Sustainability Report 2014 Lek d.d.

67 ture of recombinant proteins and/or biopharmaceuticals for human use. The Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC) Directive on integrated pollution prevention and control of industrial pollution, has been transposed into Slovenian law by the Regulation on activities and installations with major pollution potential. The European Union has brought the IPPC Directive together with six other directives related to in- dustrial emissions in a single Industrial Emissions Directive (IED). The Laviãka Collection is the most extensive pharmaceutical- -medical collection in Slovenia and is of exceptional cultural, educational and scientific value. The Government of the Re- public of Slovenia proclaimed the Laviãka Collection a cultural monument of national importance. Bohuslav Laviãka (1879-1942), an apothecary, master of pharmacy, was collecting items that comprise this collection through the contacts he had established over several dec- ades with all major European antique businesses and by doing so had created an almost complete collection of pharma- ceutical and medical accessories, artefacts and books. Due to the quality of its exhibits, the Laviãka Collection is one of the richest in Europe. Since 1978 it has been owned by Lek. It consists of two parts, the library and the pharma- ceutical-medical accessories collection. It contains more than 4,000 books and 500 items dating back to the period of early civilization up to the 20 th century. The collection that was first revealed and presented to the public in 1986 can be viewed on the first Thursday of every month at Lek’s headquarters in Ljubljana. Lek, a Sandoz company, significantly broadened access to this rich and unique source of knowledge by its digitization. The collection has been available in a digitalized form since march 2015 and nearly one thousand exhibits are now on view at http://www.lek.si/en/about-us/lavicka-collection/ . About the Laviãka Collection