This article guides you through how to complete the CBAM communication template for installations producing unwrought aluminium (either secondary or primary) as a CBAM good.
Specifically, this article is aimed at installations producing goods with the CN code 7601
Step 1: Download the communication template below.
The communication template has a number of tabs. Guidance for completing each of the tabs is presented below. Go through in order, or skip to specific tabs if you have targeted questions.
Each of the tabs are set out below in the order we recommend you complete them in.
Tab A_InstaData
Tab A_InstaData
Watch the video, or read step-by-step the instructions for completing the A_InstData tab.
Step 1: Enter the start and end dates for the reporting period:
Ideally should cover a 12-month period
Should correspond with the same period as the data you'll use to complete this template
Step 2: Enter information about your site:
Complete all dark yellow (mandatory) cells
Find your UNLOCODE
Google maps can tell you the latitude and longitute of your installation
Step 3: Enter verifier information
This is optional during the transitional period (until 2026)
Step 4: Enter your aggregated goods categories
Select "Unwrought Aluminium" from the drop down list
Choose the production route for the unwrought aluminium you produce
Step 5: Enter your production processes
Add one row for each of the products you produce
You can choose to group similar products together
multiple products within that fall within a single CN code
multiple products across CN codes, provided the products are similar
If your unwrought aluminium is fully consumed in producing a downstream final product (i.e. you produce unwrought aluminium that you then use to produce aluminium sheet), you don't need to list the unwrought aluminium as a separate row (instead, change "only direct production" to "unwrought aluminium". If however, some of that product is not used to produce your final product (i.e. some of it is sold directly, or used to produce non-CBAM goods), you need to list it as a separate row.
Step 6: Enter any CBAM goods you purchase as precursors
Unwrought aluminium doesn't have any precursors, so you will most likely leave this section blank
If you do have a production process that involves the input of purchased CBAM goods, check out our aluminium products guidance for information on how to complete this section.
Tab B_EmInst
Tab B_EmInst
Watch the video, or read step-by-step the instructions for completing the B_EmInst tab.
Step 1: Enter the data for the fuels you combust
Exclude fuels used in vehicles
Use your own NCV and EF values, or use the default values provided in Annex D of the CBAM installation guidance.
Check to make sure your units are consistent
Don't enter any electricity data. If you can't clearly distinguish between electricity and non-electricity data (for example you have a CHP plant, or you fuel a process that makes waste gas that is then used to produce on-site electricity), you can still enter that full data here (we'll allocate the correct portion to electricity later on).
Step 2: Enter the data for your process emissions
For process emissions arising from anode consumption, enter the annual quantity of anode used, and the carbon content of that anode on a per-tonne basis
Step 3: Enter the data for your PFC emissions
Choose the slope method or the overvoltage method
Enter the technology at your site, and the amount of aluminium produced over the reporting period
Slope method (applicable for all technologies):
Enter the frequency of anode effects (average number of effects per cell day)
Enter the average anode effect duration in minutes
Enter the SEF and F values appropriate for your technology, as provided in Annex D of the CBAM installation guidance, and shown below:
Overvoltage method (applicable to pre-baked technologies only):
Enter the AEO (Anode effect overvoltage) in mV/cell
Enter the CE (Current efficiency) as a percentage
Enter the OVC (overvoltage coefficient) and F values for you technology, as provided in Annex D of the CBAM installation guidance, and shown below:
Tab D_Processes
Tab D_Processes
Watch the video, or read step-by-step the instructions for completing the D_Processes tab.
Step 1: Enter the quantity of product you produced over the 12-month period
Step 2: Divide the quantity into the amount sold ('produced for the market'), amount consumed in other (CBAM) processes, and amount consumed in producing non-CBAM goods
Make sure you repeat this step for each of the goods you produce (scroll down to find input areas for your other goods)
Step 3: Enter the total directly attributable emissions
To calculate the directly attributable emissions:
look at the calculated emissions in column AU ("CO2e fossil (t)") of tab B_EmInst
assign portions of each row of calculated emissions between the different goods you produce
exclude any emissions resulting from the on-site production of electricity
Make sure you repeat this step for each of the goods you produce (scroll down to find input areas for your other goods)
Step 4: Enter information about your electricity consumption
Enter the annual purchased and/or generated electricity in MWh, for each process
Divide your total annual electricity consumption between each of your goods, based on the consumption of electricity by each good.
