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Permit to operate an installation |
Approval |
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- Description:
- The company must operate a covered installation only with a permit; registration may suffice for installations covered only by Chapter V.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Industrial installations, combustion plants, waste incineration plants and waste co-incineration plants
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authority
- Check method:
- Verification that a permit or, where applicable, registration is held
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 4(1)
- Source excerpt:
- no installation or combustion plant, waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant is operated without a permit.
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Basic operator obligations |
Due Diligence |
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- Description:
- The company must prevent pollution, apply best available techniques, avoid significant pollution, prevent or recover waste, use energy efficiently, prevent accidents and secure and, where necessary, remediate the site upon definitive cessation.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Installations carrying out activities listed in Annex I
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authority
- Check method:
- Permit review, inspection and operational monitoring
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 11(a)-(h)
- Source excerpt:
- all the appropriate preventive measures are taken against pollution; the best available techniques are applied; no significant pollution is caused; the generation of waste is prevented ... energy is used efficiently; the necessary measures are taken to prevent accidents and limit their consequences; ... return the site of operation to the satisfactory state
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Permit application contents |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- The company must include in the permit application the required information on the installation, activities, materials, emissions, site, prevention and reduction measures, waste, monitoring, alternatives and a non-technical summary.
- Frequency:
- One-time
- Check frequency:
- One-time
- Products/Services:
- Industrial installations requiring a permit
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authority
- Check method:
- Review of application documents by the competent authority
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 12(1)
- Source excerpt:
- an application for a permit includes a description of the following: the installation and its activities; ... the main alternatives to the proposed technology, techniques and measures studied by the applicant in outline. An application for a permit shall also include a non-technical summary
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Soil and groundwater baseline report |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- Before starting operation, or before the first permit update after 7 January 2013, the company must prepare and submit a baseline report on soil and groundwater contamination.
- Frequency:
- One-time
- Check frequency:
- One-time
- Products/Services:
- Installations involving the use, production or release of relevant hazardous substances
- Checking responsibility:
- Company; review by competent authority
- Check method:
- Review of the baseline report by the competent authority
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 22(2)
- Source excerpt:
- the operator shall prepare and submit to the competent authority a baseline report before starting operation of an installation or before a permit for an installation is updated for the first time after 7 January 2013.
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Annual compliance reporting |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- The company must regularly, and at least annually, provide the competent authority with monitoring results and other data enabling verification of compliance with permit conditions.
- Frequency:
- Annual
- Check frequency:
- Annual
- Products/Services:
- Installations subject to emission and permit conditions
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authority
- Check method:
- Review of emission monitoring and other compliance data
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 14(1)(d)(i)
- Source excerpt:
- an obligation to supply the competent authority regularly, and at least annually, with: information on the basis of results of emission monitoring ... and other required data that enables the competent authority to verify compliance with the permit conditions
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Emission monitoring and records |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- The company must monitor emissions in accordance with permit conditions and record, process and present the results so that the authority can verify compliance.
- Frequency:
- Continuous
- Check frequency:
- Continuous
- Products/Services:
- Installations and activities with emissions
- Checking responsibility:
- Company; oversight by competent authority
- Check method:
- Measurements under the permit, BAT conclusions and Annexes; recording and processing of results
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 38(4)
- Source excerpt:
- All monitoring results shall be recorded, processed and presented in such a way as to enable the competent authority to verify compliance with the operating conditions and emission limit values which are included in the permit.
