29As the Advocate General stated in point 29 of his Opinion, one of the pillars on which the scheme established by Directive 2003/87 is built is the obligation on operators to surrender by 30 April of the current year, in order to have them cancelled, a number of greenhouse gas emission allowances equal to their emissions during the preceding calendar year.
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