CELEX: 51977PC0407
Language: en
Date: 1977-08-01
Title: Amendment of the proposal to the Council for a directive relating to the use of fuel-oils with the aim of decreasing sulphurous emissions (Presented by the Commission to the Council pursuant to the second paragraph of article 149 of the EEC Treaty)

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COM (77) 407
Vol. 1977/0133
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 ---pagebreak---        COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
                                                            COM ( 77 ) 407 Final
                                                            Brussels . 1 August 1977
                              Amendment of the
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          proposal to the Council for a directive relating to the use
          of fuel-oils with the aim of decreasing sulphurous emissions
              (Presented by th e Commission to the Council pursuant
               to the second paragraph of article 149 of the EEC Treaty)
COM ( 77 ) 407 Final
 ---pagebreak---        i Modification of the proposal to the Council for a directive relating
         to the use of fuel-oils with the aim of decreasing sulphurous emissions .
Article 3
Paragraph 1 : unchanged
Pai af ~aph 2 :
Perrvons in which a level of air pollution represented "by any one of pairs
of value ranges for the concentration of sulphur dioxide and the associated
concentration of suspended particulate matter laid dovm in Table 1 of Annex I
to this directive has been exoeeded in the preceding year shall be specified
as zones of special protection *
Article 6
Paragraph 1 :
Prom 1 October 1978 combustion installations situated outside the zones of
special protection , having a thermal power rating of 100 MW or more and
burning fuel-oils must use low sulphur fuel-oil , or an equivalent fuel , as
soon as for a 24-hour period the average concentration of sulphur dioxide
and of suspended particulate matter at ground level within the area of in­
fluence of these installations has exceeded any of the pairs of the value
ranges laid down in Table 2 of Annex I to this directive , and continue that
use until these concentrations for a period of 6 hours at least have fallen
back below the value ranges in Table 2 of Annex !•
Article 8
Paragraph 1 s
Paragraph 1 of Article 4 shall not apply to :       a) unchanged
                                                    b ) unchanged
                                                    c ) unohanged
 d) combustion installations burning a combination of fuels , e.g. oil refineries
    burning gas and fuel-oil , provided that the total emissions of sulphur dioxide
    do not exceed those that would occur from burning only low sulphur fuel-oil#
Paragraph 2 I unohanged
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  Paragraph 3 J
  Where , however , for a 24-hour period the average concentration of sulphur
  dioxide and suspended particulate natter , measured at ground level in the
  zone of special protection in which an installation exempted voider paragraph 1 (b )
  is situated , has exceeded any - of the pairs of value ranges laid down in
  Table 2 of Annex I to this direotive , the use of low sulphur fuel-oil or an
  equivalent fuel by such an installation shall be mandatory until these concen­
  trations have fallen back below the value ranges in Table 2 of Annex I
  for a period of 6 hours at leant .
  Article 9
  M«iber States shall notify the Commission of the zones of speoial protection
  specified pursuant to Article 3 » not later than six months after the decision
  in question . They shall also notify an," other oriteria taken into consideration
  ti their decision ( for example population density , industrial activities
  giving rise to pollution and special topographical and meteorological conditions
  in the araaa concerned) «               •;
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