Visions on a future regulatory framework for IPPC Alternative approaches: the way forward

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Visions on a future regulatory framework for IPPC
Alternative approaches the way forward

• ENAP Workshop 3, 27 april 2004, Prague, Czech
  Republic
• Mr. H.C. Borgers
• Program manager Law Regulation

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Alternative approaches IPPC

• THESIS
• Each approach implementing the IPPC contains
  opportunities and constraints
• Question is what should be the way forward?

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Alternative approaches IPPC

• Highlights of the Standard Approach
• Aim preventing, reducing, eliminating pollution
• Means integrated and fully co-ordinated permit
• Uniformity use of BREF by all Memberstates
• Diversity geographical location, local conditions

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Alternative approaches IPPC

• Reasons for Alternative Approaches
• Management of change, towards sustainable
  development
• Incorporation of local interests
• Promoting and respecting self regulation
  initiatives

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Alternative approaches IPPC

• Regulating Chains of Activities
• Why?
• to reach sustainable development
• to promote the prevention principle
• How?
• beyond the focus on installations-level
• exemption from BAT, dependent on chain results
• Advantage?
• substantial reduction of pollution
• cost effectiviness of the alternative measure

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Alternative approaches IPPC

• Example chain of activities paint factory

Materials Factory Transport Emission
Solvent or H2O? Installation performance? Reducti
on?
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Alternative approaches IPPC

• Collective environmental Goals for Industrial
  Estates
• Why?
• to secure geographical and economic
  particularities (art 9.4)
• provide for the principle of subsidiarity
• How?
• general goals for all installations involved
• one permit for all, or co-ordinated permits
  through 1 goal
• Advantage?
• efficiency and reduction of costs for the
  companies involved
• integrating environmental and spatial planning

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Alternative approaches IPPC

• Negotiated Agreements
• Why?
• respecting the responsibility of industrial
  companies
• supporting the polluter-pays principle
• How?
• level playing field in branch of business
• freedom of choice for measurements for each
  installation
• goal adaptation by all actors
• Advantage?
• better compliance because of voluntariness
• Less administrative burdens from permit procedures

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Alternative approaches IPPC

• The Way Forward Recommendations
• Need for experiments learning by doing
• No new regulation
• New practices with current rules
• EU-support necessary, for alternatives and
  try-outs
• Need for excanges of experiences
• Best practices for alternative approaches
• Impell network for IPPC implementation