abstract:The Industrial Emissions Directive (Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control)) is a European Union directive which commits European Union member states to control and reduce the impact of industrial emissions on the environment.
And the EuropeanIndustrialEmissionsDirective, agreed in June 2009, meansold belchers like Longannet would anyway have to makepricey modernisationsby 2020.
Whilst some Seveso sites already meet these rules under the IndustrialEmissionsDirective, this means that others will be inspected more often in future.