G/TBT/N/EU/196  
 
4 March 2014  
  
(14-1297)  Page: 1/2  
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original: English  
 
 NOTIFICATION 
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6 
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION  
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):     
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission 
Name and address (including telephon e and fax numbers, email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above :   
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  +(32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/    
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [ X ], 5.7.1 [   ], other:   
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Medium 
combustion plants 
5. Title, number of pages and language(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a 
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants (COM(2013) 919 final) 
(19 pages + 7 pages Annexes, in English, French and Spanish)..     
6. Description of content:  This proposed Directive lays down rules to control emissions of 
sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter into the air from medium 
combustion plants by setting EU-wide emission  limit values (differentiated by fuel type) 
and monitoring obligations.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  The proposal, when establishing provisions for medium combustion plants, 
aims at filling in an existing gap in legislation. It introduces minimum requirements for 
controlling emissions to air aiming to reduce pollution and potential risks to human 
health and the environment from such emissions.  G/TBT/N/EU/196 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   Medium combustion plants covered by the following legal 
instruments fall outside the scope of the proposed directive:  
1. Combustion plants which are covered by Chapter III or Chapter IV of Directive 
 2010/75/EU;  
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2010:334:0017:0119:EN:PDF  
2. Energy related products which are covered by implementing measures adopted in 
accordance with Directive 2009/125/EC where those implementing acts are setting emission limit values for the pollutants listed in Annex II of the proposed 
Directive;  
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:285:0010:0035:EN:PDF  
3. Combustion plants which are covered by implementing measures adopted in 
accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1069/ 2009 of the European Parliament and of 
the Council where those implementing acts are setting emission limit values for the pollutants listed in Annex II of the proposed Directive. 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2009:300:0001:0033:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    End of June 2015 20 days from publication in the Official Journal of the EU (The provisions shall apply from 06/2018 to new plants, from 01/2025 
to existing plants with a rated thermal input 
above 5 MW, and from 01/2030 to existing plants with a rated thermal input of 5 MW or 
less)  
10. Final date for comments:  90 days from notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website:  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2013:0919(01):FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2013:0919(51):FIN:EN:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2013:0919(01):FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2013:0919(51):FIN:FR:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2013:0919(01):FIN:ES:PDF  
http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=COM:2013:0919(51):FIN:ES:PDF  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1086_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1086_01_e.pdf