Council reaches agreement on amendments to industrial emissions directive

The Council today adopted its negotiating position (‘general approach’) on a proposal to review the industrial emissions directive.

The new rules will offer better protection of human health and the environment by reducing harmful emissions from industrial installations and intensive livestock farms into the air, water and through waste discharges.

– Pollution causes serious diseases and damages the environment. The EU’s goal for 2050 is to bring pollution down to levels no longer harmful to human health. The Council agreement reached today on industrial emissions sets stronger rules to tackle pollution at the source.

This will set pollution limits at more effective levels and give clear guidance to the industry and large livestock farms to make the right investments so that their pollution is effectively reduced, says Romina Pourmokhtari, minister for climate and the environment.