News » IED and BREF Revision - the list of reference documens

The list of reference documents that have been drawn (or are planned to be drawn) as part of the exchange of information carried out in the framework of Article 13(1) of the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED, 2010/75/EU) is available at the EU JRC webpage. The table contains the Best Available Techniques (BAT) reference documents, the so-called BREFs (as well as a few other reference documents) that have been adopted under both the IPPC Directive (2008/1/EC) and the IED.

For BREFs adopted under the IED, the table shows in the column"Adopted document" also the BAT conclusions adopted according to IEDArticle 13(5). The "BAT conclusions" is a document containing the partsof a BAT reference document laying down the conclusions on bestavailable techniques. According to Article 14(3) of the IED, BATconclusions shall be the reference for setting the permit conditions toinstallations covered by the Directive.

For eachBREF in the table below, the following information can be found:

• The latest reference document itself. In short, eachdocument generally gives information on a specificindustrial/agricultural sector in the EU, on the techniques andprocesses used in this sector, current emission and consumption levels,techniques to consider in the determination of the best availabletechniques (BAT) and emerging techniques.
• The list of references (background material) quoted in the reference document.
• Links to webpages containing relevant legislation/standards.
• Additional technical information.
• Translations of the Executive Summaries for BREFs adopted under the IPPC Directive.

Reference documents list