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Notification and permitting of substantial changes |
Approval |
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- Description:
- The company must notify the competent authority of planned environmentally relevant changes; substantial changes may not be made without a permit.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Installations undergoing planned changes
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authority
- Check method:
- Event-based notification and permit review
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 20(1)-(2)
- Source excerpt:
- the operator informs the competent authority of any planned change in the nature or functioning, or an extension of the installation which may have consequences for the environment. ... no substantial change planned by the operator is made without a permit
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Notification and remediation of non-compliance |
Other |
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- Description:
- Following a significant accident, incident or permit breach, the company must immediately inform the authority and take measures to limit consequences and restore compliance as soon as possible.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Installations affected by environmentally significant accidents, incidents or permit breaches
- Checking responsibility:
- Operator; oversight by competent authority
- Check method:
- Immediate notification and authority follow-up
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Articles 7(a)-(b) and 8(2)(a)-(b)
- Source excerpt:
- the operator informs the competent authority immediately; the operator immediately takes the measures necessary to ensure that compliance is restored within the shortest possible time
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Closure and site remediation duties |
Due Diligence |
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- Description:
- Upon definitive cessation, the company must assess soil and groundwater contamination and, where required, return the site to the baseline condition or remove, control, contain or reduce significant risks.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Installations involving relevant hazardous substances after definitive cessation
- Checking responsibility:
- Company
- Check method:
- Assessment of soil and groundwater condition and evidence of remedial measures
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 22(3)-(4)
- Source excerpt:
- Upon definitive cessation of the activities, the operator shall assess the state of soil and groundwater contamination ... the operator shall take the necessary measures to address that pollution so as to return the site to that state.
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Notification of abatement-equipment breakdown |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- The company must notify the competent authority within 48 hours of abatement-equipment malfunction or breakdown, reduce or close operations where required, and may not exceed 120 cumulative hours of unabated operation in any 12-month period.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Combustion plants experiencing malfunction or breakdown of abatement equipment
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authority
- Check method:
- Review of notification and unabated operating time
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 37(2)
- Source excerpt:
- The operator shall notify the competent authority within 48 hours after the malfunction or breakdown of the abatement equipment.
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Hazardous-waste acceptance checks and sampling |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- Before accepting hazardous waste, the company must collect information, check required documents, take representative samples and retain them for at least one month.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Hazardous waste accepted at waste incineration or co-incineration plants
- Checking responsibility:
- Company; oversight by competent authority
- Check method:
- Document checks, sampling and retention of representative samples
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 52(3)-(4)
- Source excerpt:
- Prior to accepting hazardous waste at the waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant, at least the following procedures shall be carried out by the operator:
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Annual solvent-management plan |
Record Keeping |
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- Description:
- The company must prepare the solvent-management plan annually where required to verify the reduction scheme or other emission limits.
- Frequency:
- Annual
- Check frequency:
- Annual
- Products/Services:
- Installations and activities using organic solvents
- Checking responsibility:
- Company; oversight by competent authority
- Check method:
- Preparation of a solvent-management plan and comparison with emission limits
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Annex VII, Part 7, point 3(a)(i)
- Source excerpt:
- for all activities using the reduction scheme as set out in Part 5, the solvent management plan shall be drawn up annually
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Assessment of carbon-dioxide storage feasibility |
Due Diligence |
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- Description:
- The company must assess whether suitable CO2 storage sites are available, transport facilities are technically and economically feasible, and retrofit for carbon-dioxide capture is technically and economically feasible.
- Frequency:
- One-time
- Check frequency:
- One-time
- Products/Services:
- Combustion plants with rated electrical output of at least 300 megawatts and a corresponding new licence
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authority
- Check method:
- Review of the assessment of storage sites, transport and retrofit feasibility
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 36(1)
- Source excerpt:
- Member States shall ensure that operators of all combustion plants with a rated electrical output of 300 megawatts or more ... have assessed whether the following conditions are met:
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Reporting on solvent-emission compliance |
Reporting |
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- Description:
- The company must supply the competent authority on request with data enabling verification of emission-limit values, the reduction scheme or granted derogations.
- Frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Check frequency:
- Event-triggered
- Products/Services:
- Installations and activities using organic solvents
- Checking responsibility:
- Competent authority
- Check method:
- Review of compliance data supplied on request
- Rule set:
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- Source reference:
- Article 62
- Source excerpt:
- The operator shall supply the competent authority, on request, with data enabling the competent authority to verify compliance with either of the following:
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