CELEX: 51984PC0772
Language: en
Date: 1985-01-17
Title: PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON LIMIT VALUES AND QUALITY OBJECTIVES FOR DISCHARGES OF CERTAIN DANGEROUS SUBSTANCES INCLUDED IN LIST I IN THE ANNEX TO DIRECTIVE 76/464/EEC

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                       — aids related to worker and professional training and retraining and, as appropriate, those
                          which are particularly aimed at the employment of young people and for the benefit of former
                          workers in the fishing industry.
                       This description must be accompanied by a statement giving particulars of the national
                       authorities' intentions as regards the use of other resources deriving from Community structural
                       Funds;
                  (c) an indication of the amounts of public expenditure in connection with the measures envisaged
                      under(b)above;
                  (d) the timetable for carrying it out;
                  (e) estimation of the volumes of public expenditure connected with the programme's implementation,
                      including an annual breakdown of such expenditure for each of the operations envisaged;
                  (f) designation of the bodies responsible for execution of the programme and the various
                      operations;
                  (g) information measures planned to make potential beneficiaries and professional organizations
                       aware of the possibilities offered by the special programme and of the role played by the
                      Community in this respect.
               Proposal for a Council Directive on limit values and quality objectives for discharges of certain
                     dangerous substances included in List I in the Annex to Directive 76/464/EEC
                                                         COM (84) 772 final
                           (Submitted by the Commission to the Council on 28 January 1985)
                                                            (85/C 70/05)
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,                                 Whereas the Member States are required to apply the
                                                                         limit values except in cases where they may employ
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European                    quality objectives;
Economic Community, and in particular Articles 100 and
235 thereof,                                                             Whereas the dangerous substances covered by this
                                                                         Directive are to be included in List I because of their
Having regard to Council Directive 76/464/EEC of                         toxicity, persistence and bioaccumulation, or where there
4 May 1976 on pollution caused by certain dangerous                      is evidence that they have a carcinogenic effect in or via
substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the                the aquatic environment;
Community ( ! ), and in particular Article 6 thereof,
                                                                        Whereas, since pollution due to the discharge of these
Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,                       substances into the aquatic environment is caused by a
                                                                         large number of industries, it is necessary to lay down
                                                                         specific limit values for discharges acc6rding to the type of
Having regard       to the opinion         of the     European           industry concerned and to lay down quality objectives for
Parliament,                                                              the aquatic environment into which these substances are
                                                                        discharged;
Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social
Committee,                                                              Whereas the purpose of the quality objectives is to
                                                                        eliminate pollution of the various parts of the aquatic
Whereas, in order to protect the aquatic environment of                 environment which might be affected by discharges of
the Community against pollution by certain dangerous                    these substances;
substances, Article 3 of Directive 76/464/EEC
introduces a system of prior authorization laying down                  Whereas such quality objectives must be laid down
emission standards for discharges of the substances in                  expressly for this purpose and not with the intention of
List I in the Annex thereto; whereas Article 6 of the said              establishing rules pertaining to consumer protection
Directive provides that limit values shall be laid down for             or to the marketing of products from the aquatic
such emission standards and also quality objectives for                 environment;
the aquatic environment affected by discharges of these
substances;                                                             Whereas a specific monitoring procedure should be laid
                                                                        down to enable Member States to demonstrate that the
H OJ No L 129, 18. 5. 1976, p. 23.                                      quality objectives are being complied with;
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Whereas, for the purpose of effective implementation of           — pursuant to Article 12 (1) of Directive 76/464/EEC,
this Directive, provision should be made for monitoring               lays down the reference methods of measurement
by the Member States of the aquatic environment affected              enabling the content of the substances referred to in
by discharges of the substances in question; whereas the              Article 2 (a) in discharges and in the aquatic
powers to introduce such monitoring are not provided by               environment to be determined,
Directive 76/464/EEC; whereas since the specific
powers have not been provided for in the EEC Treaty,              — pursuant to Article 6 (3) of Directive 76/464/EEC,
Article 235 thereof should be invoked;                                establishes a monitoring procedure,
Whereas, in the case of certain types of plant referred to in      — requires Member States to cooperate with one
the Annexes, for which emission standards cannot be                   another in the case of discharges affecting the waters
established or regularly monitored, specific programmes               of more than one Member State,
should be devised to eliminate the pollution caused by the
substances discharged from these types of plant; whereas           — requires the Member States to draw up programmes
the specific powers to that effect have not been provided             to avfrid or eliminate pollution caused by discharges
by Directive 76/464/EEC; whereas since the specific                   within the meaning of Article 5,
powers have not been provided for in the EEC Treaty,
Article 235 thereof should be invoked;                             — lays down, in Annex I, a set of general provisions
                                                                      applicable to all the substances referred to in
Whereas, since groundwater is the subject of Council                  Article 2 (a) and relating, in particular, to limit values
Directive 80/68/EEC (*), it can be excluded from the                  for emission standards (heading A), quality objectives
scope of this Directive;                                              (heading B) and reference methods of measurement
                                                                      (heading C),
Whereas, for the purposes of effective implementation of
this Directive, it is important that the Commission should        — lays down in Annex II a set of specific provisions
forward to the Council, every five years, a comparative               which amplify and supplement those headings in
assessment of its implementation by the Member                        respect of each individual substance.
