Division Translation

‘Recovery [the recoverable amount] in respect of a given undertaking results from the difference of the relevant EEG costs as determined on the basis of the Guidelines on State aid for environmental protection and energy 2014-20 (“2014 Guidelines”) and of the EEG costs as determined on the basis of the EEG-Act 2012. In that respect, the adjustment plan limits the payment to be made on the basis of the 2014 Guidelines to a maximum of 125 % (for the year 2013) and to a maximum of 150 % (for the year 2014) of the payment made in respect of the year 2013 according to the EEG-Act 2012 (see diagram). Negative recovery amounts are not taken into account.

Diagram: method of calculating recovery

Recovery₂₀₁₃ = P(Adjustment plan)₂₀₁₃ – P(EEG2012)₂₀₁₃

P(Adjustment plan)₂₀₁₃ = Minimum of P(EEAG) and 125 % × P(EEG2012)₂₀₁₃

Recovery₂₀₁₃

Recovery in respect of the year 2013

P(Adjustment plan)₂₀₁₃

Payment due according to the adjustment plan for 2013

P(EEAG)₂₀₁₃

Payment due according to the 2014 Guidelines for 2013

P(EEG2012)₂₀₁₃

Actual payment made on the basis of the EEG-Act 2012 for 2013

In view of the urgency, and in order to limit the administrative effort, which is estimated to be very high, it is necessary to calculate the undertakings' recovery amounts solely on the basis of the data which is already available to the BAFA^f1. Hence, use will be made of the company-specific data (on gross value added at market prices, electricity consumption and electricity costs) which was submitted in the undertakings' applications for 2013 and 2014, but which corresponds to the year for which evidence had to be submitted (that is to say, the business year of 2011 for a reduction granted in 2013, and the business year of 2012 for a reduction granted in 2014). Accordingly, the calculation is based on the gross value added at market prices, as the data concerning the gross value added at factor costs is not available. Moreover, the compared calculation must be based on the electricity consumption data which was submitted in the applications and which corresponds to the year for which evidence had to be submitted. That electricity consumption data is different from the data on the electricity that was actually consumed in the year for which the reduction is granted.

Reference years of the values used:

	BAFA decision for 2013	BAFA decision for 2014
Gross value added at market prices	2011	2012
Electricity consumed	2011	2012
Electricity costs	2011	2012

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