Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2025/57 of 15 January 2025 establishing the format of information to be made available by the Member States for the purposes of reporting on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2025) 81)
Date: 2025-01-15
Institutions: Directorate-General for Environment, European Commission
Subjects: air quality, atmospheric pollutant, disclosure of information, environmental monitoring, environmental protection, industrial pollution, pollution control, prevention of pollution, reduction of gas emissions




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Official Journal of the European Union


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2025/57


16.1.2025







            COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION (EU) 2025/57
of 15 January 2025
         
establishing the format of information to be made available by the Member States for the purposes of reporting on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 of the European Parliament and of the Council


(notified under document C(2025) 81)


(Text with EEA relevance)


THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,


Having regard to Directive (EU) 2015/2193 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2015 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from medium combustion plants (1), and in particular Article 11(3), second subparagraph, thereof,

Whereas:







(1)


Directive (EU) 2015/2193 requires Member States to take the necessary measures to ensure that, as of 1 January 2029, no existing medium combustion plant with a rated thermal input of less than or equal to 5 MW is operated without a permit or without being registered. As a consequence, availability of data for those plants might be limited before that date.












(2)


For the purpose or reporting, Member States are to submit to the Commission, by 1 October 2026 and by 1 October 2031, reports with qualitative and quantitative information on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2015/2193, on any action taken to verify compliance of the operation of medium combustion plants with Directive (EU) 2015/2193 and on any enforcement action for the purposes thereof.












(3)


Member States are also required to submit to the Commission, by 1 October 2026, reports with an estimate of the total annual emissions of SO2, NOx and dust from medium combustion plants.












(4)


The technical formats to be used by the Member States for reporting in accordance with Article 11(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 should be drawn up in a way that helps the Commission to submit a summary report to the European Parliament and to the Council on the implementation of that Directive pursuant to its Article 11(4). Those technical formats should address key provisions of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 and allow for the provision of aggregated data, including on plant categories, emissions, energy input and capacity.












(5)


To ensure the consistency and coherence of information provided by the Member States on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2015/2193, and to facilitate the exchange of information between Member States and the Commission, the Commission is to make an electronic reporting tool available to the Member States for reporting purposes, in accordance with Article 11(3), first subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2015/2193.












(6)


The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 75(1) of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (2),





HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:



Article 1

1.   For the purpose of reporting to the Commission an estimate of the total annual emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2), nitrogen oxides (NOx) and dust pursuant to Article 11(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193, Member States shall use the format set out in Annex I to this Decision.


2.   For the purpose of reporting to the Commission qualitative and quantitative information on the implementation of Directive (EU) 2015/2193, on any action taken to verify compliance of the operation of medium combustion plants with Directive (EU) 2015/2193 and on any enforcement action for the purposes thereof, pursuant to Article 11(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193, Member States shall use the format set out in Annex II to this Decision.


3.   Member States shall use the electronic reporting tool referred to in Article 11(3), first subparagraph, of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 to submit the information requested in Annexes I and II to this Decision.



Article 2
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.




Done at Brussels, 15 January 2025.


For the Commission

Jessika ROSWALL
            

Member of the Commission






(1)  
            OJ L 313, 28.11.2015, p. 1, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2015/2193/oj.

(2)  Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2010/75/oj).




ANNEX I

TECHNICAL FORMAT FOR REPORTING INFORMATION ON MEDIUM COMBUSTION PLANTS COVERED BY DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/2193


PART 1


Plant categories

This table provides the plant categories to be used for providing the information required under parts 2 and 3 (1).












1.1


New or existing






As defined under Article 3(6) and (7) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193










1.2


Capacity classes (rated thermal input) (2)













—


equal to or greater than 1 MWth and less than or equal to 5 MWth











—


greater than 5 MWth and less than or equal to 20 MWth











—


greater than 20 MWth















1.3


Plant types












—


other than engines and gas turbines










—


engines










—


gas turbines














1.4


Fuel types












—


solid biomass










—


other solid fuels










—


gas oil










—


liquid fuels other than gas oil










—


natural gas










—


gaseous fuels other than natural gas










—


mixed fuels.









