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Sets BAT (Best Available Techniques) as the basis for emission limits across major industrial sectors.",[321],{"title":322,"url":323},"Wikipedia — Industrial Emissions Directive","https:\u002F\u002Fen.wikipedia.org\u002Fwiki\u002FIndustrial_Emissions_Directive","glossary\u002Findustrial-emissions-directive","MNARNMHkPCkJoQ6cvwepPa9PKodFxAzHonMaCpka1_c",{"id":327,"title":328,"aliases":329,"body":333,"category":192,"description":401,"extension":194,"meta":402,"navigation":196,"path":160,"relatedTerms":403,"seo":404,"sources":407,"stem":411,"term":412,"__hash__":413},"glossary\u002Fglossary\u002Fbimschv.md","BImSchV (13. + 17.)",[330,331,332],"13. BImSchV","17. BImSchV","Bundes-Immissionsschutzverordnung",{"type":55,"value":334,"toc":397},[335,344,363,367,381,383],[58,336,222,337,340,341,343],{},[61,338,339],{},"Bundes-Immissionsschutzverordnungen (BImSchV)"," are the German federal emissions ordinances implementing the EU ",[153,342,175],{"href":155}," and national air-quality law. 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