How to apply for a permit

Operators of installations covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) must apply to their regulator to obtain a permit using the appropriate permit application form. The permit will contain conditions that have to be complied with in respect of emissions of carbon dioxide, including monitoring and reporting requirements.

The distinction between permits and allowances should be noted: a permit needs to be held to enable allowances to be allocated to your installation if covered by the system, but it does not determine the actual amount allocated.

The Greenhouse Gas Permit application form ETS1 is available for download from the Forms page. Other permit related application forms available on the Forms page include:

 

  • ETS9 application for a variation to a permit
  • ETS10 application to transfer one or more Schedule 1 processes to another operator
  • ETS 11 application to surrender a permit

The permit application should be signed and sent in hard copy to SEPA.

For the rest of the UK, permits will be issued by the: