Activities of Barbara KAPPEL related to 2013/0442(COD)
Plenary speeches (1)
Limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air (A8-0160/2015 - Andrzej Grzyb) DE
Amendments (13)
Amendment 20 #
Proposal for a directive
Recital 9
Recital 9
(9) This Directive should not apply to energy related products covered by implementing measures adopted in accordance with Directive 2009/125/EC or by Chapter III or IV of Directive 2010/75/EU. Certain other combustion plants should also be exempted from the scope of this Directive, on the basis of their technical characteristics or their use in particular activities. In order to get the legal framework right, the Commission is asked to draw up guidelines so that combustion plants which come under more than one of the above-mentioned categories are not subject to two sets of rules.
Amendment 33 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 1
Article 2 – paragraph 1
1. This Directive shall apply to combustion plants with a rated thermal input equal to or greater than 15 MW and less than 50 MW (hereinafter referred to as ‘medium combustion plants’), irrespective of the type of fuel used.
Amendment 40 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
Article 2 – paragraph 2 – point f a (new)
(fa) facilities for the conversion of hydrogen sulphide into sulphur; reactors used in the chemical industry; coke battery furnaces; combustion plants firing refinery fuels alone or with other fuels for the production of energy within mineral oil and gas refineries; boilers in pulp- making plants; combustion plants covered by Directive 97/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council; medium combustion plants which are part of an installation covered by Chapter II of Directive 2010/75/EU and the emission limit values of which are covered by Annex II and the provisions of Article 6, in respect of those pollutants for which emission limit values are set in accordance with Articles 13(5) and 15(3) of Directive 2010/75/EU.
Amendment 50 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 5
(5) ‘combustion plant’ means any technical apparatus, or medium facility constituting a combination of technical apparatuses in accordance with national provisions, in which fuels are oxidised in order to use the heat thus generated;
Amendment 55 #
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], irrespective of when the permit for it was granted;
Amendment 56 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 15 – point a
(a) products consisting of any vegetable matter from agriculture or forestry which, in line with the principle of cascading use, can be used as a fuel for the purpose of recovering its energy content;
Amendment 59 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
Article 3 – paragraph 1 – point 16
(16) ‘operating hours’ means the time, expressed in hours, during which a combustion plant is operating fully and discharging emissions into the air, excluding start-up and shut-down periods;
Amendment 67 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
Article 4 – paragraph 1 a (new)
1a. Member States shall ensure, in this regard, that account is taken of the administrative capacity of small and medium-sized enterprises, these being the operators of most medium combustion plants, and that no additional administrative burdens are shifted onto these enterprises.1 a __________________ 1a 75% of all medium combustion plants are operated by SMEs. The proposal takes insufficient account of the administrative capacity of these companies.
Amendment 69 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 2
Article 4 – paragraph 2
2. The procedure for registration shall include at least a notification to the competent authority by the operator of the operation or the intention to operate a medium combustion plant.
Amendment 70 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 4 – paragraph 3
Article 4 – paragraph 3
3. For each medium combustion plant, the notification by the operator shall contain at least the information listed in Annex I.
Amendment 82 #
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 on average over a five-year period do not operate more than 51000 operating hours per year from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 1 of Annex II, provided that their use, as auxiliary or emergency plants, is essential. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 200 mg/Nm³ shall apply.
Amendment 103 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Member States may exempt newexisting medium combustion plants which do not operate more than 51000 operating hours per year from compliance with the emission limit values set out in Part 21 of Annex II, provided that their use, as emergency or auxiliary plants, is essential. In that case, for plants firing solid fuels, an emission limit value for particulate matter of 100 mg/Nm³ shall apply.
Amendment 108 #
Proposal for a directive
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Article 5 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2 a (new)
Member States may grant small medium combustion plants with a capacity of less than 5 MW more time to achieve the limit values, given that they may need a higher level of investment in order to do so.