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►B COUNCILDIRECTIVE1999/13/EC
of11March1999
onthe limitation ofemissionsofvolatile organic compoundsduetothe useof organic solventsin
certain activities andinstallations
(OJL85,29.3.1999,p.1)
Amendedby:
OfficialJournal
No page date
►M1Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003 of the European Parliament and of the
Councilof29September2003L284 1 31.10.2003
Correctedby:
►C1Corrigendum,OJL188,21.7.1999,p.54(1999/13/EC)
►C2Corrigendum,OJL240,10.9.1999,p.24(1999/13/EC)
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COUNCILDIRECTIVE1999/13/EC
of11March1999
onthelimitationofemissionsofvolatileorganiccompoundsdueto
theuseoforganicsolventsincertain activities andinstallations
THECOUNCILOFTHEEUROPEANUNION,
HavingregardtotheTreatyestablishingtheEuropeanCommunity,andinparticularArticle130s(1)thereof,
HavingregardtotheproposalfromtheCommission(
1),
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee(2),
Acting inaccordance withthe procedure laid downinArticle 189cof
theTreaty(3),
(1)Whereas the European Community action programme on theenvironmentapprovedbytheCouncilandtherepresentatives ofthe Governments of the Member States meeting within the
Council by resolutions of 22 November 1973(
4), 17 May
1977(5), 7 February 1983(6), 19 October 1987(7) and 1
February 1993(8) stresses the importance of the prevention and
reductionofairpollution;
(2)Whereasinparticulartheresolutionof19October1987empha-sises the importance of Community action to concentrate, inter
alia, on implementation of appropriate standards in order to
ensure a high level of public health and environmental protec-tion;
(3)Whereas the European Community and its Member States areparties to the Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-RangeTransboundaryAirPollutionconcerningthecontrolofemissions
of volatile organic compounds in order to reduce their trans-
boundary fluxes and the fluxes of the resulting secondaryphotochemical oxidant products so as to protect human healthandtheenvironmentfromadverseeffects;
(4)Whereas pollution due to volatile organic compounds in oneMember State often influences the air and water of otherMemberStates;whereas,inaccordance withArticle130roftheTreaty,actionatCommunitylevelisnecessary;
(5)Whereas, because of their characteristics, the use of organicsolventsincertain activities andinstallations givesrisetoemis-sions of organic compounds into the air which can be harmful
for public health and/or contributes to the local and trans-
boundary formation of photochemical oxidants in the boundarylayerofthetropospherewhichcausedamagetonaturalresourcesof vital environmental and economic importance and, undercertain exposure conditions, has harmful effects on humanhealth;
(6)Whereas the high incidence of high tropospheric ozone concen-trations in recent years has triggered widespread concernregardingtheimpactonpublichealthandtheenvironment;1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—2
(1) OJC99,26.3.1997,p.32.
(2) OJC287,22.9.1997,p.55.
(3) OpinionoftheEuropeanParliamentof14January1998(OJC34,2.2.1998,
p.75),CouncilCommonPositionof16June1998(OJC248,7.8.1998,p.
1)andDecisionoftheEuropeanParliamentof21October1998(OJC341,
9.11.1998,p.70).
(4) OJC112,20.12.1973,p.1.
(5) OJC139,13.6.1977,p.1.
(6) OJC46,17.2.1983,p.1.
(7) OJC328,7.12.1987,p.1.
(8) OJC138,1.2.1993,p.1.
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(7)Whereas, therefore, preventive action is required to protect
public health and the environment against the consequences of
particularly harmful emissions from the use of organic solventsandtoguarantee citizens the righttoaclean andhealthy envir-onment;
(8)Whereas emissions of organic compounds can be avoided orreduced in many activities and installations because potentiallyless harmful substitutes are available or will become availablewithinthe coming years; whereas, whereappropriate substitutes
are not available, other technical measures should be taken to
reduceemissionsintotheenvironmentasmuchaseconomicallyandtechnicallyfeasible;
(9)Whereas the use of organic solvents and the emissions oforganic compounds which have the most serious effects onpublichealthshouldbereducedasmuchastechnicallyfeasible;
(10)Whereasinstallations andprocesseswhichfallunderthisDirec-tive should at least be registered if they are not subject toauthorisationunderCommunityornationallegislation;
(11)Whereas existing installations and activities should, whereappropriate, be adapted so that within an appropriate period
theymeettherequirementsestablishedfornewinstallationsand
activities; whereas that period should be consistent with thetimetable for compliance of Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention andcontrol(
1);
(12)Whereas the relevant parts of existing installations whichundergo substantial change must, as a matter of principle, meet
the new installation standards for the substantially changed
equipment;
(13)Whereas organic solvents are used by many different types ofinstallationsandactivitiessothat,inadditiontogeneralrequire-ments,specificrequirementsshouldbedefinedand,atthesametime, thresholds for the size of the installations or activitieswhichhavetocomplywiththisDirective;
(14)Whereas a high level of environmental protection requires thesetting and achievement of emission limits for organic
compounds and appropriate operating conditions, in accordance
withtheprincipleofbestavailabletechniques,forcertaininstal-lations and activities using organic solvents within theCommunity;
(15)Whereas in some cases Member States may exempt operatorsfrom complying with the emission limit values because othermeasures,suchastheuseoflow-solventorsolvent-freeproducts
ortechniques,providealternativemeansofachievingequivalent
emissionreductions;
(16)Whereas emission-limiting measures adopted before the entryinto force of this Directive should be taken into account in anappropriateway;
(17)Whereas alternative approaches to reduction may allow theobjectivesofthisDirectivetobeachievedmoreeffectivelythanbyimplementing uniformemissionlimit values; whereas,there-fore, Member States may exempt existing installations from
compliancewiththeemissionlimitsiftheyimplementanational
plan,whichwill,withinthetimetableforimplementationofthisDirective, lead to an at least equal reduction in emissions oforganiccompoundsfromtheseactivitiesandinstallations;
(18)Whereas existing installations falling under Directive 96/61/ECwhicharecoveredbyanationalplancanundernocircumstancesbe exempted from the provisions of that Directive, includingArticle9(4)thereof;1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—3
(1) OJL257,10.10.1996,p.26.
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(19)Whereas in many cases small and medium-sized, new and
existing installations may be allowed to comply with somewhat
lessstringentrequirementstomaintaintheircompetitiveness;
(20)Whereasfordrycleaningazerothresholdisappropriate,subjecttospecifiedexemptions;
(21)Whereas monitoring of emissions is required, including theapplication of measurement techniques, to assess the massconcentrations or the quantity of the pollutants whose releaseintotheenvironmentispermitted;
(22)Whereas operatorsshould reduce emissions of organic solvents,
including fugitive emissions, and of organic compounds;
whereas a solvent management plan is an important tool toverify this; whereas, although guidance may be given, thesolvent management plan isnotdeveloped to the stage where aCommunitymethodologycanbeestablished;
(23)Whereas Member States have to establish a procedure to befollowed and measures to be taken where emission limitationsareexceeded;
(24)WhereastheCommissionandtheMemberStatesshouldcollabo-rateinordertoensurethatinformationontheimplementationof
this Directive and on the progress of substitution options is
exchanged,
HASADOPTEDTHISDIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Purposeandscope
The purpose of this Directive is to prevent or reduce the direct and
indirect effects of emissions of volatile organic compounds into theenvironment, mainly into air, and the potential risks to human health,byprovidingmeasuresandprocedurestobeimplementedfortheactiv-
ities defined in Annex I, in so far as they are operated above the
solventconsumptionthresholdslistedinAnnexIIA.
