The total number of allowances in circulation (TNAC) is the surplus of allowances held in the market: all allowances issued and not cancelled, minus those surrendered for emissions and those held in the reserve, published each year by the Commission. The market stability reserve (MSR) is a reserve into which allowances are withheld from future auctions when the TNAC is high, and from which they are released when it is low.
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Example 7.5 (Two published years)
The TNAC published in 2025 was 1 148 049 585 allowances, above 1 096 million: the reserve takes 24%, 275 531 900 allowances, from September 2025 to August 2026. The TNAC published on 29 May 2026 was 1 023 494 202: the reserve takes the excess over 833 million, 190 494 202 allowances, from September 2026 to August 2027.