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The process of the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) was implemented into the Czech legal system on 1 January 2003 when Act No. 76/2002 Coll., on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, the Integrated Pollution Register and amendments to some acts (the Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control Act) came into effect, implementing the requirements of Council Directive 1996/61/EC.

Objectives and principles:

• to prevent from pollution increase by preventive and corrective measures,
• to prevent from pollution transfer from one environmental component to another,
• to use efficiently raw and other materials and energies,
• to prevent from waste production and ensure its re-use,
• to take measures required for accident prevention and mitigate possible consequences,
• to decrease the energy intensity of business by means of a single integrated permit,
• to negotiate conditions of issuing a permit for each operator,
• to ensure the transparency of the administrative procedure related to the process of permit issuing in relation to the public and to provide the public with a possibility to participate in the decision-making process.

As of 16 November 2006 there are 1,704 installations and 829 operators registered in the Czech Republic. This number includes both installations that were awarded integrated permits and installations that have not entered the IPPC process yet, but are expected to comply with the requirements of Act No. 76/2002 Coll., on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control. The data was collected by CENIA, or more precisely by the Czech Ecological Institute, in the years 2003-2006 and they present an estimate of the whole number of installations according to different categories.

The technical level of the installations, mainly as to the amount of emissions and waste produced, material and energy intensity and environmental management instruments and methods, is compared to the best available techniques (BAT). These are integrated into BREF documents prepared and published for relevant branches by specialised institutions of the European Commission with the participation of all the member states.