Integrated pollution prevention and control

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Since 30 October 1999 for the EU-15, and 1 May 2004 for the ten new
Member States, the IPPC Directive has applied to new installations as well
as to those ‘existing’ installations (i.e. those built before 2000) where the
operators intend to carry out changes that may have significant negative
effects on human health and the environment. Member States have been
given an eight-year transitional period until October 2007 to ensure that all
other existing installations fully comply with the Directive non-woven fabric wholesale. Four new Member
States – Latvia, Poland, Slovakia and Slovenia – were granted transitional
periods for certain installations until the end of 2010.
The Commission has recently launched a review process of the IPPC
Directive and related legislation on industrial emissions. While not altering
its main underlying principles and level of ambition, the review will evaluate
the scope to improve the functioning of the Directive, its coherence and
complementarity with other industrial emissions-related legislation and the
effectiveness of market-based-instruments in this context. The deadline of
30 October 2007 for the full implementation of the Directive remains valid.

Competent authorities responsible for issuing permits are required to take
account of the general principles set out in article 3 when determining the
conditions of the permit. These conditions must include emission limit values,
supplemented or replaced where appropriate by equivalent parameters or
technical measures. According to article 9(4) of the Directive, these emission
limit values, equivalent parameters and technical measures must, without
prejudice to compliance with environmental quality standards non-woven fabric, be based on
the best available techniques, without prescribing the use of any technique or
specific technology, but taking into account (1) the technical characteristics
of the installation concerned, (2) its geographical location and (3) the local
environmental conditions. In all circumstances, the conditions of the permit
must include provisions on the minimisation of long-distance or transboundary
pollution and must ensure a high level of protection for the environment as
a whole.