DEHSt gives the go-ahead for the national emissions trading registry
Movement on the topic of national emissions trading(nEHS): as of this week, as of 12.05.2021, SESTA officers can apply to open their compliance accounts in the nEHS register. A compliance account is mandatory in order to be able to hold, surrender and trade emission allowances.
Before an account application can be submitted to open a compliance account, the respective account holder and the associated authorized representatives must first register. The account holder is authenticated by DEHSt via the ELSTER authentication service of the tax authority. This in turn requires an ELSTER company certificate and the corresponding password.
For the registration of authorised representatives, two different methods are offered:
- The online ID card function (provided the ID card is activated for the procedure)
- And via the use of a private ELSTER certificate (however, this method is not yet available at this time).
More details on account opening and registration as well as our own experiences regarding the opening process will follow shortly.
We will be pleased to carry out the following activities for you in the context of SESTA:
- Advice on the economic and procedural effects of the Fuel Emissions Trading Act on your company
- Advice for possible switch to EU-ETS
- Preparation and submission of the monitoring plan in accordance with §6 BEHG and continuous monitoring up to approval
- Verifiable determination of fuel emissions and preparation of the emissions report in accordance with § 7 para. 1, 2 SESTA
- Preparation and support of the verification of the emission report according to § 7 para. 3 SESTA
- Submission of the verified emissions report to the competent authority (DEHSt) by 31.07 of the following year after §7 para. 1 SESTA
- Verification to avoid double charging according to §7 para. 5 SESTA
- Support in the establishment of accounts and account representatives in the national emissions trading registry pursuant to section 12 para. 2 SESTA for the administration of emission allowances pursuant to section 9 para. 1
- Support in the management of their register account e.g. as one of the authorized account holders
- Verification of transfers
- timely retransfers of emission allowances by 30.09 for the previous year pursuant to § 8 SESTA
- Data updates of information in the register
- Representation of historical account movements and balances on the basis of account statements
- Support in the purchase and sale of emission certificates
- Support with requests for information and assistance with on-site inspections by the competent authority pursuant to § 14 SESTA
- Identification of emission allowance price drivers and market monitoring
- Ad hoc announcements on relevant events, political developments and legislative changes
- Regular status and strategy meetings to strengthen decision-making capacity
If you have any further questions, please donot hesitate to contact us.