# The Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018, Paragraph 5: Interpretation: threshold values


For the purposes of this schedule and schedule 20—
(a) threshold values generally refer to production capacities or outputs,
(b) where an activity is described by reference to a threshold value, the threshold value refers to the installed capacity or output, whether or not the activity is carried on below the threshold,
(c) where several activities falling under the same activity description containing a threshold are operated in the same installation, the capacities of those activities are to be added together in order to determine whether a threshold is met,
(d) for the waste management activities in paragraphs 23 and 25(1) and (2) of Chapter 5 of Part 4 of schedule 20, the calculation in sub-paragraph (c) applies at the level specified for each of those activities in that schedule.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2018/219/schedule/19/paragraph/5 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/environmental-authorisations-scotland-regulations-2018/schedule-19/paragraph-5
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