States;
                                                                   2.     This Directive applies to the waters referred to in
Whereas this Directive will have to be amended and
                                                                  Article 1 of Directive 76/464/EEC, with the exception
supplemented, on proposals from the Commission, in
                                                                  of groundwater.
line with the development of technical knowledge,
economic criteria and ecotoxicological data; whereas it is
necessary, for that purpose, to provide for additions
relating to measures in respect of new dangerous
substances and for amendments to the content of the                                         Article 2
Annexes,
                                                                  For the purposes of this Directive:
HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
                                                                  (a) 'substances' means:
                          Article 1                                     those dangerous substances, belonging to the
                                                                        families and groups of substances appearing on List I
1.     This Directive:                                                  in the Annex to Directive 76/464/EEC, which are
                                                                        specified in Annex II to this Directive;
— pursuant to Article 6 (1) of Directive 76/464/EEC,
    lays down limit values for emission standards for the         (b) 'limit values' means:
    substances referred to in Article 2 (a) in discharges
    from industrial plants as defined in Article 2 (e),                 the values specified in Annex II, under heading A, in
                                                                        respect of the substances referred to in (a);
— pursuant to Article 6 (2) of Directive 76/464/EEC,
    lays down quality objectives for the substances
    referred to in Article 2 (a) in the aquatic                   (c) 'quality objectives' means:
    environment,
                                                                       the requirements specified in Annex II, under
— pursuant to Article 6 (4) of Directive 76/464/EEC,                   heading B, in respect of the substances referred to
    lays down the time limits for compliance with the                  in (a);
    conditions specified in the authorizations granted by
    the competent authorities of Member States in respect         (d) 'handling of substances' means:
    of existing discharges,
                                                                        any industrial process involving the production or
(>) OJ No L 20, 26. 1. 1980, p. 43.                                     use of the substances referred to in (a), or any other
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      industrial process in which the presence of such             that is necessary for the elimination of pollution in
      substances is inherent;                                      accordance with Article 2 of the said Directive or for the
                                                                   prevention of distortions of competition.
(e) 'industrial plant' means:
                                                                   Whatever method it adopts, the Member State concerned
      a plant at which the substances referred to in (a), or       shall, where for technical reasons the measures envisaged
      any other substances containing them, are                    do not correspond to the best technical means available,
      processed;                                                  provide the Commission, before any authorization, with
 (f) 'existing plant' means:                                       evidence in support of those reasons.
     an industrial plant within the meaning of (e) which is        The Commission shall forward such evidence to the other
     operational on the date of notification of this               Member States immediately and shall send all Member
     Directive or, where applicable, on the date of                States a report, as soon as possible, giving its opinion on
     notification of any Directive amending it that relates        the derogation referred to in the second subparagraph. If
     to such plant;                                                necessary, it shall at the same time submit appropriate
                                                                  proposals to the Council.
(g) 'new plant' means:
      — an industrial plant within the meaning of (e)              5.     The reference method of analysis to be used in
          which has become operational after the date             determining the presence of the substances referred to in
          of notification of this Directive or, where              Article 2 (a) is given under heading C in Annex II. Other
          applicable, after the date of notification of any        methods may be used provided that the limits of
          Directive amending it that relates to such              detection, precision and accuracy of such methods are at
          plant,                                                  least as good as those laid down under heading C in
                                                                   Annex II.
      — an existing industrial plant within the meaning of
          (e) whose capacity for handling the substances
                                                                   6.     Member States shall ensure that the measures taken
          has been substantially increased since the date of
                                                                  pursuant to this Directive do not result in an increase in
          notification of this Directive or, where
                                                                  the pollution of other media, notably air and soil, by these
          applicable, since the date of notification of any
                                                                  substances.
