REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT Report from the Commission on the implementation of Directive 2008/1/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control and Directive 1999/13/EC on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations
Date: 2010-10-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: environmental monitoring, environmental protection, environmental standard, industrial pollution, organic chemical, pollution control measures

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EUROPEAN COMMISSION 

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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT 

Report from the Commission on the implementation of Directive 2008/1/EC concerning 
integrated pollution prevention and control and Directive 1999/13/EC on the limitation 
of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain 
activities and installations 

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REPORT FROM THE COMMISSION TO THE COUNCIL AND THE EUROPEAN 
PARLIAMENT 

Report from the Commission on the implementation of Directive 2008/1/EC concerning 
integrated pollution prevention and control and Directive 1999/13/EC on the limitation 
of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain 
activities and installations  
(Text with EEA relevance) 

1. 

INTRODUCTION 

This  report  has  been  prepared  pursuant  to  Article  17(3)  of  Directive  2008/1/EC  concerning 
integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPCD) and Article 11 of Directive 1999/13/EC 
on  the  limitation  of  emissions  of  volatile  organic  compounds  due  to  the  use  of  organic 
solvents in certain activities and installations (SED).  

The  report  deals  with  the  third  reporting  period  of  the  IPPCD  (2006-2008),  building  on  the 
analysis carried out in previous reports on the implementation of this Directive1. For the SED, 
it relates to the implementation period 2003-2007, during which two reports were submitted 
by Member States. The reports for the years 2003-2004 covered the EU-15 Member States, 
and  those  for  2005-2007  covered  the  EU-27  Member  States.  The  information  collected 
therefore  mainly  covers  the  period  prior  to  the  final  deadline  of  31  October  2007  for  the 
implementation of the SED2.  

The  report  summarises  the  information  transmitted  by  Member  States  using  the  relevant 
questionnaires adopted by the Commission3 and the Electronic Reporting Tools hosted by the 
ReportNet  infrastructure4,  which  have  reduced  the  burden  on  the  Member  States. 
Furthermore,  to  ensure  full  public  access  to  the  information  reported,  the  Commission  has 
developed the "Industrial Emissions Reporting Information System" website5.  

Member  States  generally  complied  with  their  obligations  to  report  under  both  Directives, 
although many of them were late in replying. Greece, however, did not provide the required 
information  under  the  IPPCD  and  Luxembourg  only  did  it  recently,  not  allowing  the 
Commission  to  properly  assess  the  information  for  the  purpose  of  this  report.  The 
Commission  issued  a  warning  to  the  Member  States  concerned  and,  in  view  of  the  lack  of 
results, initiated an infringement procedure in May 2010 (to be closed for Luxembourg due to 
the recent submission of the information). Consequently, this report provides findings for 27 
Member States under the SED and 25 Member States under the IPPCD. 

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References: COM (2003)354, COM (2005)540, COM (2007)843.  
This  information  has  been  summarized  and  analysed  in  more  detail  in  two  technical  reports: 
http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/env/voc/library?l=/2006_reportspdf/_EN_1.0_&a=d 
and 
http://circa.europa.eu/Public/irc/env/voc/library?l=/implementation_2005-
07/final12_marchpdf/_EN_1.0_&a=d 
IPPC: Decision 2006/194/EC, SED: Decision 2002/529/EC 
To learn more about ReportNet: http://www.eionet.europa.eu/reportnet  
To learn more about the Industrial Reporting Information System: http://iris.eionet.europa.eu/. 

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Meanwhile, both Directives, together with five other pieces of legislation6, have been merged 
and  recast  in  the  Industrial  Emissions  Directive  (IED).  The  new  IED  has  been  agreed  in 
principle between the Council and the European Parliament and it is expected to be formally 
adopted by the co-legislators7 by the end of 2010. Shortcomings identified in previous reports 
or during the current reporting period have largely been tackled by the IED.  

2. IPPCD  

The  aim  of  the  IPPC  Directive  is  to  achieve  integrated  prevention  and  control  of  pollution 
arising  from  about  50.000  large  industrial  installations  across  the  EU  27.  It  requires 
installations  to  operate  in  accordance  with  permits  which  include  emission  limit  values  or 
other technical measures based on the use of Best Available Techniques (BAT) to prevent or 
reduce emissions to water, air and soil, as well as to tackle other environmental impacts. 

