IPPC Directive state of play and future developements

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• IPPC Directivestate of play and future
  developements
• Alexandre Paquot
• European Commission
• Environment Directorate-General
• (Internet http//europa.eu.int/comm/environment/i
  ppc/index.htm)

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Future milestones
Commission reports on implementation of Directive
MS implemen-tation reportsto be submitted
Adoption of IPPC Communica-tion
Jan 2003
June 2003
Sep 2006
June 2007
June 2004
Sep 2003
May 2004
Oct 2007
Jan 2005
June 2005
Dec 2005
Amendmentallowing green-house gasemission
tradingcomes in effect
Enlargement
Amendment strengtheningpublic partici-pation
comesin effect
Firstedition of all BREFsshould beready
Latest com-pliance datefor existinginstallation
s
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The first national reports (1)

• Some preliminary conclusions
• Directive has been adequately transposed in most
  Member States
• Implementation has been slow in some of them,
  particularly in those without prior experience in
  integrated environmental permitting

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The first national reports (2)

• Problems common to several Member States
• Legal requirements on reconsideration and
  updating of permits
• Disproportionate number of applications may have
  to be be filed immediately prior to the October
  2007 deadline
• No transboundary cooperation in permit procedures

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The first national reports (3)

• Views on IPPC
• Effective tool in combating pollution by
  industrial installations
• Administrative simplification
• Fosters dialogue between the authorities and
  industry
• Flexibility allowed in the actual implementation
• Wish for greater uniformity and technical
  coherence with other EU legislation

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• June 03 Communication on IPPC

COM(2003) 354 http//europa.eu.int/comm/environme
nt/ippc/index.htm Why a Communication?

• stress the importance of IPPC
• insufficient progress
• key interpretation issues
• launch consultation

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Keys conclusions of consultation on the
Communication

• Concern about the October 2007 deadline
• General support of the IPPC Directive no call
  for radical changes
• Unanimous call for guidance documents
• Call for technical review for clarification of
  certain provision (in particular the scope)
• Possibility to use emissions trading instruments
  (NL, UK, certain industries) / creating more
  incentives
• Assess the coherence with other legislations
• More user-friendly BREFs

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From BREF to Permit condition

Descriptive
MS right to choose how
Legally binding
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BAT Information Exchange

• required by Directive (Art 16 paragraph 2)
• purpose to support licensing authorities
• published BAT Reference Documents (BREFs) for
  each sector
• BREFs should be taken into account by the
  licensing authorities

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Finalised BREFs

• Iron and steel production
• Cement and lime production
• Non ferrous metals processing
• Pulp and paper production
• Glass production
• Ferrous metal processing
• Cooling systems
• Chlor-Alkali production
• Tanning of hides and skins
• Large-Volume Organic Chemicals production

• Waste water and waste gas treatment in the
  chemical industry
• Refining of mineral oil
• Textile industry
• Pig and poultry farming
• Principles of monitoring
• Slaughterhouses and animal by-products()
• Smitheries and foundries()
• (Management of mining waste)()

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Ongoing BREFs

• Economic and cross-media issues
• Food, drink and milk processes
• Large combustion plant
• Emissions from storage
• Waste treatments
• Waste incineration
• Ammonia, acids and fertilizers
• Surface treatment of metals

• Surface treatment using solvents
• Organic fine chemicals
• Other large-volume inorganic chemicals
• Speciality inorganic chemicals
• Ceramics
• Polymers

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Next BREF phase

• 2004-2006
• Energy efficiency
• Cement and lime production
• Iron and steel production
• 2005-2007
• Pulp and paper production
• Ferrous metal processing
• Glass production
• Tanning of hides and skins
• Non ferrous metals processing

• 2006-2012
• More revisions
• New sectors?

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Concluding remarks (1)

• Flexible, goal-setting legislation opportunity
  for environment industry
• Heavily dependent on good faith (on behalf of
  industry operators and authorities)
• Complements other instruments (EQS-based,
  voluntary / market-based, economic instruments)
• High level of protection of the environment

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Concluding remarks (2)

• Integrated approach by industry operators and
  authorities
• Application of Best Available Techniques
• Provides framework for further and better
  regulation where necessary
• No short term review (2005) of the Directive