Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control in selected Industrial Activities

Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control aims at the EU-wide harmonisation of licensing procedures of certain industrial installations. In this context the "Best Available Techniques" (BAT) are of special importance. The Com-mission organises an information exchange for the establishment of specific BATs at Euro-pean level (article 16 (2) IPPC-Directive). The resulting BAT-Documents will be published.