European Union (Waste Directive) (Recovery Operations) Regulations 2016.

• Jurisdiction: Ireland
• Citation: IR SI 372/2016
• Year: 2016

TABLE OF CONTENTS

PART I

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

1. Citation

2. Interpretation

3. Entry into Force

PART II

AMENDMENT OF THE ACT OF 1996

4. Substitution of the Fourth Schedule of the Act of 1996

S.I. No. 372 of 2016

EUROPEAN UNION (WASTE DIRECTIVE) (RECOVERY OPERATIONS) REGULATIONS 2016

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of 19th July, 2016.

I, SIMON COVENEY, Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives, hereby make the following regulations:

PART I

PRELIMINARY AND GENERAL

Citation

1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Waste Directive) (Recovery Operations) Regulations 2016.

Interpretation

2. (1) In these Regulations—

“Act of 1996” means the Waste Management Act 1996

Entry into Force

3. These Regulations shall come into operation on 31st July 2016

PART II

AMENDMENT OF THE ACT OF 1996

Substitution of the Fourth Schedule of the Act of 1996

4. The Act of 1996 is amended by substituting the following Schedule for the Fourth Schedule:

“FOURTH SCHEDULE

RECOVERY OPERATIONS

Section 4(1)

R 1 Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy: This includes incineration facilities dedicated to the processing of municipal solid waste only where their energy efficiency is equal to or above:

— 0.60 for installations in operation and permitted in accordance with applicable Community acts before 1 January 2009,

— 0.65 for installations permitted after 31 December 2008,

using the following formula, applied in accordance with the reference document on Best Available Techniques for Waste Incineration:

Energy efficiency = (Ep — (Ef + Ei)/ (0.97x(Ew+Ef)

where—

‘Ep’ means annual energy produced as heat or electricity and is calculated with energy in the form of electricity being multiplied by 2.6 and heat produced for commercial use multiplied by 1.1(GJ/year),

‘Ef’ means annual energy input to the system from fuels contributing to the production of steam (GJ/year),

‘Ew’ means annual energy contained in the treated waste calculated using the net calorific value of the waste (GJ/year),

‘Ei’ means annual energy imported excluding Ew and Ef (GJ/year), ‘0.97’ is a factor accounting for energy losses due to bottom ash and radiation.

The energy efficiency formula value will be multiplied by a climate correction factor (CCF) shown below:

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