Monitoring, Reporting and Verification
Regulators are responsible for operational functions such as permitting, monitoring and reporting, registry administration, verification, enforcement and data management.
Regulators include: Environment Agency, Scottish Environmental Protection Agency; Department for Environment, Northern Ireland and the Department of Trade and Industry for offshore installations.
To improve operators' access to information, all documents and tables related to activities overseen by the regulators will be placed on the EA website. This site will be updated with information regarding this move in due course.
Guidance on annual verification for the EU Emissions Trading Scheme
This guidance document provides practical information and advice on the process and requirements for annual verification required by the EU ETS Directive, the Commission's Monitoring and Reporting Decision, and installation monitoring and reporting plans and Greenhouse Gas Permits. It aims to assist operators, verification bodies, and regulators to perform verifications consistently throughout the UK.
- Guidance on annual verification for the EU ETS (PDF 500 KB)
- FAQs on Verification (PDF 130 KB)
- The Quick Guide for Operators on Preparing for Annual Verification (PDF 160 KB)
The List of Accredited Verifiers
A list of verification bodies that are accredited by the UK Accreditation Service to perform verifications for EU Emissions Trading Scheme installations.
The Country-specific Factor List
This document contains tables of emission factors and calorific values for use in annual emissions reporting for the EU ETS. The national factors are Tier 2 and Tier 2a emission factors and net calorific values for specific fuels used by particular industries. The emission factors are largely extracted from the UK's Greenhouse Gas Inventory (Netcen, 2006) and the calorific values come from the Digest of UK Energy Statistics (DTI, 2006).
- Final version: Tables of emission factors and calorific values for use in annual emissions reporting for the EU ETS (Excel 180 KB)
Verification opinion statement template
This template must be completed by verifiers performing verifications for all UK installations in the EU Emissions Trading Scheme. Once complete, the verifier will provide the completed statement to operators who must submit it to the regulator before 31 March each year.
- Final verification opinion statement template (Excel 70 KB)
Page published: 10 December 2007