The LCP Directive contains the following provisions:
Plants licensed after 26 November 2002 have to comply with the (stricter) emission limit values for SO2, NOx and dust fixed in part B of the Annexes III to VII.
Plants licensed on or after 1 July 1987 and before 27 November 2002 have to comply with the (less strict) emission limit values fixed in part A of the Annexes III to VII.
Significant emission reductions from "existing plants" (licensed before 1 July 1987) are required to be achieved by 1 January 2008: