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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2011-540/annex-XVIII",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2011/540",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 18 August 2011 on amending Decision 2007/589/EC as regards the inclusion of monitoring and reporting guidelines for greenhouse gas emissions from new activities and gases (notified under document C(2011) 5861) (Text with EEA relevance) (2011/540/EU)",
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  "path": "annex/XVIII",
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  "number": "XVIII",
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  "text": "The following Annex XXIII is added:\nANNEX XXIII\nActivity-specific guidelines for the production or processing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals as listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC\n1.\nBOUNDARIES AND COMPLETENESS\nThe activity-specific guidelines in this Annex shall be applied for emissions from the production or processing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals as listed in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC except for production of pig iron and steel and primary aluminium.\n2.\nDETERMINATION OF CO2 EMISSIONS\nIn installations for the production or processing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals emission sources and source streams for CO2 emissions include:\nconventional fuels (e.g. natural gas, coal and coke, or fuel oil),\nother fuels (plastics, e.g. from recycling of batteries, or granulated (organic) material from post shredder plants),\nreducing agents (e.g. coke or graphite electrodes),\nraw materials (e.g. calcination of limestone, dolomite, and carbon containing metal ores and concentrates),\nsecondary feed materials (e.g. organic materials contained in scrap).\n2.1.\nCALCULATION OF CO2 EMISSIONS\nIn installations where carbon stemming from fuels or input materials used at this installation remains in the products or other outputs of the production, e.g. for the reduction of metal ores, a mass balance approach shall be applied (see Section 2.1.1). In installations where this is not the case combustion emissions and process emissions shall be calculated separately (see Sections 2.1.2 and 2.1.3).\n2.1.1.\nMASS-BALANCE APPROACH\nThe mass-balance approach shall consider all carbon in inputs, stocks, products and other exports from the installation to determine the level of emissions of greenhouse gases over the reporting period, using the following equation:\nEmissions [t CO2] = (input – products – export – stock changes) * conversion factor CO2/C\nWith:\n— input [t C] all carbon entering the boundaries of the installation,\n— products [t C] all carbon in products and materials, including by-products, leaving the boundaries of the installation,\n— export [t C] carbon exported from the boundaries of the installation, e.g. discharged to sewer, deposited into landfill or through losses. Export does not include the release of greenhouse gases or carbon monoxide into the atmosphere,\n— stock changes [t C] stock increases of carbon within the boundaries of the mass balance.\nThe calculation shall then be as follows:\nCO2 emissions [t CO2] = (Σ (activity datainput * carbon contentinput) – Σ (activity dataproducts * carbon contentproducts) – Σ (activity dataexport * carbon contentexport) – Σ (activity datastock changes * carbon contentstock changes)) * 3,664\nWith:\n(a)\nactivity data\nThe operator shall analyse and report the mass flows into and from the installation and respective stock changes for all relevant fuels and materials separately. Where the carbon content of a mass flow is usually related to energy content (fuels), the operator may determine and use the carbon content related to the energy content [t C/TJ] of the respective mass flow for the calculation of the mass balance.\nTier 1\nActivity data over the reporting period are determined with a maximum uncertainty of less than ± 7,5 %.\nTier 2\nActivity data over the reporting period are determined with a maximum uncertainty of less than ± 5 %.\nTier 3\nActivity data over the reporting period are determined with a maximum uncertainty of less than ± 2,5 %.\nTier 4\nActivity data over the reporting period are determined with a maximum uncertainty of less than ± 1,5 %.\n(b)\ncarbon content\nTier 1\nThe carbon content of input or output streams is derived from reference emission factors for fuels or materials named in Section 11 of Annex I or in other activity-specific Annexes to these Guidelines. The carbon content is derived as follows:\nC content [t/t or TJ] = Emission factor [t CO2/t or TJ]/3,664 [t CO2/t C]\nTier 2\nThe operator applies country-specific carbon content for the respective fuel or material as reported by the respective Member State in its latest national inventory submitted to the Secretariat of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.\nTier 3\nThe carbon content of input or output stream shall be derived following the provisions of Section 13 of Annex I in respect to representative sampling of fuels, products and by-products, the determination of their carbon contents and biomass fraction.\n2.1.2.\nCOMBUSTION EMISSIONS\nEmissions from combustion processes taking place at installations for the production or processing of ferrous and non-ferrous metals that are not monitored using a mass balance approach, shall be monitored and reported in accordance with Annex II.\n2.1.3.\nPROCESS EMISSIONS\nFor each type of input material used the amount of CO2 shall be calculated as follows:\nCO2 emissions = Σ activity dataprocess input * emission factor * conversion factor\nWith:\n(a)\nactivity data\nTier 1\nAmounts [t] of input material and process residues used as input material in the process not reported under Section 2.1.2 of this Annex over the reporting period are determined with a maximum uncertainty of less than ± 5,0 %.\nTier 2\nAmounts [t] of input material and process residues used as input material in the process not reported under Section 2.1.2 of this Annex over the reporting period are determined with a maximum uncertainty of less than ± 2,5 %.\n(b)\nemission factor\nTier 1\nFor carbonates, use of stoichiometric ratios given in the following Table:\nTable\nStoichiometric emission factors\nCarbonate\nRatio [t CO2/t Ca-, Mg- or other Carbonate]\nRemarks\nCaCO3\n0,44\nMgCO3\n0,522\ngeneral: XY(CO3)Z\nEmission factor = [MCO2 ]/{Y * [Mx] + Z * [MCO3 2-]}\nX metal\nMx molecular weight of X in [g/mol]\nMCO2 molecular weight of CO2 in [g/mol]\nMCO3- molecular weight of CO3 2- in [g/mol]\nY stoichiometric number of X\nZ stoichiometric number of CO3 2-\nThese values shall be adjusted for the respective moisture and gangue content of the applied carbonate material.\nFor process residues and other input materials than carbonates not reported under Section 2.1.2 of this Annex, activity-specific factors shall be determined according to the provisions of Section 13 of Annex I.\n(c)\nconversion factor\nTier 1\nConversion factor: 1,0.\nTier 2\nActivity-specific factors determined according to the provisions of Section 13 of Annex I, determining the amount of carbon in the sinter, slag or other relevant output as well as in filtered dust. In case filtered dust is re-employed in the process, the amount of carbon [t] contained shall not be accounted for in order to avoid double counting.\n2.2.\nMEASUREMENT OF CO2 EMISSIONS\nThe measurement guidelines contained in Annexes I and XII shall be applied.",
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