[F1SCHEDULE 25AE+WMedium Combustion Plants: Medium Combustion Plant Directive

PART 2E+WEmission Limit Values

Limited operating hours - new medium combustion plantsE+W

8.(1) A new medium combustion plant which operates for no more than 500 operating hours per year, as a rolling average over a period of three years, is not required to comply with the emission limit values set out in Part 2 of Annex II, provided that the operator has signed a declaration in accordance with paragraph 7 of Annex I.

(2) Where a new medium combustion plant firing solid fuels falls within sub-paragraph (1), an emission limit value for dust of 100mg/Nm3 applies.]