Application for free allocation by operators of incumbent installations
Article 4
1. The operator of an installation eligible for free allocation pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC may submit to the competent authority an application for free allocation for an allocation period. That application shall be submitted before 30 May 2019 as regards the first allocation period and every five years thereafter. Member States may set an alternative time-limit for the submission of such applications, which, however, may not be later or earlier than one month compared to the time-limit provided for in the first subparagraph. 2. An application for free allocation submitted pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be accompanied by the following particulars: (a) a baseline data report verified as satisfactory in accordance with measures adopted pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 2003/87/EC containing data for the installation, and its sub-installations as specified in Article 10 and Annexes I and II to this Regulation, taking into account, for the calculation of historical activity levels for specific product benchmarks, Annex III to this Regulation, containing each parameter listed in Annex IV to this Regulation and covering the baseline period relating to the allocation period to which the application relates; (b) the monitoring methodology plan which formed the basis for the baseline data report and the verification report, in accordance with Annex VI; (c) a verification report issued in accordance with measures adopted pursuant to Article 15 of Directive 2003/87/EC on the baseline data report and, unless it has already been approved by the competent authority, on the monitoring methodology plan.