[F1SCHEDULE 1BSMEDIUM COMBUSTION PLANT DIRECTIVE

PART 1SPermit conditions

InterpretationS

10.  In this schedule—

(a)“biomass” means—

(i)products consisting of any vegetable matter from agriculture or forestry which can be used as a fuel for the purpose of recovering its energy content,

(ii)vegetable waste from agriculture and forestry,

(iii)vegetable waste from the food processing industry, if the heat generated is recovered,

(iv)fibrous vegetable waste from virgin pulp production and from production of paper from pulp, if it is co-incinerated at the place of production and the heat generated is recovered,

(v)cork waste,

(vi)wood waste with the exception of wood waste which may contain halogenated organic compounds or heavy metals as a result of treatment with wood preservatives or coating and which includes, in particular, such wood waste originating from construction and demolition waste,

[F2(b)micro isolated system” means any system with consumption of less than 500 gigawatt hours in the year 1996, where there is no interconnection with other systems,]

[F3(c)small isolated system” means any system with consumption of less than 3000 gigawatt hours in the year 1996, where less than 5% of annual consumption is obtained through interconnection with other systems,]

(d)“Table 1”, “Table 2”, “Table 3”, “Table 4” and “Table 5” mean the tables with those numbers in Part 2 as read with the notes to the table,

(e)a reference to any other term defined in the Medium Combustion Plant Directive has the same meaning in as in that Directive.]