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 In fact, the revision process has been slow and many BREFs are already many years out of date.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 In fact, the revision process has been slow and many BREFs are already many years out of date.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 the Large Combustion Plant, Waste Treatment and Waste Incineration BREFs on their dedicated pages, further pages for other BREFs will appear on this page in due course. 

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