reg 80 The Union Registry
(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (2) It is the duty of the account holder to comply with the requirement to enter emissions data in accordance with Article 31(2) ; furthermore, an amount of zero must be entered by the account holder if the latter is— (a) an operator who carried out no regulated activity in the year to which the data would relate; ... (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) The verifier is responsible under Article 31(4) and (5) for— (a) approving the annual verified emissions; and (b) marking the emissions as verified. (4) The operator ... is responsible for complying with the requirement under Article 14(1) to provide information to the registry administrator and request the opening of a registry account. (5) In complying with the requirement mentioned in paragraph (4), the operator ... must provide such evidence of identity and address as may be required by the registry administrator. (6) Where— (a) an operator fails to comply with regulation 41, or (b) a UK aircraft operator fails to comply with regulation 42, the registry administrator must set the relevant registry account to blocked status until the compliance status figure for the installation or UK aircraft operator, calculated in accordance with Article 37 , is greater than or equal to zero. (7) This paragraph applies where— (a) an operator is required to submit a report to the regulator by the terms of a notice of surrender or a revocation notice; and (b) the operator— (i) fails to submit the report to the regulator within the time specified in the report; (ii) submits an incomplete report to the regulator within the time so specified; or (iii) submits within the time so specified a report to the regulator that cannot be verified in whole or in part in accordance with the monitoring and reporting requirements for the installation. (8) Where paragraph (7) applies, the registry administrator must set the relevant operator holding account to blocked status until— (a) the report has been prepared and verified in accordance with the requirements of paragraph 4(1)(b) or 5(1)(b) of Schedule 4 and has been submitted to the regulator; or (b) the regulator has notified, in accordance with regulation 44(4)(a), a determination of the reportable emissions referred to in paragraph 4(1)(a) or 5(1)(a) of that Schedule. (9) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (10) Where the registry administrator sets a registry account to blocked status pursuant to paragraph (6), or (8) it must notify the account holder specifying the reason why, and the period during which, the relevant registry account will be blocked. (11) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (12) The registry administrator must, as soon as is reasonably practicable, notify the European Commission in accordance with Article 52(2) or 55(2) of any changes to the allocation table or aviation allocation table (other than those falling within paragraph (11)(a)). (13) This paragraph applies where— (a) a notice of surrender or a revocation notice has been given and has taken effect; and (b) the operator is unable to comply with the requirement to surrender allowances imposed by that notice by the date specified in the notice, due to the suspension of access to the relevant registry account by the registry administrator .... (14) Where paragraph (13) applies, the registry administrator must, if so requested by the operator, surrender the number of allowances specified in the notice of surrender or the revocation notice. (15) The registry administrator or the KP registry administrator may refuse to— (a) open any account in the Union Registry or the UK Registry, or (b) approve an authorised representative or an additional authorised representative in relation to such an account, where it is not satisfied that the proposed account holder, authorised representative or additional authorised representative is ... a fit and proper person to hold such an account or, as the case may be, act as such a representative. (16) The registry administrator may decide that national public holidays in Northern Ireland are not working days under Article 35(8) , provided that the decision to do so is published by the registry administrator by 1st December in the previous scheme year.