The new IED would determine how many emissions each individual manufacturing process at a plant is allowed to produce. "In each case, the best technology available in the European Union is to serve as an industry-standard benchmark for this," said Rainer Stark, managing director of Chrom-Müller Metallveredelung GmbH. According to the Commission's proposal, a range of normal emissions should be determined for individual processes, of which the lowest value should then be defined as the maximum limit. Stark sees this as an overambitious approach.
"It's well-intentioned to try a 'one-size-fits-all' solution to simplify, but poorly done," Karrais said. "The manufacturing sector needs to reduce emissions from production. But we gain nothing if we make production in the EU dead with overly strict requirements and then production takes place with significantly worse standards in other EU countries," the environmental politician explained the FDP's position. With an amendment, the party wants to achieve an increase in the limit values in the European Parliament with moderation and also exert influence via the German government.