Article 2
Definitions
ForthepurposesofthisDirective:1. installationshall meanastationarytechnicalunitwhereoneormore
activities falling within the scope defined in Article 1 are carriedout, and any other directly associated activities which have a tech-nical connection with the activities carried out on that site and
whichcouldhaveaneffectonemissions;
2. existing installationshall mean an installation in operation or, in
accordance with legislation existing before the date on which thisDirective is brought into effect, an installation which is authorisedorregisteredor,intheviewofthecompetent authority,thesubject
of a full request for authorisation, provided that the installation is
put into operation no later than one year after the date on whichthisDirectiveisbroughtintoeffect;
3. small installationshall mean an installation which falls within the
lower threshold band of items 1, 3, 4, 5, 8, 10, 13, 16 or 17 ofAnnex IIA or for the other activities of Annex IIA which have a
solventconsumptionoflessthan10tonnes/year;
4. substantialchange
— foraninstallationfallingwithinthescopeofDirective96/61/EC,
shallhavethedefinitionspecifiedinthatDirective,
— for a small installation, shall mean a change of the nominal
capacity leading to an increase of emissions of volatile organiccompounds of more than 25 %. Any change that may have, inthe opinion of the competent authority, significant negative1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—4
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effectsonhumanhealthortheenvironmentisalsoasubstantial
change,
— for all other installations, shall mean a change of the nominal
capacity leading to an increase of emissions of volatile organiccompounds of more than 10 %. Any change that may have, inthe opinion of the competent authority, significant negativeeffectsonhumanhealthortheenvironmentisalsoasubstantialchange;
5. competentauthorityshallmeantheauthorityorauthoritiesorbodies
responsible under the legal provisions of the Member States for
carryingouttheobligationsarisingfromthisDirective;
6. operatorshall mean any natural or legal person who operates or
controls the installation or, where this is provided for in nationallegislation, to whomdecisive econom ic power over the technicalfunctioningoftheinstallationhasbeendelegated;
7. authorisationshall mean a written decision by which the competent
authoritygrantspermissiontooperateallorpartofaninstallation;
8. registrationshall mean a procedure, specified in a legal act, invol-
vingatleastnotification tothecompetent authority bytheoperatorof the intention to operate an installation or activity falling withinthescopeofthisDirective;
9. emissionshall mean any discharge of volatile organic compounds
fromaninstallationintotheenvironment;
10. fugitive emissionsshall mean any emissions not in waste gases of
volatile organic compounds into air, soil and water as well as,
unless otherwise stated in Annex IIA, solvents contained in anyproducts. They include uncaptured emissions released to theoutside environment via windows, doors, vents and similar open-ings;
11. wastegasesshallmeanthefinalgaseousdischargecontainingvola-
tile organic compounds or other pollutants, from a stack or
abatement equipment into air. The volumetric flow rates shall be
expressedinm
3/hatstandardconditions;
12. totalemissionsshallmeanthesumoffugitiveemissionsandemis-
sionsinwastegases;
13. emission limit valueshall mean the mass of volatile organic
compounds, expressed in terms of certain specific parameters,concentration, percentage and/or level of an emission, calculatedat standard conditions, N,which may not be exceeded during oneormoreperiodsoftime;
14. substancesshallmeananychemical elementanditscompounds,as
theyoccurinthenaturalstateorasproducedbyindustry,whether
insolidorliquidorgaseousform;
15. preparationshall mean mixtures or solutions composed of two or
moresubstances;
16. organiccompoundshallmeananycompoundcontainingatleastthe
element carbon and one or more of hydrogen, halogens, oxygen,
sulphur, phosphorus, silicon or nitrogen, with the exception ofcarbonoxidesandinorganiccarbonatesandbicarbonates;
17. volatile organic compound (VOC)shall mean any organic
compound having at 293,15 K a vapour pressure of 0,01 kPa ormore, or having a corresponding volatility under the particularconditions of use. For the purpose of this Directive, the fraction
of creosote which exceeds this value of vapour pressure at
293,15KshallbeconsideredasaVOC;
18. organic solventshall mean any VOC which is used alone or in
combinationwithotheragents,andwithoutundergoingachemicalchange,todissolverawmaterials,productsorwastematerials,orisused as a cleaning agent to dissolve contaminants, or as adissolver,orasadispersionmedium,orasaviscosityadjuster,orasasurfacetensionadjuster,oraplasticiser,orasapreservative;1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—5
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19. halogenated organic solventshall mean an organic solvent which
contains atleastoneatomofbromine,chlorine, fluorineoriodinepermolecule;
20. coatingshall mean any preparation, including all the organic
solvents or preparations containing organic solvents necessary forits proper application, which is used to provide a decorative,protectiveorotherfunctionaleffectonasurface;
21. adhesiveshall mean any preparation, including all the organic
solvents or preparations containing organic solvents necessary for
its proper application, which is used to adhere separate parts of aproduct;
22. inkshall mean a preparation, including all the organic solvents or
preparations containing organic solvents necessary for its properapplication, which is usedin a printing activity to impress text or
imagesontoasurface;
23. varnishshallmeanatransparentcoating;24. consumptionshall mean the total input of organic solvents into an
installation per calendar year, or any other 12-month period, lessanyVOCsthatarerecoveredforreuse;
25. inputshallmeanthequantityoforganicsolventsandtheirquantity
in preparations used when carrying out an activity, including the
solvents recycled inside and outside the installation, and whicharecountedeverytimetheyareusedtocarryouttheactivity;
26. reuse of organic solventsshall mean the use of organic solvents
recovered from an installation for any technical or commercialpurposeandincludinguseasafuelbutexcludingthefinaldisposal
ofsuchrecoveredorganicsolventaswaste;
27. mass flowshall mean the quantity of VOCs released, in unit of
mass/hour;
28. nominal capacityshall mean the maximum mass input of organic
solventsbyaninstallationaveragedoveroneday,iftheinstallationis operated under conditions of normal operation at its design
output;
29. normaloperationshall meanallperiodsofoperationofaninstalla-
tion or activity except start-up and shut-down operations andmaintenanceofequipment;
30. containedconditionsshallmeanconditionsunderwhichaninstalla-
tionisoperated suchthatthe VOCsreleased fromtheactivity are
collected and discharged in a controlled way either via a stack or
abatementequipmentandarethereforenotentirelyfugitive;
31. standard conditionsshall mean a temperature of 273,15 K and a
pressureof101,3kPa;
32. averageover24hoursshallmeanthearithmeticaverageofallvalid
readingstakenduringthe24-hourperiodofnormaloperation;
33. start-up and shut-down operationsshall mean operations whilst
bringing an activity, an equipment item or a tank into or out ofservice or into or out of an idling state. Regularly oscillatingactivity phases are not to be considered as start-ups and shut-downs.
