Technical Workshop on EU Emission Trading Scheme in Serbia

We are happy to announce that the RIPAP with TAIEX are organising a one-day Technical workshop on the EU Emission Trading Scheme. The workshop will be held in Belgrade, Serbia, on the 17 May 2018. The venue will soon be announced.

The aim of this technical workshop is to support representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Serbia in their implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS). At present, Serbia has made significant steps in preparing the implementation of the EU ETS. It has formulated a climate law that includes the required legal framework for the EU ETS and implemented various capacity building activities to support the implementation of the EU ETS, among others in the scope of the ECRAN project. A key challenge now is the acceptance of EU ETS by the operators. To this extent, the Ministry has requested support in understanding and illustrating the positive impacts of EU ETS in the EU as well as in-depth understanding of specific decisions to be made during the implementation process.

The aim of this technical workshop is to support representatives of the Ministry of Environmental Protection of Serbia in their implementation of the EU Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS).

To support the Ministry in its next steps towards implementing the technical workshop will:

• Provide real-life examples of the operational requirements of the EU ETS for the industry, to support a realistic dialogue on ‘the burden of EU ETS’;
• Illustrate impacts of the EU ETS such as the decoupling of economic growth and emissions, energy efficiency improvements and cost reductions in the industry and the energy sector;
• Discuss specific implementation aspects such as the modernisation fund, the innovation fund and the optional free allocation of allowances to modernise electricity generation in some Member States (‘Article 10c’);
• Prepare for detailed discussions on EU ETS implementation in the scope of Serbia’s EU Accession process.