17.12.2010 Official Journal of the European Union L 334/17 DIRECTIVES DIRECTIVE 20 10/ 75/EU OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 24 November 2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (Recast) (Text with EEA relevance) THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EURO- PEAN UNION, Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union, and in particular Article 192(1) thereof, Having regard to the proposal from the European Commission, Having regard to the opinion of the European Economic and Social Committee (1), Having regard to the opinion of the Committee of the Regions (?), Acting in accordance with the ordinary legislative procedure (3), Whereas: 1 A number of substantial changes are to be made to Coun- cil Directive 78/176/EEC of 20 February 1978 on waste from the titanium dioxide industry (*), Council Directive 82/883EEC of 3 December 1982 on procedures for the surveillance and monitoring of environments concerned by waste from the titanium dioxide industry (°), Council Directive 92/112/EEC of 15 December 1992 on proce- dures for harmonising the programmes for the reduction and eventual elimination of pollution caused by waste from the titanium dioxide industry (¢), Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999 on the limitation of (1) O] C 182, 4.8.2009, p. 46. (2) 0] C 325, 19.12.2008, p. 60. (°) Position of the European Parliament of 10 March 2009 (O] C 87 E, 1.4.2010, p. 191) and position of the Council at first reading of 15 February 2010 (O) C 107 E, 27.4.2010, p. 1). Position of the Euro- pean Parliament of 7 July 2010 (not yet published in the Official Jour- nal) and decision of the Council of 8 November 2010. (*) OJ L 54,25.2.1978, p. 19. () OJL378,31.12.1982, p. 1. () OJ L 409, 31.12.1992, p. 11. ( ( ( ( ) %) ) emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations (7), Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste (8), Directive 2001/80/EC of the European Parlia- ment and of the Council of 23 October 2001 on the limi- tation of emissions of certain pollutants into the air from large combustion plants (°) and Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and con- trol (19). In the interests of clarity, those Directives should be recast. In order to prevent, reduce and as far as possible eliminate pollution arising from industrial activities in compliance with the ‘polluter pays’ principle and the principle of pol- lution prevention, it is necessary to establish a general framework for the control of the main industrial activities, giving priority to intervention at source, ensuring prudent management of natural resources and taking into account, when necessary, the economic situation and specific local characteristics of the place in which the industrial activity is taking place. Different approaches to controlling emissions into air, water or soil separately may encourage the shifting of pol- lution from one environmental medium to another rather than protecting the environment as a whole. It is, there- fore, appropriate to provide for an integrated approach to prevention and control of emissions into air, water and soil, to waste management, to energy efficiency and to accident prevention. Such an approach will also contrib- ute to the achievement of a level playing field in the Union by aligning environmental performance requirements for industrial installations. 7) OJ L 85,29.3.1999, p. 1. 0J L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 91. %) 0] L 309, 27.11.2001, p. 1. 10)0J L 24, 29.1.2008, p. 8.