Publication: Magyar Közlöny
Issue: MK-2007-40 (Year: 2007, Number: 40)
Era: 2004-2010
Section: 
Paragraph Index: 250

2. „Best available techniques” (BAT) means the most effective and advanced stage in the development of activities and their methods of operation which indicate the practical suitability of particular techniques for providing in principle the basis for emission limit values designed to prevent and, where that is not practicable, generally to reduce emissions and their impact on the environment as a whole: – ‘Techniques’ includes both the technology used and the way in which the installation is designed, built, maintained, operated and decommissioned; – ‘Available’ techniques means those developed on a scale which allows implementation in the relevant industrial sector, under economically and technically viable conditions, taking into consideration the costs and advantages, whether or not the techniques are used or produced inside the territory of the Party in question, as long as they are reasonably accessible to the operator; – ‘Best’ means most effective in achieving a high general level of protection of the environment as a whole. In determining the best available techniques, special consideration should be given, generally or in specific cases, to the factors below, bearing in mind the likely costs and benefits of a measure and the principles of precaution and prevention: – The use of low-waste technology; – The use of less hazardous substances; 2007/40. szám – The furthering of recovery and recycling of substances generated and used in the process and of waste; – Comparable processes, facilities or methods of operation which have been tried with success on an industrial scale; – Technological advances and changes in scientific knowledge and understanding; – The nature, effects and volume of the emissions concerned; – The commissioning dates for new or existing installations; – The time needed to introduce the best available technique; – The consumption and nature of raw materials (including water) used in the process and its energy efficiency; – The need to prevent or reduce to a minimum the overall impact of the emissions on the environment and the risks to it; – The need to prevent accidents and to minimize their consequences for the environment. The concept of best available techniques is not aimed at the prescription of any specific technique or technology, but at taking into account the technical characteristics of the installation concerned, its geographical location and the local environmental conditions.

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