Disposal by incineration, disposal or recovery by co-incineration and use as a fuel for combustion’
Article 1
Regulation (EU) No 142/2011 is amended as follows: (1) Article 6 is amended as follows: (a) the title of Article 6 is replaced by the following: ‘Article 6 Disposal by incineration, disposal or recovery by co-incineration and use as a fuel for combustion’ (b) the following paragraphs are added: ‘6. Operators shall ensure that combustion plants other than those referred to in Section 2 of Chapter IV of Annex IV, under their control in which animal by-products or derived products are used as a fuel, comply with the general conditions and specific requirements set out in Chapters IV and V of Annex III respectively and are approved by the competent authority in accordance with Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009. 7. The competent authority shall only approve combustion plants referred to in paragraph 6 for the use of animal by-products and derived products as fuel for combustion, provided that: (a) the combustion plants fall within the scope of Chapter V of Annex III hereto; (b) the combustion plants comply with all the relevant general conditions and specific requirements set out in Chapters IV and V of Annex III hereto; (c) administrative procedures are in place to ensure that the requirements for the approval of the combustion plants are checked annually. 8. For the use of poultry manure as a fuel for combustion as set out in Chapter V of Annex III, the following rules shall apply in addition to those referred to in paragraph 7 of this Article: (a) the application for approval that is submitted by the operator to the competent authority in accordance with Article 24(1)(d) of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 must contain evidence certified by the competent authority or by a professional organisation authorised by the competent authorities of the Member State, that the combustion plant in which the poultry manure is used as a fuel fully meets the emission limit values and monitoring requirements set out in point 4 of Section B of Chapter V of Annex III hereto; (b) the procedure for approval provided for in Article 44 of Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009 shall not be completed until at least two consecutive checks, one of them unannounced, have been carried out by the competent authority or by a professional organisation authorised by that authority, during the first six months of the operating of the combustion plant, including the necessary temperature and emission measurements. After the results of those checks showed compliance with the parameters set out in point 4 of Section B of Chapter V of Annex III hereto, full approval can be granted.’ (2) Annexes III and XVI are amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.