In February 2011, Germany informed the European Commission of its intention to opt out of the planned common platform for auctioning emission allowances for the third phase of the EU Emissions Trading System starting in 2013. Germany has now published the Tender Specifications for the Transitional Auction Platform. Tender A 381 “Transitional Auction Platform for the Auctioning of Emission Allowances for the Trading Period 2013 to 2020 and the Aviation Trading Period 2012” (TED-publication 344632-2011 (2011-11-03)) can be found on UBA’s “calls for tenders” webpage. Read More