MT
163 tal-2017
Statutory Text (5 Articles)
L.N. 163 of 2017
ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION ACT
(CAP. 549)
Limitation of Emissions of Certain Atmospheric Pollutants
Regulations, 2017
By virtue of the powers conferred by articles 54 and 55 of the
Environment Protection Act, the Minister for Sustainable
Development the Environment and Climate Change, in consultation
with the Environment and Resources Authority, has made the
following regulations:-
(1)
The title of these regulations is the Limitation of Citation.
Emissions of Certain Atmospheric Pollutants Regulations, 2017.
These regulations provide for the implementation of article Scope.
10 (2) Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of the European Parliament and of
the Council on the reduction of national emissions of certain
atmospheric pollutants, amending Directive 2003/35/EC and
repealing Directive 2001/81/EC.
In these regulations:-
Interpretation.
"the Act" means the Environment Protection Act;
"competent authority" means "the Environment and Resources
Authority" established under article 6 of the Act;
(1)
The competent authority shall compile national Transposition of
emission inventories and projections, spatially disaggregated national Article
Directive (EU)
emission inventories, large point source inventories and the 2016/2284
informative inventory reports referred to in article 8(1), (2) and (3)
and, where relevant, in article 8(4) of Directive (EU) 2016/2284 of
the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of
national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending
Directive 2003/35/EC.
(2) The national emission inventories and projections,
spatially disaggregated national emission inventories, large point
source inventories and the informative inventory reports referred to in
sub-regulation (1) shall be forwarded by the Competent Authority to
the European Commission and to the European Environment Agency
by the reporting dates set out in Annex I of Directive (EU) 2016/2284
of the European Parliament and of the Council on the reduction of
national emissions of certain atmospheric pollutants, amending
Directive 2003/35/EC.
(3) The competent authority shall ensure that the reporting
requirements in sub-regulation (1) are consistent with the reporting to
the Secretariat of the United Nations Economic Commission for
Europe (UNECE) Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air
Pollution.
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