Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (Codified version) (Text with EEA relevance )
Date: 2008-01-15
Institutions: Council of the European Union, European Parliament
Subjects: EU environmental policy, access to information, chemical pollution, environmental protection, environmental standard, industrial policy, pollution control measures, public awareness campaign

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DIRECTIVES

DIRECTIVE 2008/1/EC OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

of 15 January 2008

concerning integrated pollution prevention and control

(Codified version)

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE
EUROPEAN UNION,

(3)

Having regard to the Treaty
Community, and in particular Article 175(1) thereof,

establishing the European

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and
Social Committee (1),

After consulting the Committee of the Regions,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article
251 of the Treaty (2),

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996
prevention
concerning
and
pollution
integrated
control (3) has been substantially
amended several
times (4). In the interests of clarity and rationality the
said Directive should be codified.

The objectives and principles of the Community’s envi-
ronment policy, as set out in Article 174 of the Treaty,
consist in particular of preventing, reducing and as far as
possible eliminating pollution by giving priority to inter-
vention at source and ensuring prudent management of
natural resources, in compliance with the ‘polluter pays’
principle and the principle of pollution prevention.

(1) OJ C 97, 28.4.2007, p. 12.
(2) Opinion of the European Parliament of 19 June 2007 (not yet
Journal) and Council Decision of 17

published in the Official
December 2007.

(3) OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26. Directive as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the
Council (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).

(4) See Annex VI, Part A.

the Governments of

The Fifth Environmental Action Programme, the broad
outline of which was approved by the Council and the
Representatives of
the Member
States, meeting within the Council, in the Resolution of
1 February 1993 on a Community programme of policy
and action in relation to the environment and sustainable
development (5), accorded priority to integrated pollution
control as an important part of the move towards a
more sustainable balance between human activity and
socioeconomic development, on the one hand, and the
resources and regenerative capacity of nature, on the
other.

The implementation of an integrated approach to reduce
pollution requires action at Community level in order to
modify and supplement existing Community legislation
concerning the prevention and control of pollution from
industrial plants.

Council Directive 84/360/EEC of 28 June 1984 on the
combating of air pollution from industrial plants (6)
introduced a general framework requiring authorisation
prior to any operation or substantial modification of
industrial installations which may cause air pollution.

Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of
the Council of 15 February 2006 on pollution caused by
certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic
for an
environment of
those
authorisation requirement
substances.

the Community (7) provides

the discharge of

for

Although Community legislation exists on the combating
of air pollution and the prevention or minimisation of
the discharge of dangerous substances into water, there is
no
at
preventing or minimising emissions into soil.

comparable Community

legislation

aimed

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

(5) OJ C 138, 17.5.1993, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 188, 16.7.1984, p. 20. Directive as amended by Directive

91/692/EEC (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48).

(7) OJ L 64, 4.3.2006, p. 52.

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(9)

(10)

(11)

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Different approaches to controlling emissions into the
air, water or soil separately may encourage the shifting
of pollution between the various environmental media
rather than protecting the environment as a whole.

The objective of an integrated approach to pollution
control
is to prevent emissions into air, water or soil
wherever this is practicable, taking into account waste
management, and, where it is not, to minimise them in
order to achieve a high level of protection for the envi-
ronment as a whole.

This Directive should establish a general framework for
integrated pollution prevention and control. It should lay
down the measures necessary to implement integrated
pollution prevention and control
in order to achieve a
high level of protection for the environment as a whole.
Application of the principle of sustainable development
should be promoted by an integrated approach to
pollution control.

authorities so that they can satisfy themselves, before
granting a permit,
that all appropriate preventive or
pollution-control measures have been laid down. Very
different
to
different levels of environmental protection and public
awareness. Therefore, applications
for permits under
this Directive should include minimum data.

application procedures may

give

rise

(15)

Full coordination of
the authorisation procedure and
conditions between competent authorities should make
it possible to achieve the highest practicable level of
protection for the environment as a whole.

(16)

The competent authority or authorities should grant or
amend a permit only when integrated environmental
protection measures for air, water and land have been
laid down.

The provisions of this Directive should apply without
prejudice
to the provisions of Council Directive
85/337/EEC of 27 June 1985 on the assessment of the
effects of certain public and private projects on the envi-
ronment (1). When information or conclusions obtained
further to the application of that Directive have to be
taken into consideration for the granting of authori-
sation, this Directive should not affect the implemen-
tation of Directive 85/337/EEC.

(17)

(18)

(12) Member States should take the necessary steps in order
to ensure that the operator of the industrial activities
referred to in this Directive is complying with the
general principles of certain basic obligations. For that
purpose it would suffice for the competent authorities
to take those general principles
into account when
laying down the authorisation conditions.

The permit should include all necessary measures to fulfil
the authorisation conditions in order thus to achieve a
high level of protection for the environment as a whole.
Without prejudice to the authorisation procedure, those
measures may also be the subject of general binding
requirements.

technical

Emission limit values, parameters or equivalent technical
measures should be based on the best available tech-
niques, without prescribing the use of one specific
technique or technology and taking into consideration
the
installation
location and local environ-
concerned,
mental
authorisation
conditions should lay down provisions on minimising
long-distance or transfrontier pollution and ensure a
high level of protection for the environment as a whole.

its geographical

characteristics

conditions.

In all

cases

the

the

of

(13)

to this
the provisions adopted pursuant
Some of
Directive must be applied to existing installations after
30 October 2007 and others had to be applied as from
30 October 1999.

(19)

is for

the Member States to determine how the
It
technical characteristics of the installation concerned, its
geographical location and local environmental conditions
can, where appropriate, be taken into consideration.

(14)

In order to tackle pollution problems more effectively
and efficiently, environmental aspects should be taken
aspects
into consideration by the operator. Those
should be communicated to the competent authority or

(1) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40. Directive as last amended by Directive
the Council

the European Parliament and of

2003/35/EC of
(OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 17).

