{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2402/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2015-2402/article-3.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/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Application of the harmonised efficiency reference values for the 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 harmonised efficiency reference values set out in Annex I relating to the year of construction of a cogeneration unit. Those harmonised efficiency reference values are applicable for 10 years from a cogeneration unit's year of construction.\n2. From the eleventh year following the year of construction of a cogeneration unit, in respect of Great Britain, the Secretary of State, and in respect of Northern Ireland, the Department for the Economy shall apply the harmonised efficiency reference values which by virtue of paragraph 1 apply to a cogeneration unit of 10 years of age. These harmonised efficiency reference values are applicable for one year.\n3. For the purposes of this Article, a cogeneration unit's year of construction is the calendar year during which the unit first produces electricity.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(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(3)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in Art. 3(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(3)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2015/2402/article/3",
    "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."
}