# Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC (repealed)

EU Directive 2004/8 · adopted 11 February 2004

Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 11 February 2004 on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC (repealed)

## Introductory text

Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
of 11 February 2004
on the promotion of cogeneration based on a useful heat demand in the internal energy market and amending Directive 92/42/EEC (repealed)
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## 1 Purpose

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## 2 Scope

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## 3 Definitions

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## 4 Efficiency criteria of cogeneration

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## 5 Guarantee of origin of electricity from high-efficiency cogeneration

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## 6 National potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration

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## 7 Support schemes

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## 8 Electricity grid system and tariff issues

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## 9 Administrative procedures

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## 10 Member States' reporting

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## 11 Commission reporting

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## 12 Alternative calculations

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## 13 Adaptation to technical progress

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## 14 Committee procedure

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## 15 Transposition

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## 16 Amendment to Directive 92/42/EEC

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## 17 Entry into force

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## 18 Addressees

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## Annex I Cogeneration technologies covered by this Directive

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## Annex II Calculation of electricity from cogeneration

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## Annex III Methodology for determining the efficiency of the cogeneration process

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## (a) High-efficiency cogeneration

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## (b) Calculation of primary energy savings

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## (c) Calculations of energy savings using alternative calculation according to Article 12(2)

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## (d) 

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## (e) 

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## (f) Efficiency reference values for separate production of heat and electricity

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## Annex IV Criteria for analysis of national potentials for high-efficiency cogeneration

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