Consultation on Third Party Access Provisions of CCS Directive and Call for Evidence on Long Term Development of CCS Infrastructure


On 10 December 2010, the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) launched a new consultation on CCS entitled 'Developing Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Infrastructure: Consultation on Implementing the Third Party Access Provisions of the CCS Directive and Call for Evidence on Long Term Development of CCS Infrastructure'.

This consultation is structured in two parts. The first is a formal consultation on the transposition of the third party access requirements of the EU CCS Directive. These require Member States to (i) take the necessary steps 'to ensure that potential users are able to obtain access to transport networks and to storage sites' (Article 21); and (ii) establish dispute settlement mechanisms to address disputes regarding third party access (Article 22). The second is a more informal consultation to collect stakeholders' views on which measures the UK Government should adopt to support the development of a long-term investment framework for CCS infrastructure. Responses to the first part must be submitted by 4 February 2011, while views on the second part of the consultation must be submitted by 4 March 2011.



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