Participation in the Market is open to any operator that has an emission unit holding account in one of the European Registries, interlinked through the Community Independent Transaction Log (CITL) mechanism. The Italian Registry is held by APAT. Under law 133/2008, APAT took on the name of ISPRA (“Istituto Superiore per la Protezione e la Ricerca Ambientale” - environmental protection and research institute).

To be admitted to the Market (pursuant to Title II of “GME’s Emissions Trading Market Rules”, operators are required to:

Within 15 days from submission of the Market Participation Application, after verifying the submitted documents, GME will notify the applicant of admission to the Market. Upon admission, the applicant will acquire the status of Market Participant. Market Participants are entered into an appropriate “List of Market Participants”, which is held by GME in compliance with the applicable legislation on personal data privacy.

          

For inquiries about GME’s Emissions Trading Market, please contact certificatineri@mercatoelettrico.org