# 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gas emissions pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed), Division B: Specific monitoring rules

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

For the monitoring of emissions from production of pig iron and steel, the operator may choose to use a mass balance in accordance with Article 25 and section 3 of Annex II, or the standard methodology in accordance with Article 24 and sections 2 and 4 of Annex II, at least for a part of the source streams, avoiding any gaps or double counting of emissions.
By way of derogation from section 3.1 of Annex II, tier 3 for the carbon content is defined as follows:
Tier 3 The operator shall derive the carbon content of input or output stream following Articles 32 to 35 in respect to the representative sampling of fuels, products and by-products, the determination of their carbon contents and biomass fraction. The operator shall base the carbon content of products or semi-finished products on annual analyses following Articles 32 to 35 or derive the carbon content from mid-range composition values as specified by relevant international or national standards.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2012/601/annex/IV/division/5/division/B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2012-601/annex-IV/division-5/division-B
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