to the single registry of the EU Emissions Trading System.The Commission aims to release the exact timetable for the transition on its website in due time and no later than end of November.
Preparations have progressed through further software testing; comprehensive trial runs of the migration of account details; and the development of training modules and documentation for national registry authorities and account holders.
During the transition period, account holders will not be able to access registry accounts - including allowances held in these accounts - for a period of up to two weeks and thereafter will have to comply with increased security features to access accounts in the single registry.
21/10/2011
The notification below has been received from the UNFCCC.
From November 4 to November 10, 2011, the international transaction log (ITL) will be unavailable due to scheduled infrastructure maintenance.
The ITL is expected to be available again from Friday November 11.
However, if any additional work would be required to complete the above mentioned maintenance, it will be performed from Friday November 11 to Sunday November 13.
The notification can be found at http://unfccc.int/kyoto_protocol/registry_systems/items/2723.php
The implication is that no ETS transfers will be processed during this period.
16/09/2011
EU Emissions Trading System – Preparations for transition to the Union registry
Preparations for the transition to the single registry of the EU Emissions Trading System have reached their final stages. Software testing is in progress and trial runs of essential aspects of the migration to the Union registry have started.
The Commission is working closely with the Member States and is committed to a smooth transition for registry account holders.
More information and the exact timetable, including the starting date for the suspension of access to registry accounts, will be communicated on this website during the second half of October.
02/06/2011
The notification below has been received from the UNFCCC. The implication is that no ETS transfers will be processed between 15:00 CEST on Friday 10th June and 09:00 CEST on Sunday, 12th June 2011.
- On Friday 10th June 2011, the ITL-PROD, ITL-REG and ITL-DEV environments will all be taken offline to perform Disaster Recovery testing of the ITL and will remain offline until Sunday 12th June. The Production Environment will be taken offline at 13:00 UTC on Friday 10th June to enable preparatory tasks to be carried out and to resolve any outstanding issues with Registries whilst they are still in the office.
The bulk of the DR testing will take place on Saturday 11th June.
Environment: ITL-PROD
Service Outage: 13:00 UTC 10th June – 07:00 UTC 12th June
14/05/2009
The downloading of the CITL is now working
TIP: You should download with the .xml option. SAVE the exported data but do NOT open it. OPEN EXCEL and then the downloaded file.
29/08/2008
Emissions Trading: Commission to connect EU with UN carbon credit registry before December
The European Commission, Member States and the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) Secretariat have successfully completed all the testing required for connecting to the UN's international carbon credit registry. The EU's Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) and Member State registries will be connected to the UN's International Transaction Log (ITL) before December 2008 at the latest. The link will mean carbon credits issued under the Clean Development Mechanism can be transferred to the registries of EU Member States.
To read the whole press release go to:
http://europa.eu/rapid/pressReleasesAction.do?reference=IP/08/1246&format=HTML&aged=0&language=EN&guiLanguage=en
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