{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2402/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2402/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2015/2402",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2015/2402 of 12 October 2015 reviewing harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of electricity and heat in application of Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council and repealing Commission Implementing Decision 2011/877/EU",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2402",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Correction factors for the harmonised efficiency reference values for separate production of electricity",
  "text": "1. In respect of Great Britain, the Secretary of State, and in respect of Northern Ireland, the Department for the Economy shall apply the correction factors set out in Annex III in order to adapt the harmonised efficiency reference values set out in Annex I to the average climatic situation in the United Kingdom.\nIf ... official meteorological data show differences in the annual ambient temperature of 5 °C or more, in respect of Great Britain, the Secretary of State, and in respect of Northern Ireland, the Department for the Economy may ... use several climate zones for the purpose of the first subparagraph using the method set out in Annex III.\n2. In respect of Great Britain, the Secretary of State, and in respect of Northern Ireland, the Department for the Economy shall apply the correction factors set out in Annex IV in order to adapt the harmonised efficiency reference values set out in Annex I to avoided grid losses.\n3. If in respect of Great Britain, the Secretary of State, and in respect of Northern Ireland, the Department for the Economy applies both the correction factors set out in Annex III and those set out in Annex IV, in respect of Great Britain, the Secretary of State, and in respect of Northern Ireland, the Department for the Economy shall apply Annex III before applying Annex IV.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) 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), 6(2)(a)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) 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), 6(2)(a)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1206), regs. 1(3), 6(2)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) 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), 6(2)(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(1) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Guarantees of Origin of Electricity Produced from High-efficiency Cogeneration (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1206), regs. 1(3), 6(2)(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(2) 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), 6(2)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(3) 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), 6(2)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F8",
      "text": "Words in Art. 2(3) 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), 6(2)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2402/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:46:13.731886+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."
}