Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control: The Implementation of Directive 96/61/EEC - European Energy and Environmental Law Review View Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control: The Implementation of Directive 96/61/EEC by Antoinette Long,Claudio Mereu - European Energy and Environmental Law Review Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control: The Implementation of Directive 96/61/EEC Antoinette Long Claudio Mereu 8 6

Key elements of the Directive - Obligations imposed on industrial operators - Permits requirements and the "best available techniques" (BAT) criterion - Establishing European emission limit values - The exchange of information between the Commission and the Member States and the preparation of reference documents (BREFs) - The role of the lPPC Bureau - The implementation of the IPPC Directive by November 30, 1999, with a transitional period until October 30, 2007.

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