56 tal-2008 - Regolamenti tal-2008 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti għall-Prevenzjoni u l-Kontroll Integrati tat-Tniġġis

L.N. 56 of 2008

ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT

(CAP. 435)

Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (Amendment)

Regulations, 2008

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by articles 9 and 10(2) of

the Environment Protection Act, the Minister for Rural Affairs and the

Environment has made the following regulations>-

(1) The title of these regulations is the Integrated Pollution Citation and scope.

Prevention and Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2008, and they shall

be read and construed as one with the Integrated Pollution Prevention

and Control Regulations, 2002, hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 234 of 2002.

regulations”.

(2) The scope of these regulations is to include amendments

made by Directive 2003#87#EC of the European Parliament and of the

Council of 13 October 2003 establishing a scheme for greenhouse gas

emissions allowance trading within the Community and amending

Council Directive 96#61#EC. These regulations shall also be read in

conjunction with the European Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions

L.N. 140 of 2005.

Trading Scheme Regulations, 2005.

For sub-regulation (1) of regulation 8 of the principal Amends regulation

8 of the principal

regulations shall be substituted by the following>

regulations.

“(1) Where the Competent Authority is aware that the

operation of an installation is likely to have significant negative

effects on the environment of another state, or where a state likely

to be significantly affected so requests, the Competent Authority

of the state in whose territory the application for a permit pursuant

to these regulations was submitted shall forward to the other state

any information required to be given or made available in

accordance with the provisions of regulation 9(1) hereof and

Schedule 8 to these regulations at the same time as it makes it

available to its own nationals. Such information shall serve as a

basis for any consultations necessary in the framework of the

bilateral relations between the two states on a reciprocal and

equivalent basis.”

Sub-regulation (3) of regulation 15 of the principal regulations, Amends regulation

15 of the principal

shall be renumbered as paragraph (3)(a) thereof, and immediately regulations.

thereafter there shall be added the following new paragraphs>

“(b) Where emissions of a greenhouse gas from an

installation are specified in Annex 1 to the European Community

Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Regulations, 2005 in

relation to an activity carried out in that installation, the permit

shall not include an emission limit value for direct emissions of

that gas unless it is necessary to ensure that no significant local

pollution is caused.

(c) For activities listed in Annex 1 to the European

Community Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme

Regulations, 2005 the Competent Authority may choose not to

impose requirements relating to energy efficiency in respect of

combustion units or other units emitting carbon dioxide on the

site.

(d) Where necessary, the Competent Authority shall amend

the permit as appropriate.

In Schedule 1 to the principal regulations, item 3.5 shall be

substituted as follows>

“ 3.5. Installations for the manufacture of ceramic products

by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles,

stoneware or porcelain, with a production capacity exceeding 75

tonnes per day and, or with a kiln capacity exceeding 4 m 3 and

with a setting density per kiln exceeding 300 kg#m 3 .”

In Schedule 4 to the principal regulations, item 12 shall be

substituted as follows>

“12. the information published by the European

Commission or by international organisations.”

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