{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-244/annex-I/division-4/division-4.1",
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  "legislation": "eur/2012/244",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) No 244/2012 of 16 January 2012 supplementing Directive 2010/31/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the energy performance of buildings by establishing a comparative methodology framework for calculating cost-optimal levels of minimum energy performance requirements for buildings and building elements (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-244",
  "path": "annex/I/division/4/division/4.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "4.1",
  "heading": "Categories of costs",
  "text": "Member States shall establish and describe the following separate cost categories to be used:\n(a) Initial investment costs;\n(b) Running costs. These include costs for periodic replacement of building elements and might include, if appropriate, the earnings from energy produced that Member States may take into account in the financial calculation;\n(c) Energy costs shall reflect overall energy cost including energy price, capacity tariffs and grid tariffs;\n(d) Disposal costs if appropriate.\nFor the calculation at macroeconomic level, Member States shall in addition establish the cost category:\n(e) Cost of greenhouse gas emissions. These shall reflect the quantified, monetised and discounted operational costs of CO2 resulting from the greenhouse gas emissions in tonnes of CO2 equivalent over the calculation period.",
  "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/eur/2012/244/annex/I/division/4/division/4.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:31.287569+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."
}