5 tal-2011 – Regolamenti tal-2011 li jemendaw ir-Regolamenti dwar il-Kontroll ta’ l-Emissjonijiet tal-Komposti Organiċi Volatili – KOV (Ħażna u Distribuzzjoni ta’ Petrol mit-Terminals lejn Stazzjonijiet tal-Petrol)

L.N. 5 of 2011

ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT PLANNING ACT

(CAP. 504)

Control of Volatile Organic Compound-VOC Emissions

(Storage and Distribution of Petrol from Terminals to Service

Stations) (Amendment) Regulations, 2011

BY VIRTUE of the powers conferred by articles 61 and 62

of the Environment and Development Planning Act, the Prime

Minister has made the following regulations:-

The title of these regulations is the Control of Volatile Citation.

Organic Compound-VOC Emissions (Storage and Distribution

of Petrol from Terminals to Service Stations) (Amendment)

Regulations, 2011 and they shall be read and construed as one

with the Control of Volatile Organic Compound-VOC Emissions

(Storage and Distribution of Petrol from Terminals to Service

Stations) Regulations, 2009 hereinafter referred to as “the principal L.N. 54 of 2009.

regulations”.

Regulation 2 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows:-

(a) immediately after the definition “petrol” there shall

be added the following new definition

“ “petrol vapour capture efficiency” means the

amount of petrol vapour captured by the Stage II

petrol vapour recovery system compared to the amount

of petrol vapour that would otherwise be emitted to

the atmosphere in the absence of such a system and

expressed as a percentage;”;

(b) the definition “Stage II petrol vapour recovery

system” shall be substituted with the following definition

“ “Stage II petrol vapour recovery system” means

equipment aimed at recovering the petrol vapour

displaced from the fuel tank of a motor vehicle during

refilling at a service station and which transfers petrol

to a storage tank at the service or back to the petrol

dispenser for resale;”; and

(c) sub-regulation (2) thereof shall be substituted with

the following

“(2) These regulations transpose European

Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC of 20

December 1994 on the control of volatile organic

compound (VOC) emissions resulting from the storage

of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service

stations and Directive 2009/126/EC of the European

Parliament and of the Council of the 21 October 2009

on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refueling of

motor vehicles and service stations.”.

Regulation 5 of the principal regulations shall be

amended as follows

(a) in the Maltese text, for paragraph (a) of sub-

regulation (3) thereof, there shall be substituted the following

“(a) l-istazzjonijiet tal-petrol kollha sakemm

awditur approvat ma jiċċertifikax li t-tagħmir ta’ tagħbija

u ta’ ħżin bħal dawk l-istazzjonijiet tal-petrol ikunu

ddisinjati u jaħdmu skond id-disposizzjonijiet tekniċi ta’

Parti A fi Skeda VI li tinsab ma’ dawn ir-regolamenti.

Din id-disposizzjoni saret sabiex jitnaqqas it-telf

annwali u totali ta’ petrol li jirriżulta mit-tagħbija għal

stallazzjonijiet ta’ ħażna fl-istazzjonijiet tal-petrol taħt

il-valur ta’ riferenza prospettiv ta’ 0.01% tal-volum totali

b’massa (m/m).”; and

(b) for paragraphs (a), (b), (c) and (d) of sub-regulation

(4) thereof, there shall be substituted the following

“(a) ‘new’ service stations if their actual or

intended throughput exceeds 500 m 3 per annum;

(b) ‘new’ service stations irrespective of their

actual or intended throughput if they are situated under

living quarters or in working areas;

(c) ‘existing’ service stations if they undergo

a major refurbishment after 30 June 2012 and if their

actual or intended throughput

(i) exceeds 500 m 3 per annum, or;

(ii) exceeds 100 m 3 per annum if it is

situated under permanent living quarters or

working areas;

(d) ‘existing’ service stations having a throughput

exceeding 3000 m 3 per annum by the 31 December

2018.”.

Part B of Schedule VI to the principal regulations shall Amends Schedule

be amended as follows:-

(a) for paragraph 2 thereof, there shall be substituted

the following

“2. The efficiency of the Stage II petrol vapour

recovery system shall not be less than 85% as certified by

the manufacturer in accordance with relevant European

technical standards or type approval procedures referred

to in Article 8 of Directive 2009/126/EC or, if there

are no such standards or procedures, with any relevant

national standard.”;

(b) for paragraph 4 thereof, there shall be substituted

the following

“4. The operator shall ensure that the in-service

petrol vapour capture efficiency of the Stage II petrol

vapour recovery systems is tested at least once each

year either by checking that the vapour or petrol ratio

under stimulated petrol flow conditions is in conformity

with paragraph 3 above or by any other appropriate

methodology.”; and

(c) immediately after paragraph 6 thereof, there shall

be added the following new paragraph

“7. When a service station has installed a Stage

II petrol vapour recovery system, the operator shall

ensure that a sign, sticker or other notification informing

consumers of this fact is displayed on or in the vicinity

of the petrol dispenser.”.