Notification to the competent authority is required:

• energy installations with a rated power of more than 1 MW in which fuels are burned to produce energy, as listed in the Annex to the Regulation of the Minister for the Environment of 2 July 2010 on cases in which the discharge of gases or dust into the air from the installation does not require a permit,
• fuel-fired non-energy installations with a rated thermal input between 0.5 MW and 1 MW,
• installations for the production of glass with a capacity of less than 1 Mg per day,
• Installations for the drying, briquetting or grinding of coal - with a capacity of less than 30 Mg of raw material per hour,
• installations for the production of quicklime with a capacity of less than 10 Mg per day,
• welding installations (max.3 welding stations),
• installations for the rearing or breeding of animals, with the exception of installations not classified as projects likely to have a potentially significant impact on the environment and installations which may always have a significant impact on the environment,
• coating installations that use less than one tonne of coatings per year,
• Bulk material tanks with a capacity of less than 50 m³,
• installations for the processing of fruit or vegetables with a production capacity of less than 50 Mg per year,
• installations for drying fruit, vegetables, cereals, other agricultural or forestry products with a capacity of more than 30 Mg per hour,
• storage facilities for fruit, vegetables, cereals, other agricultural or forestry crops in quantities of more than 50 Mg,
• food mills,
• installations used in catering establishments catering for more than 500 people per day,
• charcoal production facilities,
• installations for the transfer, handling or storage of liquid fuels,
• fume cupboards used for purposes other than laboratory use,
• installations for the discharge of landfill gas into the air,
• domestic wastewater treatment plant with a capacity of 5m³,
• substations or overhead power lines with a rated voltage of not less than 110 kV,
• radiocommunication, radionavigation and radiolocation installations with an equivalent isotropic radiated power of not less than 15 W, emitting electromagnetic fields with frequencies from 30 kHz to 300 GHz.

A full list of installations that do not require a permit and require notification can be found in the Regulation of the Minister of the Environment of 2 July 2010 on the types of installations whose operation requires notification.

Any notification of an installation not requiring a permit shall include:

• the operator's name, address or registered office,
• the address of the plant on whose premises the installation is operated,
• the nature and extent of the activities carried out, including the volume of production or the volume of services provided,
• operating time of the installation (days of the week and hours),
• volume and type of emissions,
• a description of the emission abatement methods used,
• information on whether the degree of emission limitation is in compliance with the applicable legislation,
• a report on the measurements carried out of the levels of electromagnetic fields (if applicable).

Notification of installations using fuel combustion sources with a rated thermal input of not less than 1 MW and less than 50 MW must additionally include information on:

• the sector in which the combustion source in question operates or the plant in which the source is operated (PKD code),
• the REGON number of the operator,
• the rated thermal input of the fuel combustion source expressed in MW,
• type of fuel combustion source,
• the type and expected percentage of fuels used,
• emission standards applicable to the combustion source concerned,
• the date on which the combustion plant is put into service,
• the anticipated time of use of the fuel combustion source per year and the anticipated average load during use expressed as a percentage.

The application must be accompanied by proof of payment of stamp duty.

If the application is incomplete or does not meet the requirements, the authority will call on you to remedy the deficiencies within a period of no less than seven days.

You will find a template for declaring an installation on its website (district authority, marshal's office or regional environmental protection directorate). When notifying the installation however, you do not have to use a ready-made template - you can prepare the application yourself, including all the information listed in the previous paragraph.

A new or upgraded installation shall be notified to at least 30 days prior to the start of its operation. Why? The authority has precisely 30 days to raise any objections to your application. Only after this deadline has passed can you, in accordance with the regulations, start using the installation.

The authority to which you have submitted the notification may also issue a certificate of no grounds for objection ex officio and before the expiry of the 30-day deadline. This will enable you to start operating the installation earlier.

Notification of installations not requiring a permit is usually submitted to the district authority. The exceptions are installations likely to have a significant impact on the environment - the if such installations are located:

• on factory premises - the competent authority shall be the provincial marshal, and application to be submitted to the marshal's office,
• in closed areas - the competent authority is the regional director for environmental protection, and notification to be submitted to the regional environmental protection directorate.

When you use Interzero's expert services, you do not have to wonder which authority is competent for the location and type of installation - we will determine jurisdiction in-house and file the application on your behalf.

The authority to which you have submitted the notification shall have 30 days to raise an objection (the time limit runs from the date of notification). If this is not done, you can start operating the installation.

In some cases, the competent authority will issue an ex officio certificate of no grounds for objection, which will enable you to start operations earlier.

The stamp duty for acceptance of an installation notification is PLN 120. It must be paid prior to the submission of the documents - proof of payment of the fee shall accompany the application.

If you are acting through an attorney (e.g. Interzero), you must also pay stamp duty on the power of attorney in the amount of PLN 17.

The fees listed are official fees and do not include the fees of the environmental consultants preparing and submitting the application on your behalf.

Yes. If the operation of the installation would result in emissions standards or environmental quality standards being exceeded, the competent authority may object.

An objection is also issued in situations where:

• you fail to carry out the technical measures required by law or laid down in administrative decisions,
• you do not apply technological solutions resulting from laws or decisions.

Yes. The objection is issued in the form of an administrative decision, which you can appeal against within 14 days of receiving it. Our experts will be happy to prepare an appeal on your behalf.. After analysing your case, we will select the appropriate arguments, draft a letter and submit it on your behalf to the relevant authority.