Article 3
Obligationsapplyingtonewinstallations
MemberStatesshalladoptthenecessarymeasurestoensurethat:
1. allnewinstallationscomplywithArticles5,8and9;
2. all new installations not covered by Directive 96/61/EC are regis-
teredorundergoauthorisationbeforebeingputintooperation.1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—6
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Article 4
Obligationsapplyingtoexistinginstallations
Without prejudice to Directive 96/61/EC, Member States shall adopt
thenecessarymeasurestoensurethat:
1. existing installations comply with Articles 5, 8 and 9 no later than
31October2007;
2. allexisting installations musthavebeenregisteredorauthorised by
31October2007atthelatest;
3. thoseinstallationstobeauthorisedorregisteredusingthereduction
schemeofAnnexIIBnotifythistothecompetentauthoritiesby31
October2005atthelatest;
4. whereaninstallation:
— undergoesasubstantialchange,or
— comes within the scope of this Directive for the first time
followingasubstantialchange,
that part of the installation which undergoes the substantial change
shallbetreatedeitherasanewinstallationorasanexistinginstalla-
tion, provided that the total emissions of the whole installation do
not exceed those that would have resulted had the substantiallychangedpartbeentreatedasanewinstallation.
Article 5
Requirements
1. Member States shall take the appropriate measures, either by
specification in the conditions of the authorisation or by general
bindingrulestoensurethatparagraphs2to12arecompliedwith.
2. Allinstallationsshallcomplywith:
(a) either the emission limit values in waste gases and the fugitive
emission values, or the total emission limit values, and otherrequirementslaiddowninAnnexIIA;
or
(b) therequirementsofthereductionschemespecifiedinAnnexIIB.
3. (a) Forfugitiveemissions,MemberStatesshallapplyfugitiveemis-
sionvaluestoinstallationsasanemissionlimitvalue.However,where it is demonstrated to the satisfaction of the competentauthoritythatforanindividualinstallationthisvalueisnottech-
nically and economically feasible, the competent authority can
make an exception for such an individual installation providedthat significant risks to human health or the environment arenot to be expected. For each derogation, the operator mustdemonstrate to the satisfaction of the competent authority thatthebestavailabletechniqueisbeingused;
(b) activities which cannot be operated under contained conditions
may be exempted from the controls of Annex IIA, when thispossibility isexplicitly mentioned inthat Annex.Thereduction
scheme of Annex IIB is then to be used, unless it is demon-
strated to the satisfaction of the competent authority that thisoption is not technically and economically feasible. In thiscase, the operator must demonstrate to the satisfaction of thecompetent authority that the best available technique is beingused.
Member States shall report to the Commission on the derogation
concerningparagraphs(a)and(b)inaccordancewithArticle11.
4. For installations not using the reduction scheme, any abatement
equipment installed after the date on which this Directive is broughtintoeffectshallmeetalltherequirementsofAnnexIIA.1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—7
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5. Installationswheretwoormoreactivitiesarecarriedout,eachof
whichexceedsthethresholdsinAnnexIIAshall:
(a) asregards the substancesspecified inparagraphs 6,7and8,meet
therequirementsofthoseparagraphsforeachactivityindividually;
(b) asregardsallothersubstances,either:
(i) meet the requirements of paragraph 2 for each activity indivi-
dually;or
(ii) have total emissions not exceeding those that would have
resultedhadpoint(i)beenapplied.
6. Substances or preparations which, because of their content of
VOCs classified as carcinogens, mutagens, or toxic to reproductionunder Directive 67/548/EEC(
1), are assigned or need to carry the risk
phrasesR45,R46,R49,R60,R61,shallbereplaced,asfaraspossible
and bytaking into account the guidance as mentioned in Article 7(1),bylessharmful substancesorpreparations withintheshortestpossibletime.
7. FordischargesoftheVOCsreferredtoinparagraph6,wherethe
massflowofthesumofthecompoundscausingthelabelling referredto in that paragraph is greater than, or equal to, 10 g/h, an emission
limit value of 2 mg/Nm
3shall be complied with. The emission limit
valuereferstothemasssumoftheindividualcompounds.
8. Fordischarges ofhalogenated VOCswhichareassignedthe risk
phraseR40,wherethemassflowofthesumofthecompoundscausingthelabellingR40isgreaterthan,orequalto,100g/h,anemissionlimitvalue of20mg/Nm
3shallbecomplied with.Theemissionlimit value
referstothemasssumoftheindividualcompounds.
The discharge of VOCs referred to in paragraphs 6 and 8 shall be
controlledasemissionsfromaninstallationundercontainedconditions
as far as technically and economically feasible to safeguard publichealthandtheenvironment.
9. DischargesofthoseVOCswhich,aftertheentryintoforceofthis
Directive, are assigned or need to carry one of the risk phrasesmentionedinparagraphs6and8,shallhavetocomplywiththeemis-sionlimitvaluesmentionedinparagraphs7and8respectively, within
theshortestpossibletime.
10. Allappropriateprecautionsshallbetakentominimiseemissions
duringstart-upandshut-down.
11. Existing installations which operate existing abatement equip-
mentandcomplywiththefollowingemissionlimitvalues:
— 50mgC/Nm
3inthecaseofincineration,
— 150mgC/Nm3inthecaseofanyotherabatementequipment,
shallbeexemptfromthewastegasesemissionlimitvaluesinthetable
in Annex IIA for a period of 12 years after the date referred to inArticle 15, provided the total emissions of the whole installation donot exceed those that would have resulted had all the requirements of
thetablebeenmet.
12. Neither the reduction scheme nor the application of paragraph
11 nor Article 6 exempt installations discharging substances specified
inparagraphs6,7and8fromfulfillingtherequirementsofthosepara-graphs.
13. Where a risk assessment is carried out in accordance with
Council Regulation (EEC) No 793/93(
2) and Commission Regulation
(EC)No1488/94(3)orCouncilDirective67/548/EECandCommission
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(1) OJ196,16.8.1967,p.1.DirectiveaslastamendedbyCommissionDirective
98/98/EC(OJL355,30.12.1998,p.1).
(2) OJL84,5.4.1993,p.1.
(3) OJL161,29.6.1994,p.3.
(4) OJL227,8.9.1993,p.9.
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R40, R60 or R61 which are controlled under this Directive, the
Commission shall consider the conclusions of the risk assessment andshalltakethenecessarymeasuresasappropriate.
Article 6
Nationalplans
1. Without prejudice to Directive 96/61/EC, Member States may
define and implement national plans for reducing emissions from theactivities and industrial installations covered by Article 1, excluding
activities 4and11of AnnexIIA.Noneofthe other activities may be
excludedfromthescopeofthisDirectivebymeansofanationalplan.TheseplansshallresultinareductionoftheannualemissionsofVOCsfromexisting installations covered by this Directive by at least thesame amount and within the same time frame as would have beenachieved by applying the emission limits under Article 5(2) and (3)
and Annex II, during the validity period of the national plan. The
nationalplan,ifnecessaryupdated,willberesubmittedtotheCommis-sioneverythreeyears.
A Member State which defines and implements national plans may
exemptexistinginstallationsfromimplementationoftheemissionlimitvalueslaiddowninArticle5(2)and(3)andAnnexII.Anationalplanmay under no circumstances exempt an existing installation from the
provisionslaiddowninDirective96/61/EC.
