2012/115/EU: Commission Implementing Decision of 10 February 2012 laying down rules concerning the transitional national plans referred to in Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (notified under document C(2012) 612) Text with EEA relevance

In accordance with the detailed provisions laid down in Section 1 of the Annex to this Decision, a transitional national plan shall only include entire combustion plants covered by Chapter III of Directive 2010/75/EU, taking into account the provisions of Article 32(1) and the aggregation rules provided for in Article 29 of Directive 2010/75/EU.

1 Each transitional national plan shall include the following information in accordance with Section 2 of the Annex to this Decision: (a) a list of all the combustion plants that fall under the plan, including all relevant information on their operational characteristics; (b) the calculated contribution of each individual combustion plant to the emission ceilings for 2016 and 2019; (c) a table setting out the emission ceilings for each of the pollutants the plan covers for the years 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019 and for the first semester of the year 2020; (d) the details of the calculation of those emission ceilings. In addition, the transitional national plan shall contain the following information: (a) a description of how the implementation of the plan shall be monitored and reported to the Commission; (b) a list of the measures that shall be applied to ensure that all combustion plants that are included in the plan comply on 1 July 2020 at the latest with the applicable emission limit values set out in Annex V to Directive 2010/75/EU.

2 For the purposes of point (a) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, Member States shall use the template provided for in Table A.1 in Appendix A to the Annex to this Decision. For the purposes of point (c) of the first subparagraph of paragraph 1, Member States shall use the template provided for in Table B.3 in Appendix B to the Annex to this Decision.

1 For the purposes of Article 32(3) of Directive 2010/75/EU the emission ceilings shall be calculated in accordance with the methods set out in Section 3 of the Annex to this Decision.

2 Member States shall use the template provided for in Table B.1 in Appendix B to the Annex to this Decision to present the relevant emission limit values and minimum rates of desulphurisation, the calculated contributions of each combustion plant to the 2016 emission ceilings and the total 2016 emission ceilings. In the following cases, Member States shall, in the column of the template labelled ‘comments’, provide additional information on the emission limit values applied for the calculation: (a) where emission limit values mentioned in the Notes to Tables C.1 and C.2 in Appendix C to the Annex to this Decision have been applied; (b) where plants use multiple fuel types or consist of a combination of multiple plant types.

3 Member States shall use the template provided for in Table B.2 in Appendix B to the Annex to this Decision to present the relevant emission limit values and the minimum rates of desulphurisation, the calculated contributions of each combustion plant to the 2019 emission ceilings and the total 2019 emission ceilings. In the following cases, Member States shall, in the column of the template labelled ‘comments’, provide additional information on the emission limit values applied for the calculation: (a) where emission limit values mentioned in the Notes to Tables D.1 and D.2 in Appendix D to the Annex to this Decision have been applied; (b) where plants use multiple fuel types or consist of a combination of multiple plant types.

In accordance with the second and third subparagraphs of Article 32(5) of Directive 2010/75/EU, a Member State may only implement its transitional national plan upon acceptance by the Commission.

1 Member States shall establish a mechanism that allows identifying any relevant changes to combustion plants falling under the transitional national plan which may affect the applicable emission ceilings.

2 For the purposes of Article 32(6) of Directive 2010/75/EU, Member States shall inform the Commission of any subsequent changes to the plan affecting the applicable emission ceilings, in accordance with Section 4 of the Annex to this Decision.

1 For the purposes of Article 32(4) of Directive 2010/75/EU, the competent authorities shall monitor the emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and dust of each combustion plant falling under the transitional national plan, by verifying the monitoring or calculation data of the operators of the combustion plants.

2 Member States shall ensure that emissions of nitrogen oxides, sulphur dioxide and dust from the combustion plants falling under the transitional national plan are limited to a degree which allows compliance with the emission ceilings. Where there is a risk that emission ceilings are not complied with, Member States shall take the necessary measures to prevent any emissions exceeding those ceilings.

3 Member States implementing a transitional national plan shall report to the Commission every year within 12 months the plant-by-plant data listed in Article 72(3) of Directive 2010/75/EU for all combustion plants included in the plan.

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.