The Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme (Withdrawal Agreement) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

These Regulations implement Article 96(2) of the agreement between the United Kingdom and the EU under Article 50(2) of the Treaty on European Union (which sets out the arrangements for the United Kingdom’s withdrawal from the EU) (“the withdrawal agreement”), and Article 9 of the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the withdrawal agreement (“the Protocol”). They relate to the EU greenhouse gas emissions trading system established pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC (listed in Annex 4 to the Protocol) implemented in the UK by the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations 2012 (“the 2012 Regulations”).