2. Anationalplanshallincludealistofthemeasurestakenortobe
takentoensurethattheaimspecifiedinparagraph1willbeachieved,
including details of the proposed plan monitoring mechanism. It shallalso include binding interimreduction targets against which progresstowardstheaimcanbemeasured.Itshallbecompatiblewiththerele-vant existing Community legislation, including the relevant provisions
ofthisDirective,andshallinclude:
— an identification of the activity or activities to which the plan
applies,
— thereductioninemissionstobeachievedbythoseactivities which
corresponds to that which would have been achieved by applyingtheemissionlimitsasspecifiedinparagraph1,
— thenumberofinstallationsaffectedbytheplanandtheirtotalemis-
sionsandthetotalemissionofeachoftheactivities.
The plan shall also include a full description of the range of instru-
ments through which its requirements will be achieved, evidence thatthese instruments will be enforceable and details of the means bywhichcompliancewiththeplanwillbedemonstrated.
3. TheMemberStateshallsubmittheplantotheCommission.The
plan must be accompanied by supporting documentation sufficient to
verify that the aimof paragraph 1 will be achieved, including any
documentation specifically requested by the Commission. Existinginstallations undergoing a substantial change shall remain within thescope of the national plan, provided that they were part of this planbeforeundergoingsuchsubstantialchange.
4. The Member State shall designate a national authority for the
collection and evaluation of the information required by paragraph 3andfortheimplementationofthenationalplan.
5. (a) The Commission shall inform the committee referred to in
Article 13 of the criteria for assessing national plans, one year
aftertheentryintoforceofthisDirectiveatthelatest.
(b) IftheCommission,inconsideringtheplan,theresubmittedplan,
orinconsideringtheprogressreportssubmittedbytheMemberStateunderArticle11,isnotsatisfiedthattheobjectivesofthe
plan will be achieved within the prescribed period, it shall
inform the Member State and the committee referred to inArticle 13 of its opinion and of the reasons for reaching suchan opinion. It shall do so within six months of receipt of theplanorreport.TheMemberStateshallthennotifytheCommis-sion and inform the committee, within three months, of the1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—9
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correctivemeasuresitwilltakeinordertoensurethattheobjec-
tivesareachieved.
6. If the Commission decides within six months of the notification
of the corrective measures that those measures are insufficient to
ensure that the objective of the plan is achieved within the prescribedperiod,theMemberStateshallbeobligedtosatisfytherequirementsofArticle 5(2) and (3) and Annex II within the period specified in thisDirective in the case of existing installations. The Commission shall
informthecommitteereferredtoinArticle13ofitsdecision.
Article 7
Substitution
1. The Commission shall ensure that an exchange of information
between Member States and the activities concerned on the use oforganic substances and their potential substitutes takes place. It shallconsiderthequestionsof:
— fitnessforuse,
— potential effects on human health and occupational exposure in
particular;
— potentialeffectsontheenvironment,and— theeconomic consequences, inparticular, the costsandbenefits of
theoptionsavailable,
withaviewtoprovidingguidanceontheuseofsubstancesandtechni-
ques which have the least potential effects on air, water, soil,
ecosystemsandhumanhealth.Followingtheexchangeofinformation,
theCommissionshallpublishguidanceforeachactivity.
2. MemberStatesshallensurethattheguidancereferredtoinpara-
graph 1 is taken into account during authorisation and during theformulationofgeneralbindingrules.
Article 8
Monitoring
1. MemberStatesshallintroduceanobligationfortheoperatorofan
installationcoveredbythisDirectivetosupplythecompetentauthority
once a year or on request with data that enables the competentauthoritytoverifycompliancewiththisDirective.
2. Member States shall ensure that channels to which abatement
equipmentisconnected,andwhichatthefinalpointofdischargeemit
morethananaverageof10kg/hoftotalorganiccarbon,aremonitored
continuouslyforcompliance.
3. Intheothercases,MemberStatesshallensurethateithercontin-
uous or periodic measurements are carried out. For periodicmeasurements at least three readings shall be obtained during eachmeasurementexercise.
4. Measurements are not required in the case where end-of-pipe
abatementequipmentisnotneededtocomplywiththisDirective.
5. The Commission shall organise an exchange of information on
the use of solvent management plans in Member States based on thedata for the implementation of this Directive in the three yearsfollowingthedatereferredtoinArticle15.
Article 9
Compliancewithemissionlimitvalues
1. Compliancewiththefollowingshallbedemonstratedtothesatis-
factionofthecompetentauthority:
— emission limit values in waste gases, fugitive emission values and
totalemissionlimitvalues,
— therequirementsofthereductionschemeunderAnnexIIB,
— theprovisionsofArticle5(3).1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—10
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Guidance is provided in Annex III on solvent management plans
servingtodemonstratecompliancewiththeseparameters.
Gas volumes may be added to the waste gas for cooling or dilution
purposes where technically justified but shall not be considered whendeterminingthemassconcentrationofthepollutantinthewastegas.
2. Followingasubstantialchange,complianceshallbereverified.3. Inthecaseofcontinuousmeasurementstheemissionlimitvalues
shallbeconsideredtobecompliedwithif:
(a) noneoftheaveragesover24hoursofnormaloperationexceedsthe
emissionlimitvalues,and
(b) none of the hourly averages exceeds the emission limit values by
morethanafactorof1,5.
4. In the case of periodic measurements the emission limit values
shallbeconsideredtobecompliedwithif,inonemonitoringexercise:
(a) the average of all the readings does notexceed the emission limit
values,and
(b) none of the hourly averages exceeds the emission limit value by
morethanafactorof1,5.
5. Compliance with the provisions of Article 5(7) and (8) shall be
verifiedonthebasisofthesumofthemassconcentrationsoftheindi-
vidual volatile organic compounds concerned. For all other cases,
compliance shall be verified on the basis of the total mass of organiccarbonemittedunlessotherwisespecifiedinAnnexIIA.
Article 10
Non-compliance
Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that, if it is
foundthattherequirementsofthisDirectivehavebeenbreached:
(a) theoperatorinformsthecompetentauthorityandtakesmeasuresto
ensurethatcomplianceisrestoredwithintheshortestpossibletime;
(b) in cases of non-compliance causing immediate danger to human
health and as long as compliance is not restored under the condi-tionsofparagraph(a),operationoftheactivityissuspended.
Article 11
Informationsystemsandreporting
1. Atintervalsofthreeyears,MemberStatesshallsendinformation
totheCommissionontheimplementationofthisDirectiveintheformof a report. The report shall be drawn up on the basis of a question-naire or outline drafted by the Commission in accordance with theprocedure laid down in Article 6 of Directive 91/692/EEC(
1). The
questionnaireoroutlineshallbesenttotheMemberStatessixmonths
beforethestartoftheperiodcoveredbythereport.Thereportshallbemade to the Commission within nine months of the end of the three-year period covered by it. Member States shall publish the reportsproducedatthesametime astheyaretransmitted totheCommission,
subjecttotherestrictionslaiddowninArticle3(2)and(3)ofDirective
90/313/EEC(
2).Thefirstreportshallcovertheperiodofthefirstthree
yearsafterthedatereferredtoinArticle15.
