Today\u2019s European Parliament plenary vote to adopt the provisional agreement negotiated for the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) is a step in the right direction.<\/p>\n
Christian Schaible,<\/strong>\u00a0Head of Zero Pollution Industry at the European Environmental Bureau said:<\/strong><\/p>\n \u201cIt is somewhat reassuring that the majority of members of the European Parliament did not fall into the web of disingenuous arguments, that only pretends to help farmers while enabling business-as-usual for the largest agro-industrial livestock operators who already benefit from wide and significant concessions. Let\u2019s get the IED over the line and start working collectively for people and the environment.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n The Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) is a key European Union law to prevent pollution at source from around 50,000 industrial installations in the European Union. After reaching an agreement in interinstitutional negotiations, the final Parliament plenary stamp was put into question by the introduction of a final-hour amendment to further relax rules on industrial livestock farms. By doing this, conservative voices in the EPP and ID parliament groups kept the future of the IED uncertain.<\/p>\n The majority of Members of the European Parliament stayed true to the\u00a0legislative process in place, adopting\u00a0the agreement that\u00a0they were part of negotiating in November of last year and already includes\u00a0significant concessions to\u00a0large-scale livestock rearing activities.<\/p>\n The agreement now awaits the final step of formal Member States approval.<\/p>\n ENDS<\/span> Joint civil society and industry letter on the IED deal<\/a><\/p>\n Joint reaction to IED provisional agreement<\/a><\/p>\n IED website<\/a><\/p>\n Amendments tabled by (mainly) EPP MEPs<\/a><\/p>\n
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