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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 (Assimilated Law)RecitalsArticle 1 Subject-matter and scopeArticle 2 DefinitionsArticle 3 Exempted public bodies and central banks of third countriesArticle 4 Indicators of manipulative behaviourArticle 5 Minimum thresholds of carbon dioxide and rated thermal inputArticle 6 Determination of the competent authorityArticle 7 Trading during a closed periodArticle 8 Exceptional circumstancesArticle 9 Characteristics of the trading during a closed periodArticle 10 Notifiable transactionsArticle 11 Entry into force and applicationAnnex I Public bodies and central banks of third countriesAnnex II Indicators of manipulative behaviourAnnex II, Section 1 Indicators of manipulative behaviour relating to false or misleading signals and to price securing (Section A of Annex I to Regulation (EU) No 596/2014)Annex II, Section 2 Indicators of manipulative behaviour relating to the employment of a fictitious decive or any other form of decption or contrivance (Section B of Annex I of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014)Done at
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Version status: In force | Document consolidation status: Assimilated law updated to reflect all known changes
Version date: 22 April 2021 - onwards
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Article 5 Minimum thresholds of carbon dioxide and rated thermal input

1. For the purposes of the second subparagraph of Article 17(2) of Regulation (EU) No 596/2014:

(a) the minimum threshold of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent shall be 6 million tonnes a year;

(b) the minimum threshold of rated thermal input shall be 2 430 MW.

2. 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.

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.

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