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Integrated Environmental Permit in action: Obligations and potential risks

authors: Alexander Shvorak, Volodymyr Tsiupryk

15 October, 2025 Exclusive

On August 8, 2025, the Law “On Integrated Prevention and Control of Industrial Pollution” came into force, introducing a new procedure for obtaining an Integrated Environmental Permit (IEP).


Simply put, an Integrated Environmental Permit is a single permit that replaces several separate ones previously required for:


  • emissions of pollutants into the air from stationary sources;

  • special water use;

  • waste treatment operations.


In this article, we explain how the IEP works, how to obtain it, and what risks the new mechanism may bring.


The full version of the article is available in Ukrainian by the link.

 

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