S.L. 549.17 Art. 3Limit values. S.L. 549.10 S.L. 549.10

(1) The limit values, the time limits for compliance therewith and the procedures for monitoring discharges are laid down in the Annexes, under heading A.

(2) (a) The competent authority shall apply the limit values at the point where waste waters containing substances leave the industrial plant: Provided that if the competent authority considers, in the case of certain substances, to lay down other points where the limit values shall apply, it shall list these points in Annex II.

(b) The competent authority may permit the limit values to be applied at the point where the waste waters leave the treatment plant, when waste waters containing these substances are treated outside the industrial plant at a treatment plant intended for their removal.

(3) The competent authority shall ensure that any permits or licence referred to in regulation 4 of the Pollution Caused by Certain Dangerous Substances Discharged into the Aquatic Environment Regulations, shall contain provisions at least as stringent as those set out under heading A in the Annexes to these regulations, except where the competent authority is complying with regulation 3(3) of the Pollution Caused by Certain Dangerous Substances Discharged into the Aquatic Environment Regulations, on the basis of heading B in the Annexes to these regulations. The competent authority shall review any permit or licence at least every four years.

(4) Without prejudice to their obligations arising from subregulations (1), (2) and (3) and to the Pollution Caused by

Certain Dangerous Substances Discharged into the Aquatic Environment Regulations, the competent authority may grant permits or licences for new plants, only if those plants apply the standards corresponding to the best technical means available when that is necessary for the elimination of pollution in accordance with regulation 3 of the said regulations or for the prevention of distortions of competition.

(5) The competent authority shall use the reference method of analysis listed under heading C in Annex II: Provided that the competent authority may use other limits of detection, precision and accuracy which are at least as good as those laid down under heading C in Annex II.

(6) The competent authority shall seek to ensure that the measures taken pursuant to these regulations do not result in an increase in the pollution of other media, notably soil and air, by these substances. SUBSTANCES INTO THE AQUATIC ENVIRONMENT [