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Environment Agency (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) charging scheme 2021

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Environment Agency (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Charging Scheme 2021

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The Environment Agency (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Charging Scheme 2021 provides details on charges relating to:

  • permit and emissions monitoring plan applications
  • subsistence
  • transfer, surrender and revocation
  • allocation from new entrant reserve
  • determination
  • UK Emissions Trading Scheme Registry

It also sets out:

  • who must pay the charge
  • when payment must be made

The charges apply to England except for registry administration charges which apply to the UK.

The Carbon Offsetting and Reduction Scheme for International Aviation charges and National Registry charges relating to the UK’s participation in the Kyoto Protocol apply from 4 November 2021.

Charges under this scheme increase annually on 1 April in line with any increase in the Consumer Prices Index published by the Office for National Statistics. See Environment Agency (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Charges for 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

Published 4 November 2021
Last updated 22 February 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added Environment Agency (Greenhouse Gas Emissions) Charges for 1 April 2022 to 31 March 2023.

  2. Amended from 2021 Version 2.0 to 2022 Version 3. Under 12. Charge for allocation from new entrant reserve, added paragraph 12A Charge for increase to emissions target. Under 13, added subparagraph (b) Charge for the determination for reportable activity level in the event a verified activity level report is not submitted. Under 16B, added a subparagraph (2).

  3. First published.