News » Evaluation and Revision under Industrial Emissions Directive (IED)

23.09.2020

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The EU Commission will propose a revision of EU measures addressing pollution from large industrial installations in 2021, as announced in the European Green Deal. The aims of the revision are to progress towards the EU?s zero pollution ambition for a toxic-free environment and to support climate, energy and circular economy policies.

IED evaluation

The IED evaluation was supported by several studies. In a nutshell, the following lessons have been learnt:

  • The IED has played an important role in reducing emissionof pollutants from industry, especially to air, but has made a morelimited contribution to decarbonisation and the circular economy.
  • A major IED success is its governance model, which is basedon co-creation of environmental standards with Member States, industryand environmental NGOs. Stakeholders therefore consider the IED to be akey EU instrument.
  • There is scope to improve and further develop the IED,through: widening its scope, improving key provisions on permitting andcontrolling industrial plants, and securing more transparent andeffective access to environmental information and participation indecision making on IED permits by civil society representatives.

A number of case studies illustrate the type of environmental improvements that may be expected by applying EU industrial emissions legislation.

IED revision

The Commission has started work on an impact assessment with a view to table its proposal at the end of 2021. The Inception Impact Assessment outlines the range of options to be assessed. The design of the optionsand the assessment of their impacts will be subject to refinement andcontribution through stakeholder consultations.

An open public consultation will be launched on the Commission?s Have Your Say website in the second half of 2020.

A targeted survey for IED experts andstakeholders will be available in due course. This will be followed bymeetings of specific focus groups and dedicated interviews.

A kick-off online stakeholder workshop willbe organized in the second half of 2020. The event will be live-streamedand interested stakeholders will be able to express their interest toparticipate in due course.

A final stakeholder workshop will take place towards the endof the impact assessment. Participation details will be made availablein due course.

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