Allocation Act
An Allocation Act (ZuG) is a law enacted within the framework of the EU emissions trading in Germany , which defines national targets for the emission of carbon dioxide , CO 2 , as well as rules for the allocation and issue of emission allowances to the operators of plants, which the greenhouse gas Emissions Trading Act (TEHG). The ZuG are the legal form of the German National Allocation Plans (NAP). The allocations were regulated in a separate law for each trading period (allocation period) in order to be able to react flexibly to new findings or requirements.
There were allocation laws and allocation ordinances specifying them for the first trading period, 2004–2007, (ZuG 2007 and ZuV 2007) and the second trading period, 2008–2012, (ZuG 2012 and ZuV 2012) of emissions trading. Since the third trading period, 2013–2020, there are no longer any national allocation plans, but a quantity target ( cap ) set by the European Commission and uniform allocation rules for all member states. Therefore, there has been no allocation law since the third trading period. The uniform European allocation rules that have been in force since 2013 from the Emissions Trading Directive (Directive 2003/87 / EC) and the benchmarking decision based on it (Decision 2011/278 / EU) are now only specified in Germany by allocation regulations .
ZuG 2007
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on the national allocation plan for greenhouse gas emission allowances in the allocation period 2005 to 2007 |
| Short title: | Allocation Act 2007 |
| Abbreviation: | ZuG 2007 |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Commercial administrative law , environmental law |
| References : | 2129-41 |
| Issued on: | August 26, 2004 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2211 ) |
| Entry into force on: | August 31, 2004 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 130 VO from 19 June 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I, p. 1328, 1343 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
June 27, 2020 (Art. 361 of June 19, 2020) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
The ZuG 2007 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 2211 ) was issued in Germany for the 1st trading period (2005–2007) .
Section 4 of the ZuG 2007 defines the national emission targets and the allocation quantities for the individual macro sectors (economic sectors). This also includes areas that are not covered by emissions trading, such as transport. This is known as the macro plan .
In a so-called micro- plan, it was determined how many emission allowances individual plants that fall under emissions trading can receive. The microplan also includes a special reserve for capacity expansions or new competitors entering the market.
| sector | Amount to be allocated, [million t CO 2 / year] |
|
|---|---|---|
| 2005-2007 | 2008–2012 | |
| Energy and industry | 503 | 495 |
| Transport and households | 298 | 291 |
| Business, Commerce, Services | 58 | 58 |
| total | 859 | 844 |
The sum of the authorizations from the microplan exceeded those specified in the macroplan. In this case, the compliance factor of 0.9709 defined in § 4 and § 5 ZuG 2007 applied. A compliance factor of 1 was used for process-related emissions and newly constructed plants. Plants that had been modernized shortly before the start of the allocation period also received a higher proportion (“early action”). By multiplying it by the compliance factor, the allocation quantities were uniformly reduced in order to comply with the emission quantities of the macro plan.
Sections 7 to 18 ZuG 2007 stipulate the various application options for allocation.
The 2007 Allocation Act was further specified in the 2007 Allocation Ordinance (ZuV 2007).
ZuG 2012
| Basic data | |
|---|---|
| Title: | Law on the national allocation plan for greenhouse gas emission allowances in the allocation period 2008 to 2012 |
| Short title: | Allocation Act 2012 |
| Abbreviation: | ZuG 2012 |
| Type: | Federal law |
| Scope: | Federal Republic of Germany |
| Legal matter: | Commercial administrative law , environmental law |
| References : | 2129-50 |
| Issued on: | August 7, 2007 ( BGBl. I p. 1788 ) |
| Entry into force on: | August 11, 2007 |
| Last change by: |
Art. 133 VO of June 19, 2020 ( Federal Law Gazette I p. 1328, 1344 ) |
| Effective date of the last change: |
June 27, 2020 (Art. 361 of June 19, 2020) |
| Please note the note on the applicable legal version. | |
For the second trading period (2008–2012), the German federal government drafted a new allocation law, into which the changes to be implemented in the course of the revision process of the second German national allocation plan (NAP II) (requirements of the European Union) had to be incorporated. The ZuG 2012 was passed in summer 2007.
Building on the experience gained in the first trading period from 2005 to 2007, the emissions trading system in Germany should be further developed and its efficiency improved using the rules laid down in the 2012 Allocation Act. With the NAP II and the ZuG 2012, the structure of the allocation rules has been significantly simplified compared to the first trading period, especially by dispensing with special rules and options. The compliance factor for power plants has been reduced to 0.85. For all other areas there was only a slight reduction, so that almost all emission allowances were still issued free of charge.
The Allocation Act 2012 replaced the Allocation Act 2007. It was further specified in the Allocation Ordinance 2012 (ZuV 2012).
See also
Web links
- Allocation Act 2012 (PDF; 101 kB) Federal Law Gazette.
- Allocation Act 2007 (PDF; 101 kB) Federal Law Gazette.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Appendix 1, TEHG.
- ↑ German Emissions Trading Authority (DEHSt): ZuG - Allocation Act ( Memento of the original from June 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , accessed July 8, 2013.
- ↑ Allocation Ordinance 2020 (ZuV 2020)
- ↑ Axel Hermeier: Environmental management and emissions trading (= publications on sustainable corporate development . Volume 7 ). Rainer Hampp Verlag, 2007, ISBN 978-3-86618-153-3 .
- ↑ Text of the Allocation Ordinance 2007
- ↑ Karoline Rogge, Joachim Schleich and Regina Betz: An Early Assessment of National Allocation Plans for Phase 2 of EU Emission Trading (= Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation . S 1/2006). ( fraunhofer.de [PDF; 801 kB ]).
- ↑ Text of the Allocation Ordinance 2012
