Procedure for Account opening in the Union Registry

1. Authorised Representatives to be nominated shall register themselves in EU Login and then fill in personal details in Union Registry to receive URID (user identifier).
   You can download the user guide here.
   The user guide for the login procedure via EU Login Mobile application is here.

2. One from the above Authorised Representatives fills in the Account Request in Union Registry. He/she needs to know URID of all nominated Authorised Representatives.
   You can download the user guide here.

3. Registry Administrator shall send to the Account Holder contact email address Contract on the Establishment of an Account in the Registry for Trading with an Assigned Amount of Units (Allowances) of Greenhouse Gas Emissions and on Respective Relations to sign in two weeks since the request was electronically delivered (see paragraph 2). 

4. The requester shall send to the Registry Administrator the documentation according to the type of the opened account (see the list below).
   The contract can be signed by hand (it is necessary to send it in two hard copies) or by a qualified certificate (in this case it can be sent via email).

5. After receiving the above stated documents, the Contract is signed (by hand or by a qualified certificate) by Registry Administrator's deputy and the Account Request is approved.

6. The Registry Administrator shall send via post:
   a. Enrolment keys to enter the account to (Additional) Authorized Representatives;
   b. Contract signed by both parties to Account Holder.

7. OTE, a.s., shall prepare invoicing documents (i.e. fee for establishing an account in accordance to the Price list in Appendix No. 3 to the Contract).
    

Required documentation according to the type of the opened account

a) Operator Holding Account

• fully signed Contract (by hand or by a qualified certificate) in duplicate,
• fully signed and officially certified Appendix No. 1 – Representatives for communication in duplicate (the pdf file has been sent by email or you it is available in Union Registry),
• a duly completed and signed Declaration of data necessary for customer due diligence process - the form is available here,
• a certified statement from the Commercial Register (not older than 3 months),
• a certified copy of the Permit,
• an original or a certified copy of a document clearly identifying the structure of the group (if the operator is part of a group, not older than 3 months),
• a copy of the ID card of Authorized Representatives - the Registry Administrator requires the following clearly visible data: name, surname, document number, date of birth, place of birth, validity of the document to. We recommend to make invisible the other data before sending a copy of the document. In the event that unnecessary data are visible, it is done by the Registry Administrator immediately upon receipt of the document;
• a certified Criminal Record statement of Authorized Representatives in Czech (not older than 3 months).

b) Aircraft Operator Holding Account

• fully signed Contract (by hand or by a qualified certificate) in duplicate,
• fully signed and officially certified Appendix No. 1 – Representatives for communication in duplicate (the pdf file has been sent by email or you it is available in Union Registry),
• a duly completed and signed Declaration of data necessary for customer due diligence process - the form is available here,
• a certified statement from the Commercial Register in Czech (not older than 3 months),
• a certified copy of the Monitoring Plan,
• an original or a certified copy of a document clearly identifying the structure of the group (if the aircraft operator is part of a group, not older than 3 months),
• a copy of the ID card of Authorized Representatives - the Registry Administrator requires the following clearly visible data: name, surname, document number, date of birth, place of birth, validity of the document to. We recommend to make invisible the other data before sending a copy of the document. In the event that unnecessary data are visible, it is done by the Registry Administrator immediately upon receipt of the document;
• a certified Criminal Record statement of Authorized Representatives in Czech (not older than 3 months).

c) Person Holding Account and Trading Account

• fully signed Contract (by hand or by a qualified certificate) in duplicate,
• fully signed and officially certified Appendix No. 1 – Representatives for communication in duplicate (the pdf file has been sent by email or you it is available in Union Registry),
• a duly completed and signed Declaration of data necessary for customer due diligence process - the form is available here,
• a certified statement from the Commercial Register in Czech (not older than 3 months),
• confirmation of being an active bank account holder in a Member State of the European Economic Area (not older than 3 months),
• VAT registration statement,
• list of directors (persons effectively controlling everyday operations of the legal entity),
• a copy of the ID card of Authorized Representatives - the Registry Administrator requires the following clearly visible data: name, surname, document number, date of birth, place of birth, validity of the document to. We recommend to make invisible the other data before sending a copy of the document. In the event that unnecessary data are visible, it is done by the Registry Administrator immediately upon receipt of the document;
• a certified Criminal Record statement of Authorized Representatives in Czech (not older than 3 months).
• the company do not have to be registered in the Czech Republic or the EEA, but at least one person has to have permanent residence in the Czech Republic.