These Regulations form part of the implementation of Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast) in the United Kingdom. Article 32 of the Directive allows Member States to exempt combustion plants which are specified in a Transitional National Plan from the requirement to comply with emission limit values for certain pollutants in Article 30(2) during the period from 1st January 2016 to 30th June 2020. The United Kingdom has produced a Transitional National Plan which was submitted to the European Commission on 20th October 2015 and these Regulations give effect to the exemptions permitted under Article 32 in relation to the plants specified in it.