# 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 3: For paragraph (b) there shall be substituted:


‘For existing stationary sources:
(i) eight years after the date of entry into force of the present Protocol for a Party. If necessary this period may be extended for specific existing stationary sources in accordance with the amortization period provided for by national legislation; or
(ii) for a Party that is a country with an economy in transition, up to 15 years after the date of entry into force of the present Protocol for that Party.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2016/769/attachment/1/division/J./division/3. (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2016-769/attachment-1/division-J./division-3.
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