Annex VII Data monitoring methods
1. SCOPE
This Annex lays down methods for determining data required for reporting the data listed in Annex IV at installation level, as well as rules for attribution of these data to sub-installations, with the exception of data monitored in accordance with a monitoring plan approved by the competent authority pursuant to Regulation (EU) No 601/2012. Data determined in accordance with Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 shall be used under this Regulation where relevant.
2. DEFINITIONS
‘Data set’ for the purposes of this Annex means one type of data, either at installation level or sub-installation level as relevant in the circumstances, as any of the following:
(a) the amount of fuels or materials consumed or produced by a process as relevant for the calculation-based monitoring methodology, expressed in terajoules, mass in tonnes, or for gases as volume in normal cubic metres, as appropriate, including for waste gases;
(b) a calculation factor as used by Regulation (EU) No 601/2012 (i.e. composition of a material or fuel or waste gas);
(c) net quantity of measurable heat, and the relevant parameters required for determining this quantity, in particular:
- mass flow of heat transfer medium, and