Activities of Julie GIRLING related to 2013/0442(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air (debate)
Amendments (8)
Amendment 84 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 13
Recital 13
(13) In accordance with Article 193 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (TFEU), this Directive does not prevent Member States from maintaining or introducing more stringent protective measures, for example for the purposes to comply with environmental quality standards. In particular, in zones not complying with air quality limit values, more stringent emission limit values, which would also promote eco-innovation in the Union, facilitating in particular market access of small and medium enterprises, should be applied by Member States, such as the benchmark values set out in Annex III to this Directive. Member States should conduct an assessment of possible impacts where they decide to take such measures.
Amendment 145 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 6
(6) ’existing combustion plant’ means a combustion plant put into operation before [1 year after the date of transposition] or for which a permit was granted before [the date of transposition] pursuant to national legislation provided that the plant is put into operation no later than [1 year after the date of transposition];
Amendment 161 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 19 a (new)
(19a) 'vulnerable isolated system' means any system with consumption of less than 500 GWh in the year 1996, where more than 50% of annual consumption is obtained through interconnection with other systems;
Amendment 230 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States may exempt existing medium combustion plants which do not operate more than 51000 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of 5 years from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 200 mg/Nm³ shall apply. Member States may exempt medium combustion plants in vulnerable isolated systems from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II during the event of an interconnection failure. Member States shall inform the Commission of the duration and reason for any exemption granted under the second subparagraph within one year. In such an event, Member States may replace the number of operating hours in the respective year of the interconnection failure with 1000 hours for purposes of calculating the rolling average figure contained within the exemption in the first subparagraph.
Amendment 231 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Article 5 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 3
Member States may exempt existing medium combustion plants which do not operate more than 51000 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of 5 years from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 200 mg/Nm³ shall apply.
Amendment 256 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States may exempt new medium combustion plants which do not operate more than 51000 operating hours per year as a rolling average over a period of 5 years from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 2 of Annex II. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 100 mg/Nm³ shall apply.
Amendment 294 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a (new)
Article 5 a Limited life derogation 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).
Amendment 307 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 6 – paragraph 4
Article 6 – paragraph 4
4. For medium combustion plants applying secondary abatement equipment in order to meet the emission limit values, the effective operation of that equipment shall be monitored continuousregularly and the results thereof recorded.