The  original  IPPCD  was  adopted  in  1996  and  has  applied  since  October  1999  both  to  new 
installations  and  to  existing  installations  where  the  operator  has  carried  out  substantial 
changes. Since 31 October 2007 the Directive has also applied to existing installations. 

2.1 Transposition of the IPPCD 

The  Commission  assessed  the  transposition  of  the  IPPCD  into  national  legislation  in  the 
context  of  previous  reporting  cycles.  As  a  result,  it  opened  infringement  cases  for  incorrect 
transposition  against  16  Member  States.  The  efforts  of  Member  States  to  remedy  the  issues 
have  resulted  in  a  significant  improvement  over  time,  and  now  only  two  such  cases  remain 
open (Estonia and Lithuania). 

The national legal provisions transposing the IPPCD were subject to changes in 19 Member 
States during the period 2006-2008, mainly in order to adapt national and regional laws to the 
Directive, to improve some aspects related to public participation and to implement changes 
in the sharing of competences between different authorities. 

2.2 Implementation of the IPPCD 

Issuing and quality of permits 

The  Commission  supervised  and  supported  Member  States  in  the  task  of  issuing  permits  in 
order to meet the Directive's deadline of 30 October 2007. However, many Member States did 
not comply with this obligation.  

As  a  result  of  the  lack  of  progress  in  the  granting  and  reconsidering  of  permits,  the 
Commission  opened  infringement  cases  against  Belgium,  Denmark,  Greece,  Spain,  Italy, 
Malta, Portugal, Slovenia, Austria, France, Ireland and Sweden. So far, all but four of these 
cases  have  been  referred  to  the  European  Court  of  Justice,  which  ruled  on  the  first  case  in 
2010 against Belgium for failing to meet the Directive's deadline. 

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The recast of the IPPC Directive comprises, beside the SED and the IPPC, the LCPD (2001/80/EC), the 
WID  (2000/76/EC)  and  the  3  Directives  on  Titanium  Dioxide  (78/176/EEC,  82/883/EEC  and 
92/112/EEC) 
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The  Commission  has  also  focussed  efforts  on  ensuring  the  quality  of  the  permits  issued.  A 
total  of  61  IPPC  installations  across  16  Member  States  and  12  sectors  covered  have  been 
examined  in  detail  as  case  studies.  The  final  reports  of  these  studies  are  available  on  the 
Commission's  website8.  The  main  problem  identified  by  the  Commission  is  the  low 
proportion of permits reflecting the implementation of BAT, as indicated in the relevant BAT 
Reference  documents  (BREFs).  In  particular,  no  justification  could  be  found  for  the 
significant differences between the BREFs and permit conditions set for more than 50 percent 
of  the  installations  examined.  A  further  study  which  is  currently  in  progress  will  cover  a 
further 50 installations in 10 Member States.  

Under the IED, greater emphasis will be placed on the use of the BAT conclusions derived 
from the BREFs for the setting of permit conditions. These BAT conclusions will be adopted 
as  implementing  acts  and  will  have  legal  effect.  Thus,  the  Commission  expects  that  the 
implementation of BAT will be more clearly reflected in the IPPC permits.  

Review of permits 

Article  13  of  the  IPPCD  requires  permits  to  be  periodically  reconsidered  and,  where 
necessary, updated. This is necessary, in particular, when substantial changes in BAT allow 
emissions to be reduced significantly without imposing excessive costs. 

Many Member States lay down specific rules for the reconsideration and updating of permits 
in  their  legal  systems,  although  these  rules  vary  substantially.  Some  Member  States  have 
established a time span for the IPPC permits, after which renewal is mandatory. For example, 
permits  are  valid  for  10  years  in  Austria  and  Romania,  and  8  years  in  the  Czech  Republic, 
Slovakia and Spain. Slovakia extends this period to 10 years if the installation implements an 
Environmental  Management  Scheme.  Some  other  countries,  such  as  Poland  or  the  United 
Kingdom,  have  introduced  a  general  requirement  to  review  the  permits  on  a  periodic  basis 
which is specified in the individual permit. 

BAT is a dynamic concept which evolves over time,  and  the  permits  need  to  be  updated  in 
order to foster ongoing environmental improvement by the industry. The IED lays down more 
detailed  rules  on  the  review  of  permits  and,  in  particular,  provides  for  the  compulsory 
reconsideration of permits within four years of publication of decisions on BAT conclusions.  

