The Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2021/2326 establishing the BAT conclusions for large combustion plants has been published in the Official Journal of the European Union. This new Implementing Decision substitutes Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1442 which was annulled by the General Court on 27 January 2021. The BAT conclusions for large combustion plants remain identical to those in the Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/1442.

The sixteenth meeting of the IED Article 13 forum took place on 17 December 2021. The forum expressed its opinion on the BAT reference document for the Ferrous Metals Processing Industry (FMP).

The call for initial positions for the review of the Surface Treatment of Metals and Plastics (STM) BREF has been issued. Deadline for the STM Technical Working Group to submit initial positions: 21 January 2022.

The drawing up of the BAT reference document for the production of Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals (LVIC) BREF has started with the activation of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on 12 November 2021.

The final draft of the revised BREF on Ferrous Metals Processing Industry (FMP) has been issued on 13 October 2021. The deadline to receive the IED Article 13 Forum comments is the 23 November 2021.

The review of the BAT reference document for the Surface Treatment of Metals and Plastics (STM BREF) has started with the reactivation of the Technical Working Group (TWG) on 28 June 2021. By 24 September, 122 members representing Member States, industry, environmental NGOs, and services of the European Commission have joined the TWG.

The Final Meeting for the drawing up of the BREF for the Waste Gas Management and Treatment Systems in the Chemical sector (WGC) took place as seven web-based sessions between 15 June and 2 July 2021. In these sessions, about ninety experts representing EU Member States, industry, environmental NGOs and services of the Commission agreed on new EU environmental norms for the chemical industry.

The first draft of the revised BREF for the Slaughterhouses and Animal By-Products Industry (SA) has been issued on 29/06/2021. Deadline to receive comments: 15 October 2021.

The Final Meeting for the review of the BREF for the Textiles industry (TXT) took place as seven web-based sessions between 25 May 2021 and 11 June 2021. In these sessions, fifty experts representing EU Member States, industry, environmental NGOs and services of the Commission agreed on new mandatory environmental standards for the Textiles industry sector.

The Kick-off Meeting for the review of the BREF for the Ceramics Manufacturing Industry took place as a series of six web-based sessions between 10 and 25 February 2021.