Communication from the Commission amending the Communication from the Commission Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012 Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2012-12-15
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: State aid, aid to undertakings, electrical energy, energy saving, greenhouse gas, industrial hazard, investment aid, reduction of gas emissions, tradeable emission permit








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15.12.2012   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


C 387/5





Communication from the Commission amending the Communication from the Commission Guidelines on certain State aid measures in the context of the greenhouse gas emission allowance trading scheme post-2012
(Text with EEA relevance)
2012/C 387/06
In the definition of the ‘fall-back electricity consumption efficiency benchmark’ (Annex I of the Guidelines), 80 % will be added. It will read as follows:






‘—


“fall back electricity consumption efficiency benchmark”, 80 % of baseline electricity consumption. It corresponds to the average reduction effort imposed by the application of the electricity consumption efficiency benchmarks (benchmark electricity consumption/ex ante electricity consumption). It is applied for all products and processes which fall within eligible sectors or subsectors, but which are not covered by the electricity consumption efficiency benchmarks set in Annex III.’




Annex III of the Communication ‘Electricity consumption efficiency benchmarks for products covered by the NACE codes in Annex II’ will be replaced by the following:


‘ANNEX III

Electricity consumption efficiency benchmarks for products covered by the NACE codes in Annex II














NACE4


Product benchmark (1)



Benchmark value


Benchmark unit


Unit of production (2)



Product definition (2)



Processes covered by product BM (2)



Relevant prodcom-code (Rev 1.1)


Description




2742


Primary aluminium


14,256


MWh/t product (AC consumption)


Tonne of unwrought non-alloy liquid aluminium


Unwrought non-alloy liquid aluminium from electrolysis


Unwrought non-alloy liquid aluminium from electrolysis, including pollution control units, auxiliary processes and the cast house. In addition to the definitions of the product in Commission Decision 2011/278/EU the anode plant (pre-bake anodes) is included. In case anodes are provided from a stand-alone plant in Europe, this plant should not be compensated as already comprised in the BM. In case anodes are produced outside Europe, a correction may be applied.


27421130


Unwrought non-alloy aluminium (excluding powders and flakes)




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


27421153


Unwrought aluminium alloys in primary form (excluding aluminium powders and flakes)




2742


Alumina (refining)


0,225


MWh/t product


Tonne of alumina


 


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the production of alumina


27421200


Aluminium oxide (excluding artificial corundum)




2710


Basic oxygen steel


0,036


MWh/t product


Tonne of crude (cast) steel


 


Secondary metallurgy, refractories preheating, auxiliaries (in particular dedusting) and casting installations up to cut-off of crude steel products


2710T122


Non-alloy steel produced by other processes than in electric furnaces




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2710T132


Alloy steel other than stainless steel produced by other processes than in electric furnaces




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2710T142


Stainless and heat resisting steel produced by other processes than in electric furnaces




2710


EAF carbon steel


0,283


tCO2/t product


Tonne of crude secondary steel ex-caster.


Steel containing less than 8 % metallic alloying elements and tramp elements to such levels limiting the use to those applications where no high surface quality and processability is required.


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the process units:






—


electric arc furnace










—


secondary metallurgy










—


casting and cutting










—


post-combustion unit










—


dedusting unit










—


vessels heating stands










—


casting ingots preheating stands










—


scrap drying and










—


scrap preheating are included.






2710T121


Crude steel: non-alloy steel produced in electric furnaces




 


 


(Based on 10 % best average)


 


 


 


 


2710T131


Crude steel: alloy steel other than stainless steel produced in electric furnaces




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2710T141


Crude steel: stainless and heat resisting steel produced in electric furnaces




2710


EAF high alloy steel


0,352


tCO2/t product


Tonne of high alloy crude steel


Steel containing 8 % or more metallic alloying elements or where high surface quality and processability is required


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the process units:






—


electric arc furnace










—


secondary metallurgy










—


casting and cutting










—


post-combustion unit










—


dedusting unit










—


vessels heating stands










—


casting ingots preheating stands










—


slow cooling pit










—


scrap drying and










—


scrap preheating are included. The process units FeCr converter and cryogenic storage of industrial gases are not included.






