{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-601/annex-IV/division-12/division-B/division-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-601/annex-IV/division-12/division-B/division-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2012/601",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 of 21 June 2012 on the monitoring and reporting of greenhouse gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-601",
  "path": "annex/IV/division/12/division/B/division/2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Method B (Output based)",
  "text": "Tier 1 A conservative value of 0,123 tonnes of CaO (corresponding to 0,09642 tonnes of CO2) per tonne of product shall be applied for the calculation of the emission factor instead of the results of analyses.\nTier 2 An emission factor shall be derived and updated at least once per year using best industry practice reflecting site-specific conditions and the product mix of the installation.\nTier 3 The determination of the composition of the products shall be carried out in accordance with Articles 32 to 35.\nBy way of derogation from section 1 of this Annex, for the scrubbing of flue gases the following tier for the emission factor shall apply:\nTier 1 The operator shall apply the stoichiometric ratio of CaCO3 as shown in section 2 of Annex VI.\nFor scrubbing, no other tier and no conversion factor shall be used. Double counting from used limestone recycled as raw material in the same installation shall be avoided.",
  "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/2012/601/annex/IV/division/12/division/B/division/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:49:20.227833+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."
}