{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.2/division-1.2.2/division-bat+22",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032/annex/division-1.2/division-1.2.2/division-bat+22.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2016/1032",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1032 of 13 June 2016 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the non-ferrous metals industries (notified under document C(2016) 3563) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-1032",
  "path": "annex/division/1.2/division/1.2.2/division/bat+22",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "BAT 22",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In order to use energy efficiently in secondary copper production, BAT is to use one or a combination of the techniques given below.\nTechnique\nApplicability\na\nReduce the water content of the feed material\nApplicability is limited when the moisture content of the materials is used as a technique to reduce diffuse emissions\nb\nProduce steam by recovering excess heat from the smelting furnace to heat up the electrolyte in refineries and/or to produce electricity in a co-generation installation\nApplicable if an economically viable demand of steam exists\nc\nMelt scraps using the excess heat that is produced during the smelting or converting process\nGenerally applicable\nd\nHolding furnace between processing stages\nOnly applicable for batch-wise operated smelters where a buffer capacity of molten material is required\ne\nPreheat the furnace charge using the hot process gases from the melting stages\nOnly applicable to shaft furnaces",
  "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/2016/1032/annex/division/1.2/division/1.2.2/division/bat+22",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:13:55.916563+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."
}