# Commission Decision 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2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 2772) (2011/278/EU) (repealed) (revoked) EU Decision 2011/278 ยท adopted 27 April 2011 Commission Decision of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free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2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 2772) (2011/278/EU) (repealed) ## Introductory text Commission Decision of 27 April 2011 determining transitional Union-wide rules for harmonised free allocation of emission allowances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2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2011) 2772) (2011/278/EU) (repealed) (revoked) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter I: GENERAL PROVISIONS ## 1 Subject matter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Scope . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Competent authority and rounding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter II: INCUMBENT INSTALLATIONS ## 5 Identification of installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Division into sub-installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Baseline data collection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 9 Historical activity level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 10 Allocation at installation level . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 11 Allocation in respect of steam cracking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 12 Allocation in respect of vinyl chloride monomer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 13 Heat flows between installations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 14 Exchangeability of fuel and electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter III: ALLOCATION DECISIONS ## 15 National Implementation measures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 16 Changes to carbon leakage exposure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter IV: NEW ENTRANTS AND CLOSURES ## 17 Application for free allocation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 18 Activity levels . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 19 Allocation to new entrants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 20 Allocation as new entrant following a significant capacity extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 21 Significant capacity reduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 22 Cessation of operations of an installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 23 Partial cessation of operations of an installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 24 Changes to the operation of an installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Chapter V: FINAL PROVISION ## 25 Addressees . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex I: PRODUCT BENCHMARKS ## 1 Definition of product benchmarks and system boundaries without consideration of exchangeability of fuel and electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Definition of product benchmarks and system boundaries with consideration of exchangeability of fuel and electricity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Heat and fuel benchmarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex II: SPECIFIC PRODUCT BENCHMARKS ## 1 Refineries benchmark: CWT functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Aromatics benchmark: CWT functions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex III: HISTORICAL ACTIVITY LEVEL FOR SPECIFIC PRODUCT BENCHMARKS AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 9(7) ## 1 Member States shall determine the product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for products to which the refinery benchmark as referred to in Annex I applies on the basis of the different CWT functions, their definitions, the basis for throughput as well as the CWT factors as listed in Annex II according to the following formula: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 2 Member States shall determine the product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for products to which the lime product benchmark as referred to in Annex I applies according to the following formula: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 3 Member States shall determine the product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for products to which the dolime product benchmark as referred to in Annex I applies according to the following formula: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 4 Member States shall determine the product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for products to which the steam cracking product benchmark as referred to in Annex I applies according to the following formula: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 5 Member States shall determine the product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for products to which the aromatics product benchmark as referred to in Annex I applies on the basis of the different CWT functions, their definitions, the basis for throughput as well as the CWT factors as listed in Annex II according to the following formula: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 6 Member States shall determine the product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for products to which the hydrogen product benchmark as referred to in Annex I applies according to the following formula: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 7 Member States shall determine the product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for products to which the synthesis gas (syngas) product benchmark as referred to in Annex I applies according to the following formula: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## 8 Member States shall determine the product-related historical activity level for the baseline period for products to which the ethylene oxide/ethylene glycols product benchmark as referred to in Annex I applies according to the following formula: . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex IV PARAMETERS FOR BASELINE DATA COLLECTION FOR INCUMBENT INSTALLATIONS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex V . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ## Annex VI . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . --- Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2011/278 (the official version) Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-278 Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. 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