Last update: 20/11/2007

Public access to information

The IPPC Directive (Directive no. 96/61/EC) and Legislative Decree no. 372/99 establish that public access must be available for: Integrated Environmental Authorization applications. These applications can be viewed at a specific office identified by the relevant Authority. For information on the relevant Authority consult the page on “Industry information”. The same authorizations can also be viewed at a specific office identified by the relevant Authority. Reports on plant controls and inspections can be consulted at a specific office identified by the relevant Authority. Integrated inventories on emissions (in Italy it is named INES) can also be consulted.

In addition to the above, BRef Community documents are also publicly available through the Seville site.
Active public participation is fundamental in order to complete the authorization reform process that the IPPC started.
Directive no. 2003/35/CE amended the IPPC Directive, strengthening public rights on authorization processes even further.
In addition, the Commission published its communication to the European Council and Parliament on the IPPC Directive implementation progress.