{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-522/article-5",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-522/article-5.json",
  "legislation": "eur/2016/522",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2016/522 of 17 December 2015 supplementing Regulation (EU) No 596/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council as regards an exemption for certain third countries public bodies and central banks, the indicators of market manipulation, the disclosure thresholds, the competent authority for notifications of delays, the permission for trading during closed periods and types of notifiable managers' transactions (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2016-522",
  "path": "article/5",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "5",
  "heading": "Minimum thresholds of carbon dioxide and rated thermal input",
  "text": "1. For the purposes of the second subparagraph of Article 17(2) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014:\n(a) the minimum threshold of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent shall be 6 million tonnes a year;\n(b) the minimum threshold of rated thermal input shall be 2 430 MW.\n2. Thresholds set out in paragraph 1 shall apply at group level and relate to all business, including UK aviation activities or UK installations, which the participant in the emission allowance market concerned, or its parent undertaking or related undertaking owns or controls or for the operational matters of which the participant concerned, or its parent undertaking or related undertaking is responsible, in whole or in part.\n(3.) For the purposes of paragraph 2, “UK aviation activities” and “UK installations” have the meaning given in Article 7(4A) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Art. 5(2) substituted (22.4.2021) by The Recognised Auction Platforms (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/494), regs. 1(2), 10(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Art. 5(3) inserted (22.4.2021) by The Recognised Auction Platforms (Amendment and Miscellaneous Provisions) Regulations 2021 (S.I. 2021/494), regs. 1(2), 10(b)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eur/2016/522/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T14:45:54.945627+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."
}