Emission Certificates Act 2011
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Emission Certificates Act 2011 |
| Long title: | Federal law on a system for trading in greenhouse gas emission certificates |
| Abbreviation: | EZG 2011 |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Austria |
| Legal matter: | Environmental law |
| Reference: | BGBl. I No. 118/2011 |
| Date of law: | December 12, 2011 |
| Last change: | BGBl. I No. 107/2015 |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version ! | |
The Emission Certificates Act 2011 (EZG 2011) forms the legal basis in Austria for trading with allowances for the emission of greenhouse gases ( emission trading ) in a community-wide emissions trading system. It creates the legal prerequisite for compliance with the commitments for the Member States to reduce greenhouse gases agreed in the 1997 Kyoto Protocol . It was published in its first version on April 30, 2004 in the Federal Law Gazette for the Republic of Austria ( BGBl. I No. 46/2004 ).
The law was changed for the first time on December 9, 2004 ( Federal Law Gazette I No. 135/2004 ). Nevertheless, the Austrian Constitutional Court repealed provisions of the Emission Certificates Act in October 2006 as unconstitutional ( Federal Law Gazette I No. 159/2006 ) The repeal only came into force after December 31, 2007 and is therefore only valid for the second trading period from 2008 to 2012.
The law was amended again on December 28, 2006 ( Federal Law Gazette I No. 171/2006 ).
On December 12, 2011, the law was reissued as the 2011 Emissions Certificate Act, repealing the version that had been in effect until then.
literature
- Energy institute at the Johannes Kepler University Linz (ed.): Legal problems of the emission certificate law. ProLibris.at, Engerwitzdorf 2006, ISBN 3-902460-27-X ( Series Environmental Law 3).
- Mario Mayerthaler (Ed.): EZG. Emissions Certificate Act. Comment. NWV - Neuer Wissenschaftlicher Verlag, Vienna et al. 2006, ISBN 3-7083-0299-0 (also: Graz, Univ., Diss., 2004).
See also
- Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Act (Germany)
