BREFs

Best Available Technique Reference Documents, or 'BREFs' have been drafted for a number of industrial sectors. The IED envisages they be renewed every four years through a drafting procedure known as the the Sevilla Process. In fact, the revision process has been slow and many BREFs are already many years out of date.

Best Available Technique Reference Documents, or ‘BREFs’ have been drafted for a number of industrial sectors. The IED envisages they be renewed every four years through a drafting procedure known as the the Sevilla Process. In fact, the revision process has been slow and many BREFs are already many years out of date. 

Sector-specific BREFs exist for a number of different industrial activities. You can find more information about those EU BREFs and Contact(s) in the relevant EU BREF pages

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