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EU Emissions Trading Scheme: report on indirect compensation payments made to industry in the UK, 2019

EU member states are required to publish the amount of compensation paid to sectors as a result of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).

• From: Department for Energy Security and Net Zero and Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
• Published: 23 July 2020

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Reporting of indirect cost compensation payments made to industry in the UK in 2019

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Article 10a(6) of the revised EU ETS Directive, which took effect on 8 April 2018, requires member states to publish annually the amount of compensation paid to sectors exposed to:

genuine risk of carbon leakage due to significant indirect costs that are actually incurred from greenhouse gas emission costs passed on in electricity prices.

Related links:

• Report on indirect compensation payments made to industry in the UK, 2018
• EU emissions trading system and carbon price support: companies awarded compensation

Published 23 July 2020