2013/447/EU: Commission Decision of 5 September 2013 on the standard capacity utilisation factor pursuant to Article 18(2) of Decision 2011/278/EU  Text with EEA relevance
Date: 2013-09-05
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU emission allowance, air quality, greenhouse gas, reduction of gas emissions, technical specification








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7.9.2013   


EN


Official Journal of the European Union


L 240/23








            COMMISSION DECISION
         
of 5 September 2013
         
on the standard capacity utilisation factor pursuant to Article 18(2) of Decision 2011/278/EU
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2013/447/EU)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC (1), and in particular Article 10a thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


In order to enable Member States to determine in accordance with Article 18(1) and (3) of Commission Decision 2011/278/EU (2) the activity levels of new entrant installations pursuant to Article 3(h) of Directive 2003/87/EC, the Commission has to determine and publish standard capacity utilisation factors.












(2)


For the purpose of calculating the number of free emission allowances to be allocated to new entrant installations eligible for such allocation in the period 2013-20, Member States have to determine the activity levels of these installations. In this context, the standard capacity utilisation factor is necessary to determine the product-related activity level for products for which a product benchmark has been determined in Annex I to Decision 2011/278/EU. For new entrant installations, with the exception of new entrants due to a significant extension, this activity level is determined by multiplying the initial installed capacity for the production of this product in accordance with Article 17(4) of Decision 2011/278/EU with the standard capacity utilisation factor. For installations which had a significant capacity extension or reduction, Member States are to use the standard capacity utilisation factor to determine the product-related activity level of the added or reduced capacity of the subinstallation concerned.












(3)


The standard capacity utilisation factor should be the 80-percentile of the average annual capacity utilisation of all installations producing the product concerned. As part of the overall baseline data collection for incumbent installations carried out for the establishment of the National Implementation Measures (NIMs), Member States collected data on the average annual production of the product concerned in the period 2005-08. By dividing these production figures by the initial installed capacity as referred to in Article 7(3) of Decision 2011/278/EU, Member States then determined, on this basis, the capacity utilisation factors of the relevant installations on their territory. Member States then shared this information with the Commission as part of the NIMs.












(4)


Upon receipt of the NIMs from all Member States and taking into account the NIMs of the EEA-EFTA countries, the Commission determined the 80-percentile of the average annual capacity utilisation factors of installations producing a product for which a benchmark exists, taking into account the need to ensure neutral conditions of competition for industrial activities carried out in installations operated by a single operator and production in outsourced installations. The calculation is based on information available to the Commission up until 31 December 2012.












(5)


The standard capacity utilisation factors per product benchmark are set out in the Annex to this Decision. These factors apply for the years 2013 to 2020,





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1
The standard capacity utilisation factors listed in the Annex shall be used by Member States to determine the product-related activity level of installations referred to in Article 3(h) of Directive 2003/87/EC in accordance with Article 18 of Decision 2011/278/EU.


Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the first day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.




Done at Brussels, 5 September 2013.


For the Commission


The President

José Manuel BARROSO
            





(1)  
            OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32.

(2)  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 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ L 130, 17.5.2011, p. 1).




ANNEX






Product benchmark listed in Annex I to Decision 2011/278/EU


Standard capacity utilisation factor (SCUF)




Coke


0,960 




Sintered ore


0,886 




Hot metal


0,894 




Pre-bake anode


0,928 




Aluminium


0,964 




Grey cement clinker


0,831 




White cement clinker


0,787 




Lime


0,813 




Dolime


0,748 




Sintered dolime


0,784 




Float glass


0,946 




Bottles and jars of colourless glass


0,883 




Bottles and jars of coloured glass


0,912 




Continuous filament glass fibre products


0,892 




Facing bricks


0,809 




Pavers


0,731 




Roof tiles


0,836 




Spray dried powder


0,802 




Plaster


0,801 




Dried secondary gypsum


0,812 




Short fibre kraft pulp


0,808 




Long fibre kraft pulp


0,823 




Sulphite pulp, thermo-mechanical and mechanical pulp


0,862 




Recovered paper pulp


0,887 




Newsprint


0,919 




Uncoated fine paper


0,872 




Coated fine paper


0,883 




Tissue


0,900 




Testliner and fluting


0,889 




Uncoated carton board


0,863 




Coated carton board


0,868 




Nitric acid


0,876 




Adipic acid


0,849 




Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM)


0,842 




Phenol/acetone


0,870 




S-PVC


0,873 




E-PVC


0,834 




Soda ash


0,926 




Refinery products


0,902 




EAF carbon steel


0,798 




EAF high alloy steel


0,802 




Iron casting


0,772 




Mineral wool


0,851 




Plasterboard


0,843 




Carbon black


0,865 




Ammonia


0,888 




Steam cracking


0,872 




Aromatics


0,902 




Styrene


0,879 




Hydrogen


0,902 




Synthesis gas


0,902 




Ethylene oxide/ethylene glycols


0,840