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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9061

4 November 2005
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/environment
Commission urges Member States to speed up implementation of IPPC directive and offers its help ahead of possible revision of directive

Brussels, 03/11/2005 (Agence Europe) - The implementation by the Member States of the 1996 directive on integrated pollution prevention and control (known as the "IPPC directive") leaves much to be desired. However, this is an important piece of legislation for the protection of the environment and human health, as it aims to limit dangerous emissions into the air, water and soil from major industrial and agricultural installations. The first implementation report, which the European...

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