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Current situation
Since 1996, emissions from 52,000 industrial installations ranging from steel works to tanneries to pig farms have progressively been regulated under the Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC). However, by the time the deadline for full implementation arrived on 30 October 2007, many Member States had fallen well behind schedule, with only half of IPPC plants permitted in some member states. Furthermore, sharp differences were evident in the stringency of implementation, while vague language in the existing Directive left little scope for the Commission to pursue infringement procedures. Ineffective, incomplete and uneven implementation has led the Commission to undertake a revision of the IPPC Directive through a legal technique known as “recasting”. In December 2007, the Commission published their proposal for a Directive on Industrial Emissions, a recast that collects the Directives on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC), Large Combustion Plants, Solvents, Waste Incineration and Titanium Dioxide together under one umbrella. Additional pressure to recast the IPPC Directive comes from the Better Regulation agenda and as such the proposal seeks to streamline, simplify and reduce burdens on business.
In general, EEB welcomes the proposal as a targeted attempt to address gaps in the provisions of the existing IPPC Directive, which paved the way for weak and divergent implementation across the EU. The recast proposal clarifies and tightens permitting requirements to deliver a clearer framework for competent authorities to work with, in particular strengthening the role of Best Available Techniques (BAT) and tightening emission limit values under the sectoral directives.
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