{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-249/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-249/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2012/249",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision of 7 May 2012 concerning the determination of start-up and shut-down periods for the purposes of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (notified under document C(2012) 2948) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/249/EU)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2012-249",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "General rules for determining start-up and shut-down periods",
  "text": "For determining the end of the start-up period and the beginning of the shut-down period, the following rules shall apply:\n(1) the criteria or parameters used to determine start-up and shut-down periods shall be transparent and externally verifiable;\n(2) the determination of start-up and shut-down periods shall be based on conditions allowing a stable generation process safeguarding health and safety;\n(3) periods during which a combustion plant, after start-up, is operating stably and safely with fuel supply but without the export of heat or electricity or mechanical energy shall not be included in the start-up or shut-down periods.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2012/249/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:15:28.006548+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."
}