INTEGRATED POLLUTION CONTROL DIRECTIVE REPORT
November 1st, 2005
BY KEITH NUTHALLCONCERNS about delays in the implementation of a major piece of European Union (EU) environmental legislation have sparked a review by the European Commission, and will encourage it to pursue legal action in the courts. The law in question is the 1996 integrated pollution prevention and control directive, which insists large EU industrial and agricultural installations obtain operating permits - issued only if the best available techniques on controlling emissions are in use. New installations and installations undergoing reconstruction have had ...
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