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Official Journal of the European Union
7.9.2012
DECISIONS
COMMISSION DECISION
of 17 August 2012
amending Decisions 2010/2/EU and 2011/278/EU as regards the sectors and subsectors which are
deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage
(notified under document C(2012) 5715)
(Text with EEA relevance)
(2012/498/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
except woven fabrics’ and ‘Slag wool, rock wool and
similar mineral wools and mixtures thereof, in bulk,
sheets or rolls’, this assessment has shown that they
Having regard to the Treaty of the Functioning of the European
can be clearly distinguished from other subsectors on
Union,
the basis of specific characteristics and that they satisfy
the quantitative criteria set out in Article 10a(15) of
Directive 2003/87/EC. Accordingly, the subsectors
Having regard to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European
‘Voiles, webs, mats, mattresses, boards and other
Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing
articles of glass fibres, except woven fabrics’ and ‘Slag
a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within
wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools and
the Community and amending Council Directive 96/61/EC ( 1 ),
mixtures thereof, in bulk, sheets or rolls’ should be
and in particular Article 10a(1) and (13) thereof,
added to the list of sectors and subsectors deemed to
be exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage.
Whereas:
(5) NACE
4-level
code
2614
‘Manufacture
of
glass
fibres’
(1) Commission Decision 2010/2/EU
(
consists of two 6-digit Prodcom codes: ‘261411 Slivers,

2 ) determines,
pursuant to Directive 2003/87/EC, a list of sectors and
rovings, yarn and chopped strands, of glass fibre’ and
subsectors which are deemed to be exposed to a
‘261412 Voiles, webs, mats, mattresses, boards and
significant risk of carbon leakage.
other articles of glass fibres, except woven fabrics’. The
subsector covered by 6-digit Prodcom code 261411 was
deemed to be exposed to a significant risk of carbon
(2) Commission
Decision
2011/278/EU
( 3 ) determines tran
leakage in Decision 2010/2/EU. By adding also
sitional Union-wide rules for the harmonised free allo
Prodcom code 261412 to the list of sectors and
cation of emission allowances pursuant to Article 10a of
subsectors which are deemed to be exposed to a
Directive 2003/87/EC.
significant risk of carbon leakage, the entire sector at
NACE 4-level 2614 will be covered. Therefore, for
reasons of clarity and to avoid duplication, NACE
(3) Every
year
a
sector
or
subsector
may
be
added
to
the
list
4-level code 2614 has been added to Section 1.2 of
of sectors and subsectors which are deemed to be
the list, while Prodcom code 261411 is deleted from
exposed to a significant risk of carbon leakage when it
Section 2.
has been demonstrated, in an analytical report, that the
sector or subsector satisfies the criteria set out in para
graphs 14 to 17 of Article 10a of Directive 2003/87/EC,
(6) Decisions
2010/2/EU
and
2011/278/EU
should
therefore
following a change that has a substantial impact on the
be amended accordingly.
sector’s or subsector’s activities.
(7) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
(4)
Some sectors not found to be exposed to a significant
accordance with the opinion of the Climate Change
risk of carbon leakage at the NACE 4-level in Decision
Committee,
2010/2/EU were disaggregated and a number of
corresponding subsectors, for which certain specific
distinguishing characteristics led to a significantly
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
different impact from the rest of the sector, were
assessed. For the subsectors ‘Voiles, webs, mats,
mattresses, boards and other articles of glass fibres,
Article 1
Amendments to Decision 2010/2/EU
( 1 ) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32.
( 2 ) OJ L 1, 5.1.2010, p. 10.
The Annex to Decision 2010/2/EU is amended in accordance
( 3 ) OJ L 130, 17.5.2011, p. 1.
with Annex I to this Decision.

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Article 2
Amendments to Decision 2011/278/EU
Annex I to Decision 2011/278/EU is amended in accordance with Annex II to this Decision.
Article 3
Addressees
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 17 August 2012.
For the Commission
Connie HEDEGAARD
Member of the Commission
ANNEX I
The Annex to Decision 2010/2/EU is amended as follows:
1. In Section 1.2, the following entry is inserted after entry 2613:
NACE Code Description
‘2614 Manufacture
of
glass
fibres’
2. Section 2 is amended as follows:
(a) The following entry is deleted:
Prodcom Code Description
‘261411
Slivers, rovings, yarn and chopped strands, of glass fibre’
(b) The following entry is inserted after entry 26821400:
Prodcom Code Description
‘26821610
Slag wool, rock wool and similar mineral wools and mixtures thereof, in bulk, sheets or rolls’

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ANNEX II
In Annex I to Decision 2011/278/EU, the entry corresponding to product benchmark ‘Mineral wool’ is replaced by the
following:
Definition of processes and
Carbon leakage exposure
Product benchmark
Definition of products
as determined by Decision
Benchmark value
covered
emissions covered
(system boundaries)
2010/2/EU for the years
(allowances/t)
2013 and 2014
‘Mineral wool Mineral
wool
insu
All processes directly or
yes 0,682’
lation products for
indirectly linked to the
thermal, acoustic and production steps melting,
fire applications
fiberising and injection of
manufactured using
binders, curing and drying
glass, rock or slag.
and forming are included.
For the determination of
indirect emissions, the
total electricity
consumption within the
system boundaries shall be
considered.

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