Article 2 Application and InterpretationF1

The BAT conclusions referred to in Article 1 apply in the United Kingdom but not in so far as they relate to an activity that comes within the scope of a NI Protocol obligation.

In this Decision—

• “BAT conclusions” has the meaning given in Article 2 of Decision 2012/134/EU establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions for the manufacture of glass (“Decision 2012/134/EU”);

• “best available techniques” has the meaning given in Article 2 of Decision 2012/134/EU;

• “NI Protocol obligation” means any obligation created or arising under Article 9 of, and Annex 4 to, the Northern Ireland Protocol as regards Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions, whether or not it is an obligation to which section 7A(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 applies;

• “Northern Ireland Protocol” means the Protocol on Ireland/Northern Ireland in the EU withdrawal agreement.

For the purpose of this Decision a reference to a provision of a Directive is to be read as a reference to that provision in so far as it has been transposed into the law of any part of the United Kingdom.