Verified emissions from the previous year must be:
- Reported and entered in the registry by the end of March 31st.
- Allowances must be surrendered by the end of September 30th.
Appoint verifier
The verifier must be added before emissions are entered in the registry.
Please note that the appointment of verifiers onto maritime operator holding accounts (MOHAs) has not been technically implemented in the Union registry yet.
A verifier must be appointed in the registry (the tab Verifier on the account).
- Choose Accounts in the menu, then click the relevant account.
- Choose Compliance.
- Click Appoint verifier.
- Select your verifier from the drop-down menu.
- Click Submit.
- The verifier must approve the appointment in the registry.
- Authorised representatives receive an email once the verifier has approved.
Enter emissions in the registry
Emissions from the previous year must be reported and entered in the registry by the end of March 31st.
- Select Compliance from the left vertical menu.
- In the “compliance summary” area, click Report Emissions, or, alternately, click on the Quick Action button and select Report Emissions.
- The “Report Emissions” page opens. Select the reporting year and enter the quantity of emissions. If no relevant activities under the ETS scope were carried out during the reporting year, you must enter “0”.
- Click Propose.
- The request is submitted, and the system displays the pending request. The declared emissions must be approved by a verifier in order to be taken into account for compliance. This also applies when you have entered 0 emissions.
Verify the reported emissions
After the emissions have been entered in the registry, the verifier must approve it. Make sure the verifier logs into the registry and approves the number by the end of March 31st.
If the reported emissions are not approved by the verifier before the end of March 31st, the holding account will be blocked. Allowances cannot be transferred from a blocked account. Once the reported emissions are approved by the verifier, the account is unblocked.
For any shipping companies with an open maritime operator holding account (MOHA) but no voyages to/from the EEA in 2024, the quantity of emissions (0) can still be entered and verified in the registry. This is not a legal obligation and is therefore optional, but we would like to point out that it must be done to prevent the account from entering a non-compliant state and being blocked.
Please note that zero emissions reporting for shipping companies in the registry may be handled differently for later reporting years as an exclusion feature is currently under scrutiny by the European Council and the European Parliament. That said, if your company does not intend to perform voyages to/from the EEA in the future, we recommend closing your MOHA.
See relevant guidance from the European Commission in the following FAQ, under the title "Key players": FAQ – Maritime transport in EU Emissions Trading System (ETS) - European Commission
Checklist before the annual surrender of allowances
- The company/operator has appointed at least two authorised representatives for the account. Both must be enrolled.
- The company/operator has entered emissions in the registry corresponding to the emissions in the emissions report for the relevant year.
- The reported emissions are verified by an accredited verifier.
- The account has a sufficient number of allowances to complete the surrender.
- The authorised representatives must make themselves acquainted with the procedure for surrender og allowances in the user manual of the Union registry.
Surrendering allowances
The deadline for surrender of allowances equivalent to the emissions from the previous year is by the end of September 30th.
- Click Accounts in the menu and click the account you are surrendering allowances for.
- Click the tab Compliance.
- Click Surrender allowances.
- Under Quantity to Transfer, enter the number of allowances you want to transfer. One surrender transaction may contain multiple unit types.
- Click Propose to confirm the surrendering of allowances.
- The “Surrender Confirmation” dialog box open. Click Propose to confirm the surrender
- Sign your action in EU Login. Enter your password and scan the QR code with your EU Login Mobile app, enter the information displayed on the EU Login signature page and click Continue.
- Enter the “Code generated by your app” and click Sign
The “Surrender of allowances” page opens again indicating that your transfer is recorded and given a transaction id. Your transaction might need to be approved by another representative (depending on the transaction settings defined in your trusted account list).
- Choose Tasks in the left menu
- Choose the task that is to be approved by clicking on the request ID to open the task and see the details
- Check if the numbers are correct (e.g. account number and number of allowances). Click Approve or Reject accordingly.
- Click Confirm in the dialogue box that appears to approve (you then get redirected to EU login to sign the transaction)
- Sign your action in EU Login. Enter your password and scan the QR code with your EU Login Mobile app, enter the information displayed on the EU Login signature page and click Continue.
- Enter the “Code generated by your app” and click Sign
The surrender of allowances happens immediately without delay
Note: Failure to surrender allowances by the end of September 30th will result in a penalty fee. This follows from the Greenhouse gas emission trading act section 19.