Period Traded Allowances - IETA Provision

IETA Emissions Trading Master Agreement

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Period Traded Allowance in a Nutshell™

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Period Traded Allowance in all its glory

“Period Traded Allowance” means, in relation to a Transaction, an Allowance that is of the Specified Period specified in the relevant Confirmation. edit

Comparison

See our natty emissions comparison table between the IETA, EFET and ISDA versions of emissions trading docs

Resources and Navigation

Emissions trading documentation

ISDA: EU Anatomy • EU Wikitext • EU Nutshell (premium) • UK Anatomy • UK Wikitext (to be merged into EU Anatomy)
IETA: IETA Master Agreement • IETA Wikitext • IETA Nutshell (premium)
EFET: EFET Allowances Appendix • EFET Allowances Wikitext • EFET Nutshell (premium)

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Pro tip: for tons of information about EU ETS and EU financial services regulation see Michał Głowacki’s magnificent emissions-euets.com website.

Overview

The same broad concept is dealt with as follows:

Why is the IETA different? Don’t ask. No point: no-one knows.

You might, and the ISDA EU Emissions Annex did, skip the redundant definition and just call this an “Allowance”. But anyway. An “Allowance” is the generic term for any legitmate emissions allowance under the EU ETS; a “Period Traded Allowance” is one from the compliance period that is specified in the Confirmation relating to this Transaction.

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