          Directive amending it that relates to such
          plant.
                                                                                            Article 4
                          Article 3
                                                                  The Member States concerned shall be responsible for
1.     The limit values, the time limits by which they must       monitoring the aquatic environment affected by
be complied with and the monitoring procedure for                 industrial discharges.
discharges are laid down in the Annexes, under
heading A.                                                        In the case of discharges affecting the waters of more than
                                                                  one Member State, the Member States concerned shall
2.     The limit values shall normally apply at the point         cooperate with a view to harmonizing monitoring
where waste waters containing the substances referred to          procedures.
in Article 2 (a) leave the industrial plant.
When waste waters containing these substances are
treated outside the industrial plant at a treatment plant
intended for their removal, the Member State may permit                                     Article 5
the limit values to be applied at the point where the waste
waters leave the treatment plant.                                 1.     The Member States shall draw up specific
                                                                  programmes for discharges of the substances referred to
3.     The authorizations referred to in Article 3 of             in Article 2 (a) by multiple sources or by industrial plants
Directive 76/464/EEC must contain provisions as                   which are not mentioned under heading A in Annexe II
stringent as those set out under heading A in Annex II to         and for which the emission standards laid down in
this Directive, except where a Member State is complying          Article 3 cannot be applied in practice.
with Article 3 of Directive 76/464/EEC on the basis of
heading B in the Annexes to this Directive.                       2.      The purpose of the programmes shall be to avoid or
                                                                  eliminate pollution. They shall include the most
Authorizations shall be reviewed at least every four              appropriate measures and techniques for the
years.                                                            replacement, retention and recycling of the substances
                                                                  referred to in paragraph 1.
4.     Without prejudice to their obligations arising from
paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 and to the provisions of Directive          3.      The specific programmes shall be implemented not
76/464/EEC, Member States may grant authorizations                later than five years following the date of notification of
for new plants only if those plants apply the standards           the Directive which relates specifically to the substance
corresponding to the best technical means available when          concerned.
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                             Article 6                                     3.      In the event of a change in scientific knowledge
                                                                           relating principally to the toxicity, persistence and
1.     T h e Commission shall m a k e a comparative                        accumulation of the substances referred to in Article 2 (a)
assessment of the implementation of this Directive by                      in living organisms and sediments, or in the event of an
M e m b e r States on the basis of information supplied to it              improvement in the best technical means available, the
by them pursuant to Article 13 of Directive 7 6 / 4 6 4 / E E C            Commission shall submit appropriate proposals to the
at its request, which it must submit case by case. T h e                   Council with the aim of reinforcing, if necessary, the limit
information concerned shall, in particular, comprise:                      values and the quality objectives or of establishing new
                                                                          limit values and additional quality objectives.
— details of authorizations laying d o w n emission
    standards for discharges of the substances,
— the results        of  the   inventory      of   the  substances                                      Article  7
    discharged,
                                                                           1.      M e m b e r States shall bring into force the measures
— the results of measurements m a d e by the national
                                                                          necessary to comply with this Directive before 1 J a n u a r y
    network set up to determine concentrations of the
                                                                           1987. They shall forthwith inform the Commission
    substances in the waters concerned, and particularly
                                                                          thereof.
    in waters close to a discharge point, so that they can be
    compared over a period of time with the quality
                                                                          2.       M e m b e r States shall communicate to the
    objectives established by this Directive,
                                                                          Commission, immediately after a d o p t i o n , the text of the
— the specific elimination p r o g r a m m e s referred to in             provisions of national law which they adopt in the field
    Article 5.                                                            governed by this Directive.
2.     T h e Commission shall forward the comparative
assessment referred to in p a r a g r a p h 1 to the Council every                                      Article 8
five years, and for the first time four years after
notification of this Directive.                                           This Directive is addressed to the M e m b e r States.
                                                                 ANNEX I
                                                         GENERAL PROVISIONS
                This Annex is divided into three headings which set out the general provisions applicable to all the
                substances concerned:
                — A: limit values for the emission standards,
                — B: quality objectives,
                — C: reference methods of measurement.
                A: Limit values, time limits for compliance therewith and procedures for monitoring discharges
                1. The limit values, reference dates and time limits are set out in Annex II, under heading A, in respect of
                    the different types of industrial plant concerned.
