Industrial Emissions Directive

The EU’s Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) sets out guidelines for the approval and control of industrial installations. The guidelines require an integrated approach and the implementation of best available techniques (BAT). BATs are the most effective techniques to achieve a high level of environmental protection, taking into account the costs and benefits. Revised BAT Reference Documents (BREF) are more prescriptive on which BATs should be used in order to provide more consistency across EU member states.

The first BAT (Best Available Techniques) Reference Document (BREF) on Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals (LVIC) was adopted in 2007.

The LVIC BREF revision has started end 2021 and is expected to be finalised in 2024-2025. INCOPA has established a BREF task force to actively participates to this revision together with the European Commission Joint Research Center and all stakeholders of the Technical Working Group.

To be prepared for when the process will start, INCOPA has established a BREF task force which will identify the data that needs to be collected. Members of the task force will also participate in the Cefic LVIC Working Group which will bring together experts from different industries.