Assessment of new entrants and production level changes applications for ETS free allocation, including a Helpdesk facility

We propose to launch a new contract with the aim of providing the Commission with assistance in the assessment of applications for new/changed allocations. The contractor will be required to carry out compliance checks of the applications received from the Commission based on a pre-agreed methodology. The contractors should give their technical input in the form of report to the Commission, which then decides on each application. The contract will also contain a Helpdesk facility which is a service offered to Member States and which is highly useful and well appreciated by the competent authorities.