# Council Decision (EU) 2016/769 of 21 April 2016 on the acceptance of the Amendments to the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution on Persistent Organic Pollutants, Division A: Article 1


For paragraph 12 there shall be substituted:
‘“New stationary source” means any stationary source of which the construction or substantial modification is commenced after the expiry of 2 years from the date of entry into force for a Party of:
(a) the present Protocol; or
(b) an amendment to the present Protocol that, with respect to a stationary source, either introduces new limit values in Part II of Annex IV or introduces the category in Annex VIII in which that source falls.
It shall be a matter for the competent national authorities to decide whether a modification is substantial or not, taking into account such factors as the environmental benefits of the modification.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/769/attachment/1/division/A. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-769/attachment-1/division-A.
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