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EU reaches agreement on reducing industrial emissions

(EurActiv, 29 Nov 2023) EU countries and the European Parliament said Wednesday (29 November) they have reached a preliminary agreement on curbing industrial emissions, including those from intensive poultry and pig farms and from ore mines.

The deal, struck late Tuesday, would “reduce harmful emissions from industry and improve public access to information,” the Council of the EU, representing member states, said in a statement.

The goal is to bring pollution down to levels that are no longer harmful to human health by 2050, said Teresa Ribera, the Spanish ecological transition minister who represented EU member states in the talks on behalf of the Spanish EU Council Presidency.

“The new rules will set pollution limits at more effective levels and provide clear guidance to industry on the right investments to reduce their emissions effectively,” Ribera said.

The lead EU lawmaker on the file, Radan Kanev, said it would “significantly” reduce emissions“without creating further red tape for industries and farmers” while bringing in stiff fines for companies violating it.

The agreement, which still has to be formally adopted, aims to bring down air, soil and water pollution from companies by revising existing rules on emissions and landfill of waste. It would also update a European pollutant release and transfer register known as E-PRTR.

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EurActiv, 29 Nov 2023: EU reaches agreement on reducing industrial emissions