(20) When an environmental quality standard requires more
stringent conditions than those that can be achieved by
using the best
supplementary
techniques,
conditions
should in particular be required by the
permit, without prejudice to other measures that may
be taken to comply with the environmental quality
standards.

available

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(21)

Because best available techniques will change with time,
particularly in the light of
the
competent authorities should monitor or be informed
of such progress.

technical advances,

imbalances in the
help to redress the technological
Community, should promote the worldwide dissemi-
nation of
limit values and techniques used in the
Community and should help the Member States in the
efficient implementation of this Directive.

(22)

Changes to an installation may give rise to pollution. The
competent authority or authorities should therefore be
notified of any change which might affect the environ-
ment. Substantial changes to plant must be subject to the
granting of prior authorisation in accordance with this
Directive.

(23)

The authorisation conditions
reviewed and if necessary updated. Under
conditions, they should in any event be re-examined.

should be periodically
certain

(24)

(25)

to those decisions,

Effective public participation in the taking of decisions
should enable the public to express, and the decision-
to take account of, opinions and concerns
maker
thereby
which may be relevant
increasing the accountability and transparency of
the
decision-making process and contributing to public
issues and support for the
awareness of environmental
decisions taken.
the public should have
access to information on the operation of installations
and their potential effect on the environment, and, before
any decision is taken, to information relating to appli-
cations for permits for new installations or substantial
changes and to the permits themselves, their updating
and the relevant monitoring data.

In particular,

Participation,
including participation by associations,
organisations and groups, in particular non-governmental
organisations
protection,
should accordingly be fostered, including by promoting
environmental education of the public.

environmental

promoting

(26) On 25 June 1998 the Community signed the UNECE
Convention on Access to Information, Public Partici-
pation in Decision-Making and Access to Justice in Envir-
onmental Matters (the Århus Convention). Among the
the Århus Convention is the desire to
objectives of
guarantee rights of public participation in decision-
making in environmental matters in order to contribute
to the protection of the right to live in an environment
which is adequate for personal health and well-being.

(27)

The development
information at
Community level about best available techniques should

and exchange of

(28)

Reports on the implementation and effectiveness of this
Directive should be drawn up regularly.

(29)

for pollution,
is

This Directive is concerned with installations whose
potential
transfrontier
and therefore
pollution,
significant. Transboundary consultation
should be organised where applications relate to the
licensing of new installations or substantial changes to
installations which are likely to have significant negative
environmental effects. The applications relating to such
proposals or substantial changes should be available to
the public of the Member State likely to be affected.

(30)

The need for action may be identified at Community
level to lay down emission limit values for certain cate-
gories of
installation and pollutant covered by this
Directive. The European Parliament and the Council
should set such emission limit values in accordance
with the provisions of the Treaty.

(31)

The provisions of this Directive should apply without
prejudice to Community provisions on health and
safety at the workplace.

(32)

This Directive should be without prejudice to the obli-
gations of the Member States relating to the time-limits
for transposition into national law of the Directives as set
out in Annex VI, Part B,

HAVE ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:

Article 1

Purpose and scope

The purpose of this Directive is to achieve integrated prevention
and control of pollution arising from the activities listed in
Annex I. It lays down measures designed to prevent or, where
that is not practicable, to reduce emissions in the air, water and
land from the abovementioned activities,
including measures
concerning waste, in order to achieve a high level of protection
of the environment taken as a whole, without prejudice to
Directive
Community
provisions.

85/337/EEC

relevant

other

and

1.

2.

3.

4.

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Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall
apply:

any

and

element

chemical

‘substance’ means
its
compounds, with the exception of radioactive substances
within the meaning of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of
13 May 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the
protection of the health of workers and the general public
against the dangers arising from ionizing radiation (1) and
genetically modified organisms within the meaning of
Council Directive 90/219/EEC of 23 April 1990 on the
contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms (2)
and Directive 2001/18/EC of
the European Parliament
and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate
release
environment of genetically modified
organisms (3);

into the

7.

releases into water,

emission limit values for substances normally apply at the
point where the emissions
leave the installation, any
dilution being disregarded when determining them; with
regard to indirect
the effect of a
water treatment plant may be taken into account when
determining the emission limit values of the installation
involved, provided that an equivalent level
is guaranteed
for the protection of the environment as a whole and
provided this does not lead to higher levels of pollution
to Directive
in the
2006/11/ΕC or the Directives implementing it;

environment, without prejudice

quality

‘environmental
of
requirements which must be fulfilled at a given time by a
given environment or particular part thereof, as set out in
Community legislation;

standard’ means

the

set

‘pollution’ means the direct or indirect introduction, as a
result of human activity, of substances, vibrations, heat or
noise into the air, water or land which may be harmful to
human health or the quality of the environment, result in
damage to material property, or impair or interfere with
amenities and other legitimate uses of the environment;

‘installation’ means a stationary technical unit where one or
more activities listed in Annex I are carried out, and any
other directly associated activities which have a technical
connection with the activities carried out on that site and
which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;

‘existing installation’ means an installation which on 30
October 1999,
in accordance with legislation existing
before that date, was in operation or was authorised or,
in the view of the competent authority, was the subject of a
full request for authorisation, provided that that installation
was put into operation no later than 30 October 2000;

5.

‘emission’ means the direct or indirect release of substances,
vibrations, heat or noise from individual or diffuse sources
in the installation into the air, water or land;

6.

‘emission limit values’ means the mass, expressed in terms
of certain specific parameters, concentration and/or level of
an emission, which may not be exceeded during one or
more periods of time; emission limit values may also be
laid down for certain groups,
families or categories of
substances, in particular for those listed in Annex III. The

(1) OJ L 159, 29.6.1996, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 117, 8.5.1990, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Commission

Decision 2005/174/EC (OJ L 59, 5.3.2005, p. 20).

(3) OJ L 106, 17.4.2001, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Regulation

(EC) No 1830/2003 (OJ L 268, 18.10.2003, p. 24).

8.

‘competent authority’ means the authority or authorities or
bodies
the
responsible under
Member States for carrying out
the obligations arising
from this Directive;

the legal provisions of

9.

