| Type: | Directive |
| IPPC Directive | |
| Number: | 2008/1/EC |
| Madeby: | European Parliament & Council |
| Madeunder: | Article 175(1) |
| Ojref: | OJL 24 of 29 January 2008, pp. 8–29 |
| Ojrefurl: | http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:024:0008:0029:EN:PDF |
| Made: | 15 January 2008 |
| Commenced: | 18 February 2008 |
| Replaces: | Directive 96/61/EC |
| Status: | Current |
Directive 2008/1/EC[1] of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control is a directive of the European Union. It replaces the Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996[2] on the same subject matter; both are commonly referred to as IPPC Directive.
From 2005 to 2007, the effect of the directive was assessed. In 2010, a revised wording was published, integrated with 6 other European directives regulating large industrial sites, into the Industrial Emissions Directive 2010/75/EU, short IED.[3]
The European IPPC Bureau[4] was established in 1997 to organize an exchange of information between the European Commission, EU Member States, industries concerned, and non-governmental organizations promoting environmental protection for drawing up and reviewing Best Available Techniques (short: 'BAT') reference documents (short: 'BREFs'). These reference documents, specifically the BAT conclusions therein, provide the basis for EU Member States to grant operating permits for large agro-industrial installations. The information exchange is codified into law by Commission Implementing Decision 2012/119/EU and referred to as Sevilla process,[5] named after the city of Seville where the European IPPC Bureau is located.