Retained EU Law SI 2010 United Kingdom

Industrial Emissions Directive (retained EU law)

Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance)

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Enforced by
Environment Agency
Status
In Force
Penalty ceiling
Imprisonment 18 of 48 obligations carry imprisonment (5 years). 30 have no criminal penalty — flagged in the list below.

Does it bind you?

Business-side roles with duties under this instrument.

Operator18 Occupier9 Any Person5 Trader1

Plus 15 duties on the regulator, Crown ministers and public bodies — folded into the section list below.

Other Acts binding the same actors

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Operator — also bound by 746 other Acts
Occupier — also bound by 235 other Acts
Highways Act 1980 23 duties
Any Person — also bound by 2340 other Acts
Trader — also bound by 825 other Acts
Companies Act 2006 243 duties
Companies Act 1985 85 duties

What it requires

Regulations creating concrete business duties or carrying penalties, grouped as the instrument is structured. Titles link to the source text — blue means you’re leaving for legislation.gov.uk.

s.004 Obligation to hold a permit (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Obtain an environmental permit before operating regulated installationsAny Person
s.005 Granting of a permit (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must coordinate permit granting proceduresStatutory regulator
s.007 Incidents and accidents (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Report and manage environmental incidents and accidents immediatelyOperator
s.008 Non-compliance (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Immediately report and fix permit breachesOperator
s.011 General principles governing the basic obligations of the operator (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Operate industrial installations in accordance with environmental principlesOperator
s.012 Applications for permits (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Include specific environmental details in your permit applicationOccupier
s.014 Permit conditions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must issue permits with specific environmental conditionsStatutory regulator
s.016 Monitoring requirements (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Monitor groundwater and soil contamination at industrial sitesTrader
s.017 General binding rules for activities listed in Annex I (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Government must set standard environmental rules for industrial activitiesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.018 Environmental quality standards (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must include stricter conditions in permits where necessaryStatutory regulator
s.019 Developments in best available techniques (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must monitor and share best available techniquesStatutory regulator
s.020 Changes by operators to installations (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Notify the regulator of any changes to your installationOperator
s.021 Reconsideration and updating of permit conditions by the competent authority (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Provide information for environmental permit review on requestOperator
s.022 Site closure (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Assess and restore land quality when closing an industrial siteOperator
s.023 Environmental inspections (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Assist the Environment Agency during site inspectionsOperator
s.024 Access to information and public participation in the permit procedure (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must allow public participation in permit decisionsStatutory regulator
s.025 Access to justice (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Government must provide access to courts to challenge environmental decisionsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.026 Transboundary effects (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Regulator must consult other countries on transboundary environmental impactsStatutory regulator
s.032 Transitional National Plan (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Comply with Transitional National Plan emission limitsOperator
s.033 Limited life time derogation (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Apply for limited life time derogation and report operating hoursOperator
s.034 Small isolated systems (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Comply with nitrogen oxide limits for large solid fuel plantsOccupier
s.036 Geological storage of carbon dioxide (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Assess feasibility of carbon capture and storage for large combustion plantsOperator
s.037 Malfunction or breakdown of the abatement equipment (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Manage equipment failure and notify the Environment AgencyOperator
s.038 Monitoring of emissions into air (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Monitor air emissions and maintain automated monitoring equipmentOperator
s.040 Multi-fuel firing combustion plants (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must calculate emission limits for multi-fuel plantsStatutory regulator
s.041 Implementing rules (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Government must establish rules for start-up, shut-down and emission ceilingsCrown / Minister / Government department
s.044 Applications for permits (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Include specific operational measures in waste incineration permit applicationsAny Person
s.045 Permit conditions (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Comply with waste incineration permit conditionsOccupier
s.046 Control of emissions (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Control and limit emissions from waste incinerationOperator
s.047 Breakdown (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Reduce or stop operations during equipment breakdownOperator
s.048 Monitoring of emissions (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Monitor industrial emissions and maintain measuring systemsOperator
s.050 Operating conditions (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Maintain specific combustion temperatures and operating standardsOccupier
s.052 Delivery and reception of waste (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Follow safety procedures for receiving and checking wasteOperator
s.053 Residues (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Minimise and test industrial waste residuesOccupier
s.055 Reporting and public information on waste incineration plants and waste co-incineration plants (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Provide public access to waste plant permits and monitoring reportsAny Person
s.058 Substitution of hazardous substances (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Replace high-risk hazardous substances with safer alternativesOperator
s.059 Control of emissions (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Control emissions of volatile organic compounds (VOCs)Occupier
s.060 Monitoring of emissions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Monitor emissions according to permit or general rulesOccupier
s.062 Reporting on compliance (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Provide emission and compliance data upon requestOperator
s.064 Exchange of information on substitution of organic solvents (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Commission must arrange information exchange on organic solvent substitutesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.065 Access to information (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must make permit and monitoring data publicStatutory regulator
s.067 Prohibition of the disposal of waste (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Do not dispose of specific hazardous chemical wastes into water bodiesAny Person
s.068 Control of emissions into water (opens in a new tab) Imprisonment
  • Keep water emissions within legal limitsOccupier
s.069 Prevention and control of emissions into air (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Prevent acid droplets and comply with air emission limitsOccupier
s.070 Monitoring of emissions (opens in a new tab) Regulated
  • Monitor and record emissions into air and waterAny Person
s.071 Competent authorities (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Government must designate authorities to enforce industrial emission rulesCrown / Minister / Government department
s.072 Reporting by Member States (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Environment Agency must report industrial pollution and plant data to the CommissionStatutory regulator
s.073 Review (opens in a new tab) Regulated
Other duties (1) — Crown / regulator
  • Government must review industrial emission rules and suggest updatesCrown / Minister / Government department
36 other provisions — procedural and definitional
s.001 Subject matter (opens in a new tab)
s.002 Scope (opens in a new tab)
s.003 Definitions (opens in a new tab)
s.006 General binding rules (opens in a new tab)
s.009 Emission of greenhouse gases (opens in a new tab)
s.010 Scope (opens in a new tab)
s.013 BAT reference documents and exchange of information (opens in a new tab)
s.015 Emission limit values, equivalent parameters and technical measures (opens in a new tab)
s.027 Emerging techniques (opens in a new tab)
s.028 Scope (opens in a new tab)
s.029 Aggregation rules (opens in a new tab)
s.030 Emission limit values (opens in a new tab)
s.031 Desulphurisation rate (opens in a new tab)
s.035 District heating plants (opens in a new tab)
s.039 Compliance with emission limit values (opens in a new tab)
s.042 Scope (opens in a new tab)
s.043 Definition of residue (opens in a new tab)
s.049 Compliance with emission limit values (opens in a new tab)
s.051 Authorisation to change operating conditions (opens in a new tab)
s.054 Substantial change (opens in a new tab)
s.056 Scope (opens in a new tab)
s.057 Definitions (opens in a new tab)
s.061 Compliance with emission limit values (opens in a new tab)
s.063 Substantial change to existing installations (opens in a new tab)
s.066 Scope (opens in a new tab)
s.074 Amendments of Annexes (opens in a new tab)
s.075 Committee procedure (opens in a new tab)
s.076 Exercise of the delegation (opens in a new tab)
s.077 Revocation of the delegation (opens in a new tab)
s.078 Objections to delegated acts (opens in a new tab)
s.079 Penalties (opens in a new tab)
s.080 Transposition (opens in a new tab)
s.art081 Repeal
s.art082 Transitional provisions
s.art083 Entry into force
s.art084 Addressees

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