‘permit’ means that part or the whole of a written decision
(or several such decisions) granting authorisation to operate
all or part of an installation, subject to certain conditions
which guarantee that
the installation complies with the
requirements of this Directive. A permit may cover one
or more installations or parts of installations on the same
site operated by the same operator;

10.

‘change in operation’ means a change in the nature or
functioning, or an extension, of
the installation which
may have consequences for the environment;

11.

the

‘substantial change’ means a change in operation which, in
the opinion of
authority, may have
competent
significant negative effects on human beings or the envi-
ronment; for the purposes of this definition, any change to
or extension of an operation shall be deemed to be
substantial
if the change or extension in itself meets the
thresholds, if any, set out in Annex I;

12.

‘best available techniques’ means the most effective and
advanced stage in the development of activities and their
methods of operation which indicate the practical suit-
ability of particular techniques for providing in principle
the basis for emission limit values designed to prevent
and, where that
is not practicable, generally to reduce
emissions and the impact on the environment as a whole:

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(a) ‘techniques’ shall include both the technology used and
the way in which the installation is designed, built,
maintained, operated and decommissioned;

(b) ‘available techniques’ means those developed on a scale
which allows implementation in the relevant industrial
economically and technically viable
sector, under
taking into consideration the costs and
conditions,
advantages, whether or not the techniques are used or
produced inside the Member State in question, as long
as they are reasonably accessible to the operator;

(c) ‘best’ means most effective in achieving a high general
level of protection of the environment as a whole.

In determining the best available techniques, special consid-
eration should be given to the items listed in Annex IV;

13.

‘operator’ means any natural or legal person who operates
or controls the installation or, where this is provided for in
to whom decisive economic power
national
over the technical functioning of the installation has been
delegated;

legislation,

14.

‘the public’ means one or more natural or legal persons
and,
legislation or practice,
their associations, organisations or groups;

in accordance with national

15.

‘the public concerned’ means the public affected or likely to
be affected by, or having an interest in, the taking of a
decision on the issuing or the updating of a permit or of
permit conditions; for the purposes of this definition, non-
governmental
environmental
protection and meeting any requirements under national
law shall be deemed to have an interest.

organisations

promoting

Article 3

General principles governing the basic obligations of the
operator

1. Member States
to
provide that the competent authorities ensure that installations
are operated in such a way that:

take the necessary measures

shall

(a) all the appropriate preventive measures are taken against
the best

through application of

in particular

pollution,
available techniques;

(b) no significant pollution is caused;

the European Parliament

(c) waste production is avoided in accordance with Directive
2006/12/EC of
the
Council of 5 April 2006 on waste (1); where waste is
produced, it is recovered or, where that is technically and
economically impossible, it is disposed of while avoiding or
reducing any impact on the environment;

and of

(d) energy is used efficiently;

(e) the necessary measures are taken to prevent accidents and

limit their consequences;

(f)

the necessary measures are taken upon definitive cessation
of activities to avoid any pollution risk and return the site of
operation to a satisfactory state.

For the purposes of compliance with this Article, it shall
2.
be sufficient if Member States ensure that the competent autho-
rities take account of the general principles set out in paragraph
1 when they determine the conditions of the permit.

Article 4

Permits for new installations

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that
issued in
no new installation is operated without a permit
to the
accordance with this Directive, without prejudice
exceptions provided for
the
European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001
on the limitation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air
from large combustion plants (2).

in Directive 2001/80/EC of

Article 5

Requirements for the granting of permits for existing
installations

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure
that the competent authorities see to it, by means of permits in
accordance with Articles 6 and 8 or, as appropriate, by recon-
sidering and, where necessary, by updating the conditions, that
the
existing
requirements of Articles 3, 7, 9, 10 and 13, Article 14(a) and
(b) and Article 15(2) not later than 30 October 2007, without
prejudice to specific Community legislation.

accordance with

installations

operate

in

2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to apply
the provisions of Articles 1, 2, 11 and 12, Article 14(c), Article
15(1) and (3), Articles 17, 18 and Article 19(2) to existing
installations as from 30 October 1999.

(1) OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9.
(2) OJ L 309, 27.11.2001, p. 1. Directive as last amended by Council

Directive 2006/105/EC (OJ L 363, 20.12.2006, p. 368).

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Article 6

Applications for permits

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure
that an application to the competent authority for a permit
includes a description of:

(a) the installation and its activities;

(b) the raw and auxiliary materials, other substances and the

energy used in or generated by the installation;

(c) the sources of emissions from the installation;

(d) the conditions of the site of the installation;

(e) the nature and quantities of foreseeable emissions from the
installation into each medium as well as identification of
significant effects of the emissions on the environment;

(f)

the proposed
for
preventing or, where this not possible, reducing emissions
from the installation;

and other

technology

techniques

(g) where necessary, measures for the prevention and recovery

of waste generated by the installation;

(h) further measures planned to comply with the general prin-
ciples of the basic obligations of the operator as provided
for in Article 3;

(i) measures planned to monitor emissions into the environ-

ment;

(j)

the main alternatives,
outline.

if any, studied by the applicant in

An application for a permit shall also include a non-technical
summary of the details referred to in points (a) to (j).

dangerous

of 9 December 1996 on the control of major-accident hazards
information
involving
produced in response to other legislation fulfils any of the
requirements of this Article, that information may be included
in, or attached to, the application.

substances (1) or other

Article 7

Integrated approach to issuing permits

Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that
the conditions of, and procedure for the grant of, the permit are
fully coordinated where more than one competent authority is
involved, in order to guarantee an effective integrated approach
by all authorities competent for this procedure.

Article 8

Decisions

Without prejudice to other requirements laid down in national
or Community legislation, the competent authority shall grant a
permit containing conditions guaranteeing that the installation
complies with the requirements of this Directive or, if it does
not, shall refuse to grant the permit.

All permits granted and modified permits must include details
of the arrangements made for air, water and land protection as
referred to in this Directive.

Article 9

Conditions of the permit

1. Member States shall ensure that the permit includes all
measures necessary for compliance with the requirements of
Articles 3 and 10 for the granting of permits in order to
achieve a high level of protection for the environment as a
whole by means of protection of the air, water and land.