Transitional periods granted to new Member States 

Certain  installations  in  a  number  of  new  Member  States  are  subject  to  specific  derogations 
under their Accession Treaty and related Acts. Such derogations concern the requirement to 
operate these installations in accordance with emission limit values, equivalent parameters or 
technical measures based on the best available techniques according to Article 9(3) and (4). 
Compliance  with  derogations  under  the  Accession  Treaty  is  closely  monitored  by  the 
Commission. These derogations will all have expired by 31 December 2015. 

Coordination between authorities during the permitting procedure 

Where  different environmental  authorities are involved  during the permitting procedure, the 
IPPCD  requires  internal  coordination  in  order  to  ensure  an  effective  integrated  approach. 

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However,  the  degree  of  coordination  and  the  administrative  bodies  involved  vary  from  one 
Member  State  to  another,  largely  owing  to  differences  in  their  internal  administrative 
organisation. For example, Spain has nominated a main responsible authority which receives 
contributions  from  other  authorities  (e.g.  municipalities,  River  Basin  Authorities),  whilst 
Austria has established an authority responsible for the overall permitting procedure and for 
appointing relevant experts for specific subject areas.  

Information Exchange on BAT  

Article 17(2) of the IPPCD requires the Commission to organise an exchange of information 
on  BAT.  To  that  end,  the  multi-stakeholder  Information  Exchange  Forum  (IEF)  brings 
together  representatives  from  all  Member  States,  as  well  as  representatives  from  relevant 
industry  sectors  and  environmental  Non-Governmental  Organisations  (NGOs).  The  IEF 
discusses general issues relating to the BAT information exchange and provides its opinion on 
individual BREFs before they are adopted by the Commission.  

The  exchange  of  information  takes  place  through  sector-specific  technical  working  groups 
which bring together the Member States, industry and NGO experts, and it is managed by the 
Commission's European IPPC Bureau9 (EIPPCB). The EIPPCB is responsible for drafting the 
BREFs. 

To date, the Commission has adopted a total of 33 BREFs, covering both individual sectors 
(27)  and  horizontal  issues  (6).  BREFs  need  to  be  regularly  revised,  and  the  Commission  is 
aiming at a time interval for revision of about 8 years. The first revised BREF (Cement, Lime 
and Magnesium Oxide manufacturing) was adopted in June 2010 and nine others are currently 
under review. 

Member States have acknowledged the usefulness of the BREFs in the implementation of the 
Directive and expressed general satisfaction with their content. Some Member States, such as 
France, Germany, Italy, Poland and Spain, translate all or parts of the BREFs. 

Under  the  IED  both  the  legal  status  of  the  BREFs  and  the  role  of  the  various  actors  in  the 
information  exchange  have  been  clarified.  This  will  ensure  a  high  quality  outcome  of  the 
process and enhance the use of the BAT conclusions in the implementation of the Directive.  

Inspection and enforcement activities 

Article  14  of  the  IPPCD  requires  operators  to  regularly  inform  the  competent  authorities  of 
the results of emission monitoring and afford the representatives of competent authorities all 
necessary  assistance  to  carry  out  on-site  inspections.  The  actual  practices  of  compliance 
monitoring  and  enforcement  vary  widely  between,  and  even  within,  Member  States.  Most 
Member  States  have  developed  on-line  databases  and/or  e-mail  submission  of  monitoring 
reports.  The  Commission  encourages  the  use  of  such  tools,  which  facilitate  the  dataflow 
between operators and authorities and reduce administrative burden. 

Several  Member  States  have  established  a  minimum  on-site  inspection  frequency,  which  is 
typically  once  a  year  (for  example  in  Slovenia,  UK,  Hungary,  Estonia,  Lithuania,  France, 
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Under  the  IED,  compliance  monitoring  provisions  have  been  further  developed.  It  aims  to 
adopt  a  risk  based  approach  to  inspections,  but  also  includes  minimum  frequencies  for  site 
visits. This will make it the most advanced environmental Directive as regards enforcement 
and inspection activities.  

Information and public participation 

During  the  most  recent  reporting  period,  many  Member  States  have  improved  both  the 
provision of information to the public and participation by the public. Improvements include 
more  frequent  updating  of  information,  additions  to  public  databases  or  websites,  and  the 
possibility  for  other  Member  States  to  access  information.  Furthermore,  the  use  of  new 
technologies  for  accessing  information  is  being  promoted  by  all  Member  States,  and  online 
availability of permits is becoming more common. 

