Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 of 19 December 2018 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 (Text with EEA relevance) (c. 331)

1. Introductory Text

2. CHAPTER I General provisions

   1. Article 1. Scope

   2. Article 2. Definitions

   3. Article 3. National administrative arrangements

3. CHAPTER II Application, data reporting and monitoring rules

   1. Article 4. Application for free allocation by operators of incumbent installations

   2. Article 5. Application for free allocation by new entrants

   3. Article 6. General obligation to monitor

   4. Article 7. Monitoring principles

   5. Article 8. Content and submission of the monitoring methodology plan

   6. Article 9. Changes to the monitoring methodology plan

   7. Article 10. Division into sub-installations

   8. Article 11. Control system

   9. Article 12. Data gaps

   10. Article 13. Use of electronic templates

4. CHAPTER III Allocation rules

   1. Article 14. National implementation measures

   2. Article 15. Historical activity level for incumbent installations

   3. Article 16. Allocation at installation level for incumbent installations

   4. Article 17. Historical activity level for new entrants

   5. Article 18. Allocation to new entrants

   6. Article 19. Allocation in respect of steam cracking

   7. Article 20. Allocation in respect of vinyl chloride monomer

   8. Article 21. Heat flows between installations

   9. Article 22. Exchangeability of fuel and electricity

   10. Article 23. Changes to the allocation of an installation

   11. Article 24. Renunciation of free allocation of allowances

   12. Article 25. Mergers and splits

   13. Article 26. Cessation of operations of an installation

5. CHAPTER IV Final provisions

   1. Article 27. Repeal of Decision 2011/278/EU

   2. Article 28. Entry into force

6. Signature

7. 1. ANNEX I

      Benchmarks

      1. 1. Definition of product benchmarks and system boundaries without consideration of...

      2. 2. Definition of product benchmarks and system boundaries with consideration of...

      3. 3. Heat and fuel benchmarks

   2. ANNEX II

      Specific product benchmarks

      1. 1. Refineries benchmark: CO2 weighted tonne (CWT) functions

      2. 2. Aromatics benchmark: CWT functions

   3. ANNEX III

      Historical activity level for specific benchmarks referred to in Articles 15(8) and 17(f)

      1. 1. The product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for...

      2. 2. The product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for...

      3. 3. The product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for...

      4. 4. The product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for...

      5. 5. The product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for...

      6. 6. The product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for...

      7. 7. The product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for...

      8. 8. The product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for...

   4. ANNEX IV

      Parameters for baseline data collection

      1. Without prejudice to the power of the competent authority to...

      2. 1. GENERAL INSTALLATION DATA

         1. 1.1. Identification of the installation and the operator

         2. 1.2. Verifier information

         3. 1.3. Activity information

         4. 1.4. Eligibility for free allocation

         5. 1.5. List of sub-installations

         6. 1.6. List of connections to other EU ETS installations or non-ETS...

      3. 2. DETAILED ANNUAL DATA FOR EACH YEAR IN THE BASELINE PERIOD...

         1. 2.1. Detailed annual verified emissions data at installation level

         2. 2.2. Annual emissions per sub-installation

         3. 2.3. Annual installation-wide balance of heat import, production, consumption and export...

         4. 2.4. Annual attribution of energy to sub-installations

         5. 2.5. Annual installation-wide balance of electricity import, production, consumption and export...

         6. 2.6. Further annual data for sub-installations

         7. 2.7. Annual activity data for product benchmark sub-installations

      4. 3. DATA FOR BENCHMARK UPDATE

         1. 3.1. Annual data for product benchmark sub-installations

         2. 3.2. Annual data for heat benchmark sub-installations and district heating sub-installations...

         3. 3.3. Annual data for fuel benchmark sub-installations

   5. ANNEX V

      Factors applicable for reducing free allocation pursuant to Article 10b(4) of Directive 2003/87/EC

   6. ANNEX VI

      Minimum content of the monitoring methodology plan

      1. The monitoring methodology plan shall contain at least the following...

      2. General information on the installation: Information for identifying the installation...

      3. The descriptions of the methods used to quantify parameters to...

   7. ANNEX VII

      Data monitoring methods

      1. 1. SCOPE

      2. 2. DEFINITIONS

      3. 3. GENERAL METHODS

         1. 3.1. Applicable methods

         2. 3.2. Approach to attributing data to sub-installations

            1. 1. Where data for a specific data set are not available...

            2. 2. Where several measurement instruments of different quality are contributing to...

         3. 3.3. Measurement instruments or procedures not under the operator's control

         4. 3.4. Indirect determination methods

      4. 4. SELECTION OF DETERMINATION METHODOLOGIES AND DATA SOURCES REPRESENTING HIGHEST ACHIEVABLE...

         1. 4.1. Technical feasibility

         2. 4.2. Unreasonable costs

         3. 4.3. Process

         4. 4.4. Selecting data sources for quantification of materials and fuels

         5. 4.5. Selecting data sources for quantification of energy flows

         6. 4.6. Selecting data sources for properties of materials

      5. 5. METHODS FOR DETERMINING ANNUAL QUANTITIES OF MATERIALS AND FUELS

      6. 6. REQUIREMENTS FOR LABORATORY ANALYSES AND RELATED SAMPLING

         1. 6.1. Requirements for laboratory analyses

         2. 6.2. Simplified requirements for certain laboratory analyses

      7. 7. RULES FOR DETERMINING NET MEASURABLE HEAT

         1. 7.1. Principles

         2. 7.2. Methodologies for determining net amounts of measurable heat

            1. Method 1: Using measurements

            2. Method 2: Using documentation

            3. Method 3: Calculation of a proxy based on measured efficiency...

            4. Method 4: Calculating a proxy based on the reference efficiency...

         3. 7.3. Distinguishing district heating, EU ETS and non-ETS heat

      8. 8. RULES FOR ASSIGNING FUELS AND EMISSIONS OF COMBINED HEAT AND...

      9. 9. PROCEDURE FOR TRACKING PRODCOM CODES OF PRODUCTS

      10. 10. RULES FOR DETERMINING EMISSIONS AT SUB-INSTALLATION LEVEL FOR THE PURPOSE...

          1. 10.1. Emissions at sub-installation level

             1. 10.1.1. Direct attribution of source streams or emission sources

                1. 1. Emissions of source streams or emission sources serving only one...

                2. 2. Only where source streams or emission sources serve more than...

             2. 10.1.2. Emissions attributable to measurable heat

             3. 10.1.3. Attribution of emissions related to heat losses

             4. 10.1.4. Attribution of emissions related to non-measurable heat

             5. 10.1.5. Attribution of emission for the production and use of waste...

          2. 10.2. Attributed emissions to sub-installations