2. Theinformation submittedunderparagraph1shall,inparticular,
include sufficient representative data to demonstrate that the require-ments of Article 5 and as the case may be, the requirements ofArticle6havebeencompliedwith.
3. TheCommissionshalldrawupareportontheimplementationof
thisDirective onthe basisofthe data provided bythe MemberStates1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—11
(1) OJL377,31.12.1991,p.48.
(2) OJL158,23.6.1990,p.56.
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at the latest five years after the first reports are submitted by the
Member States. The Commission shall submit this report to theEuropean Parliament and the Council, accompanied by proposals if
necessary.
Article 12
Publicaccesstoinformation
1. Without prejudice toDirective 90/313/EEC,MemberStatesshall
take the necessary measures to ensure that at least applications forauthorisation for new installations or for substantial changes of thoseinstallations requiring a permit under Directive 96/61/EC are madeavailable for an appropriate period of time to the public, to enable it
tocommentonthembeforethecompetentauthorityreachesadecision.
WithoutprejudicetoDirective96/61/EC,noobligationtoreformattheinformationforthepublicisimplied.
The decision of the competent authority, including at least a copy of
the authorisation, and any subsequent updates, must also be made
availabletothepublic.
The general binding rules applicable for installations and the list of
registered and authorised activities shall be made available to thepublic.
2. Theresultsofemission-monitoringasrequiredundertheauthori-
sationorregistrationconditionsreferredtoinArticles8and9andheldbythecompetentauthoritymustbemadeavailabletothepublic.
3. Paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply, subject to the restrictions
regardinggroundsforrefusalbypublicauthoritiestoprovideinforma-tion, including commercial and industrial confidentiality, laid down inArticle3(2)and(3)ofDirective90/313/EEC.
Article 13
1. TheCommissionshallbeassistedbyacommittee.
2. WherereferenceismadetothisArticle,Articles3and7ofDeci-
sion 1999/468/EC(
1) shall apply, having regard to the provisions of
Article8thereof.
3. TheCommitteeshalladoptitsrulesofprocedure.
Article 14
Sanctions
MemberStatesshalldetermine thesanctionsapplicable tobreaches of
thenationalprovisionsadoptedpursuanttothisDirectiveandshalltakeall necessary measures for their implementation. The sanctions deter-mined must be effective, proportionate and dissuasive. Member States
shallnotifytheseprovisionstotheCommissionatthelatestbythedate
mentioned in Article 15,and shall notify any subsequent modificationofthemassoonaspossible.
Article 15
Transposition
1. Member States shall bring into force the laws, regulations and
administrative provisions necessary to comply with this Directive►
C2notlater than1April2001. ◄They shallforthwith informthe
Commissionthereof.1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—12
(1) CouncilDecision1999/468/ECof28June1999layingdowntheprocedures
forthe exercise ofimplementing powersconferred onthe Commission(OJ
L184,17.7.1999,p.23).▼M1
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▼B
WhenMemberStatesadoptthesemeasures,theyshallcontainarefer-
ence tothisDirective orshallbeaccompanied bysuchareference ontheoccasionoftheirofficialpublication.Themethodsofmakingsuch
areferenceshallbelaiddownbytheMemberStates.
2. MemberStatesshallcommunicate totheCommissionthetextof
the main provisions of national law which they adopt in the fieldcoveredbythisDirective.
Article 16
Entryintoforce
ThisDirectiveshallenterintoforceonthedayofitspublicationinthe
Official Journal of the European Communities .
Article 17
Addressees
ThisDirectiveisaddressedtotheMemberStates.1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—13
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ANNEX I
SCOPE
This Annex contains the categories of activity referred to in Article 1. When
operated above the thresholds listed in Annex IIA, the activities mentioned in
this Annex fall within the scope of the Directive. In each case the activity
includes the cleaning of the equipment but not the cleaning of products unless
specifiedotherwise.
Adhesive coating
— Anyactivityinwhichanadhesiveisappliedtoasurface,withtheexception
ofadhesivecoatingandlaminatingassociatedwithprintingactivities.
Coating activity
— Anyactivity in whicha single or multiple application of a continuous film
ofacoatingisappliedto:
— vehiclesaslistedbelow:
— new cars, defined as vehicles of category M1 in Directive 70/156/
EEC(1),andofcategoryN1insofarastheyarecoatedatthesame
installationasM1vehicles,
— truckcabins,definedasthehousingforthedriver,andallintegrated
housingforthetechnicalequipment,ofvehiclesofcategoriesN2and
N3inDirective70/156/EEC,
— vansandtrucks,definedasvehiclesofcategoriesN1,N2andN3in
Directive70/156/EEC,butnotincludingtruckcabins,
— buses,definedasvehiclesofcategoriesM2andM3inDirective70/
156/EEC,
— trailers, defined in categories O1, O2, O3 and O4 in Directive 70/156/
EEC,
— metallicandplasticsurfacesincludingsurfacesofairplanes,ships,trains,
etc.,
— woodensurfaces,
— textile,fabric,filmandpapersurfaces,— leather.
It does not include the coating of substrate with metals by electrophoretic
and chemical spraying techniques. If the coating activity includes a step in
which the same article is printed by whatever technique used, that printing
step is considered part of the coating activity. However, printing activities
operatedasaseparateactivity arenotincluded, butmaybecoveredbythe
Directiveiftheprintingactivityfallswithinthescopethereof.
Coil coating
— Anyactivitywherecoiledsteel,stainlesssteel,coatedsteel,copperalloysor
aluminiumstripiscoatedwitheitherafilmformingorlaminatecoatingina
continuousprocess.
Dry cleaning
— AnyindustrialorcommercialactivityusingVOCsinaninstallationtoclean
garments, furnishing and similar consumer goods with the exception of the
manualremovalofstainsandspotsinthetextileandclothingindustry.
Footwear manufacture
— Anyactivityofproducingcompletefootwearorpartsthereof.
Manufacturing of coating preparations, varnishes, inks and adhesives
— The manufacture of the above final products, and of intermediates where
carried out at the same site, by mixing of pigments, resins and adhesive
materials with organic solvent or other carrier, including dispersion and
predispersion activities, viscosity and tint adjustments and operations for
fillingthefinalproductintoitscontainer.1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—14
(1) OJL42,23.2.1970,p.1.DirectiveaslastamendedbyDirective97/27/EC(OJL233,
25.8.1997,p.1).
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Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products
— The chemical synthesis, fermentation, extraction, formulation and finishing
ofpharmaceuticalproductsandwherecarriedoutatthesamesite,themanu-
factureofintermediateproducts.
