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Paragraphs 59, 591 and 108 of the elektrituruseadus (Law on the electricity market) (RT I 2015, 43; ‘the ELTS’) provide: ‘Paragraph 59. Subsidy (1) A producer is entitled to claim from the transmission system operator a subsidy: (1) for the production of electricity from a renewable energy source, using a generating unit with net output of no more than 100 [megawatts (MW)]; (2) for the production of electricity, as from 1 July 2010, provided that it used biomass cogeneration for that purpose, unless the electricity was produced from biomass in the condensation process, in which case the subsidy is not granted. On a proposal from the competent minister, the Government of the Republic of Estonia shall lay down, by regulation, detailed rules on cogeneration. The competent minister shall submit his or her proposal to the Government of the Republic of Estonia concerning detailed rules on cogeneration based on the proposal made by the Estonian competition authority; … (4) for the production of electricity, provided that it has used for that purpose, in an efficient cogeneration process, a generating unit with an electrical output not exceeding 10 MW; … Paragraph 591. Conditions under which the subsidy may be granted (1) Grant of the subsidy referred to in Paragraph 59 of the present law shall be subject to the following conditions: (1) the electricity must be generated by a generating unit meeting the requirements of the present law and of the network code; (2) the producer shall fulfil the obligations laid down in Chapter 4 and Paragraph 58 of the present law. (2) A producer shall not be entitled to the subsidy: (1) under the conditions referred to in Paragraph 59(1), point [(5)] of the present law, if the price of greenhouse gas emission allowances is less than EUR [10] per tonne of [carbon dioxide (CO2)]; (2) under Paragraph 59(2), point [(1)], of the present law, in respect of electricity produced by a generating unit whose output that is made available makes it possible for the producer to receive a subsidy under Paragraph 59(2)[points (4), (5) or (6)]; (3) if the State has paid the wind energy producer the investment aid in respect of the same generating unit; (4) if the producer does not have the necessary environmental approvals to generate electricity or fails to comply with the conditions attaching to such approvals; (5) in respect of the electricity produced for the purposes of supplying the power plant itself. (3) An application referred to in Paragraph 59(2) of the present law shall include data on the generating units, the details required by legislation for the grant of a subsidy and the information required by the transmission system operator to trace the origin of the electricity in cases where it is impossible to determine unambiguously that origin and the quantity of electricity. … Paragraph 108. Period of eligibility for the subsidy (1) The subsidy referred to in Paragraph 59(1), points [(1) to (4)], of the present law can be paid for a period of 12 years from the start of production and the subsidy referred to in point [(5)] may be paid for a period of 20 years. The subsidy, referred to in Paragraph 59, for electricity produced from renewable energy sources by a generating unit put into service before 1 January 2002 may be paid up to 31 December 2012. … (3) The date of the start of production referred to above is the day on which a generating unit that fulfils the requirements first delivers electricity to the system or a direct line. …’