Европейска схема

Closing down of installations

An installation, whose production capacity in a defined year falls below the capacity defined in the Directive for participation in the Scheme, is considered closed and allowances are not issued to such an installation for the next year. Not issued allowances of closed installations will be added to the RNE.

Rules for a new entrant apply if a closed installation is re-opened.

5.2.2 In the case that there will be a reserve for new entrants, how has the total quantity of allowances to set-aside been determined and on what basis will the quantity of allowances be determined for each new entrant? How does the formula to be applied to new entrants compare to the formula applied to incumbents of the relevant activity? Please also explain what will happen to any allowances remaining in the reserve at the end of the trading period. What will apply in case the demand for allowances from the reserve exceeds the available quantity of allowances?

The EU methodology on allocation of emission allowances allows the formation of reserves. The country may decide not to form a reserve and to oblige registered installations and new entrants to buy allowances from the market. In the conditions in Bulgaria, this approach would pose considerable difficulties to investors, therefore the methodology applied here envisages reserves for later allocation which shall be unified in a common reserve.

The reserves represent real emission allowances. They may be allocated and the NAP shall contain rules for taking decision on requests for use of reserve allowances.

Calculative reserves are also set aside, which are allocated in the process of development of the NAP.