PART 2


Metadata













2.1


Member State






Identification of the Member State submitting the report










2.2


Competent Authority






Identification of the competent authority responsible for the report (department, address, phone number and email)










2.3


Number of plants






Number of plants for each plant category










2.4


Reporting year






Calendar year to which the reporting refers (3)






PART 3


Emissions, energy input and capacity













3.1


SO2, NOx and dust emissions






Estimated emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and dust expressed as the total quantity in tonnes per calendar year discharged by plants for each plant category










3.2


Energy input






Estimated total fuel used by the plants expressed in tera joules per year for each plant category










3.3


Total aggregated capacity






Estimated total installed capacity expressed as the sum of the rated thermal input of all the plants for each plant category






(1)  Example of category: new boilers larger than 5 MWth and lower or equal to 20 MWth combusting liquid fuels other than gas oil.

(2)  For new medium combustion plants, the total rated thermal input may be used.

(3)  Preferably 2025. If not possible, 2024 or 2023, whichever year where the most recent data is available. For the second report, preferably 2030. If not possible, 2029 or 2028, whichever year where the most recent data is available.





ANNEX II

TECHNICAL FORMAT FOR REPORTING INFORMATION ON MEDIUM COMBUSTION PLANTS COVERED BY DIRECTIVE (EU) 2015/2193

For the purpose of reporting the information set out in this Annex to the Commission, any reference to ‘Plant category’ should be understood as a reference to the table ‘Part 1, Plant categories’ set out in Annex I to this Decision.

PART 1


Metadata













1.1


Member State






Identification of the Member State submitting the report










1.2


Organisation of the Member State for the implementation of Directive (EU) 2015/2193






Description of the competent authority(ies) responsible for the implementation of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 (national level, regional level, local level), distribution of responsibilities










1.3


Reporting year






Calendar year to which the reporting refers (1)






PART 2


Qualitative and quantitative information













2.1


Permits or Registration






Method, referred to in Article 5(1) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193, in use into the reporting year for each plant category (use of permit, registration, or both)










2.2


Procedure






Procedure for granting a permit or for registration in respect of Article 5(3) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193, in use in the reporting year for each plant category (description of procedure, and URL to the procedure if available)










2.3


Register






Presence of a register with information on each medium combustion plant pursuant to Article 5(5) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 used into the reporting year for each plant category (YES or NO),
if YES, Description of the register (number of registers, level of the registers – national, regional, local)
Are the registers available to the public via the internet? (YES or NO)
If yes, URL of register(s)










2.4


General binding rules






Adoption of general binding rules in respect of Article 5(6) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 and a reference to such rules (description of use and URL available to the public)










2.5


Number of plants part of small isolated systems (SIS) / micro isolated systems (MIS)






Number of plants that are part of a small isolated systems (SIS), or micro isolated systems (MIS) as defined in Article 3 of Directive (EU) 2015/2193, into the reporting year for each plant category










2.6


Use of exemptions






Exemptions applied in respect of:
Article 6(3) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193
Article 6(8)
For each exemption scheme, number of concerned plants.










2.7


Stricter emission limit values






Overview of cases where stricter emission limit values are in force in respect of Article 6(9) of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 in the reporting year (brief description of reasons and procedures for application of stricter ELVs). This information is reported for each plant category when this information is available at this level.










2.8


Changes to medium combustion plants






Examples of measures referred to in Article 9 of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 aimed at ensuring that the operator informs the competent authority of planned changes to the medium combustion plants which would affect the applicable emission limit values










2.9


System for compliance check






Method used to verify that emissions monitored, with continuous or periodic measurements, do not exceed the emission limit values referred to Article 6 of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 (description of the system referred to in Article 8 of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 such as use of inspections, self-measurements, external measurements or other measures, use of accredited organisations to carry out controls).










2.10


Enforcement actions taken






Overview of enforcement actions taken in the event of non-compliance as referred to in Article 8 of Directive (EU) 2015/2193, into the reporting year (brief description of the procedures established to enforce the Directive and types of enforcement actions), including the penalties set out in Article 16 of Directive (EU) 2015/2193.










2.11


Suspension of operations






Summary of the type of cases of non-compliance referred to in Article 8 of Directive (EU) 2015/2193 having led to suspension of operations.






(1)  For the first report, preferably 2025. If not possible, 2024 or 2023, whichever year where the most recent data is available. For the second report, preferably 2030. If not possible, 2029 or 2028, whichever year where the most recent data is available.



ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec_impl/2025/57/oj
ISSN 1977-0677 (electronic edition)