The Industrial emissions Act enters into force on 1 June
2013.
The aim of the new Industrial Emissions Act is to transpose EU
Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution
prevention and control) into Estonian law.
As the directive includes various fields of activity, to a large
extent its provisions have already been previously transposed into
Estonian law but are scattered between different legal acts. The
Industrial Emissions Act will incorporate rules applicable to the
industrial activities sector and set uniform requirements for
operating industrial installations in a manner similar to the
Directive.
In comparison with earlier regulation some of the major
amendments concern setting new emission limit values for combustion
plants, waste incineration plants and waste co-incineration plants
and for installations producing titanium dioxide as well as
implementing best available techniques at installations requiring
integrated permits
