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National Allocation Plan
National Allocation Plans for 2008 to 2012 with Commission Decisions

 


 

National Allocation Plan 2008-2012

 

The National Allocation Plan defines the basis on which allocations of free greenhouse gas emission allowances to individual installations covered by the Emissions Trading Scheme will be made. The draft National Allocation Plan for 2008-2012 (NAP2) was prepared by the Environmental Protection Agency and the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government. This is in accordance with Articles 9 and 10 and Annex III of the EU Emissions Trading Directive (as transposed into Irish law by the European Communities (Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading) Regulations 2004 (S. I. 437 of 2004) and amendments).

Public consultation

From 12 May to 12 June 2006 the draft National Allocation Plan was open to public consultation.  In all 32 submissions were received and these were then considered with a view to improving and finalizing NAP2 before sending it to the Commission.

Article 9 of the Directive required that the Plan, based on objective and transparent criteria including those listed in Annex III, be submitted to the Commission by 30/06/2006.

Article 10 requires that at least 90% of the allowances be issued free of charge. Annex III of the Directive lists the criteria (some mandatory, some optional) to be considered in the development of the National Allocation Plan.

Reports from Indecon/ENVIROS

The EPA had previously appointed Indecon International Economic Consultants and ENVIROS Consulting to assist it in determining the distribution of national greenhouse gas emissions to the various industrial sectors and participants involved for NAP1.

ICF Consulting - Byrne Ó Cléirigh

The Government has decided what proportion of national greenhouse gas emissions to assign to the trading sector. This issue was the subject of a separate study led by the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and completed by ICF Consulting/Byrne Ó Cléirigh (ICF/BOC).

 

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National Allocation Plans for 2008 to 2012 with Commission Decisions

                                  (all documents downloadable from this page are in pdf format)

 

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