THE STATUS OF IMPLEMENTATION OF GREENHOUSE GAS EMISSION
TRADING IN ROMANIA
BANEA ADRIAN
Commisar, Sibiu County Commisary of the National Environmental Guard
Romania, Sibiu, 2 A. Hipodromului St., RO-550360
The main law that transposes Directives 2003/87/CE and 2004/101/CE in the
Romanian legislation is the Governmental Decision (GD) 780/2006 on setting up the
trading scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowances.
The reduction scheme for greenhouse emissions is implemented in two stages: the
first stage with the time frame 1.01.2005-31.12.2007, and the second stage in 2008-2012,
in line with the first engagement period in the Kyoto Protocol.
In Romania’s case the provisions of the Directive 2003/87/CE become binding
once an EU member as of 2007. The National Allocation Plan is drafted for the year 2007
and for the timeframe 2008-2012, and both are going to be sent to the European
Comission in one single document.
The National Allocation Plan has been based on the general format suggested by
the guidelines of Directive 2003/87/CE. Allowances have been allocated on a free-ofcharge basis for 2007 and for the period 2008 – 2012, using “top-down” projections. It
stipulates a national limit/ceiling of 84.200.000 allowances/2007 and respectively
487.770.000 allowances/2008 – 2012.
The reserves for early actions are around 5.203.971 allowances/2007 and
26.019.855 allowances, while the bonuses for co-generation consist of 912.938
allowances/2007, and respectively 4.564.690 allowances/2008 – 2012.
A number of 1.567.929 allownaces are also set aside for new installations set up
in2007, and respectively 39.428.365 allowances for 2008 – 2012.
The total number of installations in Romania that have requested emission trading
allowances is 249.
At present, the National Allocation Plan, has been presented for approval to the
European Comission.
In order to perform its control function in the area of environmental protection, the
National Environmental Guard is structured in 8 regional commissaries, which in their
turn include a total of 41 county-level commisaries..
Sibiu Regional Commisary is coordinating the work of 6 counties: Alba, Braşov,
Covasna, Harghita, Mureş şi Sibiu.
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Through the “top-down” projection method, the region was allocated a total
number of 5.325.972 allowances for 2007 (which represents 6,32% of the national ceiling
of 84.200.000 allowances for 2007), and respectively a number of 29.280.580 allowances
for 2008-2012 (which represents 6% of the national ceiling of 487.770.000 allowances
for 2008 – 2012).
The allowances were distributed free of charge between the 42 enterprises, who
work in the following fields:
Type of installation
Activities in the field of energy
Production of cast iron and steel
Production of limestone and cement
Glass production
Production of roof tiles and bricks
Production of paper and cardboard
No. o operators
22 operators
5 operators
3 operators
4 operators
6 operators
2 operators
No. of allowances
received
3.531.599
124.088
1.406.298
102.661
117.733
36.149
Of these, 30 enterprises fall under the Directive 96/61/CE regarding IPPC and all
have obtained an IPPC permit.
The distribution of allowances between sectors is shown in the chart bellow.:
Distribution of allowances between sectors
67%
2%
Energy
Ferrous metal
Limestone and cement
Glass production
Rooftiles and bricks
Paper and cardboard
26%
1%
2% 2%
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The two counties where no allowances have been granted (Covasna şi Harghita),
have a weaker economic development, with light and wood production industries and no
installation that falls under Directive 2003/87/CE regarding the greenhouse gass
emissions.
In the region there are 2 operators that use biomass in burning processes, and
therefore they are not subject to the Directive.
Regarding bonuses for co-generation, only 2 installations in the region have
obtained such allowances: SC Enercompa SRL Sibiu (3415 allowances/2007), and
respectively SC Azomures SA Târgu Mureş (16281 allowances for 2007).
At the same time, one of the operators that have initially requested an allowance
will not longer fall under the GD 780/2006, due to an error in evaluating the capacity of
the furnaces they use for the production of ceramics products (and will no longer fall
under IPPC) .
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