Solid-fuel boilers with a rated thermal power of no more than 500 kW

Draft Act amending the Environmental Protection Act and the Trade Inspection Act

Keywords:

boilers, solid fuel, air, pollution

The reinforcement of the monitoring and control system for solid-fuel boilers with a rated thermal power of no more than 500 kW placed on the market, used to heat small buildings, small and medium-sized manufacturing and service establishments. The requirements for boilers are set out in a national regulation. The new regulations will allow for a reduction in the number of boilers placed on the market which do not meet the emission standards set out in the above-mentioned provisions. The most significant changes proposed:

– Imposing a statutory obligation on the bodies of the Trade Inspectorate and granting them the corresponding competence to carry out inspections verifying whether the entities which place solid-fuel boilers with a rated thermal power of no more than 500 kW on the market fulfil the provisions of the above-mentioned regulation with regard to the requirements for solid-fuel boilers;

– Granting regional inspectors of the Trade Inspectorate the right to impose financial administrative sanctions for failure to comply with the provisions of the above-mentioned regulation with regard to the requirements for solid-fuel boilers (no more than 5 % of the entrepreneur’s revenue; minimum fine: PLN 10,000);

– The possibility to introduce restrictions on the placing on the Polish market of solid-fuel boilers which do not meet the requirements by operators from other EU countries, Turkey and EFTA countries which are a party to the Agreement on the European Economic Area.