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Article 18a Assessment of applications and final allocation at installation level for new entrants

1. Where an application for free allocation is made by a new entrant under Article 5, the regulator must send the information set out in paragraph 2 to the UK ETS authority as soon as reasonably practicable.

2. The information is:

(a) details of the installation, including details of the greenhouse gas emissions permit in force;

(b) the information contained in the new entrant data report submitted with the application under Article 5;

(c) the historical activity levels (if any) determined under Article 17;

(d) the preliminary annual number of allowances to be allocated in respect of the installation and of each sub-installation separately, as calculated under Article 18;

(e) where the regulator has not, by virtue of Article 5(6)(c), determined historical activity levels or the preliminary annual number of allowances, the regulator’s explanation;

(f) except where point (e) applies, the final annual number of allowances to be allocated in respect of each sub-installation of the installation:

(i) for the scheme year in the relevant allocation period in which the start of normal operation of the sub-installation occurs; and