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Carbon dioxide: Regulation

Fragile food supply and dangerous pipeline leaks

What this tab covers How it is regulated and what could disrupt supply: hazard classification, rules in the EU, US and India, anti-dumping duties and other trade measures, and supply-risk notes.

Hazards

ClassificationUN numberKey risks
Gas under pressure; refrigerated liquefied gasUN1013Collects in low spaces; high concentrations cause unconsciousness. Pipeline ruptures can be dangerous (Satartia, Mississippi, 2020, indicative).

Main rules

WhereRuleEffect
EUEU ETS; CCS Directive; food additive E290 rulesprices emissions and governs storage and food use
US45Q tax credit for storage and use (indicative up to $85/t stored, $180/t for direct air capture); PHMSA pipeline rulesdrives CCS and EOR
GlobalISBT beverage-grade CO2 specificationsets food-grade purity

India

RuleEffect
Gas Cylinders Rules 2016 and SMPV(U) Rules 2016 under PESOstorage and transport licensing
FSSAI food additive regulations (E290)food-grade use
Carbon Credit Trading Scheme (2023)could value CO2 capture and use in future (indicative)

Trade measures

  • None material

Supply risk

High for food-grade supply in Europe because a few ammonia plants supply most of it and close when gas spikes. Not on any critical list.