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Denmark's Fourth National Communication on Climate Change

Annex D Supplementary information on the allowance scheme in Denmark

This Annex consists of the following two sub-annexes:

Annex D1: Installations covered by the Act on CO2 Allowances 2005-2007.

List including overview of installations covered by the Danish implementation of the EU Allowances Directive, and the size of the quota allocated to each installation for the period 2005-2007 as of 1 February 2005.

Annex D2: Information on Denmark's national CO2 emissions trading registry

  1. Information on the registry administrator
     
  2. Cooperation with other countries concerning operation of the registry
     
  3. Standards for data exchange
     
  4. Procedures for administration and operation of the emissions trading registry
     
  5. Safety standards
     
  6. Information available to the public
     
  7. Internet address for the registry
     
  8. Protection, maintenance and recreation of data

Annex D1: Installations covered by the Act on CO2 Allowances 2005-2007 as of 1 February 2005.

Note: The reserves stated in the table are government reservations of allowances for new enterprises and for auctioning

Click here to see Annex D1

Annex D2: Information on Denmark's national CO2 allowance registry

  1. Information on the registry administrator

    The Danish Environmental Protection Agency
    Strandgade 29
    DK-1401 Copenhagen K
    Tel. : +45 32 66 01 60
    Fax: +45 32 66 02 01
    e-mail: mst@mst.dk
     
  2. Cooperation with other countries concerning the operation of the registry
    Denmark does not cooperate with other countries concerning the administration or operation of the Danish CO2 emissions trading registry.
     
  3. Standards for data exchange
    The Danish registry system follows the UN Data Exchange Standards 7.
     
  4. Procedures for administration and operation of the emissions trading registry
    The procedures are described in the Commission regulation (EC) no. 2216/2004 on a standardised and secure system of registries adopted pursuant to the Parliament and Council directive 2003/87/EC and the Parliament and Council decision 280/2004/EC.
    Denmark is in compliance with the procedures stated in the regulation.
     
  5. Safety standards
    The registry is safeguarded with a FireWall based on 2 Cisco FireWall Software Modules (FWSM) in a Catalyst 6507. There is dual access from all servers to the Internet, ensuring that a single error will not cause disconnection. The RILO ports on the servers are connected to the internal networks, making it possible to have remote control of the machines via a secure net. Software is updated as required. The entire system is monitored regularly and all security violations are recorded and corrected as soon as possible. As regards the network, administrative access to the machines from the Ministry's internal network is secure. The Registry can only be accessed via the programme through WEB-Services. These WEB-Services can be accessed either through an open part (the initial communication) or a secure part (the register software application itself).The secure part of the system is based on SSL. Similarly the system is designed so as to make it impossible to use the same password more than once in the system. The Registry's production system consists of 2 servers, a WEB server and a database server. The servers are configured so that a single disc error will not stop the system. Furthermore as regards the disc, the DB server is set up so that the transaction log and the database are physically located on separate discs. Everyone who registers as users of the registry receives their own username and password and is instructed to ensure that these remain confidential. If a user discovers that an unauthorized person has gained access to his/her password, the password must be changed in the registry immediately and the registry administration must be notified. The registry automatically disconnects when access as been inactive for some time. You must log on again using your username and password.
     
  6. Information available to the public
    Only the information stated in article 9 and the corresponding appendices in the Commission regulation (EC) no. 2216/2004 on a standardised and secure system of registries adopted pursuant to the Parliament and Council directive 2003/87/EC and the Parliament and Council decision 280/2004/EC is available to the public.
     
  7. Internet address for the registry
    http://dketreu.mst.dk/
     
  8. Protection, maintenance and recreation of data
    A total back-up is carried out on a nightly basis. The system is configured with a high error tolerance level. Furthermore the configuration of the system makes it possible to re-install it at a different physical location. The registry is covered by the general emergency plan for the Danish Ministry of the Environment.

Only persons authorised by the ministry will be granted access to the production environment.

Only representatives appointed by the administrator of the registry and a small number of employees in the host organisation have access to all data in the registry system. All of these persons are covered by a duty of non-disclosure. Any physical or technical access to the system from the system administrator (the host organisation) will be logged.

The registry administrators change their passwords every three months and when needed.

Emergency plan for the Danish CO2 Emissions Trading Registry:
The description below includes a check list to be used in the event of an emergency situation affecting the Danish Emissions Trading Registry. The check list is to be used if the telephone company's (TDC) service centre is out of order, or if the equipment the system uses is damaged. The check list refers to the general system documentation for the Danish Emissions Trading Registry, which includes a detailed description of procedures. The starting point for reinstallation is to give priority to actions so as to ensure that an operative system is established as soon as possible and that users, including CITL/ITL, experience as little down time as possible.

Check list:

  1. Contact the hardware group of the Centre for Corporate Management to get a server/PC.
     
  2. Place the server/PC in the hub at the Centre for Corporate Management, IT Services, Rentemestervej 8, building A, first floor.
     
  3. Install Microsoft Windows 2003 on the server.
     
  4. Install Microsoft SQL2000 on the server.
     
  5. Install Microsoft Internet Information Server on the server.
     
  6. Install Backup client on the server.
     
  7. Install the ETR system and adapt it to Danish conditions (menu bar, the EPA logo, EPA fonts and colours, conditions etc.).
     
  8. Set up user on the SQL server.
     
  9. Re-establish the certificate for a secure connection between CITL and the Danish ETR.
     
  10. Read in a backup of the Danish ETR database.
     
  11. Start Register services on the server.

The Danish ETR will now run on a temporary installation, and work to re-establish a new permanent production system will be continued.

 

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