Article 9

1.

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that discharges into the atmosphere are reduced in accordance with the following provisions:

(a)

in the case of existing industrial establishments using the sulphate process:

  1. (i)
    as regards dust, discharges shall be reduced by 31 December 1993 to a value of not more than 50 mg/nm3 13 from major sources and not more than 150 mg/nm3 13 from any other source14;
  2. (ii)

    as regards S0x, discharges arising from digestion and calcination steps in the manufacture of titanium dioxide shall be reduced by 1 January 1995 to a value of not more than 10 kg of SO2 equivalent per tonne of titanium dioxide produced;

  3. (iii)

    Member States shall require means to be installed for preventing the emission of acid droplets;

  4. (iv)
    plants for the concentration of waste acid shall not discharge more than 500 mg/nm3 SOx calculated as SO2 equivalent15;
  5. (v)

    plants for the roasting of salts generated by the treatment of waste shall be equipped with the best available technology not entailing excessive costs in order to reduce SOx emissions;

(b)

in the case of existing industrial establishments using the chlorine process:

  1. (i)
    as regards dust, discharges shall be reduced by 15 June 1993 to a value of not more than 50 mg/nm3 16 for major sources and not more than 150 mg/nm3 16 from any other source17;
  2. (ii)
    as regards chlorine, discharges shall be reduced by 15 June 1993 to a daily average concentration of not more than 5 mg/nm3 18 and not more than 40 mg/ng3 at any time.

2.

This Directive shall not prejudice Directive 80/779/EEC.

3.

The procedure for monitoring the reference measurements for discharges of SOx into the atmosphere is set out in the Annex.