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6.—(1) Decision 2012/134/EU establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions for the manufacture of glass is amended as follows.
(2) For Article 2 substitute—
1. The BAT conclusions referred to in Article 1 apply in the United Kingdom.
2. In this Decision—
“BAT conclusions” means a document laying down the conclusions on best available techniques, their description, information to assess their applicability, the emission levels associated with the best available techniques, associated monitoring, associated consumption levels and, where appropriate, relevant site remediation measures;
“best available techniques” means the most effective and advanced stage in the development of activities and their methods of operation which indicates the practical suitability of particular techniques for providing the basis for emission limit values and other permit conditions designed to prevent and, where that is not practicable, to reduce emissions and the impact on the environment as a whole.
3. In relation to paragraph 2—
“available techniques” means those developed on a scale which allows implementation in the relevant industrial sector, under economically and technically viable conditions, taking into consideration the costs and advantages, whether or not the techniques are used or produced inside the United Kingdom, as long as they are reasonably accessible;
“best” means most effective in achieving a high general level of protection of the environment as a whole;
“emission levels associated with the best available techniques” means the range of emission levels obtained under normal operating conditions using a best available technique or a combination of best available techniques, as described in BAT conclusions, expressed as an average over a given period of time, under specified reference conditions;
“emission limit value” means the mass, expressed in terms of certain specific parameters, concentration and/or level of an emission, which may not be exceeded during one or more periods of time;
“techniques” includes both the technology used and the way in which the installation is designed, built, maintained, operated and decommissioned.
4. In the Annex, references to “Member States” are to be read as if the United Kingdom were a Member State.
5. For the purpose of this Decision a reference to a provision of a Directive is to be read as a reference to that provision in so far as it has been transposed into the law of any part of the United Kingdom.”.
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