ANNEX X

Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 October 2012 on energy efficiency, amending Directives 2009/125/EC and 2010/30/EU and repealing Directives 2004/8/EC and 2006/32/EC Text with EEA relevance · European Union

Member States shall take measures to ensure that: the guarantee of origin of the electricity produced from high-efficiency cogeneration: enable producers to demonstrate that the electricity they sell is produced from high-efficiency cogeneration and is issued to this effect in response to a request from the producer, is accurate, reliable and fraud-resistant, is issued, transferred and cancelled electronically; the same unit of energy from high-efficiency cogeneration is taken into account only once. The guarantee of origin referred to in Article 14(10) shall contain at least the following information: the identity, location, type and capacity (thermal and electrical) of the installation where the energy was produced; the dates and places of production; the lower calorific value of the fuel source from which the electricity was produced; the quantity and the use of the heat generated together with the electricity; the quantity of electricity from high-efficiency cogeneration in accordance with Annex II that the guarantee represents; the primary energy savings calculated in accordance with Annex II based on the harmonised efficiency reference values indicated in point (f) of Annex II; the nominal electric and thermal efficiency of the plant; whether and to what extent the installation has benefited from investment support; whether and to what extent the unit of energy has benefited in any other way from a national support scheme, and the type of support scheme; the date on which the installation became operational; and the date and country of issue and a unique identification number. The guarantee of origin shall be of the standard size of 1 MWh. It shall relate to the net electricity output measured at the station boundary and exported to the grid.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-28 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.