2024 EU ETS auction calendars published

The published calendars reflect the entry into force of the new delegated Auctioning Regulation on 21 December 2023, allowing the auction calendars to take into account the provisions of the new regulation.

In 2024, auctions by the common auction platform will continue to take place on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays, starting on 15 January. Auctions by Germany will be held weekly on Fridays, starting on 19 January. Auctions on behalf of Poland are scheduled bi-weekly on Wednesdays, starting on 17 January.

In addition, in 2024, EEX will conduct six aviation auctions as the common auction platform, as well as one aviation auction each for Germany and Poland.

Since 1 January 2021, the EU ETS Directive continues to apply to and in the UK in respect of the generation of electricity in Northern Ireland. Further to the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland, the UK will auction a volume of allowances corresponding to its share in the Union-wide cap. One auction for Northern Ireland will take place on 2 October 2024.

The auction calendars consist of the auction volumes for all Member States, the Innovation Fund, the Modernisation Fund and the Recovery and Resilience Facility.

The 2024 auction volumes are calculated in accordance with the previously published:

• Communication of the Commission on the total number of allowances in circulation in 2022 for the purposes of the Market Stability Reserve
• Member States’ auction shares for phase 4 of the EU ETS

Read more:

• Website of the auction platform EEX
• Commission Decision (EU) 2023/1575 on the Union-wide quantity of allowances to be issued under the EU Emissions Trading System for 2024
• Commission Decision on the determination of the Member States’ auction shares during the period 2021-2030 of the EU Emissions Trading System
• Regulatory update on the re-appointment of EEX as common auction platform
• EU ETS section of Commission website
• Innovation Fund
• Modernisation Fund
• Press Release on REPowerEU
• Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending the Regulation establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility (Regulation (EU) 2023/435)