WORLD TRADE G/TBT/Notif.98.246
19May1998
ORGANIZATION
(98-2040)
Committee onTechnical Barriers toTrade
NOTIFICATION
Thefollowing notification isbeing circulated inaccordance withArticle 10.6.
1. Member toAgreement notifying: DENMARK
Ifapplicable, name oflocalgovernment involved (Articles 3.2and7.2):
2. Agency responsible:
Ministry ofEnvironment andEnergy
Danish Environmental Protection Agency
Strandgade 29
DK1401 Copenhagen K
Tel: +4532660100
Fax: +4532660479
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E-mail (Internet): Miljøstyrelsen@mst.dk
Agency orauthority designed tohandle comments regarding thenotification shall be
indicated ifdifferent from above:
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [],2.10.1 [],5.6.2 [],5.7.1 [],other:
4. Products covered (HSorCCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff heading.
ICSnumbers maybeprovided inaddition, where applicable): Theproducts arethegas
engines andgasturbines forwhich thedraftOrder laysdown emission limitvalues. The
emission limit values canonlybemetifthegasengines andgasturbines meet certain
requirements.
5. Title, number ofpages andlanguage(s) ofthenotified document: Statutory Order from
theMinistry ofEnvironment andEnergy No.XonReduction ofPollution withNitrogen
Oxides, Unburned Hydrocarbons andCarbon Monoxides from GasEngines andGas
Turbines (cf.Annex 1)(inDanish)
6. Description ofcontent: Likethecurrent Order, thisdraftOrder covers gasengines and
gasturbines forcombustion ofnatural gasandgasification ofsolid fuels instationary
plants withastoking effect >120kW. TheOrder applies toplants which must be
approved under theMinistry ofEnvironment andEnergy Statutory Order No.794of
9December 1991 onApproval ofListed Activities (installations >5MW). Under the
Order plants >120kWbut<5MWmust benotified tothesupervision authority.
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6. Description ofcontent (cont'd):Thedraft Order differs from thecurrent Order with
respect tothefollowing points:
(1) Limit values fornitrogen oxides (NOx)andhydrocarbons (CO) arestrengthened;
(2) alimitvalue isintroduced forunburned hydrocarbons (UHC);
(3) aderogation provision isintroduced empowering thesupervision authority to
grant temporary derogation from thelimit value inprojects fordevelopment of
newtechnology; and
(4) gasturbines >50 MWstoking effect areincluded intheOrder.
New plants (starting operations onorafter thedateofentry intoforce ofthe
Order) must comply withthelimitvalues laiddown intheOrder already when theyare
established. Existing plants (starting operations legally before theentry intoforce ofthe
Order) must comply with theOrder after aneight-year transitional period. Inthis
transitional period existing plants must meet limit values corresponding tothevalues
previously inforce, cf.Annex 1tothedraft Order. Theprevious Order No.688of
15October 1990 onreduction ofpollution etc.withnitrogen from gasengines andgas
turbines isenclosed (cf.Annex 2).
7. Objective andrationale, including thenature ofurgent problems where applicable: In
1996, inastudy made fortheDanish Energy Agency, theDanish GasTechnology
Centre a/sconcluded thatDanish decentral heat/power plants based ongasengines emit
1.5-7.9 percentofmethane ofmethane inputs (measured asunburned hydrocarbons
=UHC). Methane isapotent greenhouse gas(about 20pertimes more thanCO2),and
theDanish EPA, together withtheEnergy Agency, therefore decided torevise Statutory
Order No.688of15October 1990 onreduction ofpollution etc.withnitrogen oxide
from gasengines andgasturbines, withaviewtointroducing alimitvalue foremissions
ofUHC from gasengines. Inthisconnection theneedwasassessed foramending the
Order ingeneral, andespecially asregards thescope oftheOrder andstrengthening of
limitvalues foremissions ofnitrogen oxides (NOx)andcarbon monoxide (CO).
8. Relevant documents: (basic act)Consolidated Environmental Protection ActNo.625of
15July1997 (cf.Annex 3)
9. Proposed dateofadoption:
Proposed dateofentry intoforce:1July1998
10. Final dateforcomments: 15July1998
11. Texts available from: National enquiry point [X]oraddress, e-mail andtelefax number
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