{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-952/annex/division-I/division-5/division-5.6",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-952/annex/division-I/division-5/division-5.6.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2008/952",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 19 November 2008 establishing detailed guidelines for the implementation and application of Annex II to Directive 2004/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document number C(2008) 7294) (Text with EEA relevance) (2008/952/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2008-952",
  "path": "annex/division/I/division/5/division/5.6",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.6",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In accordance with the definitions of ‘useful heat’ and ‘economically justifiable demand’ in regulation 2 of the Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration Regulations 2007 or the Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2008 (as applicable), the following heat can be regarded as useful heat (HCHP): heat that is used for process heating or space heating and/or delivered for subsequent cooling purposes; heat delivered to district heating/cooling networks; exhaust gases from a cogeneration process that are used for direct heating and drying purposes.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Section 1 paragraph 5.6 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1206), regs. 1(3), 5(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2008/952/annex/division/I/division/5/division/5.6",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:37.439933+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}