2.
In the case of a new installation or a substantial change
where Article 4 of Directive 85/337/EEC applies, any relevant
to
information obtained or conclusion arrived at pursuant
Articles 5, 6 and 7 of that Directive shall be taken into consid-
eration for the purposes of granting the permit.

shall

include

emission limit values

for
The permit
3.
in particular those listed in Annex III,
polluting substances,
likely to be emitted from the
installation concerned in
significant quantities, having regard to their nature and their
potential to transfer pollution from one medium to another
(water, air and land).
include
appropriate requirements ensuring protection of the soil and
ground water and measures concerning the management of
waste generated by the installation. Where appropriate,
limit
values may be supplemented or replaced by equivalent para-
meters or technical measures.

the permit shall

If necessary,

2. Where information supplied in accordance with the
requirements provided for in Directive 85/337/EEC or a safety
report prepared in accordance with Council Directive 96/82/EC

(1) OJ L 10, 14.1.1997, p. 13. Directive as last amended by Regulation
(EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

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For installations under point 6.6 in Annex I, emission limit
values laid down in accordance with this paragraph shall take
into account practical considerations appropriate to these cate-
gories of installation.

Where emissions of a greenhouse gas from an installation are
specified in Annex I to Directive 2003/87/EC of the European
Parliament and of the Council of 13 October 2003 establishing
a scheme for greenhouse gas emission allowance trading within
the Community (1) in relation to an activity carried out in that
installation, the permit shall not include an emission limit value
for direct emissions of that gas unless it is necessary to ensure
that no significant local pollution is caused.

to Directive 2003/87/EC,
listed in Annex I
For activities
Member States may choose not
to impose requirements
relating to energy efficiency in respect of combustion units or
other units emitting carbon dioxide on the site.

Where necessary, the competent authorities shall amend the
permit as appropriate.

The third, fourth and fifth subparagraphs shall not apply to
installations
for
trading within the
greenhouse
Community in accordance with Article 27 of Directive
2003/87/EC.

temporarily
gas

excluded from the

emission allowance

scheme

4. Without prejudice to Article 10, the emission limit values
and the equivalent parameters and technical measures referred
to in paragraph 3 shall be based on the best available tech-
niques, without prescribing the use of any technique or specific
technology, but taking into account the technical characteristics
of the installation concerned, its geographical location and the
local
the
conditions of the permit shall contain provisions on the mini-
transboundary pollution and
misation of
ensure a high level of protection for the environment as a
whole.

long-distance or

environmental

circumstances,

conditions.

In all

The permit

specifying measurement methodology

shall contain suitable release monitoring
5.
requirements,
and
frequency, evaluation procedure and an obligation to supply
the competent authority with data required for checking
compliance with the permit.

The permit shall contain measures relating to conditions
6.
other than normal operating conditions. Thus, where there is a
affected,
risk that
appropriate
provision shall be made for
leaks, malfunctions,
momentary stoppages and definitive cessation of operations.

environment may be

start-up,

the

The permit may also contain temporary derogations from the
requirements of paragraph 4 if a rehabilitation plan approved
by the competent authority ensures that these requirements will
be met within six months and if the project leads to a reduction
of pollution.

The permit may contain such other specific conditions for
the Member State or

7.
the purposes of
competent authority may think fit.

this Directive as

8. Without prejudice to the obligation to implement a
permit procedure pursuant
to this Directive, Member States
may prescribe certain requirements for certain categories of
installations in general binding rules instead of including them
in individual permit conditions, provided that an integrated
approach and an equivalent high level of environmental
protection as a whole are ensured.

Article 10

Best

available

techniques

and environmental quality

standards

stricter
Where an environmental quality standard requires
conditions
the best
than those achievable by the use of
available techniques, additional measures shall in particular be
required in the permit, without prejudice to other measures
which might be taken to comply with environmental quality
standards.

Article 11

Developments in best available techniques

Member States
the competent authority
follows or is informed of developments in best available tech-
niques.

shall ensure that

the measures
For installations under point 6.6 in Annex I,
referred to in this paragraph may take account of costs and
benefits.

(1) OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32. Directive as amended by Directive

2004/101/EC (OJ L 338, 13.11.2004, p. 18).

Changes by operators to installations

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure
the operator informs the competent authorities of any
that
planned change in the operation. Where appropriate,
the
competent authorities shall update the permit or the conditions.

Article 12

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2. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure
that no substantial change planned by the operator is made
without a permit issued in accordance with this Directive. The
application for a permit and the decision by the competent
authority must cover those parts of the installation and those
aspects listed in Article 6 that may be affected by the change.
The relevant provisions of Article 3, Articles 6 to 10 and Article
15(1), (2) and (3) shall apply mutatis mutandis.

Article 13

Reconsideration and updating of permit conditions by the
competent authority

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure
that competent authorities periodically reconsider and, where
necessary, update permit conditions.

(c) operators of installations afford the representatives of the
competent authority all necessary assistance to enable
them to carry out any inspections within the installation,
to take samples and to gather any information necessary for
the performance of their duties for the purposes of this
Directive.

Article 15

Access to information and public participation in the
permit procedure

1. Member States shall ensure that the public concerned is
given early and effective opportunities to participate in the
procedure for:

(a) issuing a permit for new installations;

The reconsideration shall be undertaken in any event

2.
where:

(b) issuing a permit for any substantial change;

(a) the pollution caused by the installation is of such signif-
icance that the existing emission limit values of the permit
need to be revised or new such values need to be included
in the permit;

(c) updating of a permit or permit conditions for an installation

in accordance with Article 13(2)(a).

(b) substantial changes in the best available techniques make it
possible to reduce emissions significantly without imposing
excessive costs;

(c) the operational safety of the process or activity requires

other techniques to be used;

(d) new provisions of Community or national

legislation so

dictate.

Article 14

Compliance with permit conditions

Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that:

(a) the conditions of

the permit are complied with by the

operator when operating the installation;

The procedure set out in Annex V shall apply for the purposes
of such participation.

2.
The results of monitoring of releases as required under the
permit conditions referred to in Article 9 and held by the
competent authority shall be made available to the public.

Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply subject to the restrictions
3.
laid down in Article 4(1), (2) and (4) of Directive 2003/4/EC of
the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003
on public access to environmental information (1).

4. When a decision has been taken, the competent authority
inform the public in accordance with the appropriate
shall
procedures
the
following information:

and shall make

to the public

available

(a) the content of the decision, including a copy of the permit
and of any conditions and any subsequent updates; and

(b) the operator regularly informs the competent authority of
the results of the monitoring of releases and without delay
of any incident or accident significantly affecting the envi-
ronment;

(b) having examined the concerns and opinions expressed by
the public concerned, the reasons and considerations on
which the decision is based, including information on the
public participation process.

(1) OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26.

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Article 16

Access to justice

On subsequent occasions the data shall be supplemented in
accordance with the procedures laid down in paragraph 3 of
this Article.

1. Member States shall ensure that, in accordance with the
relevant national legal system, members of the public concerned
have access to a review procedure before a court of law or
another independent and impartial body established by law to
challenge the substantive or procedural legality of decisions, acts
or omissions subject to the public participation provisions of
this Directive when:

2.
infor-
The Commission shall organise an exchange of
mation between Member States and the industries concerned
on best available techniques, associated monitoring, and devel-
opments in them.

(a) they have a sufficient interest; or

Every three years the Commission shall publish the results of
the exchanges of information.

(b) they maintain the impairment of a right, where administra-
law of a Member State requires this as a

tive procedural
precondition.

2. Member States shall determine at what stage the decisions,
acts or omissions may be challenged.

3. What constitutes a sufficient interest and impairment of a
right shall be determined by the Member States, consistently
with the objective of giving the public concerned wide access
to justice. To this end, the interest of any non-governmental
organisation promoting environmental protection and meeting
any requirements under national law shall be deemed sufficient
for the purpose of paragraph 1(a).

Such organisations shall also be deemed to have rights capable
of being impaired for the purpose of paragraph 1(b).

4.
The provisions of this Article shall not exclude the possi-
bility of a preliminary review procedure before an administrative
authority and shall not affect the requirement of exhaustion of
administrative review procedures prior to recourse to judicial
review procedures, where such a requirement exists under
national law.

Any such procedure shall be fair, equitable, timely and not
prohibitively expensive.

In order to further the effectiveness of the provisions of
5.
infor-
this Article, Member States shall ensure that practical
mation is made available to the public on access to administra-
tive and judicial review procedures.

Article 17

Exchange of information

1. With a view to exchanging information, Member States
shall take the necessary measures to send the Commission every
three years, and for the first time before 30 April 2001, the
available representative data on the limit values laid down by
specific category of activities in accordance with Annex I and, if
appropriate,
the best available techniques from which those
values are derived in accordance with, in particular, Article 9.

3.
At intervals of three years, and for the first time for the
period 30 October 1999 to 30 October 2002 inclusive,
Member States shall send information to the Commission on
the implementation of this Directive in the form of a report.
The report shall be drawn up on the basis of a questionnaire or
outline drafted by the Commission in accordance with the
procedure laid down in Article 6(2) of Council Directive
91/692/EEC of 23 December 1991 standardising and rationa-
lising reports on the implementation of certain Directives
relating to the environment (1). The questionnaire or outline
shall be sent
to the Member States six months before the
start of the period covered by the report. The report shall be
submitted to the Commission within nine months of the end of
the three-year period covered by it.

The Commission shall publish a Community report on the
the Directive within nine months of
implementation of
receiving the reports from the Member States.

The Commission shall submit the Community report to the
European Parliament and to the Council, accompanied by
proposals if necessary.

4. Member States shall establish or designate the authority or
authorities which are to be responsible for the exchange of
information under paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and shall
inform
the Commission accordingly.

Article 18

Transboundary effects

likely to be

significantly affected so requests,

1. Where a Member State is aware that the operation of an
installation is likely to have significant negative effects on the
environment of another Member State, or where a Member
State
the
Member State in whose territory the application for a permit
to Article 4 or Article 12(2) was submitted shall
pursuant
forward to the other Member State any information required
to be given or made available pursuant to Annex V at the same
time as it makes it available to its own nationals. Such infor-
mation shall serve as a basis for any consultations necessary in
the framework of
relations between the two
the bilateral
Member States on a reciprocal and equivalent basis.

(1) OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48. Directive as amended by Regulation

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2. Within the framework of their bilateral relations, Member
States shall see to it that in the cases referred to in paragraph 1
the applications are also made available for an appropriate
period of time to the public of the Member State likely to be
affected so that it will have the right to comment on them
before the competent authority reaches its decision.

points 5,1 and 5,4 of Annex I, have been fixed in Council
Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of
waste (1).

3.
The results of any consultations pursuant to paragraphs 1
and 2 must be taken into consideration when the competent
authority reaches a decision on the application.

The competent authority shall inform any Member State
4.
the
which has been consulted pursuant
forward to it
decision reached on the application and shall
the information referred to in Article 15(4). That Member
State shall
that
information is made available in an appropriate manner to
the public concerned in its own territory.

take the measures necessary to ensure that

to paragraph 1 of

Article 19

Community emission limit values

1. Where the need for Community action has been iden-
tified, on the basis, in particular, of the exchange of information
provided for in Article 17, the European Parliament and the
Council, acting on a proposal from the Commission, shall set
emission limit values,
in accordance with the procedures laid
down in the Treaty, for:

Article 20

Transitional provisions

1.
The provisions of Directive 84/360/EEC, the provisions of
Articles 4, 5 and 6(2) of Directive 2006/11/EC and the relevant
provisions concerning authorisation systems in the Directives
shall apply, without prejudice to the
listed in Annex II
exceptions provided for in Directive 2001/80/EC, to existing
installations in respect of activities listed in Annex I until the
measures required pursuant to Article 5 of this Directive have
been taken by the competent authorities.

2.
The relevant provisions concerning authorisation systems
in the Directives listed in Annex II shall not, in respect of the
activities listed in Annex I, apply to installations which are not
existing installations within the meaning of point 4 of Article 2.

