Impacts of the Industrial Emissions Directive 2024/1785 on climate neutrality and CSR3D

On July 15, Directive (EU) 2024/1785 was published, which brings significant changes to Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions. The new directive, effective from 4 August 2024, introduces various changes for integrated environmental permit (IPPC) activities and expands the AIA/IPPC system with new ones. It sets a deadline of 1 July 2026 for member states to ensure the implementation of the necessary laws.

One of the significant changes of the amendment is the inclusion of large plants for the production of batteries (not only assemblies) in the AIA/IPPC regime. It also introduces mandatory cases of "industrial transformation" and "deep industrial transformation" into the AIA/IPPC system.

Industrial transformation means adapting equipment covered by the AIA/IPPC in 2030-2050 and "contributing to the creation of a sustainable, clean, circular economy that is resource efficient and climate neutral by 2050". (Simone Cadeddu, Paola Bologna, more at lexology.com)