Article 4

Without prejudice to the requirements laid down by national and Community provisions with a purpose other than that of this Directive, an authorization may be issued only when the competent authority is satisfied that: 1. all appropriate preventive measures against air pollution have been taken, including the application of the best available technology, provided that the application of such measures does not entail excessive costs; 2. the use of plant will not cause significant air pollution particularly from the emission of substances referred to in Annex II; 3. none of the emission limit values applicable will be exceeded; 4. all the air quality limit values applicable will be taken into account.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-11-07 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.