Annex 11: Responses to targeted consultation question 18

• Author: Fabien Roques - Helene Laroche
• Pages: 117-120

Com bined ret rosp ectiv e ev aluat ion and prosp ecti ve im pact asse ssmen t su ppor t st udy on Emission

Trad ing Syst em ( ETS) Stat e Aid Guidelin es

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Annex 1 1: Responses to target ed consult ation question

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Tabl e 22: Responses t o target ed consulta tion question 18

“What are t he m erits of limiting the t ot al amount of indirect em ission s cost s to be

sust ained by t he beneficiary b ased on a cert ain percent age of t he ben eficiaries' gr oss

value added ( GVA) to address a particu larly high carbon risk in a lim ited num ber of

sect or s?”

Sector

Su mm ary of th e r espo nse s

05 .10 - Mi ning of

har d co al

N/ A

05 .20 - Mi ning of

lignite

N/ A

07 .10 - Mi ning of

ir on or es

Add ressin g car bon leak age r isks by o nly tak ing one m etr ic ( e.g. GVA)

m ay n ot b e th e m ost accurat e app roach beca use t he m ark et

cha racteri stics be tween secto rs di ffer and are not com para ble. Some

sect ors could hav e rel ativ e hi gher GVAs t han oth er se ctor s, w hile havi ng

less r isk t o car bon leak age. Othe rs co uld have rela tive ly l ow GVAs and

hig h carb on le akage risk . Th eref ore, esta blish ing a spec ific level of a id

base d on GVA w hich woul d be appl icabl e to all sector s cou ld l ead t o

un fair ness i n th e di stri but ion o f ai d.

07 .29 - Mi ning of

ot her non- fer rous

m etal ores

Add ressin g car bon leak age r isks by o nly tak ing one m etr ic ( e.g. GVA)

m ay n ot b e th e m ost accurat e app roach beca use t he m ark et

cha racteri stics be tween secto rs di ffer and are not com parab le. Some

sect ors could hav e rel ativ e hi gher GVAs t han oth er se ctor s, w hile havi ng

less r isk t o car bon leak age. Othe rs co uld have rela tive ly l ow GVAs and

hig h carb on le akage risk . Th eref ore, esta blish ing a spec ific level of a id

base d on GVA w hich woul d be appl icabl e to all sector s cou ld l ead t o

un fair ness i n th e di stri but ion o f ai d.

08 .91 - Mi ning of

chem ical and

fer til iser min erals

Lim itin g in direct CO

2

cost s com pensat ion will ham per inve stm ents in

fu rth er el ectr ifica tion and innov ati on t owar ds CO 2 neutralit y .

08 .93 - Ex tra ction

of salt

N/ A

08 .99 - Ot her

mini ng a nd

quarr yin g n. e.c.

Sam e as 07. 29 - Min ing of ot her non -ferr ous m eta l or es

10 .41 -

Manu fact ure of o ils

and fat s

N/ A

10 .62 -

Manu fact ure of

sta rches and

sta rch prod ucts

Add ressin g car bon leak age r isks by o nly consi derin g on e m etri c (e .g.

GVA) is n ot t he most accu rat e, com pr ehensi ve a ppro ach b ecause the

m arket ch aract erist ics b etw een se ctor s dif fer and are not comp arab le.

Esta blish ing a speci fic l evel of a id ba sed on sing ular fact ors such as GVA

th at woul d be applicab le t o all sect ors c ould lead to unfa irne ss in the

dis trib uti on of aid .

10 .81 -

Manu fact ure of

sugar

Thi s coul d be don e, bu t f or eligi bilit y, actu al co mpan y d ata shoul d be

used and not sect or data fro m Eur ostat or other sta tist ical sour ces, a s

th is da ta d oes n ot ref lect the act ual a nd f utu re si tuati on of th e sect or.

11 .06 -

Manu fact ure of

malt

Add ressin g car bon leak age r isks by o nly consi derin g on e m etri c (e .g.

GVA) is n ot t he most accu rat e, com pr ehensi ve a ppro ach b ecause the

m arket ch aract erist ics b etw een se ctor s dif fer and are not comp arab le.

Ther efor e, e stabl ishin g a specif ic lev el o f aid base d on sing ular fact ors

such as GV A th at w ould be app licabl e to all secto rs co uld lead to

un fair ness i n t he di str ibut ion of ai d.

13 .10 -

Prepara tion and

N/ A