Application Form to Opt-in (![]() |
An emitter may request that an establishment it operates and which is not subject to the Regulation respecting a cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances (C&T Regulation) become subject to it if all of the following eligibility conditions are met:
If the emitter doesn’t report emission in accordance with the Mandatory Reporting Regulation expects to report for the establishment GHG emissions in an amount lower than 25,000 metric tons of CO2 equivalent, excluding emissions referred to in the second paragraph of Section 6.6 of the Mandatory Reporting Regulation, it must be able to demonstrate that its emissions will reach or exceed 10,000 metric tons of CO2.
To opt-in, the emitter must
fill out the
Application Form to Opt-in (PDF,
1.2 MB) and send it no later than May 1st
of the year prior to the year
the emitter wishes to begin
being required to cover the
emissions of the establishment
in question.
All emitters must open accounts in the CITSS system in order to fulfill their mandatory compliance under the C&T Regulation.
Emitters who are already registered simply need to add the establishment directly in the CITSS system.
The emitter will be required to cover the establishment’s emissions starting on January 1 following its application to opt-in, providing the emitter’s registration in the CITSS system is made at the latest by September 1st of the year in which it applies to be subject to the Cap-and-Trade System.
If the registration is made after September 1st of a given year, the emitter will be required to cover the establishment’s emissions starting on January 1st of the second year following the year of registration in the CITSS system.
If the establishment operates in a sector of activity listed in Table A of part I of Appendix C of the C&T Regulation, the emitter is eligible to receive emission units without charge throughout the entire period during which the establishment is subject to the Cap-and-Trade System.
The following three situations can lead to the termination of the opt-in period: