Public Information

Publicly accessible information

Regarding operation of EU ETS and the Icelandic Kyoto Registry, The Environmental Agency of Iceland is required to make the following information publicly accessible. 

Standard Electronic Format (SEF) Report:

As Iceland has not yet transferred or acquired any Kyoto Protocol Units, SEF is not reported. 

Decision 13/CMP.1 of the Kyoto Protocol:

  • Paragraph 45: 
    • Information on account holders names and account type can be found here *The file is updated on a monthly basis. 
    • So far, Iceland has not opened cancellation and retirement accounts. Therefore no information is provided regarding the commitment period with which a cancellation or retirement account is associated. 
    • Disclosures of contact information, paragraph 45 (d, e), are prohibited under Art. 38 of the Icelandic Climate Change Act No 70/2012, with later amendments. 
  • Paragraph 46: 
    • No Joint Implementation projects have been approved in Iceland, so no information concerning Article 6 projects are available. 
  • Paragraph 47: 
    • Disclosure of account holdings and transactions is prohibited under Art. 38 of the Icelandic Climate Change Act No 70/2012, with later amendments 
    • The total quantity of Assigned Amount Units (AAUs), pursuant to Article 3, paragraphs 7 and 8, issued by the Icelandic registry for the first commitment period, from 2008 to 2012, was 18,523,847 AAUs. 
    • Iceland has not issued RMUs on the basis of each activity under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4. 
    • No ERUs, CERs, AAUs and RMUs have been cancelled in the Icelandic registry on basis of activity under Article 3, paragraphs 3 and 4. 
    • No ERUs, CERs, AAUs and RMUs have been cancelled following determination by the Compliance Committee that the Party is not in compliance with its commitment under Article 3, paragraph 1. 
    • No ERUs, CERs, AAUs and RMUs have been cancelled. No ERUs, CERs, AAUs and RMUs have been retired. 
    • Carry over has not yet taken place. 
  • Paragraph 48: 
    • Disclosures of legal entity information’s are prohibited under Art. 38 of the Icelandic Climate Change Act No 70/2012, with later amendments. 

Further public information is available via the EUTL

Information regarding Iceland´s greenhouse gas inventory including National Inventory Reports and numerical data contained in the Common Reporting Format can be found here.