Translation of "Installation domestique à combustible sans fumée " (French → English) :

Biomass use in residential and industrial heating is simple to implement and good value when compared with other heating fuels; this is true of the acquisition both of systems and of the fuel itself.

in combustion plants which fall within the scope of Directive 2001/80/EC, which are considered existing in accordance with the definition given in Article 2(10) thereof, where the sulphur dioxide emissions from these combustion plants are equal to or less than 1 700 mg/Nm3 at an oxygen content in the flue gas of 3 % by volume on a dry basis, and where, from 1 January 2008, the emissions of sulphur dioxide from combustion plants subject to Article 4(3)(a) of Directive 2001/80/EC are equal to or less than those resulting from compliance with the emission limit values for new plants ...[+++] contained in Part A of Annex IV to that Directive and where appropriate applying Articles 5, 7 and 8 thereof;

in other combustion plants which do not fall under (a) or (b), where the sulphur dioxide emissions from those combustion plants do not exceed 1 700 mg/Nm3 at an oxygen content in the flue gas of 3 % by volume on a dry basis;

Authorisation shall not apply to undertakings or domestic premises that wish to generate their own electricity using fuel cell, micro combined heat and power or similar technology".

(b) in other combustion plants, which do not fall under the scope of (a), where the emissions of sulphur dioxide from the plant are less than or equal to 1700 mg/Nm3 at an oxygen content in the flue gas of 3 % by volume on a dry basis;

The risk assessment has identified other sources of exposure to the substance, relevant for man and the environment, in particular from crude oil and plants, combustion products (tobacco smoke, volcanic emissions) and petroleum derived fuels (gasoline vapours), which do not result from the life-cycle of the substance produced in or imported into the European Community.