                2. The quantities of substances discharged are expressed as a function of the quantity of substances
                    produced, used or processed by the industrial plant during the same period.
                3. Limit values for industrial plants which discharge substances referred to in Article 2 (a) and are not
                    mentioned under heading A in Annex II will, where necessary, be determined by the Council at a later
                    stage. Meanwhile, the Member States will independently fix, in accordance with Directive
                    76/464/EEC, emission standards for the discharges from such plants. Such standards must take into
                    account the best technical means available and must not be less stringent than the most nearly
                    comparable limit value set out under heading A in Annex II.
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          4. Limit values expressed as concentrations which, in principle, must not be exceeded are given in
             Annex II under heading A, in respect of the industrial plants concerned. In no instance may limit values
             expressed as maximum concentrations be greater than limit values expressed by weight divided by
             water requirements per unit of weight of the substances produced or treated. However, because the
             concentration of these substances in effluents depends on the volume of water involved, which varies
             for different processes and plants, the limit values expressed in terms of the weight of the substances
             discharged in relation to the quantity of the substances produced or treated, given under heading A in
             Annex II, must be complied with in all cases.
          5. A monitoring procedure must be instituted to check whether the discharges comply with the emission
             standards which have been fixed in accordance with the limit values laid down under heading A in
             Annex II.
             This procedure must provide for the taking and analysis of samples and for measurement of the flow of
             the discharge and the quantity of substances treated.
             Should the quantity of substances treated be impossible to determine, the monitoring procedure may be
             based on the quantity of substances that may be used as a function of the production capacity on which
             the authorization was based.
          6. A sample representative of the discharge over a period of 24 hours must be taken. The quantity of
             substances discharged over one month must be calculated on the basis of the daily quantities of
             substances discharged.
          B: Quality objectives, time limits for compliance therewith and procedure for monitoring them
          1. For those Member States which opt for the possibility provided by Article 6 (3) of Directive
             76/464/EEC, the emission standards which they must establish and apply, pursuant to Article 5
             of that Directive, shall be fixed so that the appropriate quality objective or objectives from those
             listed below is or are complied with in the area affected by discharges of the substances referred to in
             Article 2(a). The competent authority shall determine the area affected in each case and shall from the
             quality objectives listed below the objective or objectives that it deems appropriate having regard to the
             intended use of the area affected, while taking account of the fact that the purpose of this Directive is to
             eliminate all pollution.
          2. With a view to eliminating pollution, as defined in Directive 76/464/EEC, and in pursuance of
             Article 2 of that Directive, the quality objectives and time limits for compliance therewith are set out
             under heading B in Annex II.
          3. Unless otherwise specified under heading B in Annex II, all the concentrations mentioned as quality
             objectives refer to the arithmetic average of the results obtained over a year.
          4. Where more than one quality objective is applied to bodies of water in an area, the quality of the water
              must be sufficient to comply with each of those objectives.
          5. For each authorization granted pursuant to this Directive, the competent authority shall specify the
             detailed rules, monitoring procedures and time limits for ensuring compliance with the quality
             objective or objectives concerned.
          6. In accordance with Article 6 (3) of Directive 76/464/EEC, the Member States shall, for each quality
             objective chosen and applied, report to the Commission on:
             —    the points of discharge and the means of dispersal;
             —    the area in which the quality objective is applied;
             —    the location of sampling points;
             —    the frequency of sampling;
             —    the methods of sampling and measurement;
             —    the results obtained.
          7. Samples must be sufficiently representative of the quality of the aquatic environment in the area
             affected by the discharges, and the frequency of sampling must be sufficient to show any changes in
             the aquatic environment, having regard in particular to natural variations in the hydrological
             conditions.
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           C: Reference methods of measurement and limit of detection
           1. The definitions given in Council Directive 79/869/EEC of 9 October 1979 concerning the methods of
                measurement and frequencies of sampling and analysis of surface water intended for the abstraction of
                drinking water in the Member States (') shall apply in the context of this Directive.
           2. The reference methods of measurement to be used for determining the concentration of the substances
                in question and the limit of detection for the environment concerned are set out under heading C in
                Annex II.
           3. The accuracy and precision of the method must be + 50 % at a concentration which represents twice
                the value of the limit of detection.
           4. The limit of detection is specified for each substance under heading C in Annex II.
           5. Effluent flow measurements must be carried out to an accuracy of ± 2 0 % .
           (>) OJ No L 271, 29. 10. 1979, p. 44.
