S.L. 549.8 Art. 9Implementation of policies and strategies by industrial plants.

The competent authority shall ensure that existing plants belonging to the categories given in Annex I adopt the best available technology, taking into account in particular:

(a) the plant’s technical characteristics,

(b) its rate of utilization and length of its remaining life,

(c) the nature and volume of polluting emissions from it,

(d) the desirability of not entailing excessive costs for the plant concerned, having regard in particular to the economic situation of undertakings belonging to the category in question.