Understanding the practical consequences of IPPC provisions
IPPC thresholds and ICPE thresholds: linkages

In practice, operating an IPPC plant means carrying out an operating review every ten years. This assessment is an opportunity for the authorities to carry out a periodic review of the plant's authorization conditions, as required by the IPPC Directive.

It provides additions and updates since the previous impact study, and includes the following elements:

• an analysis of plant operation over the past ten-year period, based on available data;

• elements that complete and modify the analysis of the facility's effects on the environment and health;

• an analysis of the performance of pollution prevention and reduction methods in relation to the effectiveness of available techniques;

• the measures envisaged by the operator,...