2710T121


Crude steel: non-alloy steel produced in electric furnaces




 


 


(Based on 10 % best average)


 


 


 


 


2710T131


Crude steel: alloy steel other than stainless steel produced in electric furnaces




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2710T141


Crude steel: stainless and heat resisting steel produced in electric furnaces




2710


FeSi


8,540


MWh/t product


Tonne of final FeSi-75


FeSi-75


All processes directly linked to operation of the furnaces.
Auxiliaries are not included.


27102020/24101230


Ferro-silicon-75 % Si content




2710


FeMn HC


2,760


MWh/t product


Tonne of final High Carbon FeMn


High Carbon FeMn


All processes directly linked to the furnaces.
Auxiliary processes are not included.


27102010


Ferro-manganese (in accordance with BREF)




2710


SiMn


3,850


MWh/t product


Tonne of final SiMn


Silico-manganese of different carbon content, including SiMn, Low Carbon SiMn, Very Low Carbon SiMn


All processes directly linked to the operation of the furnaces.
Auxiliary processes are not included.


27102030


Silico-manganese excluding FeSiMn




2413


Cl2


2,461


MWh/t product


Tonne of chlorine


Chlorine


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the electrolysis unit, including auxiliaries like motors


24131111


Chlorine




2413


Si metal


11,870


MWh/t product


Tonne of Si metal


Silicon with a grade 90-99,99 %


All processes directly linked to the furnaces.
Auxiliary processes are not included.


24131155


Silicon containing by weight < 99,99 % of silicon




2413


Hyperpure polysilicon


60,000


MWh/t product


Tonne of hyperpure Si metal


Silicon with a grade > 99,99 %


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the furnace, including auxiliaries


24131153


Silicon containing by weight ≥ 99,99 % of silicon




2413


SiC


6,200


MWh/t product


Tonne of 100 % SiC


Silicon carbide with 100 % purity


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the furnace, including auxiliaries


24135450


Carbides whether or not chemically defined




2414


High value Chemicals


0,702


tCO2/t product


Tonne of high value chemical (HVC) (tonne of acetylene, ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene and hydrogen)


Mix of high value chemicals (HVC) expressed as total mass of acetylene, ethylene, propylene, butadiene, benzene and hydrogen excluding HVC from supplemental feed (hydrogen, ethylene, other HVC) with an ethylene content in the total product mix of at least 30 mass-percent and a content of HVC, fuel gas, butenes and liquid hydrocarbons of together at least 50 mass-percent of the total product mix.


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the production of high value chemicals as purified product or intermediate product with concentrated content of the respective HVC in the lowest tradable form (raw C4, unhydrogenated pygas) are included except C4 extraction (butadiene plant), C4-hydrogenation, hydrotreating of pyrolysis gasoline and aromatics extraction and logistics/storage for daily operation.


Several prodcom-codes under NACE 2414


 




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


24141120


Saturated acyclic hydrocarbons




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


24141130


Unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbons: ethylene




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


24141140


Unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbons; propene (propylene)




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


24141150


Unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbons; butene (butylene) and isomers thereof




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


24141160


Unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbons; buta-1.3-diene and isoprene




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


24141190


Unsaturated acyclic hydrocarbons (excluding ethylene, propene-butene, buta-1.3-diene and isoprene)




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


24/20141223


Benzene




2414


Aromatics


0,030


tCO2/t product


CO2 weighted tonne


Mix of aromatics expressed as CO2 weighted tonne (CWT)


All processes directly or indirectly linked to aromatics sub-units:






—


pygas hydrotreater










—


benzene/toluene/xylene (BTX) extraction










—


TDP










—


HDA










—


xylene isomerisation










—


p-xylene units










—


cumene production and










—


cyclo-hexane production are included.






Several prodcom-codes under NACE 2414. See guidance document 9 for the direct emissions for the full list.


