S.L. 643.5 ст. 13Reporting of verified annual emissions. 16 [S.L. 17

(1) A regulated entity shall report annual emissions, monitored in accordance with regulation 12, for each monitoring year in accordance with:

(a) the principles set out in Schedule 3; and

(b) relevant decisions and regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC; and

(c) any other requirements made by the Authority in respect of reporting of emissions of greenhouse gases from activities listed in Schedule 1. TRADING SYSTEM FOR BUILDINGS, ROAD TRANSPORT 643.05 AND ADDITIONAL SECTORS

(2) The regulated entity shall submit to the Authority an annual report on the emissions from the activity listed in Schedule 1 for a monitoring year by not later than 30th April of the subsequent year.

(3) The report submitted by a regulated entity pursuant to sub-regulation (2) shall be verified by a verifier in accordance with:

(a) the principles set out in Schedule 4; and

(b) relevant decisions and regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC; and

(c) any other requirements made by the Authority in respect of verification of annual emission reports for emissions from the activity listed in Schedule 1.

(4) A verification report shall be submitted by the regulated entity to the Authority with an annual emissions report submitted. The regulated entity shall also enter the quantity of emissions reported in the verified annual emissions report for a monitoring year into the Union Registry, by 30th April of the subsequent year.

(5) Where a regulated entity fails to submit an annual emissions report for a monitoring year that has been verified as satisfactory by the 30th April of the subsequent year, the national registry administrator shall not allow the transfer of allowances or any other accounting units out of the regulated entity holding account until a report from the regulated entity in respect of that installation has been verified as satisfactory:

Provided that the national registry administrator shall not prevent the surrender or cancellation of allowances in accordance with regulation 17.

(6) The regulated entity for which an annual emissions report is to be verified shall notify the Authority and the National Accreditation Board – Malta of the planned date and place of the verification and the identity of the verifier who shall perform the verification, by not later than thirty (30) days prior to the date when the verification is to be performed.

(7) A regulated entity holding a permit in accordance with regulation 4 on 1st January 2025 shall report its historical emissions for the year 2024 by 30th April 2025. The emissions shall be reported in accordance with the requirements set out in this regulation.

(8) Where the annual emissions of a regulated entity, corresponding to the quantities of fuels released for consumption by the regulated entity are less than one thousand (1,000) tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent, the Authority may allow the use of simplified reporting or verification measures in accordance with decisions and regulations adopted by the Commission pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC.