A request for a verifier account in the Union Registry shall be submitted to the national administrator. The person requesting the account shall provide information as required by the national administrator including the information set out in Annex II and Annex IV.
According to article 19 of the Commission Regulation (EU) No 1193/2011 the national administrator shall open the verifier account in the Union Registry or inform prospective account holder of the refusal to open the account within 20 working days of the receipt of a complete set of information.
This guidance details information that must be provided to open a verifier account in the Icelandic part of the Union Registry. Please note that accounts will not be opened until all required documents have been submitted and relevant fees paid. Incomplete applications will be returned.
A verifier account shall have at least one authorised representative.
You may appoint an Additional Authorised Representative to the verifier account, but it is not mandatory.
You may appoint more than one AAR. A maximum of ten AARs may be appointed.
The following steps must be completed in order to apply for a Verifier Account in the Union Registry.
Additional information to be provided for opening a verifier account is a document proving that the person requesting the account opening is accredited as as verifier in accordance with Article 15 of Directive 2003/87/EC.
The following fees are charged for opening and maintaining an Verifier Account in the Icelandic part of the Union Registry.
* The annual fee for an account is calculated from the date when the account is created. The annual fee collected shall be multiplied by X/365, where X represents the number of days remaining in the year when the account is created.
An invoice will be sent to applicants of Verifier Account by the Environmental Agency of Iceland. The account will not be opened until the payment has been received.
All documents shall be sent in a hard copy to the Environmental Agency of Iceland at the address below. An additional electronic copy can also be sent to: ets-registry@ust.is.
If you have any further questions, please don’t hesitate to contact via e-mail or phone.
Address | Telephone | |
Environmental Agency of Iceland Att: ETS Registry Sudurlandsbraut 24 108 Reykjavík Iceland | ets-registry@ust.is | +354 591 2000 |
The Environmental Agency has 40 working days after the receipt of a complete set of information as specified below to open the Verifier Account or to inform the prospective account holder of refusal to open the account.
The documents listed below must be submitted to the Environmental Agency of Iceland to open a Verifier Account in the Union registry.
All application documents submitted shall be in English or Icelandic. If the original document is in another language the documents must be accompanied with a certified translation to English or Icelandic.
All copies of documents submitted as evidence must be certified as a true copy by a Notary Public. If documents are issued outside Iceland, the copy must be Apostilled. The date of the certification or Apostille must not be more than three months prior to the date of the application.
All data are handled in accordance with the Personal Data Protection Act (no. 77/2000) and Commission Regulation (EU) No 389/2013 for a standardized and secured registry system.