Directive 84/360/EEC shall be repealed on 30 October

3.
2007.

(a) the categories of installations listed in Annex I except for the
landfills covered by points 5,1 and 5,4 of that Annex,

Acting on a proposal from the Commission, the Council or the
European Parliament and the Council shall, where necessary,
amend the relevant provisions of
listed in
Annex II in order to adapt them to the requirements of this
Directive before 30 October 2007.

the Directives

and

Article 21

Communication

(b) the polluting substances referred to in Annex III.

Member States shall communicate to the Commission the texts
of the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the
field covered by this Directive.

2.
In the absence of Community emission limit values
defined pursuant to this Directive, the relevant emission limit
values contained in the Directives listed in Annex II and in
other Community legislation shall be applied as minimum
emission limit values pursuant to this Directive for the instal-
lations listed in Annex I.

Article 22

Repeal

Directive 96/61/EC, as amended by the acts listed in Annex VI,
Part A, is repealed, without prejudice to the obligations of the
Member States relating to the time-limits for transposition into
national law of the Directives as set out in Annex VI, Part B.

3. Without prejudice to the requirements of this Directive,
the technical requirements applicable for the landfills covered by

(1) OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC)

No 1882/2003.

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References to the repealed Directive shall be construed as
references to this Directive and shall be read in accordance
with the correlation table in Annex VII.

Article 24

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

Article 23

Entry into force

This Directive shall enter into force on the 20th day following
its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

Done at Strasbourg, 15 January 2008.

For the European Parliament
The President

H.-G. PÖTTERING

For the Council
The President

J. LENARČIČ

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ANNEX I

1.

2.

CATEGORIES OF INDUSTRIAL ACTIVITIES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 1

Installations or parts of installations used for research, development and testing of new products and processes are
not covered by this Directive.

The threshold values given below generally refer to production capacities or outputs. Where one operator carries out
several activities falling under the same subheading in the same installation or on the same site, the capacities of
such activities are added together.

1.

Energy industries

1.1. Combustion installations with a rated thermal input exceeding 50 MW.

1.2. Mineral oil and gas refineries.

1.3. Coke ovens.

1.4. Coal gasification and liquefaction plants.

2.

Production and processing of metals

2.1. Metal ore (including sulphide ore) roasting or sintering installations.

2.2.

Installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary fusion) including continuous casting, with
a capacity exceeding 2,5 tonnes per hour.

2.3.

Installations for the processing of ferrous metals:

(a) hot-rolling mills with a capacity exceeding 20 tonnes of crude steel per hour;

(b) smitheries with hammers the energy of which exceeds 50 kilojoules per hammer, where the calorific power used

exceeds 20 MW;

(c) application of protective fused metal coats with an input exceeding 2 tonnes of crude steel per hour.

2.4. Ferrous metal foundries with a production capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day.

2.5.

Installations:

(a)

for the production of non-ferrous crude metals from ore, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metal-
lurgical, chemical or electrolytic processes;

(b) for the smelting, including the alloyage, of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products, (refining, foundry
casting, etc.) with a melting capacity exceeding 4 tonnes per day for lead and cadmium or 20 tonnes per day for
all other metals.

2.6.

Installations for surface treatment of metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical process where the
volume of the treatment vats exceeds 30 m3.

3. Mineral industry

3.1.

Installations for the production of cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity exceeding 500 tonnes
per day or lime in rotary kilns with a production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day or in other furnaces with a
production capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day.

3.2.

Installations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos-based products.

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3.3.

Installations for the manufacture of glass including glass fibre with a melting capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day.

3.4.

Installations for melting mineral substances including the production of mineral fibres with a melting capacity
exceeding 20 tonnes per day.

3.5.

Installations for the manufacture of ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks,
tiles, stoneware or porcelain, with a production capacity exceeding 75 tonnes per day, and/or with a kiln capacity
exceeding 4 m3 and with a setting density per kiln exceeding 300 kg/m3.

4.

Chemical industry

Production within the meaning of the categories of activities contained in this section means the production on an
industrial scale by chemical processing of substances or groups of substances listed in points 4.1 to 4.6.

4.1. Chemical installations for the production of basic organic chemicals, such as:

(a) simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic);

(b) oxygen-containing hydrocarbons such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, acetates, ethers,

peroxides, epoxy resins;

(c) sulphurous hydrocarbons;

(d) nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, nitrous compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds,

nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates;

(e) phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons;

(f) halogenic hydrocarbons;

(g) organometallic compounds;

(h) basic plastic materials (polymers, synthetic fibres and cellulose-based fibres);

(i)

synthetic rubbers;

(j) dyes and pigments;

(k) surface-active agents and surfactants.

4.2. Chemical installations for the production of basic inorganic chemicals, such as:

(a) gases, such as ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen chloride, fluorine or hydrogen fluoride, carbon oxides, sulphur

compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, carbonyl chloride;

(b) acids, such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid,

oleum, sulphurous acids;

(c) bases, such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide;

(d) salts, such as ammonium chloride, potassium chlorate, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, perborate, silver

nitrate;

(e) non-metals, metal oxides or other inorganic compounds such as calcium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide.

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4.3. Chemical

installations for the production of phosphorous-, nitrogen- or potassium-based fertilisers (simple or

compound fertilisers).

4.4. Chemical installations for the production of basic plant health products and of biocides.

4.5.

Installations using a chemical or biological process for the production of basic pharmaceutical products.

4.6. Chemical installations for the production of explosives.

5. Waste management

Without prejudice to Article 11 of Directive 2006/12/EC or Article 3 of Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12
December 1991 on hazardous waste (1):

5.1.

Installations for the disposal or recovery of hazardous waste as defined in the list referred to in Article 1(4) of
Directive 91/689/EEC, as defined in Annexes II A and II B (operations R1, R5, R6, R8 and R9) to Directive
2006/12/EC and in Council Directive 75/439/EEC of 16 June 1975 on the disposal of waste oils (2), with a
capacity exceeding 10 tonnes per day.

5.2.

