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Explanatory note

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These Regulations are made under section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972. They amend a number of pieces of Northern Ireland legislation to bring into effect the changes introduced by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 of 10th July 2015 amending Annex II of Directive 2008/98EC of the European Parliament and the Council on waste. The purpose of Directive 2015/1127 is to apply a climate correction factor to the R1 formula on the recovery of energy from waste.