Printing
— Anyreproductionactivityoftextand/orimagesinwhich,withtheuseofan
image carrier, ink is transferred onto whatever type of surface. It includes
associated varnishing, coating and laminating techniques. However, only
thefollowingsub-processesaresubjecttotheDirective:
—flexography—aprintingactivity usinganimagecarrierofrubberor
elasticphotopolymersonwhichtheprintingareasareabovethenon-
printingareas,usingliquidinkswhichdrythroughevaporation,
—heatset web offset —a web-fed printing activity using an image
carrier in which the printing and non-printing area are in the same
plane,whereweb-fedmeansthatthematerial tobeprintedisfedto
the m achine froma reel as distinct fromseparate sheets. The non-
printing area is treated to attract water and thus reject ink. The
printing area is treated to receive and transmit ink to the surface to
beprinted.Evaporationtakesplaceinanovenwherehotairisused
toheattheprintedmaterial,
—laminating associated to a printing activity —the adhering together
oftwoormoreflexiblematerialstoproducelaminates,
—publication rotogravure —a rotogravure printing activity used for
printing paper for magazines, brochures, catalogues or similar
products,usingtoluene-basedinks,
—rotogravure—aprintingactivity usingacylindrical imagecarrier in
which the printing area is below the non-printing area, using liquid
inkswhichdrythroughevaporation.Therecessesarefilledwithink
andthesurplusiscleanedoffthenon-printingareabeforethesurface
tobeprintedcontactsthecylinderandliftstheinkfromtherecesses,
—rotary screen printing —aweb-fedprintingactivityinwhichtheink
ispassedontothesurfacetobeprintedbyforcingitthroughaporous
imagecarrier,inwhichtheprintingareaisopenandthenon-printing
areaissealedoff,usingliquidinkswhichdryonlythroughevapora-
tion. Web-fed means that the material to be printed is fed to the
machinefromareelasdistinctfromseparatesheets,
—varnishing—an activity by which a varnish or an adhesive coating
for the purpose of later sealing the packaging material is applied to
aflexiblematerial.
Rubber conversion
— Anyactivityofmixing,milling,blending,calendering, extrusionandvulca-
nisation of natural or synthetic rubber and any ancillary operations for
convertingnaturalorsyntheticrubberintoafinishedproduct.
Surface cleaning
— Anyactivityexceptdrycleaningusingorganicsolventstoremovecontami-
nationfromthesurfaceofmaterialincludingdegreasing.Acleaningactivity
consisting of more than one step before or after any other activity shall be
considered as one surface cleaning activity. This activity does not refer to
thecleaningoftheequipmentbuttothecleaningofthesurfaceofproducts.
Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining activities
— Anyactivitytoextractvegetableoilfromseedsandothervegetablematter,
theprocessingofdryresiduestoproduceanimalfeed,thepurificationoffats
and vegetable oils derived from seeds, vegetable matter and/or animal
matter.
Vehicle refinishing
— Any industrial or commercial coating activity and associated degreasing
activitiesperforming:
— thecoatingofroadvehiclesasdefinedinDirective70/156/EEC,orpart
ofthem,carriedoutaspartofvehiclerepair,conservationordecoration
outsideofmanufacturinginstallations,or
— theoriginalcoatingofroadvehiclesasdefinedinDirective70/156/EEC
orpartofthemwithrefinishing-typematerials,wherethisiscarriedout
awayfromtheoriginalmanufacturingline,or1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—15
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— thecoatingoftrailers(includingsemi-trailers)(categoryO).
Winding wire coating
— Any coating activity of metallic conductors used for winding the coils in
transformersandmotors,etc.
Wood impregnation
— Anyactivitygivingaloadingofpreservativeintimber.
Wood and plastic lamination
— Any activity to adhere together wood and/or plastic to produce laminated
products.1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—16
ANNEX IIA
I.THRESHOLDSANDEMISSIONCONTROLS
Activity
(solventconsumptionthresholdintonnes/year)Threshold
(solventconsumption
thresholdintonnes/
year)Emissionlimit
valuesinwaste
gases(mgC/Nm3)Fugitiveemissionvalues(percentage
ofsolventinput)Totalemissionlimitvalues
Specialprovisions
New Existing New Existing
1 Heatsetweboffsetprinting
(>15)15—25 100 30(1)(1) Solventresidueinfinishedproductis
nottobeconsideredaspartoffugi-
tiveemissions.
>25 20 30(1)
2 Publicationrotogravure
(>25)75 10 15
3 Otherrotogravure,flexography,rotary
screenprinting,laminatingorvarnishing
units(>15)rotaryscreenprintingon
textile/cardboard
(>30)15—25 100 25 (1) Threshold for rotary screen printing
ontextileandoncardboard.
>25 100 20
>30(1) 100 20
4 Surfacecleaning(1)
(>1)1—5 20(2)1 5 (1) UsingcompoundsspecifiedinArticle
5(6)and(8).
(2) Limitreferstomassofcompoundsin
mg/Nm3,andnottototalcarbon.
>5 20(2)1 0
5 Othersurfacecleaning
(>2)2—10 75(1)2 0 (1)(1) Installations which demonstrate to
thecompetentauthoritythatthe
averageorganicsolventcontentofall
cleaningmaterialuseddoesnot
exceed30%byweightareexempt
fromapplicationofthesevalues.
>10 75(1)1 5 (1)▼B1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—17
Activity
(solventconsumptionthresholdintonnes/year)Threshold
(solventconsumption
thresholdintonnes/
year)Emissionlimit
valuesinwaste
gases(mgC/Nm3)Fugitiveemissionvalues(percentage
ofsolventinput)Totalemissionlimitvalues
Specialprovisions
New Existing New Existing
6 Vehiclecoating(<15)andvehiclerefin-
ishing>0,5 50(1)2 5 (1) Compliance in accordance with
Article9(3)shouldbedemonstrated
basedon15minuteaverage
measurements.
7 Coilcoating
(>25)50(1) 5 10 (1) For installations which use techni-
queswhichallowreuseofrecovered
solvents,theemissionlimitshallbe
150.
8 Othercoating,includingmetal,plastic,
textile(5),fabric,filmandpapercoating
(>5)5—15 100(1)(4) ►C225(4)◄ (1) Emission limit value applies to
coatingapplicationanddrying
processesoperatedundercontained
conditions.
(2) Thefirstemissionlimitvalueapplies
todryingprocesses,thesecondto
coatingapplicationprocesses.
(3) Fortextilecoatinginstallationswhich
usetechniqueswhichallowreuseof
recoveredsolvents,theemissionlimit
appliedtocoatingapplicationand
dryingprocessestakentogethershall
be150.
(4) Coating activities which cannot be
appliedundercontainedconditions
(suchasshipbuilding,aircraft
painting)maybeexemptedfrom
thesevalues,inaccordancewith
Article5(3)(b).
(5) Rotary screen printing on textile is
coveredbyactivityNo3.
>15 50/75(2)(3)(4)2 0 (4)
9 Windingwirecoating
(>5)10g/kg(1)(1) Applies for installations where
averagediameterofwire ≤0,1mm.
(2) Appliesforallotherinstallations.▼B1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—18
Activity
(solventconsumptionthresholdintonnes/year)Threshold
(solventconsumption
thresholdintonnes/
year)Emissionlimit
valuesinwaste
gases(mgC/Nm3)Fugitiveemissionvalues(percentage
ofsolventinput)Totalemissionlimitvalues
Specialprovisions
New Existing New Existing
5g/kg(2)
10 Coatingofwoodensurfaces
(>15)15—25 100(1)2 5 (1) Emission limit applies to coating
applicationanddryingprocesses
operatedundercontainedconditions.
