Day: 1 September 2025

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Deadline for submitting emission allowances

Geldern, September 1, 2025

  • The deadline for submitting emission allowances in the EU ETS is September 30, 2025
  • The deadline for submitting allowances in the nEHS is also September 30, 2025
  • The last auction in the national emissions trading system for 2024 allowances will take place on September 18, 2025

The European emissions trading scheme (EU ETS), which was introduced 20 years ago, is proving effective. Since its inception, the approximately 9,000 companies in the European Union subject to emissions trading have more than halved their greenhouse gas emissions, especially CO2.

The companies subject to the scheme must surrender one EUA (European Allowance) emission allowance for every ton of CO2 or its equivalent in other climate-damaging greenhouse gases (CO2e). The deadline for surrendering allowances for 2024 is Tuesday, September 30, 2025.

For the national emissions trading scheme (nEHS) introduced in Germany in 2021 for the building and transport sectors, the deadline for submitting national emission allowances with the year identifier 2024 (nEZ24) is also September 30, 2025.

Certificates can still be purchased at a price of EUR 45.00 per nEZ24 on the Leipzig European Energy Exchange (EEX) until Thursday, September 18, 2025, under the post-purchase regulation.

Starting next year, the fixed price phase will also come to an end for national emissions trading, and certificates will be auctioned in a trading range of EUR 55.00 to EUR 65.00. Starting in 2027, the Europe-wide introduction of EU ETS 2 is planned for the building and energy sectors, with the price being regulated by supply and demand as in the EU ETS.

As an intermediary on the EEX, Advantag GmbH has been procuring emission allowances for its customers on the exchange or in bilateral transactions for over 15 years, with experience in trading more than 60 million allowances quickly and easily. In addition, the specialists at the emissions trading company develop an optimal procurement strategy, as the market for emission allowances is subject to high volatility in some cases.

About ADVANTAG GmbH

Advantag GmbH has specialized in trading market-based climate protection instruments for more than 15 years and offers its customers tailor-made solutions in the area of individual mandatory and voluntary markets. Among other things, Advantag is an intermediary (broker dealer) in the mandatory European Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the national German emissions trading scheme under the Fuel Emissions Trading Act (BEHG), the trading of emission allowances for international aviation (CORSIA), the trading of guarantees of origin (HKN) for green electricity, and the trading of F-gas quotas. Advantag holds exchange memberships at various trading venues for market-based climate protection instruments.

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Phone: +49 2831 1348220

Email: presse@advantag.de

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Emissions Trading / Carbon Market News (01/09/2025)

Dear Sir or Madam,

Last week, Thyssenkrupp called for a weakening of the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS 1) by allowing industry to continue to receive partially free emission allowances until 2050. This would be a total of 11 years longer than planned in relation to the implementation of the Paris Climate Agreement targets.

Competitors such as Salzgitter AG, Dillinger and Saarstahl, on the other hand, have spoken out clearly against extending the issuance of free allowances and thus weakening the impact of emissions trading, as this would penalise those companies that have actively worked on decarbonisation.

The revenues from emissions trading are earmarked and are to be used for the transformation to a climate-neutral society. This is the purpose of the German Climate and Transformation Fund (KTF).

Now, the German Ministry of Finance has come up with the idea of using funds from the KTF for other purposes, namely to purchase emission allowances from other countries if Germany fails to meet its greenhouse gas reduction targets in the coming years.

As the Expert Council on Climate Issues has determined, Germany will emit approximately 224 million tonnes of CO2 or its equivalent in other greenhouse gases too much by 2030, for which Finance Minister Klingbeil (SPD) must now find funds.

This idea has been strongly criticised by both the Union and the opposition.

Last week, the prices of EU emission allowances in the benchmark contract ranged from €71.31 to €73.30. The EUAs remained technically oriented and gained a moderate 0.6% on a weekly closing basis.

A total of 13,657,500 emission allowances will be auctioned on the EEX on all five trading days this week, representing an increase of 20.3% compared to the previous week.

UPCOMING DATES

18/09/2025Last auction date for national emission allowances (nEZ24) on the EEX with the year identifier 2024 at a price of €45.00
30/09/2025End of the submission period for German national emission allowances (nEZ24) for year 2024
30/09/2025End of the submission period for European emission allowances (EUA/EUAA) for the year 2024
04/12/2025Last auction for German national emission allowances in 2025 (nEZ25)
15/12/2025Last auction for European emission allowances (EUA) in 2025
07/01/2026First auction for European emission allowances (EUA) in 2026
Instrument22/08/2529/08/25Change
EUA (December-25-Future)72.53 EUR72.99 EUR+0.46 EUR
EUA 2 (December-28-Future)88.24 EUR88.64 EUR+0.40 EUR
nEZ (national Emission Allowances (D))55.00 EUR55.00 EUR+0.00 EUR
UKA (December-25-Future (UK))52.19 GBP53.14 GBP+0.95 GBP
UK Natural Gas (December-25-Future)91.78 GBP86.39 GBP-5.39 GBP
ICE Brent Crude Oil (December-25-Future)66.77 USD66.89 USD+0.12 USD
EURO (Forex)1.1720 USD1.1685 USD-0.0035 USD

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