Some  Member  States  are  integrating  information  on  industrial  emissions  into  a  single 
information  system,  for  example  by  presenting  together  the  data  compiled  through  their 
Pollutant Release and Transfer Registers (PRTRs) and the information on IPPC installations. 
The  Commission  welcomes  these  initiatives  and  invites  all  Member  States  to  promote  this 
integration process. 

At the EU level, the European PRTR (http://prtr.ec.europa.eu/) provides information for some 
25.000 industrial facilities, the vast majority of which are IPPC installations. Furthermore, the 
Commission provides access to the information reported by Member States on the IPPCD as 
well  as  several  other  directives  regulating  industrial  emissions  through  the  "Industrial 
Emissions Reporting Information System", which is accessible at http://iris.eionet.europa.eu/. 

The IED increases citizens' rights regarding access to information and, in particular, the need 
to make publicly available those decisions which involve a deviation from BAT conclusions 
in the permitting process or the use of Internet to guarantee these rights. 

Environmental Quality Standards 

The IPPCD requires that competent authorities include additional measures in IPPC permits 
where an environmental quality standard requires stricter conditions than those which can be 
achieved through the use of BAT. This requirement is present in national law in all Member 
States. However, only six Member States have reported a need to apply those provisions.  

Examples  of  additional  measures  that  have  been  taken  include  requirements  regarding 
discharges of waste water in sensitive (drinking) water areas in Denmark, Ireland, Italy and 
Belgium.  

Transboundary co-operation 

For situations where a Member State is aware that the operation of an installation is likely to 
have  significant  adverse  effects  on  the  environment  of  another  Member  State,  the  IPPCD 
requires the operator to forward to the Member State authority concerned all the information 
which  is  made  available  under  its  Annex  V.  This  includes  the  permit  application  and  the 
details  of  the  competent  authority  responsible  for  making  the  permitting  decision.  As  in 
previous  reporting  cycles,  Member  States  have  indicated  that  cross-border  co-operation  has 
been limited. Eight Member States (Germany, Belgium, Italy, Romania, Slovenia, Slovakia, 
France  and  the  Netherlands)  report  the  use  of  these  provisions,  which  concerned  a  small 
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2.3 The Commission's IPPC implementation action plan 

In its Communication 'Towards an improved policy on industrial emissions'10 the Commission 
outlined  an  implementation  plan  addressing  a  number  of  key  issues,  including  transposition 
and  implementation  by  Member  States  and  improving  the  BREF  elaboration  process.  The 
summary table in Annex I shows that the action plan has now been almost fully implemented, 
largely through the IED.  

With the coming into effect of the IED the Commission will devote its attention to supporting 
Member States in their efforts to fully transpose and implement that Directive. Some of the 
actions listed in Annex I will therefore continue in the context of the IED. 

3. SED 

The aim of the SED is to prevent or reduce the effects on human health and the environment 
of emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOC) into the air. In particular, it promotes the 
replacement  of  those  solvents  having  the  most  serious  health  effects  with  potentially  less 
harmful substitutes. The SED covers various activities involving the use of organic solvents, 
such  as  coating,  degreasing,  printing  and  ink  manufacturing,  and  all  installations  falling 
within its scope were required to be authorised or registered by the end of October 2007. 

The IED incorporates the provisions of this Directive.  

3.1 Transposition of SED 

Generally,  Member  States  have  transposed  the  Directive  into  their  national  legislation, 
although  some  problems  were  identified  during  the  recent  conformity  checking  exercise,  in 
particular as regards the transposition of certain definitions, the monitoring requirements, the 
scope of the Directive and the emission limit values. The Commission will take into account 
the findings of this exercise when assisting Member States in the transposition phase of the 
IED. 

3.2 Implementation of SED (2003-2007) 

General implementation issues 

The  information  provided  by  Member  States  gives  no  indication  of  any  problems  with  the 
implementation of SED. Overall, Member States have implemented the provisions, measures 
and  practices  necessary  to  ensure  compliance  with  the  various  aspects  of  the  Directive. 
Compliance  is  ensured  through  monitoring  and  reporting  obligations,  as  well  as  inspections 
and enforcement actions – in the form of both document checks and site visits – and further 
improved  by  supporting  measures,  such  as  training  and  the  drafting  of  guidance  for  the 
competent authorities.  

Some Member States have reported that implementation of SED in the dry cleaning sector is 
presenting some problems. The use of the solvent management plan, which is the key tool for 
assessing  installation  level  compliance,  is  regarded  by  some  competent  authorities  as  too 
complicated  for  this  sector  and  very  hard  to  enforce,  given  the  small  size  of  most  of  the 

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companies  involved  and  the  large  number  of  installations.  Several  Member  States  have 
developed simplified approaches to implementation and compliance checking in line with the 
SED provisions, and the Commission is engaged in further discussions on this issue.  

Installations covered 

By the end of 2007, about 53,000 existing installations covered by the SED were operated in 
the EU-27 Member States. Following the amendment of the SED by Directive 2004/42/EC11 
(Deco-Paints  Directive),  which  largely  excluded  vehicle  refinishing  from  the  scope  of  the 
SED, the number of existing installations in the Member States has decreased significantly. At 
the end of 2004 the majority of installations under the SED (within the EU-15 Member States) 
belonged to the vehicle refinishing sector (54%) and the dry cleaning sector (16%); however, 
at the end of 2007, dry-cleaning became the largest sector (with 39% of installations). Several 
Member States continued reporting on vehicle coating and refinishing under SED (27% of all 
installations reported), although this activity had been largely removed from its scope. 

According  to  the  data  provided,  only  a  small  proportion  of  all  existing  installations  were 
authorised or registered after 2003. This suggests that, prior to that date, many Member States 
already  had  legislation  in  place  under  which  these  installations  had  to  be  registered  or 
authorised. 

Use of the options for achieving emission reductions 

The SED offers Member States two main possibilities for individual installations to achieve 
the required VOC emission reduction - they must comply either with emission limit values or 
with equivalent targets defined under a reduction scheme. 

The  information  reported  shows  that  in  many  Member  States  very  few  installations,  if  any, 
apply the reduction scheme option. In addition, several competent authorities seem to prefer 
the  application  of  the  emission  limit  values,  because  of  the  difficulties  of  assessing  the 
equivalence between reduction schemes and the application of the limit values. This has been 
the  case  particularly  in  Member  States  where installations  were  regulated  by  emission  limit 
values prior to the implementation of the SED.  

The  SED  offers  Member  States  a  third  option  for  compliance  through  the  drawing  up  of  a 
National Action Plan designed to achieve an overall reduction of VOC emissions equivalent 
to what would be achieved by applying the installation level approach. No Member State has 
implemented such a National Plan.  

Derogations from emission limit values 

The SED allows derogations from certain limit values where abatement measures are shown 
not  to  be  economically  and  technically  feasible.  This  can  be  an  issue  for  activities  such  as 
shipbuilding and aircraft construction, which cannot be operated under contained conditions. 
Derogations  were  reported  by  about  half  of  the  Member  States,  but  they  accounted  for  less 
than  0.01% of the total number of installations.  On the basis of the information  received, it 
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Commission initiatives to promote implementation 

Article 7 of the SED requires the Commission to ensure that an information exchange takes 
place  on  the  use  and  substitution  of  organic  solvents.  To  this  end,  the  Commission  has 
developed  a  web  site  providing  access  to  guidance  documents  and  good  practices  on  the 
substitution of solvents12, as well as activity-specific guidance documents13. The Commission 
has  also  worked  in  close  co-operation  with  the  Member  States  on  providing  answers  to 
questions  raised  in  relation  to  the  implementation  of  the  SED,  in  particular  concerning  the 
scope and the application of the reduction scheme. 

Interaction with other EU legislation 

The Deco-Paints Directive sets limit values for the VOC content of certain decorative paints 
and  vehicle  refinishing  products.  Several  of  those  products  are  used  within  installations 
regulated under the SED. Consequently, the SED was amended to exclude this activity from 
its  scope.  As  indicated  above,  this  change  has  led  to  a  drastic  reduction  in  the  number  of 
installations covered by the SED. However, some Member States have chosen to maintain the 
SED  requirements  for  this  sector,  as  is  explicitly  allowed  under  the  Deco-Paints  Directive. 
The Deco-Paints Directive also exempts certain products from complying with the VOC limit 
values if these products are sold for exclusive use in an installation regulated under the SED.  

