Industrial Emissions Directive
Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and the Council on industrial emissions (the Industrial Emissions Directive or IED) is the main EU instrument regulating pollutant emissions from industrial installations.
The IED was adopted on 24 November 2010. It is based on a Commission proposal recasting seven previously existing directives (including in particular the IPPC Directive and the Waste Incineration Directive).
The IED aims to achieve a high level of protection of human health and the environment taken as a whole by reducing harmful industrial emissions across the EU, in particular through better application of Best Available Techniques (BAT). Around 50,000 installations undertaking the industrial activities listed in Annex I of the IED are required to operate in accordance with their Environmental Permit which contains conditions set in accordance with the principles and provisions of the IED.[1]