                                                              ANNEX II
                                                     SPECIFIC PROVISIONS
           The general provisions set out in Annex I are amplified and supplemented herein by a set of specific
           provisions laid down in respect of individual substances.
           The specific provisions set out in this Annex are classified according to the said number of the substance
           concerned on the list given in the communication to the Council of 22 June 1982 (>) or, in the case of
           substances not mentioned in that communication, in chronological order of their inclusion.
                                  I. Specific provisions relating to carbon tetrachloride (No 13)
                                                        CAS No 56-23-5 (•)
                                          A (13): Limit values for the emission standards
                                                                    Limit values expressed as
               Type of industrial        Type of                                                            Date of
                                                          g/kilogram of sub-
                   plant (2)           average value                               mg/ litre of water    application
                                                           stances produced,
                                                                                       discharged
                                                             treated or used
            Carbon                       Monthly                   1                       0,8        1 January 1987
            tetrachloride                                         CC1 4                   CC1 4
            production plant             Monthly                   0,2                     0,1        1 J a n u a r y 1990
                                                                  CC1 4
                                                                                          ecu
            0) CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) number.
            (2) Among the industrial plants referred to either under heading A (3) in Annex I or in Article 5, special
                reference is made, in the case of chloroform, to plants producing chlorofluorocarbons (types F 11 and
                F 12) and plants using CC14 as a solvent.
            0) OJ No C 176, 14. 7. 1980, pp. 3 to 10.
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                                                        B (13): Quality objectives
                    Environment                Quality objective                  Unit of measurement           Date of application
          Inland surface w a t e r s ,                10                                 M-g/1                  1 January 1987
          estuary waters a n d                                                           CC1 4
          territorial sea waters
                                              C (13): Reference method of measurement
                                                         Reference method of analysis
                          Environment                    (including comments on the                         Limit of detection
                                                           preparation of samples)
           1. Discharges                             Gas chromatography                            10 % of the specified
                                                                                                   concentration at the
                                                                                                   sampling point
           2. Inland surface w a t e r s ,           Gas c h r o m a t o g r a p h y               20 % of the concentration
                estuary waters a n d                                                               specified in the quality objective
                territorial sea waters
           3 . — Sediments                          Gas chromatography                             20 % of the concentration
                — Molluscs                                                                         determined in the sample
                — Shellfish
                                        II. Specific provisions relating to chloroform (No 23)
                                                            CAS No 67-66-3 (>)
                                                           A (23): Limit values
                                                                          Limit values expressed as
                    Type of            Type of average                                                                   Date of
                                                             g/kilogram of sub-
              industrial plant (2)                            stances produced,             mg/ litre of water         application
                                                                treated or used                discharged
             Chloroform                    Monthly                       1                          0,8             1 January 1987
             production plant                                        CHC13                       CHCI3
                                           Monthly                      0,2                         0,1             1 January 1990
                                                                     CHC13                       CHCI3
          (5) CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) number.
          (2) Among the industrial plants referred to either under heading A (3) in Annex I or in Article 5, special
                reference is made, in the case of carbon tetrachloride, to plants producing pulp, other chloromethanes
                or chloroflurocarbons (type F-22) and plants using CHC13 as a solvent.
                                                        B (23): Quality objectives
                    Environment                Quality objective                  Unit of measurement           Date of application
          Inland surface w a t e r s ,                10                                 ng/i                   1 January 1987
          estuary waters a n d                                                          CHCI3
          territorial sea waters
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                                                   C (23): Reference method of measurement
                                                            Reference method of analysis
                          Environment                        (including comments on the                    Limit of detection
                                                               preparation of samples)
            1. Discharges                                Gas chromatography                       10 % of t h e specified
                                                                                                  concentration at t h e
                                                                                                  sampling point
            2. Inland surface w a t e r s ,              Gas chromatography                       2 0 % of t h e c o n c e n t r a t i o n
                estuary waters a n d                                                              specified in the quality
                territorial sea w a t e r s                                                       objective
            3 . — Sediments                              Gas chromatography                       2 0 % of t h e concentration
                — Molluscs                                                                        determined in t h e sample
                — Shellfish
                                             III. Specific provisions relating to DDT (No 46) (*)
                                                               CAS No 50-29-3 (2)
                                                               A (46): Limit values
                                                                            Limit values expressed as
               Type of industrial              Type of                                                                     Date of
                                                                   g/tonne of sub-
                   plant (2)                average value         stances produced,            mg/litre of              application
                                                                    treated or used         water discharged
           D D T production                   Monthly                     5                      1,3               1 January 1987
           plant a n d , in a
           subsidiary                         Monthly                     0,15                   0,004             1 January 1990
           capacity, D D T
           formulation p l a n t
           on t h e same site
           (*) The sum of the isomers of DDT (l,l,l-trichloro-2.2-bis(p,p'or o,p') chlorophenylethane), of DTE or
                DDD (dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane) and of DDE (dichlorodiphenylethane).
