L 144/140
EN
Official Journal of the European Union
23.5.2022
If the Technical Secretariat decides to use other values within their PEF-RP study and benchmark calculation, it shall provide a justification and provide the data source.
In case a specific packaging type is not present in the list above, sector-specific data shall be used.
New values shall be subject to the PEFCR review.
The PEFCR shall prescribe the use of mandatory company-specific reuse rates for company owned packaging pools.
A.4.2.8.3.
Av e ra g e r e u s e ra t e s f o r t h i rd p a r t y o p e ra t e d p o o l s The average reuse rates available in section 4.4.9.5 of Annex I shall be used by those PEFCRs that have third party operated reusable packaging pools in scope, unless data of better quality is available.
If the Technical Secretariat decides to use other values within their final PEFCR, it shall clearly justify why and provide the data source.
In case a specific packaging type is not present in the list of section 4.4.9.5 of the Annex I, sector-specific data shall be collected and included in the PEFCR.
New values shall be subject to the PEFCR review.
A.4.2.9.
Greenhouse gas emissions and removals To provide all necessary information for developing the PEFCR, the PEF-RP study shall always calculate the three climate change sub-categories separately.
If climate change is identified as a most-relevant impact category, the PEFCR shall (i) request to report the total climate change as the sum of the three sub-categories, and (ii) request the reporting of the sub-categories ‘climate change -fossil’, ‘climate change – biogenic’ and ‘climate change - land use and land use change’, separately if the PEF-RP study shows a contribution of more than 5% (18) each to the total score.
A.4.2.9.1.
S u b - c a t e g o r y 2 : C l i m a t e c h a n ge – b i o g e n i c The PEFCR shall specify if a simplified modelling approach shall be used when modelling the foreground emissions.
In the case a simplified modelling approach is chosen, the PEFCR shall include the following text: ‘Only the emission ‘methane (biogenic)’ is modelled, while no further biogenic emissions and uptakes from the atmosphere are included.
When methane emissions can be both fossil or biogenic, the release of biogenic methane shall be modelled first and then the remaining fossil methane.’
In the case a simplified modelling approach is not chosen, the PEFCR shall include the following text: ‘All biogenic carbon emissions and removals shall be modelled separately.
However, note that the corresponding characterisation factors for biogenic CO2 uptakes and emissions within the EF impact assessment method are set to zero‘.
A.4.4.9.2.
S u b - c a t e g o r y 3 : C l i m a t e c h a n ge – l a n d u s e a n d l a n d u s e c h a n g e ( L U L U C ) The Technical Secretariat may decide to include soil carbon storage in the PEFCR as additional environmental information.
In case of inclusion, the PEFCR shall specify how this shall be modeled and calculated, and which proof shall be provided.
If legislation provides specific modelling requirements for the sector, it shall be modelled according to this legislation.
(18) For example, if 'Climate change - biogenic' contributes with 7% (using absolute values) to the total climate change impact and 'Climate change – land use and land use change' contributes with 3% to the total climate change impact.
In that case, the total climate change impact and the 'Climate change – biogenic' shall be reported.
The Technical Secretariat may decide where and how to report the latter ('Climate change – biogenic').