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184. Regulation of the Federal Minister for Economic Affairs, Family and Youth, which is responsible for determining the raw material surcharges for biogas plants for the calendar year 2011 (Raw Material Surcharge-Regulation 2011)
On the basis of Section 11a (6) of the Ecoelectricity Act (ÖSG), BGBl. No 149/2002, as last amended by the Federal Law of the Federal Republic of Germany (BGBl). I No 104/2009, shall be ordered:
§ 1. (1) For the calendar year 2011, according to Article 11a (6) to (9) of the ÖSG (ÖSG), plants that generate electrical energy on the basis of biogas from renewable raw materials and for those on the 19th of 2011 will be responsible for the production of the new plant. In addition to the prices determined by the Regulation in accordance with § 11 ÖSG, a contract for the reduction of green electricity by the "Ökodownstream winding station" at the prices determined by the Regulation pursuant to § 11 (1) has been concluded in October 2009. Raw material surcharge of 2 cents/kWh.
(2) Plants according to paragraph 1, which do not receive feed-in tariffs according to § 10 in conjunction with § 11 ÖSG, are exempt from the granting of raw material surcharges.
§ 2. (1) Applications for payment of the surcharges shall be submitted within three months of the entry into force of the Regulation to the Eco-current winding station.
(2) In accordance with Section 11a (8) in conjunction with Section 3 of the ÖSG, operators of green electricity plants based on biogas have to submit a raw material balance when submitting the application in accordance with paragraph 1 of the Eco-current winding station. In the event of a breach of this reporting obligation, no raw material surcharges may be granted.
§ 3. On the occasion of the payment of the raw material surcharges pursuant to Section 11a (7) of the Austrian Austrian Development Fund (ÖSG), the "Ökodownstream winding station" has to draw the attention of the plant operators according to Article 11a (9) of the Austrian ÖSG that the raw material prices of the The actual amount of the transfer is fulfilled and an aliquot part of the received raw material surcharge will be reclaimed.
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