Confidentiality

All information held in the Austrian registry, including the holdings of all accounts and all transactions made, shall be considered confidential for any purpose other than the implementation of the requirements of the EU Registry Regulation, the Emissions Trading Directive 2003/87/EC and the Austrian Act on Emissions Allowance Trading (Emissionszertifikategesetz - EZG) and its regulations.

Information held in the registry may not be used without the prior consent of the relevant account holder except to operate and maintain the registry in accordance with the EU Registry Regulation.

The competent authority (Austrian Federal Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water Management) and the registry administrator shall only perform processes concerning allowances, verified emissions, automatic NAP table changes, accounts and Kyoto units where necessary to carry out their functions as competent authority or registry administrator.