[2] The Sevilla process is codified into law by Implementing Decision 2012/119/EU,[3] which contains detailed provisions on how to organize the information exchange, collect data, draw-up, review, and structure Best Available Techniques reference documents (BREFs).
'BAT conclusions' should be considered by EU Member States as reference when setting permit conditions for agro-industrial installations covered under the Industrial Emissions Directive.
The process owes its name to the city of Seville, Spain, where the Joint Research Centre steers the co-creation of environmental regulation on products, waste, and agro-industrial activities.
Approaches similar to the Sevilla processes are followed in the European Union in other policy domains, for example, to establish criteria for ecolabels, product design, and energy labels.
[7] Under this project, the OECD set up an expert group that shares best practices and provides guidance on how to establish BAT, BAT-associated emission and environmental performance levels, as well as BAT-based permitting systems for industrial installations.