L 16/34 Official Journal of the European Union 21.1.2014 COMMISSION DECISION of 17 January 2014 on the notification by the Slovak Republic of a transitional national plan referred to in Article 32 of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (notified under document C(2014) 59) (Only the Slovak text is authentic) (2014/25/EV) THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, Having regard to Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (1), and in particular Article 32(5), second subparagraph thereof, Whereas: (1) In accordance with Article 32(5) first subparagraph of Directive 2010/75/EU, the Slovak Republic submitted to the Commission its transitional national plan (TNP) on 8 January 2013 (3). (2)  During the assessment of the completeness of the TNP, the Commission found some inconsistencies between the list of plants included in the TNP and those reported by the Slovak Republic in its emission inventory for 2009 under Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (3). (3) By letter of 12 June 2013 (*), the Commission requested the Slovak authorities to confirm that the aggregation rules set out in Article 29 of Directive 2010/75/EU and the definition of ‘operating hours’ set out in Article  3(27) of Directive 2010/75/EU had been () O] L 334, 17.12.2010, p. 17. (®) The notification by the Slovak Republic was received by the Commission by e-mail on 9 January 2013, registered under reference number Ares(2013)25811. By letter of 9 January 2013 (registered under reference number Ares(2013)40113), the Commission received an explanation from the Slovak authorities that due to technical problems with the IT system at the end of 2012, the electronic version of the TNP could not be delivered to the Commission before 1 January 2013 but was resent immediately once the IT system was operational again. Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants (O] L 309, 27.11.2001, p. 1). (%) Ares(2013)1636798. [ ~ applied correctly. The Commission also asked to provide additional data, in particular clarification about any inconsistencies between the TNP and the emission inventory under Directive 2001/80/EC. (4)  The Slovak Republic submitted additional information by letter of 27 June 2013 (°). (5)  Based on the analysis of the updated information, the Commission, by letter of 23 July 2013 (), requested the Slovak authorities to confirm that none of the plants that benefited from a derogation under Article 4(4) of Directive 2001/80/EC was included in the TNP. The Commission also requested the Slovak authorities to verify a number of emission limit values used for the calculations and to provide evidence that the criteria justifying their application were met. (6) By letter of 16 August 2013 (’), the Slovak Republic informed the Commission that two plants had been removed from the TNP. For the plant ‘U.S. Steel Kosice, s.r.0., boilers K1-K5’, the Slovak Republic clarified that, although part of the plant had been subject to the dero- gation under Article 4(4) of Directive 2001/80/EC during a number of years, that part had been rebuilt in 2010. The Slovak Republic argued that this plant could therefore be included in the TNP. The Slovak Republic also provided a number of corrected emission limit values, but for two plants no justification was provided for using specific emission limit values. (7) By letter of 27 September 2013 (%), the Commission informed the Slovak Republic that, according to Article 32(1)(d) of Directive 2010/75/EU, and based on the information provided, the plant ‘U.S. Steel Kosice, s..0., boilers K1-K5’, part of which had applied the dero- gation under Article 4(4) of Directive 2001/80/EC, could not be included in the TNP. The Commission also requested the Slovak authorities to provide additional information concerning the ash content of the liquid fuel fired in two plants for which an emission limit value for dust of 100 mg/Nm> had been applied. 5 2533608. 2741492. 3001466. 3122053. () Ares( (°) Ares(2013 () Ares(2013 (°) Ares( T2