Directive (EU) 2024/1785

What it is

PURPOSE: to update the industrial emissions directive (integrated pollutant prevention and control) in line with the European Green Deal objectives. PROPOSED ACT: Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council. ROLE OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT: the European Parliament decides in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure and on an equal footing with the Council. BACKGROUND: industrial emissions are pollutants (such as sulphur oxides, nitrogen oxides, ammonium, particulates, methane, mercury and other heavy metals) discharged into air, water and soil from industrial plants, that harm human health and the environment. Industrial emissions come from activities like electricity and cement production, waste management and incineration, and the intensive rearing of livestock. The Committee on the Environment, Public Health and Food Safety adopted the report by Radan KANEV (EPP, BG) on the proposal for a directive of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste. The committee responsible recommended that the European Parliament's position adopted at first reading under the ordinary legislative procedure should amend the proposal as follows: The proposed directive lays down rules on integrated prevention and control of pollution arising from industrial activities. The amended text stipulates that it should also lay down rules designed to improve resource efficiency in order to reduce the use of water, energy, and raw materials. Members proposed extending the scope of the draft directive to cover agricultural activities, in particular the issue of pollution from large-scale rearing of animals. The scope of the proposed is extended to include intensive livestock farms with higher Live Stock Unit (LSU) numbers than 200 LSU for pigs and poultry, 300 LSU for cattle. Member States should require the operator to prepare and implement, for each installation falling within the scope of this proposal, an environmental management system (EMS). The EMS should comply with the provisions included in relevant best available techniques (BAT) conclusions that determine aspects to be covered in the EMS. The level of detail of the EMS should be consistent with the nature, scale and complexity of the installation, and the range of environmental impacts it may have. - adopt an implementing act to establish the format to be used for the summary and guidelines on the publication of the permits; - submit to the Commission an assessment on the measures needed due to the changes of this Directive, including a prognosis and estimations of the accrued workload of the competent authorities to ensure they have proper administrative capacity to provide a timely, efficient and smooth permitting process. Competent authorities should complete the processing of the permit applications no later than 90 days after receipt. Within 90 days of the applicant submitting a respective request, the competent authority should issue an opinion…

Official title: Directive (EU) 2024/1785 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 April 2024 amending Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) and Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste (Text with EEA relevance)