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Commission Implementing Decision of 28 February 2012 establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions for the manufacture of glass (notified under document C(2012) 865) (Text with EEA relevance) (2012/134/EU)

EU Decision 2012/134 · Adopted 28 February 2012 · Extends to United Kingdom

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Commission Implementing Decision

of 28 February 2012

establishing the best available techniques (BAT) conclusions under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions for the manufacture of glass

(notified under document C(2012) 865)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2012/134/EU)

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)f1 and in particular Article 13(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

Article 13(1) of Directive 2010/75/EU requires the Commission to organise an exchange of information on industrial emissions between it and Member States, the industries concerned and non-governmental organisations promoting environmental protection in order to facilitate the drawing up of best available techniques (BAT) reference documents as defined in Article 3(11) of that Directive.

(2)

In accordance with Article 13(2) of Directive 2010/75/EU, the exchange of information is to address the performance of installations and techniques in terms of emissions, expressed as short- and long-term averages, where appropriate, and the associated reference conditions, consumption and nature of raw materials, water consumption, use of energy and generation of waste and the techniques used, associated monitoring, cross-media effects, economic and technical viability and developments therein and best available techniques and emerging techniques identified after considering the issues mentioned in points (a) and (b) of Article 13(2) of that Directive.

(3)

‘BAT conclusions’ as defined in Article 3(12) of Directive 2010/75/EU are the key element of BAT reference documents and lay down the conclusions on best available techniques, their description, information to assess their applicability, the emission levels associated with the best available techniques, associated monitoring, associated consumption levels and, where appropriate, relevant site remediation measures.

(4)

In accordance with Article 14(3) of Directive 2010/75/EU, BAT conclusions are to be the reference for setting permit conditions for installations covered by Chapter 2 of that Directive.

(5)

Article 15(3) of Directive 2010/75/EU requires the competent authority to set emission limit values that ensure that, under normal operating conditions, emissions do not exceed the emission levels associated with the best available techniques as laid down in the decisions on BAT conclusions referred to in Article 13(5) of Directive 2010/75/EU.

(6)

Article 15(4) of Directive 2010/75/EU provides for derogations from the requirement laid down in Article 15(3) only where the costs associated with the achievement of emissions levels disproportionately outweigh the environmental benefits due to the geographical location, the local environmental conditions or the technical characteristics of the installation concerned.

(7)

Article 16(1) of Directive 2010/75/EU provides that the monitoring requirements in the permit referred to in point (c) of Article 14(1) of the Directive are to be based on the conclusions on monitoring as described in the BAT conclusions.

(8)

In accordance with Article 21(3) of Directive 2010/75/EU, within 4 years of publication of decisions on BAT conclusions, the competent authority is to reconsider and, if necessary, update all the permit conditions and ensure that the installation complies with those permit conditions.

(9)

Commission Decision of 16 May 2011 establishing a forum for the exchange of information pursuant to Article 13 of Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissionsf2 established a forum composed of representatives of Member States, the industries concerned and non-governmental organisations promoting environmental protection.

(10)

In accordance with Article 13(4) of Directive 2010/75/EU, the Commission obtained the opinionf3 of that forum on the proposed content of the BAT reference document for the manufacture of glass on 13 September 2011 and made it publicly available.

(11)

The measures provided for in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee established by Article 75(1) of Directive 2010/75/EU,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

OJ L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17.

f2

OJ C 146, 17.5.2011, p. 3.

f3

http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/env/ied/library?l=/ied_art_13_forum/opinions_article

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Application and Interpretation
  3. Signature
  4. Annex: BAT CONCLUSIONS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF GLASS
  5. SCOPE
  6. DEFINITIONS
  7. GENERAL CONSIDERATIONS
  8. Averaging periods and reference conditions for air emissions
  9. Conversion to reference oxygen concentration
  10. Conversion from concentrations to specific mass emissions
  11. DEFINITIONS FOR CERTAIN AIR POLLUTANTS
  12. AVERAGING PERIODS FOR WASTE WATER DISCHARGES
  13. 1.1General BAT conclusions for the manufacture of glass
  14. Environmental management systems
  15. 1Division 1
  16. Applicability
  17. Energy efficiency
  18. 2Division 2
  19. Materials storage and handling
  20. 3Division 3
  21. 4Division 4
  22. General primary techniques
  23. 5Division 5
  24. 6Division 6
  25. 7Division 7
  26. 8Division 8
  27. Applicability
  28. 9Division 9
  29. 10Division 10
  30. 11Division 11
  31. Monitoring
  32. Emissions to water from glass manufacturing processes
  33. 12Division 12
  34. 13Division 13
  35. Waste from the glass manufacturing processes
  36. 14Division 14
  37. Noise from the glass manufacturing processes
  38. 15Division 15
  39. 1.2BAT conclusions for container glass manufacturing
  40. Dust emissions from melting furnaces
  41. 16Division 16
  42. Nitrogen oxides (NOX) from melting furnaces
  43. 17Division 17
  44. 18Division 18
  45. Sulphur oxides (SOX) from melting furnaces
  46. 19Division 19
  47. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) from melting furnaces
  48. 20Division 20
  49. Metals from melting furnaces
  50. 21Division 21
  51. Emissions from downstream processes
  52. 22Division 22
  53. 23Division 23
  54. 1.3BAT conclusions for flat glass manufacturing
  55. Dust emissions from melting furnaces
  56. 24Division 24
  57. Nitrogen oxides (NOX) from melting furnaces
  58. 25Division 25
  59. 26Division 26
  60. Sulphur oxides (SOX) from melting furnaces
  61. 27Division 27
  62. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) from melting furnaces
  63. 28Division 28
  64. Metals from melting furnaces
  65. 29Division 29
  66. 30Division 30
  67. Emissions from downstream processes
  68. 31Division 31
  69. 1.4BAT conclusions for continuous filament glass fibre manufacturing
  70. 1.4.1Dust emissions from melting furnaces
  71. 32Division 32
  72. Nitrogen oxides (NOX) from melting furnaces
  73. 33Division 33
  74. Sulphur oxides (SOX) from melting furnaces
  75. 34Division 34
  76. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) from melting furnaces
  77. 35Division 35
  78. Metals from melting furnaces
  79. 36Division 36
  80. Emissions from downstream processes
  81. 37Division 37
  82. 1.5BAT conclusions for domestic glass manufacturing
  83. Dust emissions from melting furnaces
  84. 38Division 38
  85. Nitrogen oxides (NOX) from melting furnaces
  86. 39Division 39
  87. 40Division 40
  88. Sulphur oxides (SOX) from melting furnaces
  89. 41Division 41
  90. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) from melting furnaces
  91. 42Division 42
  92. Metals from melting furnaces
  93. 43Division 43
  94. 44Division 44
  95. 45Division 45
  96. Emissions from downstream processes
  97. 46Division 46
  98. 47Division 47
  99. 1.6BAT conclusions for special glass manufacturing
  100. Dust emissions from melting furnaces
  101. 48Division 48
  102. Nitrogen oxides (NOX) from melting furnaces
  103. 49Division 49
  104. 50Division 50
  105. Sulphur oxides (SOX) from melting furnaces
  106. 51Division 51
  107. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) from melting furnaces
  108. 52Division 52
  109. Metals from melting furnaces
  110. 53Division 53
  111. Emissions from downstream processes
  112. 54Division 54
  113. 55Division 55
  114. 1.7BAT conclusions for mineral wool manufacturing
  115. Dust emissions from melting furnaces
  116. 56Division 56
  117. Nitrogen oxides (NOX) from melting furnaces
  118. 57Division 57
  119. 58Division 58
  120. Sulphur oxides (SOX) from melting furnaces
  121. 59Division 59
  122. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) from melting furnaces
  123. 60Division 60
  124. Hydrogen sulphide (H2S) from stone wool melting furnaces
  125. 61Division 61
  126. Metals from melting furnaces
  127. 62Division 62
  128. Emissions from downstream processes
  129. 63Division 63
  130. 1.8BAT conclusions for high temperature insulation wools (HTIW) manufacturing
  131. Dust emissions from melting and downstream processes
  132. 64Division 64
  133. 65Division 65
  134. Nitrogen oxides (NOX) from melting and downstream processes
  135. 66Division 66
  136. Sulphur oxides (SOX) from melting and downstream processes
  137. 67Division 67
  138. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) from melting furnaces
  139. 68Division 68
  140. Metals from melting furnaces and downstream processes
  141. 69Division 69
  142. Volatile organic compounds from downstream processes
  143. 70Division 70
  144. 1.9BAT conclusions for frits manufacturing
  145. Dust emissions from melting furnaces
  146. 71Division 71
  147. Nitrogen oxides (NOX) from melting furnaces
  148. 72Division 72
  149. Sulphur oxides (SOX) from melting furnaces
  150. 73Division 73
  151. Hydrogen chloride (HCl) and hydrogen fluoride (HF) from melting furnaces
  152. 74Division 74
  153. Metals from melting furnaces
  154. 75Division 75
  155. Emissions from downstream processes
  156. 76Division 76
  157. Glossary
  158. Description of techniques
  159. 1.10.1Dust emissions
  160. 1.10.2NOX emissions
  161. 1.10.3SOX emissions
  162. 1.10.4HCl, HF emissions
  163. 1.10.5Metal emissions
  164. 1.10.6Combined gaseous emissions (e.g. SOX, HCl, HF, boron compounds)
  165. 1.10.7Combined emissions (solid + gaseous)
  166. 1.10.8Emissions from cutting, grinding, polishing operations
  167. 1.10.9H2S, VOC emissions