 




2414


Black carbon


1,954


tCO2/t product


Tonne of furnace carbon black (saleable unit, > 96 %)


Furnace carbon black. Gas and lampblack products are not covered by this benchmark.


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the production of furnace carbon black as well as finishing, packaging and flaring are included.


24131130


Carbon (carbon blacks and other forms of carbon, n.e.c.)




2414


Styrene


0,527


tCO2/t product


Tonne of styrene (saleable product)


Styrene monomer (vinyl benzene, CAS number: 100-42-5)


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the production of:






—


styrene as well as










—


the intermediate product ethylbenzene (with the amount used as feed for the styrene production) are included.






24141250


Styrene




2414


Ethylene oxide/ethylene glycols EO/EG


0,512


tCO2/t product


Tonne of EO-equivalents (EOE), defined as the amount of EO (in mass) that is embedded in one mass unit of any of the specific glycols.


The ethylene oxide/ethylene glycol benchmark covers the products:






—


ethylene oxide (EO, high purity)










—


monoethylene glycol (MEG, standard grade + fiber grade (high purity))










—


diethylene glycol (DEG)










—


triethylene glycol (TEG)




The total amount of products is expressed in terms of EO-equivalents (EOE), which are defined as the amount of EO (in mass) that is embedded in one mass unit of the specific glycol.


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the process units EO production, EO purification and glycol section are included.


24146373


Oxirane (ethylene oxide)




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


24142310


Ethylene glycol (ethanediol)




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


24146333


2,2-Oxydiethanol (diethylene glycol; digol)




2743


Zinc electrolysis


4,000


MWh/t product


Tonne of zinc


Primary zinc


All processed directly or indirectly linked to the zinc elctrolysis unit including auxiliaries


27431230


Unwrought non-alloy zinc (excluding zinc dust, powders and flakes)




 


 


 


 


 


 


 


2743125


Unwrought zinc alloys (excluding zinc dust, powders and flakes)




2415


Ammonia


1,619


tCO2/t product


Tonne of ammonia produced as saleable (net) production and 100 % purity.


Ammonia (NH3), to be recorded in tons produced


All processes directly or indirectly linked to the production of the ammonia and the intermediate product hydrogen are included.


24151075


Anhydrous ammonia





Products for which inter-exchangeability of electricity and fuels was established in Annex 1(2) of Decision 2011/278/EU
 (3)

Decision 2011/278/EU in Annex I established that in respect of some production processes there is substitutability between fuel and electricity. For those products, it is not appropriate to set a benchmark on the basis of MWh/t of product. Instead, starting points are the specific greenhouse gases emission curves derived for the direct emissions. For those processes, the product benchmarks were determined on the basis of the sum of direct emissions (from energy and process emissions), as well as indirect emissions arising from the use of the inter-exchangeable part of the electricity.
In these cases, the factor ‘E’ in the formula for the calculation of the maximum aid amount as referred to in paragraph 27(a) of the Guidelines is to be replaced by the following term that converts a product benchmark as per Decision 2011/278/EU into an electricity consumption efficiency benchmark on the basis of an average European emission intensity factor of 0,465 tCO2/MWh:
Existing product BM from Annex I from Decision 2011/278/EU (in tCO2/t) × share of relevant indirect emissions (4) overthe baseline period (%)/0,465 (tCO2/MWh).




(1)  For products shaded in light grey, interchangeability between electricity and fuels was established and the benchmark is provided in terms of tCO2.

(2)  Production units, definitions and processes covered, which are shaded in dark grey, are based on Commission Decision 2011/278/EU of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC.

(3)  Commission Decision of 27 April 2011 on determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation pursuant to Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC, C(2011) 2772 final (OJ L 130, 17.5.2011, p. 1).

(4)  “Share of relevant indirect emissions over the baseline period” means the quotient of






—


the relevant indirect emissions and










—


the sum of total direct emissions and relevant indirect emissions




as per Article 14 of Decision 2011/278/EU.’