(2) The first value applies to drying
processes,thesecondtocoating
applicationprocesses.
>25 50/75(2)2 0
11 Drycleaning 20g/kg(1)(2)(3)(1) Expressedinmassofsolventemitted
perkilogramofproductcleanedand
dried.
(2) The emission limit in Article 5(8)
doesnotapplyforthissector.
(3) The following exemption refers only
toGreece:thetotalemissionlimit
valuedoesnotapply,foraperiodof
12yearsafterthedateonwhichthis
Directiveisbroughtintoeffect,to
existinginstallationslocatedin
remoteareasand/orislands,witha
populationofnomorethan
2000permanentinhabitantswhere
theuseofadvancedtechnology
equipmentisnoteconomically
feasible.
12 Woodimpregnation
(>25)100(1) 45 11kg/m3(1) Doesnotapplyforimpregnationwith
creosote.
13 Coatingofleather
(>10)10—25 85g/m2Emissionlimitsareexpressedingramsof
solventemittedperm2ofproduct
produced. >25 75g/m2
>10(1) 150g/m2(1) For leather coating activities in
furnishingandparticularleather▼B1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—19
Activity
(solventconsumptionthresholdintonnes/year)Threshold
(solventconsumption
thresholdintonnes/
year)Emissionlimit
valuesinwaste
gases(mgC/Nm3)Fugitiveemissionvalues(percentage
ofsolventinput)Totalemissionlimitvalues
Specialprovisions
New Existing New Existing
goodsusedassmallconsumergoods
likebags,belts,wallets,etc.
14 Footwearmanufacture
(>5)25gperpair Totalemissionlimitvaluesareexpressed
ingramsofsolventemittedperpairof
completefootwearproduced.
15 Woodandplasticlamination
(>5)30g/m2
16 Adhesivecoating
(>5)5—15 50(1)2 5 (1) If techniques are used which allow
reuseofrecoveredsolvent,theemis-
sionlimitvalueinwastegasesshall
be150.
>15 50(1)2 0
17 Manufactureofcoatingpreparations,
varnishes,inksandadhesives
(>100)100—1000 150 5 5%ofsolventinput Thefugitiveemissionvaluedoesnot
includesolventsoldaspartofacoatings
preparationinasealedcontainer. >1000 150 3 3%ofsolventinput
18 Rubberconversion
(>15)20(1)2 5 (2) 25%ofsolventinput (1) If techniques are used which allow
reuseofrecoveredsolvent,theemis-
sionlimitvalueinwastegasesshall
be150.
(2) Thefugitiveemissionvaluedoesnot
includesolventsoldaspartof
productsorpreparationsinasealed
container.
19 Vegetableoilandanimalfatextraction
andvegetableoilrefiningactivities
(>10)Animalfat:
1,5kg/tonne
Castor:
3kg/tonne
Rapeseed:
1kg/tonne
Sunflowerseed:(1) Totalemissionlimitvaluesforinstal-
lationsprocessingindividualbatches
ofseedsandothervegetablematter
shouldbesetbythecompetent
authorityonacase-by-casebasis,
applyingthebestavailabletechni-
ques.
(2) Applies toall fractionation processes▼B1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—20
Activity
(solventconsumptionthresholdintonnes/year)Threshold
(solventconsumption
thresholdintonnes/
year)Emissionlimit
valuesinwaste
gases(mgC/Nm3)Fugitiveemissionvalues(percentage
ofsolventinput)Totalemissionlimitvalues
Specialprovisions
New Existing New Existing
1kg/tonne
Soyabeans(normalcrush):
0,8kg/tonne
Soyabeans(whiteflakes):
1,2kg/tonne
Otherseedsandother
vegetablematter:
3kg/tonne(1)
1,5kg/tonne(2)
4kg/tonne(3)excludingde-gumming(theremoval
ofgumsfromtheoil).
(3) Appliestode-gumming.
20 Manufacturingofpharmaceutical
products
(>50)20(1)5 (2)1 5 (2)5 % o f
solvent
input15%of
solvent
input(1) If techniques are used which allow
reuseofrecoveredsolvent,theemis-
sionlimitvalueinwastegasesshall
be150.
(2) The fugitive emission limit value
doesnotincludesolventsoldaspart
ofproductsorpreparationsina
sealedcontainer.▼B1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—21
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II.THEVEHICLECOATINGINDUSTRY
The total emission limit values are expressed in terms of grams of solvent
emitted in relation to the surface area of product in square metres and in kilo-
gramsofsolventemittedinrelationtothecarbody.
The surface area of any product dealt with in the table below is defined as
follows:
— the surface area calculated fromthe total electrophoretic coating area, and
the surface area of any parts that might be added in successive phases of
the coating process which are coated with the same coatings as those used
for the product in question, or the total surface area of the product coated
intheinstallation.
Thesurfaceoftheelectrophoreticcoatingareaiscalculatedusingtheformula:
2/C2totalweightof productshell
averagethicknessof metalsheet /C2densityof metalsheet
Thismethodshallalsobeappliedforothercoatedpartsmadeoutofsheets.
Computer aided design or other equivalent methods shall be used to calculate
thesurfaceareaoftheotherpartsadded,orthetotalsurfaceareacoatedinthe
installation.
The total emission limit value in the table below refers to all process stages
carried out at the same installation from electrophoretic coating, or any other
kindofcoatingprocess,throughtothefinalwaxandpolishoftopcoatinginclu-
sive,aswellassolventusedincleaning ofprocessequipment, including spray
booths and other fixed equipment, both during and outside of production time.
The total emission limit value is expressed as the mass sum of organic
compounds per m2of the total surface area of coated product and as the mass
sumoforganiccompoundspercarbody.
Activity
(solventconsumption
thresholdintonnes/year)Productionthreshold
(referstoannualproductionof
coateditem)Totalemissionlimitvalue
New Existing
Coatingofnewcars(>15) >5000 45g/m2or1,3kg/
body+33g/m260g/m2or1,9kg/
body+41g/m2
≤5000monocoqueor
>3500chassis-built90g/m2or1,5kg/
body+70g/m290g/m2or1,5kg/
body+70g/m2
Totalemissionlimit(g/m2)
Coatingofnewtruck
cabins(>15)≤5000 65 85
>5000 55 75
Coatingofnewvansand
trucks(>15)≤2500 90 120
>2500 70 90
Coatingofnewbuses
(>15)≤2000 210 290
>2000 150 225
Vehicle coating installations below the solvent consumption thresholds in the
table above shall meet the requirements for the vehicle refinishing sector in
AnnexIIA.1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—22
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ANNEX IIB
REDUCTIONSCHEME
1.Principles
Thepurposeofthereduction schemeistoallowtheoperator thepossibility
toachievebyothermeansemissionreductions,equivalenttothoseachieved
iftheemissionlimitvaluesweretobeapplied.Tothatendtheoperatormay
use any reduction scheme, specially designed for his installation, provided
thatintheendanequivalentemissionreductionisachieved.MemberStates
shallreportaccordingtoArticle11oftheDirectivetotheCommissionabout
theprogressinachievingthesameemissionreduction,includingtheexperi-
encefromtheapplicationofthereductionscheme.
