Last update: 20/11/2007

Regulations and documentation on IPPC implementation

Community regulations

• Council Directive no. 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996, on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC Directive) and relative amendments;
• Commission Decision no. 391 of 31 May 1999 on the questionnaire for the implementation of Directive no. 96/61/EC on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC Directive);
• Commission Decision no.241 of 26 March 2003, which amends Decision no.391/1991 on the questionnaire for the implementation of Directive no. 96/61/EC on integrated pollution prevention and control (IPPC Directive);
• Directive no. 2003/35/EC, which amends Directive no. 85/337/EEC and 96/61/EC on public participation and access to justice;
• Commission Comunication COM (2003) 354 to the European Council and Parliament on the IPPC Directive implementation progress.

National regulations

• Legislative Decree no.372 of 4 August, 1999 – Implementation of Directive no. 96/61/EC; ù
• Ministerial Decree of 23 November, 2001;
• Ministerial Decree of 26 April, 2002 (Official Gazzette no. 126 of 31.05.2002);
• D.P.C.M. of 24 December, 2002 (Official Gazzette no. 3 of 4 January, 2003) – Approval of the new environmental declaration form for the year 2003;
• Law no.289 of 27 December, 2002 – Provisions for the State’s annual and long-term budget (Financial Law 2003, Official Gazzette no. 305 of 31 December, 2002) – Article 77;
• Ministerial Decree of 29 May, 2003 (form);
• Guide to the preparation of the limit value report as per question 2.2.1 of the form and in respect of comunications provided by Ministerial Decree of 29/05/03;
• Law no. 47 of 27 February, 2004 on “Turning into law, with amendments, of Decree-Law no. 355 of 24 December, 2003 containing the postponement of terms provided by legislative provisions”, published on Official Gazette no. 48 of 27 February, 2004;
• Ministerial Memorandum of 13 July, 2004 issued by the Ministry of Environment and Land Protection entitled: “Memorandum on the interpretation of integrated pollution prevention and control, as per Legislative Decree no. 372 of 4 August, 1999, with particular reference to Attachment I” published on Official Gazette no. 167 of 19 July, 2004.

Community documentation referring to IPPC implementation
Documentation on the IMPEL (Implementation and Enforcement of Environmental Law) network that is reported herewith is produced with APAT’s contribution. Further documentation is available on the IMPEL network Community site.

• IMPEL document on IPPC-VIA-EMAS;
• IMPEL document on the Integrated Environmental Authorization;
• IMPEL document on plant adjustment;
• IMPEL document on energy in the IPPC authorization;
• IMPEL document on general binding rules;
• Community study on the impact of BAT adoption on industrial competition;
• EU conference Acts on the Seville process for BAT definition.

Some documents produced by APAT

• Implementation of the IPPC Directive in Italy and the role of environmental agencies– December, 2003;
• General principles of environmental control in IPPC European regulations – February, 2004;
• Chemical engineering and the role of expert technical structures compared with the introduction of the intergrated environmental authorization in national law - September, 2004;
• The intergrated environmental authorization as an innovative tool for integrated prevention – October, 2004.

Pdf formats of regulations are not in official version. These still need to be found on Community, national or regional Gazzettes.