Section 86 relates to conditions to be attached by the EPA to licences. Subsection (1)(a) makes it mandatory to include in licences conditions concerning key issues such as emission limit values, the minimisation of pollution, protection of soil and groundwater and provisions regarding the cessation of the activity in question. While many of these issues are already being by addressed by the EPA in IPC licences, the Bill now requires the inclusion of such conditions in licences. Senators will wish to note that the inclusion of greenhouse gases in the definition of "emission" in section 5 will, in conjunction with subsection (1)(b) of section 86, enable the EPA to regulate greenhouse gas emissions in licence conditions. This is an important additional measure to assist in meeting Ireland's obligations under the Kyoto Protocol.