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Keeping your dawn raid guidance current
Unannounced inspections or ‘dawn raids’ are used by antitrust authorities to obtain evidence when there are suspicions that individuals or businesses have infringed the antitrust rules.
Global | Publication | August 2018
The Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) Energy Efficiency Scheme (the Scheme) came into force on April 1, 2010. It is a mandatory emissions trading scheme for large businesses and public sector organisations in the UK, aimed at reducing energy consumption and requiring energy use to be reported annually.
Since its introduction, the Scheme has been perceived as overly complex and administratively burdensome, not least in a landlord/tenant context.
It is therefore welcome news that the CRC Energy Efficiency Scheme (Revocation and Savings) Order 2018 comes into force on October 1, 2018 and provides for the early closure of the Scheme. The CRC compliance year 2018/19 will be the last one for which participants will be required to report their energy use, although there will be some continuing obligations for a limited period.
The closure of the Scheme is part of a package of reforms to the energy efficiency landscape. These include
That is not all on the energy efficiency front
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Unannounced inspections or ‘dawn raids’ are used by antitrust authorities to obtain evidence when there are suspicions that individuals or businesses have infringed the antitrust rules.
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