Special Provisions
Chapter III on Large Combustion Plants (LCP) (with a thermal input of 50 MW or greater) includes certain flexibility instruments:
- 1 January 2016 kept as default implementation date
- temporary flexibilities: Transitional National Plans, opt-outs,
- small isolated systems, district heating plants
- derogations for peak plants (< 1500 h/y)
- option to use desulphurisation rate instead of SO2 ELVs
- refineries: status quo Large Combustion Plants Directive, but review clause (end 2013)
Further special provisions apply to waste incineration and co-incineration plants under Chapter IV. This Chapter recasts Directive 2000/76/EC. Compared to the Waste Incineration Directive some emissions limit values have become stricter, but the IED by and large copies the Waste Incineration Directive. The recent changes reflect the case law of the Court on these concepts. On example for such changes is the inclusion of rules on the classification of gasification and pyrolysis plants connected to combustion installations (Article 42 (1) second paragraph).
Chapter V and VI contain special provisions concerning installations using organic solvents and installations producing titanium dioxide. These chapter recast Directive 1999/13/EC and Directive 78/176/EEC. The IED contains no significant changes as far as these Directives are concerned.