Installations for the incineration of municipal waste (household waste and similar commercial,
institutional wastes) with a capacity exceeding 3 tonnes per hour.

industrial and

5.3.

Installations for the disposal of non-hazardous waste as defined in Annex II A to Directive 2006/12/EC under
headings D8 and D9, with a capacity exceeding 50 tonnes per day.

5.4. Landfills receiving more than 10 tonnes per day or with a total capacity exceeding 25 000 tonnes, excluding

landfills of inert waste.

6. Other activities

6.1.

Industrial plants for the production of:

(a) pulp from timber or other fibrous materials;

(b) paper and cardboard with a production capacity exceeding 20 tonnes per day.

6.2. Plants for the pre-treatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation) or dyeing of fibres or textiles

where the treatment capacity exceeds 10 tonnes per day.

6.3. Plants for the tanning of hides and skins where the treatment capacity exceeds 12 tonnes of finished products per

day.

6.4.

(a) Slaughterhouses with a carcase production capacity greater than 50 tonnes per day.

(b) Treatment and processing intended for the production of food products from:

— animal raw materials (other than milk) with a finished product production capacity greater than 75 tonnes

per day,

— vegetable raw materials with a finished product production capacity greater than 300 tonnes per day

(average value on a quarterly basis).

(c) Treatment and processing of milk, the quantity of milk received being greater than 200 tonnes per day (average

value on an annual basis).

(1) OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 20. Directive as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the

Council (OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).

(2) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 23. Directive as last amended by Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ

L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 91).

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6.5.

Installations for the disposal or recycling of animal carcases and animal waste with a treatment capacity exceeding
10 tonnes per day.

6.6.

Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs with more than:

(a) 40 000 places for poultry;

(b) 2 000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg); or

(c) 750 places for sows.

6.7.

Installations for the surface treatment of substances, objects or products using organic solvents, in particular for
dressing, printing, coating, degreasing, waterproofing,
impregnating, with a
sizing, painting, cleaning or
consumption capacity of more than 150 kg per hour or more than 200 tonnes per year.

6.8.

Installations for the production of carbon (hard-burnt coal) or electrographite by means of incineration or graphi-
tisation.

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ANNEX II

LIST OF THE DIRECTIVES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLES 19(2), (3) AND 20

1. Council Directive 87/217/EEC of 19 March 1987 on the prevention and reduction of environmental pollution by

asbestos.

2. Council Directive 82/176/EEC of 22 March 1982 on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by the

chlor-alkali electrolysis industry.

3. Council Directive 83/513/EEC of 26 September 1983 on limit values and quality objectives for cadmium discharges.

4. Council Directive 84/156/EEC of 8 March 1984 on limit values and quality objectives for mercury discharges by

sectors other than the chlor-alkali electrolysis industry.

5. Council Directive 84/491/EEC of 9 October 1984 on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of hexa-

chlorocyclohexane.

6. Council Directive 86/280/EEC of 12 June 1986 on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain

dangerous substances included in List I of the Annex to Directive 76/464/EEC.

7. Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of

waste.

8. Council Directive 92/112/EEC of 15 December 1992 on procedures for harmonising the programmes for the

reduction and eventual elimination of pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry.

9. Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limitation of

emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants.

10. Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 February 2006 on pollution caused by

certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community.

11. Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste.

12. Council Directive 75/439/EEC of 16 June 1975 on the disposal of waste oils.

13. Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste.

14. Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste.

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ANNEX III

INDICATIVE LIST OF THE MAIN POLLUTING SUBSTANCES TO BE TAKEN INTO ACCOUNT IF THEY ARE
RELEVANT FOR FIXING EMISSION LIMIT VALUES

Air

1. Sulphur dioxide and other sulphur compounds.

2. Oxides of nitrogen and other nitrogen compounds.

3. Carbon monoxide.

4. Volatile organic compounds.

5. Metals and their compounds.

6. Dust.

7. Asbestos (suspended particulates, fibres).

8. Chlorine and its compounds.

9. Fluorine and its compounds.

10. Arsenic and its compounds.

11. Cyanides.

12. Substances and preparations which have been proved to possess carcinogenic or mutagenic properties or properties

which may affect reproduction via the air.

13. Polychlorinated dibenzodioxins and polychlorinated dibenzofurans.

Water

1. Organohalogen compounds and substances which may form such compounds in the aquatic environment.

2. Organophosphorus compounds.

3. Organotin compounds.

4. Substances and preparations which have been proved to possess carcinogenic or mutagenic properties or properties

which may affect reproduction in or via the aquatic environment.

5. Persistent hydrocarbons and persistent and bioaccumulable organic toxic substances.

6. Cyanides.

7. Metals and their compounds.

8. Arsenic and its compounds.

9. Biocides and plant health products.

10. Materials in suspension.

11. Substances which contribute to eutrophication (in particular, nitrates and phosphates).

12. Substances which have an unfavourable influence on the oxygen balance (and can be measured using parameters

such as BOD, COD, etc.).

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ANNEX IV

Considerations to be taken into account generally or in specific cases when determining best available techniques, as
defined in Article 2(12), bearing in mind the likely costs and benefits of a measure and the principles of precaution and
prevention:

1. the use of low-waste technology;

2. the use of less hazardous substances;

3. the furthering of recovery and recycling of substances generated and used in the process and of waste, where

appropriate;

4. comparable processes, facilities or methods of operation which have been tried with success on an industrial scale;

5. technological advances and changes in scientific knowledge and understanding;

6. the nature, effects and volume of the emissions concerned;

7. the commissioning dates for new or existing installations;

8. the length of time needed to introduce the best available technique;

9. the consumption and nature of raw materials (including water) used in the process and energy efficiency;

10. the need to prevent or reduce to a minimum the overall impact of the emissions on the environment and the risks

to it;

11. the need to prevent accidents and to minimise the consequences for the environment;

12. the information published by the Commission pursuant to Article 17(2), second subparagraph, or by international

organisations.