The overlap between the two Directives has raised some concerns on the part of stakeholders 
and  competent  authorities.  The  Commission  has  attempted  to  clarify  the  situation  and  this 
issue has also been considered in the context of the review of the Deco-Paints Directive, on 
which the Commission will report in a separate Communication. 

Some of the larger installations operating surface treatment activities are covered by both the 
SED  and  the  IPPCD.  These  installations  therefore  have  to  be  permitted,  with  the  emission 
limit values to be set in the permits being based on BAT. In these cases, the limit values set in 
the  SED  will  apply  as  minimum  requirements.  The  interaction  between  the  SED  and  the 
IPPCD has been given detailed consideration through the IED. 

4. CONCLUDING REMARKS 

IPPCD 

The reports of the Member States on the implementation of the IPPCD have revealed a need 
for  some  countries  to  finalise  the  issuing  of  permits  in  order  to  ensure  compliance  with  the 
Directive.  In  addition,  case  studies  undertaken  by  the  Commission  have  shown  that  permits 
are not based sufficiently on BAT. Furthermore, a number of other issues are also identified, 
such as the need for a more coherent inspection mechanism, the need to reduce administrative 
burden  and  the  inability  of  the  IPPCD  to  meet  certain  key  policy  objectives.  These  issues 
should for the most part be tackled through the IED. 

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SED 

The  reporting  by  Member  States  on  the  implementation  of  the  SED  prior  to  the  final 
implementation  deadline  for  existing  installations  revealed  no  major  horizontal  issues. 
Implementation  of  SED  in  the  dry  cleaning  sector  has  presented  some  problems  due  to  the 
specific features of the sector, but useful simplified approaches are being developed.  

Future Directive on Industrial Emissions 

The IED which is awaiting final adoption will merge seven Directives, including the IPPCD 
and the SED, into a single legal instrument. This will clarify the interaction between all these 
legal  instruments  and  streamline  many  important  provisions,  including  those  related  to 
monitoring and reporting. 

The IED greatly strengthens the importance of BAT in the permitting procedure and addresses 
certain  shortcomings  of  the  IPPCD,  in  particular  with  regard  to  permit  reviews  and 
inspections. It is expected that implementation by Member States will become more effective 
once the IED enters into force.  

Future action 

There are still plans for another reporting cycle for the SED (2008-2010) and for the IPPCD 
(2009-2011) before the IED enters into force, and the Commission will continue to follow up 
the implementation of these two pieces of legislation. At the same time, the Commission will 
also prepare the ground for supporting and promoting the transposition and implementation of 
the IED by the Member States. 

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Annex I: Assessment of progress in implementing the Commission's 2007 IPPC Action 
Plan 

Action 

Assessment of progress 

1. Ensure full transposition of the Directive 

IPPCD  correctly  transposed  in  25  Member 
States. Cases against EE and LT remain open.

2.  Support  Member  States 
unnecessary administrative burdens 

in  cutting 

3.  Support  Member  States 
implementation of the legislation 

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4.  Enhanced  monitoring  and  compliance 
checks of the application of the legislation on 
industrial emissions 

IED will reduce unnecessary burdens by €32 
million  per  year.  Continuation  of  work  with 
the  High  Level  Group  of 
Independent 
Stakeholders  on  Administrative  Burdens  and 
with  Member  States 
to  reduce  national 
burdens. 

The  Commission  continued  to  communicate 
with those Member States that have problems 
in  terms  of  issuing  permits.  Sharing  of 
information  on  the  implementation  of  IPPC 
across  the  EU  and  workshops  held  with 
Member States. 

Ongoing  Commission  review  of  both  total 
permits  issued  and  the  number  of  individual 
permits  issued  across  a  majority  of  Member 
States.  

review  of 

Continued 
in 
response  to  complaints  from  citizens  and 
questions from the European Parliament.  

implementation 

E-PRTR  used 
potential implementation issues. 

to  monitor  and 

identify 

5.  Improve  data  collection  for  review  of 
BREFs  and  create  stronger  links  with  the 
Research Framework Programme 

Publication  of  guidance  on  improving  the 
collection  and  submission  of  data  for  the 
review of BREFs.  

Work  with  DG  RTD  with  regard  to  links 
between BREFs and the Research Framework 
Programme.  Enhanced  status  of  emerging 
techniques in the context of IED. 

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