PART 3Free Allocation Regulation amended

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Annex 8Benchmarks

Table AProduct benchmarks without consideration of exchangeability of fuel and electricity for 2021-2025 allocation period

Product benchmark

Benchmark value (allowances/t) for 2021-2025 allocation period

Coke

0.217

Sintered ore

0.157

Hot metal

1.288

Pre-bake anode

0.312

Aluminium

1.464

Grey cement clinker

0.693

White cement clinker

0.957

Lime 6

0.725

Dolime

0.815

Sintered dolime

1.406

Float glass

0.399

Bottles and jars of colourless glass

0.290

Bottles and jars of coloured glass

0.237

Continuous filament glass fibre products

0.309

Facing bricks

0.106

Pavers

0.146

Roof tiles

0.120

Spray-dried powder

0.058

Plaster

0.047

Dried secondary gypsum

0.013

Short fibre kraft pulp

0.091

Long fibre kraft pulp

0.046

Sulphite pulp, thermo-mechanical and mechanical pulp

0.015

Recovered paper pulp

0.030

Newsprint

0.226

Uncoated fine paper

0.242

Coated fine paper

0.242

Tissue

0.254

Testliner and fluting

0.188

Uncoated carton board

0.180

Coated carton board

0.207

Nitric acid

0.230

Adipic acid

2.12

Vinyl chloride monomer (VCM)

0.155

Phenol/acetone

0.230

S-PVC

0.066

E-PVC

0.181

Soda ash

0.753

Table BProduct benchmarks with consideration of exchangeability of fuel and electricity for 2021-2025 allocation period

Product benchmark

Benchmark value (allowances/t) for 2021-2025 allocation period

Refinery products

0.0228

EAF carbon steel

0.215

EAF high alloy steel

0.268

Iron casting

0.282

Mineral wool

0.536

Plasterboard

0.110

Carbon black

1.485

Ammonia

1.570

Steam cracking

0.681

Aromatics

0.0228

Styrene

0.401

Hydrogen

6.84

Synthesis gas (syngas)

0.187

Ethylene oxide/ethylene glycols

0.389

Table CHeat and fuel benchmarks for 2021-2025 allocation period

Benchmark

Benchmark value (allowances/TJ) for 2021-2025 allocation period

Heat benchmark

47.3

Fuel benchmark

42.6

Where no benchmarks are set out in this Annex for the 2026-2030 allocation period, the benchmarks for the 2021-2025 allocation period are to be used.