For allocation of allowances for greenhouse gas emissions trading for participation of bulgaria in the european greenhouse gas emission

5.2 Internal Market Policy (Article 43 of the Treaty))

5.2.1. How are new entrants to participate in the Scheme?

Pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC:

“NEW ENTRANT”³ is any installation carrying out one or more of the activities, indicated in art. 131 of Environmental Protection Act (EPA), which has obtained a greenhouse gas emission permit or an update of its GHG emission permit after 01.01.2009 due to a change in the installation’s character⁴ (nature) or functioning⁵ , or due to enlargement of the installation because of a change in the nature of functioning or an extension of the installation, subsequent to the notification of the Commission for the national allocation plan.

Within the meaning of the definition, and within the conditions of development of this plan and the functioning of the Scheme in Bulgaria, a new entrant is:

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  An installation which receives GHG emissions permit for the first time after 01.01.2009;
  
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  An operating installation, participant in the EU ETS, which obtains updated GHG emissions permit, due to a change in the installation’s character (nature) or functioning, or due to an expansion of the installation. In this case the expansion of the installation must result in increase of the total capacity of this installation with more than 10 %, and the change in the installation’s character (nature) or functioning must result in increase of the total emissions of the installation with more than 10 % after 01.01.2009. If an installation obtains updated GHG emissions permit, but the change in the installation’s character (nature) or functioning doesn’t result in increase of its emissions with more than 10 %, nor the expansion of the installation results in increase of the total capacity with more than 10 %, than this installation is not new entrant.
  

An installation is not considered as “New entrant” if it obtains updated GHG emissions permit when the reason is a change in the legal acts, regulating the GHG emission trading scheme.

The rules for allocation of allowances for new entrants are listed in Section New entrants’ reserve of Chapter 5, Section 5.2.2

The allocation of allowances for 2009 – 2012 to new entrants, that started operation after 01.01.2009, and before 30.09.2009 has been done in this plan according to the rules for allocation to new entrants.