Emissions Trading GRI - G4: EC2

With the start of the third regulatory period (2013-2020), the authorisation system for greenhouse gas emissions, previously regulated by Legislative Decree 216/2006, was updated and amended by Legislative Decree 30 of 13 March 2013, in force since 5 April 2013. According to the new provisions, the main objective of the decree was to update regulations regarding greenhouse gas emission authorisations as well as constantly reduce quotas of emissions released free of charge. The quotas will be assigned to each plant with progressively decreasing and no longer constant (as in the second regulatory period) assignments, and they will also depend on the effective functionality of the plants.

In 2015, total CO₂ emissions issued by the Snam Group and certified by an accredited body, according to the provisions of the competent national authority, amounted to 0.44 million tonnes, out of a total of 0.24 million annual quotas issued by the Ministry for the Environment, Land and Sea (negative balance of 0.2 million quotas). This deficit is easily offset by the quotas already present in the registers of the individual plants, accumulated as a result of surpluses in previous years.

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