           (2) CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) number.
           (3) Among the industrial plants referred to either under heading A (3) in Annex I or in Article 5, special
                reference is made, in the case of DDT, to plants formulating DDT away from the production site.
                                                            B (46): Quality objectives
                        Environment                        Quality objective           Unit of measurement       Date of application
           Inland surface w a t e r s , estuary                  10                         mg/litre             1 January 1987
           waters a n d territorial sea
           waters
           Fish flesh                                             0,1                 mg/kilogram D D T          1 January 1987
           Molluscs                           "1     N o significant increase                                    1 January 1990
           Sediments                           )     in D D T concentration
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                                               C (46): Reference method of measurement
                                                           Reference method of analysis
                         Environment                        (including comments on the                        Limit of detection
                                                              preparation of samples)
          1. Discharges                              G a s c h r o m a t o g r a p h y with elec-   10 % of t h e specified concentra-
                                                     t r o n c a p t u r e detection after ex-      tion at t h e sampling p o i n t
                                                     traction by m e a n s of an a p p r o -
                                                     priate solvent a n d purification
          2. Inland surface w a t e r s , estuary    G a s c h r o m a t o g r a p h y with elec-   10 % of the specified concentra-
                waters a n d territorial sea         tron c a p t u r e detection after ex-         tion at t h e sampling p o i n t
                waters                               traction by m e a n s of an a p p r o -
                                                     priate solvent a n d purification
          3 . — Sediments                            G a s c h r o m a t o g r a p h y with elec-   10 % of t h e concentration
                — Molluscs                           t r o n capture detection after ex-            determined in t h e sample
                — Shellfish                          traction by means of an a p p r o -
                                                     priate solvent a n d purification
                                  IV. Specific provisions relating to pentachlorophenol (No 102) (')
                                                               CAS No 87-86-5 (2)
                                                              A (102): Limit values
                                                                             Limit values expressed as
               Type of industrial           Type of                                                                        Date of
                   plant (3)             average value           g/kilogram of sub-                                      application
                                                                  stances produced,              mg/litre of
                                                                     treated or used          water discharged
          Plant producing                  Monthly                           1                        1              1 January 1987
          sodium penta-
          chlorophenate
          by hydrolysis of
          hexachloroben-
          zene
          O) The chemical compound 2,3,4,5,6-Pentachloro-l-hydroxybenzene and its sodium salt, sodium
                pentachlorophenate.
          (2) CAS (Chemical Abstract Service) number.
          ( 3 ) Among the industrial plants referred to either under heading A (3) in Annex I or in Article 5, reference is
                made, in the case of pentachlorophenol, to plants producing sodium pentachlorophenate by
                saponification.
                                                          B (102): Quality objectives
                    Environment                 Quality objective                   Unit of measurement           Date of application
          Inland surface w a t e r s ,                   1                               mg/litre                 1 January 1987
          estuary waters a n d
          territorial sea waters
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                                             C (102): Reference method of measurement
                                                      Reference method of analysis
                         Environment                   (including comments on the                     Limit of detection
                                                         preparation of samples)
           1. Discharges                           Determination of the acetylated           10 % of the specified concentra-
                                                   derivatives by gas c h r o m a t o -      tion at the sampling point
                                                  graphy with electron capture
                                                   detection after extraction by
                                                  means of an a p p r o p r i a t e solvent
                                                   and purification
           2. Inland surface w a t e r s ,         Determination of the acetylated           10 % of the concentration
               estuary waters and                  derivatives by gas c h r o m a t o -      specified in the quality
               territorial sea waters              graphy with electron capture              objective
                                                  detection after extraction by
                                                   means of an a p p r o p r i a t e solvent
                                                   and purification
           3 . — Sediments                         Determination of the acetylated           10 % of the concentration
               — Molluscs                          derivatives by gas c h r o m a t o -      determined in the sample
                                                  graphy with electron capture
               — Shellfish
                                                   detection after extraction by
                                                  means of an a p p r o p r i a t e solvent
                                                   and purification