Preamble
Recitals 48
Chapter I - COMMON PROVISIONS (Article 1-9) 9
Chapter II - PROVISIONS FOR ACTIVITIES LISTED IN ANNEX I (Article 10-26) 19
Chapter IIA - ENABLING AND PROMOTING INNOVATION (Article 27-27e) 6
Chapter III - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR COMBUSTION PLANTS (Article 28-41) 15
Chapter IV - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR WASTE INCINERATION PLANTS AND WASTE CO-INCINERATION PLANTS (Article 42-55) 14
Chapter V - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR INSTALLATIONS AND ACTIVITIES USING ORGANIC SOLVENTS (Article 56-65) 10
Chapter VI - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR INSTALLATIONS PRODUCING TITANIUM DIOXIDE (Article 66-70) 5
Chapter VIA - SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR REARING POULTRY AND PIGS (Article 70a-70i) 9
Chapter VII - COMMITTEE, TRANSITIONAL AND FINAL PROVISIONS (Article 71-84) 13
Annexes 11

operating hours

Definitions over time (1)

06/01/2011 – today applies on 11/11/2026 Article 3, Directive 2010/75/EU Scope: Whole act

For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:

‘operating hours’ means the time, expressed in hours, during which a combustion plant, in whole or in part, is operating and discharging emissions into the air, excluding start-up and shut-down periods;