Decree-Law No. 10/2019 amending Decree-Law No. 38/2013 on the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading from 2013 onward. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Legislation Date 2019 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República, I Series, No. 13 of 18 January 2019. Subject Air & atmosphere Keyword Emissions trading Pollution control Air quality/air pollution Emissions Climate change Ozone layer Authorization/permit Environmental standards Standards Protection of environment Geographical area Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe Entry into force notes This Decree-Law enters into force on 1 January 2019. Abstract This Decree-Law amends Decree-Law No. 38/2013 on the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading from 2013 onward. Amended article 17 establishes: a) 60% of the auctioning allowances shall be used to promote renewable energy by offsetting part of the total over-cost of the special scheme production from renewable energy sources each year up to a limit of 100% of that extra cost, including the extra cost of renewable co-generation production in its renewable fraction. In the event of a significant difference, for the purposes of paragraph a) of paragraph 3, between the actual revenues and the estimated revenues in the annual plan referred to in the preceding paragraph, may be authorized, in December of each year, by dispatch of the members of the Government responsible for the areas of finance and the environment, the transfer to the National Electric System of the differential value between said revenues. Article 3 establishes the National List of installations covered by the CELE scheme for a period of five years beginning on 1 January 2021. Full text Portuguese Website dre.pt References - Legislation Amends Decree-Law No. 38/2013 regulating the scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading from 2013 onwards. Legislation | Portugal | 2013 Keyword: Emissions trading, Pollution control, Air quality/air pollution, Emissions, Climate change, Ozone layer, Authorization/permit, Environmental standards, Standards, Protection of environment Source: FAO, FAOLEX