IPPC: A final warning is being sent to Austria and Sweden ordering them to comply with an EU regulation on the granting, subject to conditions and restrictions, of operating permits to industrial installations (Directive on
integrated pollution prevention and control or IPPC).
The draft directive updates the IPPC (
integrated pollution prevention and control) directive and restructures it by combining it with six other directives.
This ensures Endeavour meets Environment Agency requirements and adheres to stringent
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) regulations.
Nearly 9,000 companies out of the 52,000 industrial installations concerned in the EU did not have the operating permits required by the Directive on
integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC), as of 30 October 2007.
In the context of efforts to simplify EU law, the European Commission tabled a proposal for a directive before the Council of Ministers and the European Parliament on 25 September, bringing together in a single act all the legislative texts relating to Directive 96/61/EC on
integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC).
As the inter-service consultation procedure has been blocked by the cabinet of Trade Commissioner Peter Mandelson, the European Commission could not adopt, as planned for 18 December, its proposal for the
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Directive (the so-called IPPC Directive).
aThe Directive on
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPCC)(1) requires in Article 16s.3 that member states draw up periodic detailed reports on the implementation of this Directive and its effectiveness.
The report makes observations about the Commission's June 2003 Communication on progress in implementing Directive 96/61/EC on
integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC Directive - COM(2003)0354).
aThe Directive on
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPCC)(1) requires in article 16s.3, that member states establish periodic detailed reports on the implementation of this Directive and its effectiveness.
The proposal will therefore closely concern environmental inspections in the context of
integrated pollution prevention and control, water quality, waste processing and nuclear plants, including those used for medical and research purposes - all of which are subject to EU law.
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integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC): The Commission will issue a final written warning (reasoned opinion) to Italy for its failure to apply the rules of the Directive on
Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC Directive) to new installations placed in service once the Directive had entered into force, i.e.
The European Commission has sent a first written warning to Belgium (Flanders and Wallonia), Denmark, Greece, Ireland, Luxembourg and the Netherlands asking them to send initial reports on how they implement the EU law on
integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC).