¹ Installation operators with reduction obligations under Article 66 paragraph 1 to which an emission target under Article 67 applies and which are not carrying out any projects or programmes in accordance with Article 5 or 5a that result in emission reductions covered by the emissions target shall on application be issued with attestations for domestic emission reductions for the years 2013–2021 if:²⁵

a.

the installation operator credibly reports that its emissions target will be reached without counting emission-reduction certificates;

b.²⁶

the installation’s greenhouse gas emissions in the relevant year have been reduced when compared with the reduction course determined in accordance with Article 67 by the following percentages:

1.

from 2013–2020: by more than 5 per cent,

2.

in 2021: by more than 10 per cent; and

c.

for emission-reduction measures, the installation operator has received no non-refundable payments from the Confederation, cantons or communes for promoting renewable energies, energy efficiency or climate protection or from surcharges obtained in accordance with Article 35 EnA²⁷ for geothermal power, biomass and waste from biomass; excepted from this are installation operators that had already registered for the receipt of such funds before the amendment of 8 October 2014²⁸ came into force.²⁹

^1bis The application for the issue of attestations must be submitted to the FOEN by 31 December 2023.³⁰

² Attestations are issued for emission reductions to the extent of the difference between the reduction course under deduction of the relevant percentage under paragraph 1 letter b and the greenhouse gas emissions in the relevant year, for the last time in 2020.³¹

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