2.Practice
In thecase ofapplying coatings, varnishes,adhesives orinks,the following
scheme can be used. Where the following method is inappropriate the
competent authority may allow an operator to apply any alternative exemp-
tion scheme which it is satisfied fulfils the principles outlined here. The
designoftheschemetakesintoaccountthefollowingfacts:
(i) where substitutes containing little or no solvent are still under develop-
ment, a time extension must be given to the operator to implement his
emissionreductionplans;
(ii) thereferencepointforemissionreductionsshouldcorrespondasclosely
aspossibletotheemissionswhichwouldhaveresultedhadnoreduction
actionbeentaken.
The following scheme shall operate for installations for which a constant
solid content of product can be assumed and used to define the reference
pointforemissionreductions:
(i) theoperator shall forwardanemissionreduction planwhichincludes in
particulardecreasesintheaveragesolventcontentofthetotalinputand/
orincreasedefficiency intheuseofsolidstoachieveareductionofthe
totalemissionsfromtheinstallation toagivenpercentage oftheannual
reference emissions, termed the target emission. This must be done on
thefollowingtimeframe:
TimeperiodMaximumallowedtotalannual
emissionsNewinstallations Existinginstallations
By31.10.2001 By31.10.2005 Targetemission×1,5
By31.10.2004 By31.10.2007 Targetemission
(ii) Theannualreferenceemissioniscalculatedasfollows:
(a) Thetotalmassofsolidsinthequantityofcoatingand/orink,varnish
or adhesive consumed in a year is determined. Solids are all mate-
rials in coatings, inks, varnishes and adhesives that become solid
oncethewaterorthevolatileorganiccompoundsareevaporated.
(b) The annual reference emissions are calculated by multiplying the
mass determined in (a) by the appropriate factor listed in the table
below.Competentauthoritiesmayadjustthesefactorsforindividual
installationstoreflectdocumentedincreasedefficiencyintheuseof
solids.
ActivityMultiplicationfactorfor
useinitem(ii)(b)
Rotogravureprinting;flexographyprinting;laminatingaspartof
aprintingactivity;varnishingaspartofaprintingactivity;wood
coating; coating of textiles, fabric filmor paper; adhesive
coating4
Coilcoating,vehiclerefinishing 3
Foodcontactcoating,aerospacecoatings 2,33Othercoatingsandrotaryscreenprinting 1,51999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—23
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(c) Thetargetemissionisequaltotheannualreferenceemissionmulti-
pliedbyapercentageequalto:
— (thefugitiveemissionvalue+15),forinstallationsfallingwithin
item6andthelowerthresholdbandofitems8and10ofAnnex
IIA,
— (thefugitiveemissionvalue+5)forallotherinstallations.
(d) Compliance is achieved if the actual solvent emission determined
fromthesolventmanagementplanislessthanorequaltothetarget
emission.1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—24
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ANNEX III
SOLVENTMANAGEMENTPLAN
1.Introduction
ThisAnnexprovidesguidanceoncarryingoutasolventmanagementplan.It
identifiestheprinciplestobeapplied(item2)andprovidesaframeworkfor
themassbalance(item3)andanindicationoftherequirementsforverifica-
tionofcompliance(item4).
2.Principles
Thesolventmanagementplanservesthefollowingpurposes:
(i) verificationofcomplianceasspecifiedinArticle9(1);
(ii) identificationoffuturereductionoptions;
(iii) enabling of the provision of information on solvent consumption,
solventemissionsandcompliancewiththeDirectivetothepublic.
3.Definitions
Thefollowingdefinitionsprovideaframeworkforthemassbalanceexercise.
Inputsoforganicsolvents(I):I1 The quantity of organic solvents or their quantity in preparations
purchased which are used as input into the process in the time frame
overwhichthemassbalanceisbeingcalculated.
I2 The quantity of organic solvents or their quantity in preparations recov-
ered and reused as solvent input into the process. (The recycled solvent
iscountedeverytimeitisusedtocarryouttheactivity.)
Outputsoforganicsolvents(O):
O1 Emissionsinwastegases.
O2 Organic solvents lost in water, if appropriate taking into account waste
watertreatmentwhencalculatingO5.
O3 The quantity of organic solvents which remains as contamination or
residueinproductsoutputfromtheprocess.
O4 Uncaptured emissions of organic solvents to air. This includes the
generalventilationofrooms,whereairisreleasedtotheoutsideenviron-
mentviawindows,doors,ventsandsimilaropenings.
O5 Organic solvents and/or organic compounds lost due to chemical or
physical reactions (including for example those which are destroyed,
e.g. by incineration or other waste gas or waste water treatments, or
captured, e.g. by adsorption, as long as they are not counted under O6,
O7orO8).
O6 Organicsolventscontainedincollectedwaste.
O7 Organic solvents, or organic solvents contained in preparations, which
aresoldorareintendedtobesoldasacommerciallyvaluableproduct.
O8 Organicsolventscontainedinpreparationsrecoveredforreusebutnotas
inputintotheprocess,aslongasnotcountedunderO7.
O9 Organicsolventsreleasedinotherways.
4.Guidance on use of the solvent management plan for verification of
compliance
The use made of the solvent management plan will be determined by the
particularrequirementwhichistobeverified,asfollows:
(i) VerificationofcompliancewiththereductionoptioninAnnexIIB,with
a total emission limit value expressed in solvent emissions per unit
product,orotherwisestatedinAnnexIIA.
(a) For all activities using Annex IIB the solvent management plan
should be done annually to determine consumption (C). Consump-
tioncanbecalculatedaccordingtothefollowingequation:
C=I1−O8
A parallel exercise should also be undertaken to determine solids
usedincoatinginordertoderivetheannualreferenceemissionand
thetargetemissioneachyear.1999L0013—EN—20.11.2003—001.001—25
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(b) Forassessingcompliancewithatotalemissionlimitvalueexpressed
in solvent emissions per unit product or otherwise stated in Annex
IIA,thesolventmanagementplanshouldbedoneannuallytodeter-
mine emissions (E). Emissions can be calculated according to the
followingequation:
E=F+O1
where F is the fugitive emission as defined in section (ii)(a). The
emissionfigureshouldthenbedividedbytherelevantproductpara-
meter.
(c) ForassessingcompliancewiththerequirementsofArticle5(5)(b)(ii),
the solvent management plan should be done annually to determine
total emissions from all activities concerned, and that figure should
then be compared with the total emissions that wouldhave resulted
had the requirements of Annex II been met for each activity sepa-
rately.
(ii) Determination of fugitive emissions for comparison with fugitive emis-
sionvaluesinAnnexIIA:
(a)Methodology
The fugitive emission can be calculated according to the following
equation:
F=I1−O1−O5−O6−O7−O8
or
F=O2+O3+O4+O9
Thisquantitycanbedeterminedbydirectmeasurementofthequan-
tities. Alternatively, an equivalent calculation can be made by other
means,forinstancebyusingthecaptureefficiencyoftheprocess.
Thefugitiveemissionvalueisexpressedasaproportionoftheinput,
whichcanbecalculatedaccordingtothefollowingequation:
I=I1+I2
(b)Frequency
Determination of fugitive emissions can be done by a short but
comprehensivesetofmeasurements.Itneednotbedoneagainuntil
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