Enter the emission factor for your electricity, and its source. Your options are:
The IEA default emission factors are available here: CBAM - EU Grid Emission Factors.xlsx
Note: If you have a CHP unit, produce your own electricity or import or export waste gases, we will be returning to this sheet when we complete tab F_Tools.
Tab E_PurchPrec
Tab E_PurchPrec
Unwrought aluminium does not have any purchased precursors, so you should be able to skip this tab.
If you do have a production process that involves the input of purchased CBAM goods, check out our aluminium products guidance for information on how to complete this tab.
Tab F_Tools
Tab F_Tools
Watch the video, or read step-by-step the instructions for completing the F_Tools tab.
This tab is an optional tab. You should only enter information in this tab if:
You have a CHP/cogeneration unit, and you want to assign the emissions arising from this CHP unit between the heat and electricity outputs, or
You already pay a carbon price on your goods in your country
If you have a CHP/cogeneration unit:
Step 1: Enter the total fuel input, and heat and electricity output, from your cogeneration unit
Step 2: Enter the emissions resulting from your cogeneration unit
If you have a continuous monitoring system, enter the measured emissions directly, or:
Multiply the quantity of fuel by its emission factor (see Annex D of the CBAM installation guidance if you don't have a measured emission factor for your fuel) to calculate the emissions
If you have emissions from flue gas cleaning, enter those (if not already captured by your continuous monitoring system).
Step 3: You can now update the emissions data in Tab D_Processes with the emissions information calculated here.
If you pay a carbon price:
Step 1: Enter the currency where the carbon price is paid (the country of your installation, or the country of the installation of your purchased precursor, if it's the precursor where the price is paid)
Step 2: Enter the share of emissions covered by the carbon price, the carbon price, and any rebate
Enter the share of emissions calculated in this workbook that are also covered under your local carbon pricing scheme
Enter the carbon price per tonne of emissions in your local currency
Enter any rebate you receive per tonne of emissions (for example, in the form of free allocations)
Tab C_Emissions&Energy
Tab C_Emissions&Energy
Watch the video, or read step-by-step the instructions for completing the C_Emissions&Energy tab.
Note: This tab exists primarily for you to check that the data you've entered elsewhere is correct.
Checks:
Check: Have you correctly assigned your direct and indirect emissions in tab D_Processes, without double counting, and without forgetting any emission sources?
Note: this data is not used elsewhere; this is simply for you to check the accuracy and completeness of your data.
Data Quality: Select the options that best describe the quality of your data, and the level of assurance that this data is correct.
Summary Tabs
Summary Tabs
Watch the video, or read step-by-step the instructions for completing the Summary_Processes, Summary_Products and Summary_Communication tabs.
Summary_Processes
There is nothing to do in this tab - sit back and relax!
Summary_Products
Step 1: Add each of your CBAM goods, their CN codes and public-facing names
Add at least one row for each of your "production process from which the products arise"
You can duplicate a "production process", if you'd like to report multiple products/brands to your customers using the same data.
Add the CN code for the good to the column "CN Codes"
Add a public facing name for each good
Summary_Communication
There is no information to enter here. All you need to do is send this tab to your customers!
Step 1: Unprotect the sheet
Go to "Review" then click "Unprotect Sheet"
Step 2: Copy this tab into a new Excel workbook
Select all cells in this tab (ctrl +A, plus ctrl+A again until all cells are selected), copy the cells (ctrl+C) and paste them into a new workbook, then click on the "paste" icon that has appeared and choose "Paste Values"
You can now save this workbook and send it to your customers
You are done! Congratulations!