Judgment_paragraph 48 · Sdruzhenie 'Za Zemyata – dostap do pravosadie' and Others v Izpalnitelen director na Izpalnitelna agentsia po okolna sreda and 'TETS Maritsa iztok 2' EAD (C-375/21)

48Regarding, first, the condition relating to the absence of significant pollution, it must be noted that, having regard, first, to the definition of the concept of ‘pollution’ in Article 3(2) of Directive 2010/75, which covers, inter alia, the introduction of substances into the air which may be harmful to human health or the quality of the environment and, second, to the content of Directive 2008/50 which set the air quality limit values for SO₂, any introduction of that substance into the air constitutes pollution for the purposes of the fourth subparagraph of Article 15(4) of Directive 2010/75.