# Council Decision (EU) 2017/1757 of 17 July 2017 on the acceptance on behalf of the European Union of an Amendment to the 1999 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution to Abate Acidification, Eutrophication and Ground-Level Ozone, Division 6: For paragraph 16 there is substituted:

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

‘“New stationary source” means any stationary source of which the construction or substantial modification is commenced after the expiry of one year from the date of entry into force for a Party of the present Protocol. A Party may decide not to treat as a new stationary source any stationary source for which approval has already been given by the appropriate competent national authorities at the time of entry into force of the Protocol for that Party and provided that the construction or substantial modification is commenced within 5 years of that date. It shall be a matter for the competent national authorities to decide whether a modification is substantial or not, taking account of such factors as the environmental benefits of the modification.’

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/1757/annex/division/B/division/6 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-1757/annex/division-B/division-6
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