The Emission Trading Scheme in Polish Law. Selected Problems Related to the Scope of Derogation from the General Rule for Auctioning in Poland

• Authors: Marcin Stoczkiewicz
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The subject matter of this article is the implementation in Poland of Directive 2003/87/EC on the emissions trading scheme for greenhouse gases in the Community. The first part of the article focuses on the presentation of the legislation and institutional arrangements which transpose the obligations contained in Directive 2003/87/EC into Polish law. On the basis of this, the article then presents some problems regarding the implementation in Poland of important changes introduced into Directive 2003/87/EC by Directive 2009/29/EC. This part of the article contains an analysis of Article 50 of the new Act on the System of Greenhouse Emission Trading, which introduces specific rules for licensing bodies that undertake investment in terms of compliance with the provisions of Directive 2009/29/EC. Secondly, this paper also presents a preliminary assessment of the proposed free allocation of greenhouse gas emissions allowances in Poland to electricity production enterprises. This is examined from the viewpoint of the possibility of State aid in the meaning of Article 107(1) of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union.

FR

L’article traite de l’application en Pologne de la directive n° 2003/87/CE établissant un système d’échange de quotas d’émission de gaz à effet de serre dans la Communauté. La première partie de l’article présente les actes juridiques ainsi que les solutions institutionnelles nécessaires à la transposition de l’ensemble du contenu normatif de la directive n° 2003/87/CE en Pologne. Par la suite, l’article explicite certains problèmes liés à l’application en Pologne de modifications significatives de la directive n° 2003/87/CE introduites par la directive n° 2009/29/CE. Cette partie de l’article contient l’analyse de l’art. 50 de loi relatif au système d’échange de droits d’émission de gaz à effet de serre, lequel introduit des règles spécifiques concernant le système d’octroi de permis aux sujets entreprenant la réalisation d’un investissement, du point de vue de sa conformité avec les dispositions de la directive n° 2009/29/CE. L’auteur donne aussi une estimation préliminaire du plan d’allocation de quotas d’émission de gaz à effet de serre gratuits en Pologne aux entreprises de production de l’électricité sous l’aspect d’éventuelle aide d’Etat au sens de l’article 107 alinéa 1 du Traité sur le fonctionnement de l’Union européenne.

Keywords

EN

environmental law; directive 2003/87/EC; emission trading; auctioning; free allocation; State aid

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski. Wydział Nauk Ekonomicznych
• Journal: Yearbook of Antitrust and Regulatory Studies
• Year: 2011
• Volume: 4(4)
• Pages: 95-113

Dates

published

2011-06-01

Contributors

author

Marcin Stoczkiewicz

• Chair of Environmental Law, Jagiellonian University, Kraków

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