{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-27/annex-X",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-27/annex-X.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2012/27",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2012-27",
  "path": "annex/X",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "X",
  "heading": "Guarantee of origin for electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration",
  "text": "(a) Member States shall take measures to ensure that:\n(i) the guarantee of origin of the electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration:\nenable producers to demonstrate that the electricity they sell is produced from high-efficiency cogeneration and is issued to this effect in response to a request from the producer,\nis accurate, reliable and fraud-resistant,\nis issued, transferred and cancelled electronically;\n(ii) the same unit of energy from high-efficiency cogeneration is taken into account only once.\n(b) The guarantee of origin referred to in Article 14(10) shall contain at least the following information:\n(i) the identity, location, type and capacity (thermal and electrical) of the installation where the energy was produced;\n(ii) the dates and places of production;\n(iii) the lower calorific value of the fuel source from which the electricity was produced;\n(iv) the quantity and the use of the heat generated together with the electricity;\n(v) the quantity of electricity from high-efficiency cogeneration in accordance with Annex II that the guarantee represents;\n(vi) the primary energy savings calculated in accordance with Annex II based on the harmonised efficiency reference values indicated in point (f) of Annex II;\n(vii) the nominal electric and thermal efficiency of the plant;\n(viii) whether and to what extent the installation has benefited from investment support;\n(ix) whether and to what extent the unit of energy has benefited in any other way from a national support scheme, and the type of support scheme;\n(x) the date on which the installation became operational; and\n(xi) the date and country of issue and a unique identification number.\nThe guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. It shall relate to the net electricity output measured at the station boundary and exported to the grid.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2012/27/annex/X",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:21:56.755310+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}