Upon the entry-into-force of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading law on 15 July 2004, the German Emission Allowance Trading Authority at the Federal Environment Agency (DEHSt) has issued an updated list of all the facilities participating in emissions trading. It is based on a voluntary survey from 2003 and takes account of all changes in the Laender and businesses made since early 2004, especially as concerns involvement of the public in the National Allocation Plan. According to current knowledge, 2,350 facilities in Germany will participate in emissions trading.

“The list which has been published remains temporary as we will only know the final number of facilities in Germany obliged to trade in emissions after all applications have been processed”, explained Dr. Hans-Jürgen Nantke, Director of the German Emission Allowance Trading Authority at the Federal Environment Agency. Allocation of emissions allowances is due to take place in autumn.

The Federal Environment Agency advises that the list of facilities serves only as orientation and does not represent any form of legally binding determination of any one facility’s obligation to trade in emissions. Whether or not a facility is subject to emissions trading is determined by the regulations in the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading law.

The list of facilities can be downloaded from the website of the German Emission Allowance Trading Authority (www.umweltbundesamt.de/emissionshandel).