Tag: IPPC

The European Parliament has reopened the debate on a revision of the EU's industrial air pollution directive, tabling a new proposal that seeks to compromise with member states by dropping controversial plans to introduce a 'European safety net' of minimum emission limits.

A proposal, backed by Germany and Austria, to place a cap on noxious emissions spewed out by a wide range of industries, including steel, chemicals and processed food plants, is set to be voted down by EU environment ministers today (2 March) over concerns that the measure would be too costly.

A small number of industrial plants are often responsible for emitting the bulk of a given pollutant into air and water, says the first report from the EU pollution monitoring register EPER.

The Commission adopted on 19 June a Communication on the implementation by Member States of the 1996 directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC).