Message 002
Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2019) 01746
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2019/0309/HU
No abre el plazo - Nezahajuje odklady - Fristerne indledes ikke - Kein Fristbeginn - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délais - Non fa decorrere la mora - Neietekmē atlikšanu - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Ma’ jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dawmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Neotvorí oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Inleder ingen frist - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare.
(MSG: 201901746.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2019 0309 HU EN 26-06-2019 HU NOTIF
2. HU
3A. Igazságügyi Minisztérium
EU Jogi Megfelelésvizsgálati Főosztály
Műszaki Notifikációs Központ
Budapest
Kossuth tér 2-4.
H-1055
Tel. : (36-1)795-5733,
E-mail: technicalnotification@im.gov.hu
3B. Agrárminisztérium Jogalkotási Főosztály
Környezetügyi és Természeti-erőforrás Szabályozási Osztály
Budapest, V., Apáczai Csere János utca 9.
H-1052
4. 2019/0309/HU - B30
5. Draft Minister for Agriculture Decree amending Minister for Agriculture Decree 53/2017 of 18 October 2017 on the operating conditions of combustion plants with a total rated thermal input greater than or equal to 140 MWth but less than 50 MWth and on the limit values for air pollutants emitted therefrom
6. CO and NOX emission limit values for biomass boilers; NOX emission limit values for stationary diesel engines; rules applicable to stationary engines operating less than 50 hours per year
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8. Planned amendments of Draft Minister for Agriculture Decree 53/2017 of 18 October 2017 on the operating conditions of combustion plants with a total rated thermal input greater than or equal to 140 MWth but less than 50 Wth and on the limit values for air pollutants emitted therefrom (hereinafter referred to as ‘Ktr’) can be grouped in four main regulatory items:
1. CO and NOX emission limit values for biomass boilers
In terms of carbon monoxide pollutants, MCP Directive only imposes measurement obligations and does not define any emission limit values. Therefore emission limit values for carbon monoxide in Ktr are values adopted under the Member State’s own competence and taken over from previous national legislation, the transposition of which shall be amended as regards to biomass-fired plants of over 1 MW (to 375 mg/m3 instead of 1 500 mg/m3), in order to maintain emission levels achieved earlier.
Clarification of a technical nature is needed as regards NOX emission limit values of fluid biomass boilers, since limit values taken over from previous legislation, more stringent than the MCP Directive, have not been converted to standardised O2 content defined by MCP Directive.
2. NOX emission limit values for stationary diesel engines
At several points, Ktr transposed limit values pursuant to the MCP Directive instead of the more stringent values defined in the previous legislation; thus these values shall be amended in order to maintain emission levels achieved earlier.
3. Rules applicable to stationary engines operating less than 50 hours per year
With the planned amendment the exemption under the previous legislation applicable to stationary engines of over 1 MW would be reinstated, meaning that emission and measurement requirements shall not apply to stationary engines operating less than 50 hours per year. Even the MCP Directive allows for such derogations.
4. Previous exemptions applicable to certain special plants
Given the specific nature of gas engines applied in the Hungarian natural gas transportation and storage system, as well as the high ethane content of Hungarian natural gas, it is appropriate to retain any exemptions that provide an option to apply emission limit values through cost-effective investments in the group of plants affected.
9. The amendment aims at clarifying certain provisions of Ktr on the basis of experience related to the application of the law, as well as at aligning certain requirements applicable to emissions by certain types of combustion plants with limit values in previous legislation.
With the drafting of Ktr, the main legislative goal was to ensure the transposition of the MCP Directive while maintaining environmental levels achieved earlier, which means that during the transitional period prior to the introduction of new requirements under the MCP Directive in 2025 and 2030, the values taken over from the previous sectoral legislation shall also remain valid for existing plants. However, new requirements had immediate effect for new plants put into operation after 20 December 2018, defined in accordance with the MCP Directive for plants over 1 MW, while more stringent emission limit values were introduced even for plants of less than 1 MW, regulated by the Member States themselves. In order to fully enforce the original intention of the legislator, certain provisions of the legislation need to be clarified and corrected, based on experience related to the application of the law acquired in the period since the entry into force of the legislation.
10. Reference(s) to basic text(s): Minister for Agriculture Decree No 53/2017 of 18 December 2017 on the operating conditions of combustion plants with a total rated thermal input equal to or greater than 140 kWth, but lower than 50 MWth and on the limit values for air pollutants emitted therefrom (2017/186/HU)
Act LIII of 1995 on the general rules of environmental protection
Government Decree 306/2010. Of 23 December 2010 on the protection of air
Minister for Rural Development Decree No 6/2011 of 14 January 2011 on the rules relating to immission and the testing, inspection and evaluation of stationary sources of pollution
Minister for Rural Development Decree No 110/2013 of 4 December 2013 on the operating conditions of combustion plants with a total rated thermal input equal to or greater than 50 MWth and on the limit values for air pollutants emitted therefrom
Minister for National Development Decree No 53/2014 of 13 December 2014 on the sulfur content of certain fuels
The basic texts were forwarded with an earlier notification: 2017/186/HU
11. No
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13. No
14. No
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16. TBT aspect
No - the draft is neither a technical regulation nor a conformity assessment procedure.
SPS aspect
No - the draft is neither a sanitary nor phytosanitary measure.
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