11 Amendments of Esther DE LANGE related to 2007/0286(COD)
Amendment 66 #
Council position
Recital 21
Recital 21
(21) In specific cases, such as those concerning existing installations with long-run investment cycles, where permit reconsideration and updating identifies that a longer period than five years after the publication of a decision on BAT conclusions might be needed to introduce new best available techniques, competent authorities may set a longer time period in permit conditions where this is justified on the basis of the criteria laid down in this Directive.
Amendment 140 #
Council position
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 1
By way of derogation from paragraph 3, the competent authority may, in specific cases and without prejudice to article 18, on the basis of an assessment of the environmental and economic costs and benefits taking into account the technical characteristics of the installation concerned, its geographical location and the local environmental conditions, set emission limit values deviating from those set by the application of paragraph 3.
Amendment 156 #
Council position
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
Article 15 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 3 a (new)
The derogation shall not be applied to installations or extensions of installations which have been granted a permit after the date referred to in Article 77(1).
Amendment 174 #
Council position
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
Article 21 – paragraph 3 – subparagraph 2
The reconsideration shall take into account all the new or updated BAT conclusions applicable to the installation and adopted in accordance with Article 13(5) since the permit was granted or last reconsidered, and investment cycles.
Amendment 183 #
Council position
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 1
2. Where the activity involves the use, production or release of significant amounts of relevant hazardous substances and having regard to the possibility of soil and groundwater contamination at the site of the installation, the operator shall prepare and submit to the competent authority a baseline report before starting operation of an installation or before a permit for an installation is updated for the first time after …*. Where provisions regarding water and soil protection are already implemented at national level, the competent authority is not obliged to request a baseline report.
Amendment 186 #
Council position
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
Article 22 – paragraph 2 – subparagraph 2
The baseline report shall contain the information necessary to determine the state of soil and groundwater contamination so as to make a quantified comparison with the state upon definitive cessation of activities provided for under paragraph 3.
Amendment 204 #
Council position
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
Article 23 – paragraph 4 – subparagraph 2
The period between two site visits, or equivalent methods of inspection, shall be based on a systematic appraisal of the environmental risks of the installations concerned and shall not exceed one year for installations posing the highest risks and threfive years for installations posing the lowest risks.
Amendment 249 #
Council position
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – introductory part
1. During the period from 1 January 2016 to 31 December 20230, combustion plants may be exempted from compliance with the emission limit values referred to in Article 30(2) and with the rates of desulphurisation referred to in Article 31, where applicable, and from their inclusion in the transitional national plan referred to in Article 32 provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:
Amendment 251 #
Council position
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point a
Article 33 – paragraph 1 – point a
(a) the operator of the combustion plant undertakes, in a written declaration submitted by 1 January 2014 at the latest to the competent authority, not to operate the plant for more than 20 000 operating hours, starting from 1 January 2016 and ending no later than 31 December 20230;
Amendment 345 #
Council position
Annex V – Part 7 – point a
Annex V – Part 7 – point a
(a) for combustion plants which were granted a permit before 27 November 2002 or the operators of which had submitted a complete application for a permit before that date, provided that the plant was put into operation no later than 27 November 2003: 10800 mg/Nm3;
Amendment 347 #
Council position
Annex V – Part 7 – point b
Annex V – Part 7 – point b
(b) for other combustion plants: 6400 mg/Nm3.