Commission Decision of 26 November 2025 instructing the Central Administrator of the Union Registry to enter a correction to the national allocation table of Germany into the Union Registry
Date: 2025-11-26
Institutions: Directorate-General for Climate Action, European Commission
Subjects: EU Emissions Trading Scheme, EU emission allowance, Germany, greenhouse gas, industrial pollution, reduction of gas emissions, tradeable emission permit








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C/2026/400


27.1.2026







            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 26 November 2025
         
instructing the Central Administrator of the Union Registry to enter a correction to the national allocation table of Germany into the Union Registry
(C/2026/400)


THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 of 2 May 2013 establishing a Union Registry pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, Decisions No 280/2004/EC and No 406/2009/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Regulations (EU) No 920/2010 and No 1193/2011 (1), and in particular the second subparagraph of Article 52(2) thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


On 27 April 2011, the Commission adopted Decision 2011/278/EU (2) determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). Pursuant to Article 27 of Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 (4), Decision 2011/278/EU continues to apply to allocations relating to the period prior to 1 January 2021. All notified allocations referred to in the present decision relate to the free allocation of emission allowances for the period from 2013 to 2020.












(2)


On 5 September 2013, the Commission adopted Decision 2013/448/EU (5) concerning national implementation measures for the transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances for the period 2013-2020, pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC.












(3)


By Decision 2014/9/EU (6), the Commission amended Decisions 2010/2/EU (7) and 2011/278/EU as regards the list of sectors and subsectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage ('carbon leakage list').












(4)


By Decisions C(2013) 9281 (8), C(2014) 123 (9), C(2014) 674 (10) and C(2014) 1167 (11), the Commission instructed the central administrator to enter the national allocation tables and the revised national allocation tables of Belgium, Bulgaria, Czechia, Denmark, Germany, Estonia, Ireland, Greece, Spain, France, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Hungary, the Netherlands, Austria, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Finland and Sweden into the European Union Transaction Log.












(5)


Germany notified a correction to its national allocation table of phase 3 of the EU ETS, by letter dated 3 July 2025. The electricity generator status was corrected for installation DE-1255.












(6)


The notified changes to the national allocation table of Germany are in conformity with Decision 2011/278/EU. The central administrator should therefore be instructed to enter those changes into the Union Registry,





HAS DECIDED AS FOLLOWS:



Sole Article
The central administrator of the Union Registry is hereby instructed to enter the changes to the national allocation table of Germany set out in Annex I into the Union Registry.




Done at Brussels, 26 November 2025.


For the Commission

Wopke HOEKSTRA
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 122, 3.5.2013, p. 1.

(2)  Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 130, 17.5.2011, p. 1).

(3)  Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a system for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Union and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).

(4)  Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 of 19 December 2018 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 59, 27.2.2019, p. 8).

(5)  Commission Decision 2013/448/EU of 5 September 2013 concerning national implementation measures for the transitional free allocation of greenhouse gas emission allowances in accordance with Article 11(3) of Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 240, 7.9.2013, p. 27).

(6)  Commission Decision 2014/9/EU of 18 December 2013 amending Decisions 2010/2/EU and 2011/278/EU as regards the sectors and subsectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage (OJ L 9, 14.1.2014, p. 9).

(7)  Commission Decision 2010/2/EU of 24 December 2009 determining, pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, a list of sectors and subsectors which are deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage (OJ L 1, 5.1.2010, p.10).

(8)  Commission Decision C(2013) 9281 of 18 December 2013 on instructing the central administrator to enter the national allocation tables of Austria, Greece, Ireland, Latvia, the Netherlands, Portugal, Sweden and the United Kingdom into the European Union Transaction Log.

(9)  Commission Decision C(2014) 123 of 17 January 2014 on instructing the central administrator to enter the national allocation tables of the Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Lithuania, Hungary and Slovakia into the European Union Transaction Log.

(10)  Commission Decision C(2014) 674 of 12 February 2014 on instructing the central administrator to enter the national allocation tables of Belgium, Germany, Estonia, Luxemburg, Slovenia and Finland into the European Union Transaction Log.

(11)  Commission Decision C(2014) 1167 of 26 February 2014 on instructing the central administrator to enter the national allocation tables of Bulgaria, Spain, Croatia, Italy, Cyprus, Latvia, Poland, Romania and the United Kingdom into the European Union Transaction Log.




ANNEX I

Changes to National allocation table for the period 2013-2020 pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC (NIMs)


Member State: Germany


















Installation ID (NE&C)


Installation ID (Union registry)


Operator name


Installation name


Quantity to be allocated


Quantity to be allocated from NER by installation




2013


2014


2015


2016


2017


2018


2019


2020




DE000000000001255


1255


EVH GmbH


Heizwerk Dieselstraße (HW Dieselstraße)


17 750 


15 885 


14 073 


12 318 


10 617 


8 973 


7 381 


5 847 


92 844 







ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/C/2026/400/oj
ISSN 1977-091X (electronic edition)