8 Amendments of Esther HERRANZ GARCÍA related to 2013/0442(COD)
Amendment 63 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) To avoid gaps in the application of EU legislation, this Directive should apply to the combination of several medium combustion plants with a total rated thermal input of more than 50 MW that are not covered by Directive 2010/75/EU due to the aggregation rules laid down in Article 29 thereof.
Amendment 64 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9 a (new)
Recital 9 a (new)
(9 a) The emission limit values set out in Annex II should not apply to medium combustion plants located in the Canary Islands, in the overseas departments and territories of France or in the archipelagos of Madeira or the Azores, due to the technical and logistical problems associated with the isolation of such plants. Member States should set emission limit values for these plants with a view to reducing their atmospheric emissions and the risks that they are likely to present to human health and the environment.
Amendment 68 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 10 a (new)
Recital 10 a (new)
(10 a) It is necessary to ensure that the measures taken to limit emissions of sulphur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and particulate matter into the air do not result in an increase in emissions of other pollutants such as carbon monoxide.
Amendment 97 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1 a. This Directive shall also apply to the combination of several medium combustion plants with a total rated thermal input of more than 50 MW that are not covered by Chapter III of Directive 2010/75/EU.
Amendment 137 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 a (new)
2 a. The emission limit values set out in Annex II shall not apply to medium combustion plants located in the Canary Islands, in the overseas departments and territories of France or in the archipelagos of Madeira or the Azores. Member States shall set emission limit values for these plants with a view to reducing their atmospheric emissions and the risks that they are likely to present to human health and the environment.
Amendment 195 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States may exempt medium combustion plants which are part of an installation covered by Chapter II of Directive 2010/75/EU from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Annex II and the provisions of Article 6 for those pollutants for which emission limit values apply pursuant to the provisions of Article 13(5) and Article 15(3) of Directive 2010/75/EU for those plants.
Amendment 296 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Limited life derogation 1. Member States may exempt existing medium combustion plants from compliance with the limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II and the monitoring and reporting requirements set out in Article 6 and Annex IV for 5 years from the applicable dates set out in Article 5(2) provided that the following conditions are fulfilled: (a) the operator of the combustion plant undertakes, in a written declaration submitted to the competent authority by 1 January 2024, not to operate the plant for more than 11000 operating hours, starting from 1 January 2030 and ending no later than 31 December 2034 for plants with a rated thermal input between 1 and 5 MW and starting from 1 January 2025 and ending no later than 31 December 2029 for plants with a rated thermal input above 5 MW; (b) the operator is required to submit each year to the competent authority a record of the number of operating hours since the applicable dates set out in Article 5(2). 2. Each Member State shall communicate to the Commission in the reports mentioned in paragraphs 1 and 2 of Article 12 a list of any combustion plants to which paragraph 1 applies, including their total rated thermal input and the fuel types used. For plants subject to paragraph 1, Member States shall communicate annually to the Commission a record of the number of operating hours since 1 January 2025 or 1 January 2030 as applicable.
Amendment 368 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a (new)
Article 12 a Review By 2023 at the latest, the Commission shall assess the need to review the limit values laid down in Annex II and to add limit values for emissions of carbon monoxide from medium combustion plants. The Commission shall report on the results of this assessment to the European Parliament and the Council and shall present a legislative proposal where appropriate.