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NZ takes lead-steer position in emissions trading

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • February 14 2011

Maintaining a close working relationship with Australia underpins the work of the Emissions Trading Scheme Review Panel, the makeup of which was recently announced by New Zealand's Climate Change Issues Minister Nick Smith

New Zealand Emission Unit Register (NZEUR) records of emission unit transactions for 2010

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • January 26 2011

The New Zealand Emission Unit Register (NZEUR) is an electronic register that records the holding and transfer of emissions units

The Environmental Protection Authority: shift of regulatory functions to new agency

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • January 26 2011

The Environmental Protection Authority Bill amends a number of Acts, including the Climate Change Response Act 2002 (CCRA) to bring together similar environmental regulatory functions

New Zealand Gazette: pre-1990 forest land allocation plan determinations

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • January 26 2011

In accordance with section 77(8)(b) of the CCRA, the first set of final allocations of NZUs made to pre-1990 forest landowners were published in the December 2010 issue of the New Zealand Gazette

New Zealand Emissions Trading Scheme review 2011: terms of reference and panel

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • January 26 2011

A review of the operation and effectiveness of the NZ ETS, required by section 160(1) of the CCRA, is to take place in 2011

Change to GST rules governing transactions involving emissions units

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 9 2010

To simplify compliance with the NZ ETS, transactions that involve the supply of emissions units will generally be zero-rated (i.e. GST applies at a rate of 0

A field measurement approach for carbon stock assessment

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 9 2010

Last month the Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry (MAF) released a consultation document on amending the Climate Change (Forestry Sector) Regulations 2008, which focuses on proposals to introduce a field measurement approach to assess carbon in post-1989 forests

Information disclosure under the NZ ETS

  • Buddle Findlay
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  • New Zealand
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  • November 9 2010

Like any market, the market for emissions units relies on the existence of good information to operate efficiently