Manufacture of iron and steel

The activity manufactures one of the following:

1. iron and steel where GHG emissions⁽¹¹¹⁾, reduced by the amount of emissions assigned to the production of waste gases in accordance with point 10.1.5(a) of Annex VII to Regulation (EU) 2019/331 do not exceed the following values applied to the different manufacturing process steps:

a. hot metal = 1,331⁽¹¹²⁾ tCO₂e/t product;

b. sintered ore = 0,163⁽¹¹³⁾ tCO₂e/t product;

c. coke (excluding lignite coke) = 0,144⁽¹¹⁴⁾ tCO₂e/t product;

d. iron casting = 0,299⁽¹¹⁵⁾ tCO₂e/t product;

e. electric Arc Furnace (EAF) high alloy steel = 0,266⁽¹¹⁶⁾ tCO₂e/t product;

f. electric Arc Furnace (EAF) carbon steel = 0,209⁽¹¹⁷⁾ tCO₂e/t product.

2. steel in electric arc furnaces (EAFs) producing EAF carbon steel or EAF high alloy steel, as defined in Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/331 and where the steel scrap input relative to product output is not lower than:

a. 70 % for the production of high alloy steel;

b. 90 % for the production of carbon steel.

Where the CO₂ that would otherwise be emitted from the manufacturing process is captured for the purpose of underground storage, the CO₂ is transported and stored underground, in accordance with the technical screening criteria set out in Sections 5.11 and 5.12 of this Annex.

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