A push for cleaner industrial production - EEB

The Solution: Playing Fair According to Clear Criteria
The flexibility inherent in IPPC has been applied indiscriminately, leading to a situation where the
innovative effects of BAT-based permitting have not been fully realised. In order to ensure fair play
and guarantee the level playing field, it is essential that all derogations granted must be based
on clear and common parameters and must be part of a transparent permitting process open to
public scrutiny.
• The justification for the exceptional derogation must be included in the permit and available
to the public that must be given early and effective opportunities to participate in decisionmaking.
• The criteria by which an exceptional derogation can be granted must be established at community
level by the Commission in order to set clear and common parameters.
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