CELEX: 51992PC0563
Language: en
Date: 1992-12-18
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE AMENDING DIRECTIVE 88/609/EEC ON THE LIMITATION OF EMISSIONS OF CERTAIN POLLUTANTS INTO THE AIR FROM LARGE COMBUSTION PLANTS

No C 17 / 12                                     Official Journal of the European Communities                                 22 . 1 . 93
               Proposal for a Council Directive amending Directive 88/609/EEC on the limitation of
                               emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants
                                                                  (93 / C 17 / 14)
                                                               COM(92) 563 final
                                              (Submitted by the Commission on 21 December 1992)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES ,                                     Whereas emissions from the combustion of this type of
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                         coal can be limited to 2 000 mg/m3 ;
Economic Community, and in particular Article 130s                           Whereas , in view of the damage caused to the
thereof,
                                                                              environment by atmospheric pollution, the emission limit
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                           values for plants of between 50 and 100 MWth should
                                                                             be set at this level ,
Having regard to the opinion of the European
Parliament,
                                                                              HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE :
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and
Social Committee,                                                                                      Article 1
Whereas the 1973 O , 1977 (2), 1983 (J) and 1987 (4)
European Community action programmes on the                                   Directive 88 /609/ EEC is hereby amended :
environment stress the importance of the reduction and                       the following paragraph is added to Article 4 ( 1 ):
prevention of atmospheric pollution ;
Whereas in their pollution concerning the action                                  ' la. Annex III, containing the emission limit values
programme on the environment 1987 to 1992 the                                     for sulphur dioxide for new combustion plants which
Council and the Representatives of the Governments of                             use solid fuel, shall be supplemented to include a
the Member States meeting within the Council                                      limit value of 2 000 mg S02 /m3 for plants with a
emphasized that Community action should concentrate,                              rated thermal input of between 50 and 100 MWth.'
inter alia, on the application of appropriate standards in
order to ensure a high level of public health and environ­                                             Article 2
mental protection ;
                                                                              1 . Member States shall bring into force the laws ,
Whereas Directive 88 / 609 / EEC on the limitation of
                                                                             regulations and administrative provisions required to
emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large                      comply with this Directive by 30 June 1993 at the latest.
combustion plants did not set limit values for SO2 for                       They shall immediately inform the Commission thereof.
new plants of between 50 and 100 MWth which use
solid fuel ;                                                                 2.      When Member States adopt these provisions , these
Whereas Annex III to Directive 88 / 609 / EEC states that                    shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be
the Council, on the basis of a report from the                               accompanied by such reference at the time of their
Commission , shall set emission limit values for new                         official publication . The procedure for such reference
plants of between 50 and 100 MWth which use solid                            shall be adopted by Member States .
fuel ;                                                                       3.      Member    States   shall    communicate  to     the
Whereas according to the Commission's report to the                          Commission the texts of the provisions of national law
Council on tjbe availability of low-sulphur fuel, the                        which they adopt in the field covered by this Directive.
difficult situation which had delayed the setting of these
limit values has now improved, thanks notably to the                                                   Article 3
availability on the world market of sufficient quantities
of coal with a low sulphur content ;                                         This Directive is addressed to the Member States .
o   OJ  No   C 112 , 20 . 12 . 1973 , p . 1 .
O   OJ  No   C 139, 13 . 6 . 1977, p . 1 .
C)  OJ  No   C 46, 17 . 2. 1983 , p. 1 .
(4) OJ  No   C 328 , 7 . 2 . 1987 , p . 1 .