1. This Article applies where an application for the transfer of a greenhouse gas emissions permit of an installation that is an FA installation at the transfer date is granted under paragraph 9 of Schedule 6 to the UK ETS Order.

2. But this Article does not apply if the application contains a statement by the new operator (as defined in paragraph 7 of that Schedule) that the new operator renounces free allocation in respect of the transferred units (as defined in that paragraph).

3. The operators of installations ("new installations") resulting from a merger or split must submit the following to the regulator:

(a) the relevant report or reports (see paragraphs 4 and 5);

(b) a report on the activity level (if any) of each sub-installation of each new installation in the first relevant calendar year containing the information referred to in Article 3(2) of the Activity Level Changes Regulation, as if the merger or split had taken place at the beginning of that year;

(c) a verification report on the reports referred to in points (a) and (b) in accordance with the Verification Regulation 2018.