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ANNEX V

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING

1. The public shall be informed (by public notices or other appropriate means such as electronic media where available)
of the following matters early in the procedure for the taking of a decision or, at the latest, as soon as the information
can reasonably be provided:

(a)

the application for a permit or, as the case may be, the proposal for the updating of a permit or of permit
including the description of the elements listed in Article 6(1);
conditions in accordance with Article 15(1),

(b) where applicable,

the fact

that a decision is subject to a national or transboundary environmental

impact

assessment or to consultations between Member States in accordance with Article 18;

(c) details of the competent authorities responsible for taking the decision, those from which relevant information can
be obtained, those to which comments or questions can be submitted, and details of the time schedule for
transmitting comments or questions;

(d) the nature of possible decisions or, where there is one, the draft decision;

(e) where applicable, the details relating to a proposal for the updating of a permit or of permit conditions;

(f) an indication of the times and places where, or means by which, the relevant information will be made available;

(g) details of the arrangements for public participation and consultation made pursuant to point 5.

2. Member States shall ensure that, within appropriate time-frames, the following is made available to the public

concerned:

(a)

in accordance with national
authorities at the time when the public concerned were informed in accordance with point 1;

legislation, the main reports and advice issued to the competent authority or

(b) in accordance with the provisions of Directive 2003/4/EC, information other than that referred to in point 1
which is relevant for the decision in accordance with Article 8 and which only becomes available after the time the
public concerned was informed in accordance with point 1.

3. The public concerned shall be entitled to express comments and opinions to the competent authority before a decision

is taken.

4. The results of the consultations held pursuant to this Annex must be taken into due account in the taking of a

decision.

5. The detailed arrangements for informing the public (for example by bill posting within a certain radius or publication
in local newspapers) and consulting the public concerned (for example by written submissions or by way of a public
inquiry) shall be determined by the Member States. Reasonable time-frames for the different phases shall be provided,
allowing sufficient time for informing the public and for the public concerned to prepare and participate effectively in
environmental decision-making subject to the provisions of this Annex.

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ANNEX VI

PART A

Repealed Directive with its successive amendments (referred to in Article 22)

Council Directive 96/61/EC
(OJ L 257, 10.10.1996, p. 26).

Directive 2003/35/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 156, 25.6.2003, p. 17).

only Article 4 and Annex II

Directive 2003/87/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 275, 25.10.2003, p. 32).

only Article 26

Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 284, 31.10.2003, p. 1).

only point (61) of Annex III

Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council
(OJ L 33, 4.2.2006, p. 1).

only Article 21(2)

List of time-limits for transposition into national law (referred to in Article 22)

PART B

Directive

Time-limit for transposition

96/61/EC

2003/35/EC

2003/87/EC

30 October 1999

25 June 2005

31 December 2003

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ANNEX VII

CORRELATION TABLE

Directive 96/61/EC

This Directive

Article 1

Article 1

Article 2, introductory words

Article 2, introductory words

Article 2(1-9)

Article 2(10)(a)

Article 2(10)(b)

Article 2(1-9)

Article 2(10)

Article 2(11)

Article 2(11), first subparagraph, introductory wording

Article 2(12), first subparagraph, introductory wording

Article 2(11), first subparagraph, first indent

Article 2(12), first subparagraph, (a)

Article 2(11), first subparagraph, second indent

Article 2(12), first subparagraph, (b)

Article 2(11), first subparagraph, third indent

Article 2(12), first subparagraph, (c)

Article 2(11), second subparagraph

Article 2(12), second subparagraph

Article 2(12)

Article 2(13)

Article 2(14)

Article 3, first subparagraph

Article 3, second subparagraph

Article 4

Article 5

Article 2(13)

Article 2(14)

Article 2(15)

Article 3(1)

Article 3(2)

Article 4

Article 5

Article 6(1), first subparagraph, introductory wording

Article 6(1), first subparagraph, introductory wording

Article 6(1), first subparagraph, first to tenth indent

Article 6(1), first subparagraph, (a) to (j)

Article 6(1), second subparagraph

Article 6(1), second subparagraph

Article 6(2)

Article 7 to 12

Article 13(1)

Article 6(2)

Article 7 to 12

Article 13(1)

Article 13(2), introductory wording

Article 13(2), introductory wording

Article 13(2), first to fourth indent

Article 13(2)(a) to (d)

Article 14, introductory wording

Article 14, introductory wording

Article 14, first to third indent

Article 14(a) to (c)

Article 15(1), first subparagraph, introductory wording

Article 15(1), first subparagraph, introductory wording

Article 15(1), first subparagraph, first to third indent

Article 15(1), first subparagraph, (a) to (c)

Article 15(1), second subparagraph

Article 15(1), second subparagraph

Article 15(2)

Article 15(4)

Article 15(5)

Article 15a,
words

Article 15(2)

Article 15(3)

Article 15(4)

first

subparagraph,

introductory and final

Article 16(1)

Article 15a, first subparagraph, (a) and (b)

Article 16(1)(a) and (b)

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L 24/29

Directive 96/61/EC

This Directive

Article 15a, second subparagraph

Article 16(2)

Article 15a, third subparagraph, first and second sentence Article 16(3), first subparagraph

Article 15a, third subparagraph, third sentence

Article 16(3), second subparagraph

Article 15a, fourth subparagraph

Article 16(4), first subparagraph

Article 15a, fifth subparagraph

Article 15a, sixth subparagraph

Article 16

Article 17

Article 16(4), second subparagraph

Article 16(5)

Article 17

Article 18

Article 18(1), introductory and final words

Article 19(1)

Article 18(1), first and second indent

Article 19(1)(a) and (b)

Article 18(2), first subparagraph

Article 18(2), second subparagraph

Article 19

Article 20(1)

Article 20(2)

Article 19(2)

Article 19(3)

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Article 20(1)

Article 20(2)

Article 20(3), first subparagraph

Article 20(3), first subparagraph

Article 20(3), second subparagraph

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Article 20(3), third subparagraph

Article 20(3), second subparagraph

Article 21(1)

Article 21(2)

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Article 22

Article 23

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex V

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Article 21

Article 22

Article 23

Article 24

Annex I

Annex II

Annex III

Annex IV

Annex V

Annex VI

Annex VII