1. Introductory Text

  2. Article 1.The guidance on the collection of data and on the...

  3. Article 2.This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

    1. ANNEX

      GUIDANCE

      1. CHAPTER 1 Procedure for drawing up and reviewing a best available techniques...

        1. 1.1. Context

          1. 1.1.1. What a BREF is and its aim

          2. 1.1.2. ‘Horizontal’ and ‘vertical’ BREFs

        2. 1.2. Procedure for the drawing up and reviewing of BREFs

          1. 1.2.1. General procedure for the drawing up of a new BREF...

          2. 1.2.2. General procedure for the review of a BREF

          3. 1.2.3. Objective of a BREF review

          4. 1.2.4. Typical workflow for the drawing up and reviewing of BREFs...

        3. 1.3. Opinion of the Forum established pursuant to Article 13 of...

        4. 1.4. Adoption of the BAT conclusions and publication of the BREF...

      2. CHAPTER 2 BREF contents and scope

        1. 2.1. Introduction

        2. 2.2. BREF structure

        3. 2.3. BREF content

          1. 2.3.1. General information on the BREF content

          2. 2.3.2. Preface

          3. 2.3.3. Scope

          4. 2.3.4. General information about the sector concerned

          5. 2.3.5. Applied processes and techniques

          6. 2.3.6. Current emission and consumption levels

          7. 2.3.7. Techniques to consider in the determination of BAT

            1. 2.3.7.1. General information on techniques to consider in the determination of...

            2. 2.3.7.2. Information provided on each technique

              1. 2.3.7.2.1. Description

              2. 2.3.7.2.2. Technical description

              3. 2.3.7.2.3. Achieved environmental benefits

              4. 2.3.7.2.4. Environmental performance and operational data

              5. 2.3.7.2.5. Cross-media effects

              6. 2.3.7.2.6. Technical considerations relevant to applicability

              7. 2.3.7.2.7. Economics

              8. 2.3.7.2.8. Driving force for implementation

              9. 2.3.7.2.9. Example plants

              10. 2.3.7.2.10. Reference literature

          8. 2.3.8. Best available techniques (BAT) conclusions

          9. 2.3.9. Emerging techniques

          10. 2.3.10. Concluding remarks and recommendations for future work

          11. 2.3.11. References

          12. 2.3.12. Glossary of terms and abbreviations

          13. 2.3.13. Annexes

      3. CHAPTER 3 BAT conclusions

        1. 3.1. Introduction

        2. 3.2. Elements in an individual BAT conclusion

          1. 3.2.1. General

          2. 3.2.2. Description of techniques

          3. 3.2.3. Information to assess the applicability of techniques

        3. 3.3. Individual BAT conclusions with associated environmental performance levels

          1. 3.3.1. Individual BAT conclusions with associated emission levels

            1. Figure 3.1 Example of an individual BAT conclusion which includes emission levels...

              1. 42. In order to reduce VOC emissions from process AA, BAT...

          2. 3.3.2. Individual BAT conclusions with associated environmental performance levels other than...

        4. 3.4. Individual BAT conclusions without BAT-associated environmental performance levels

      4. CHAPTER 4 Organisation of the exchange of information

        1. 4.1. Introduction

        2. 4.2. The role of the Committee established by Article 75(1) of...

        3. 4.3. The role of the Forum established under Article 13 of...

        4. 4.4. The role of the technical working groups (TWGs)

          1. 4.4.1. Establishment of TWGs

          2. 4.4.2. TWG responsibilities and tasks

          3. 4.4.3. TWG subgroups

          4. 4.4.4. Site visits

          5. 4.4.5. Involvement of equipment suppliers in the exchange of information

        5. 4.5. The role of the EIPPCB

        6. 4.6. Milestones in the information exchange

          1. 4.6.1. Establishment of the ‘wish list’

          2. 4.6.2. TWG meetings

            1. 4.6.2.1. General

            2. 4.6.2.2. Kick-off meeting

            3. 4.6.2.3. Final TWG meeting

              1. 4.6.2.3.1. General

              2. 4.6.2.3.2. Split views

          3. 4.6.3. First round of data collection following the kick-off meeting

          4. 4.6.4. Requests for additional information (RAI)

          5. 4.6.5. BREF working documents and formal drafts

            1. 4.6.5.1. Formal drafts

            2. 4.6.5.2. Working drafts

          6. 4.6.6. Commenting on formal drafts of the BREFs

        7. 4.7. Information exchange tools

          1. 4.7.1. BAT information system (BATIS)

          2. 4.7.2. EIPPCB website

        8. 4.8. Security of personal data

      5. CHAPTER 5 Data collection and submission

        1. 5.1. Introduction

        2. 5.2. General principles for collecting and submitting data for the drawing...

          1. 5.2.1. Type of data

          2. 5.2.2. Format of data

          3. 5.2.3. Quality of data

        3. 5.3. Confidentiality issues

        4. 5.4. Environmental performance and operational data needed for the BREF chapters...

          1. 5.4.1. General information on environmental performance and operational data

          2. 5.4.2. Consumption

            1. 5.4.2.1. General information on consumption

            2. 5.4.2.2. Consumption of raw and auxiliary materials/feedstocks

            3. 5.4.2.3. Water use

            4. 5.4.2.4. Energy use

          3. 5.4.3. Emissions to water

          4. 5.4.4. Air emissions

          5. 5.4.5. Residues/waste

          6. 5.4.6. Other information

          7. 5.4.7. Reference information that must accompany emission data

            1. 5.4.7.1. General

            2. 5.4.7.2. Monitoring

            3. 5.4.7.3. Averages, ranges and distributions of emission values

        5. 5.5. Specific issues under the remit of each technical working group...

      6. CHAPTER 6 Quality assurance of the drawing up and reviewing of the...

      7. Appendix 1

        1. DATA QUALITY RATING SYSTEM

      8. Appendix 2

        TYPICAL WORKFLOW FOR THE DRAWING UP AND REVIEWING OF BREFs