Council Directive 1999/13/EC (repealed)Show full title

I. THRESHOLDS AND EMISSION CONTROLS U.K.

	Activity(solvent consumption threshold in tonnes/year)	Threshold(solvent consumption threshold in tonnes/year)	Emission limit values in waste gases (mg C/Nm3)	Fugitive emission values (percentage of solvent input)		Total emission limit values		Special provisions
				New	Existing	New	Existing
1	Heatset web offset printing (> 15)	15—25	100	30 (1)				(1) Solvent residue in finished product is not to be considered as part of fugitive emissions.
		> 25	20	30 (1)
2	Publication rotogravure (> 25)		75	10	15
3	Other rotogravure, flexography, rotary screen printing, laminating or varnishing units (> 15) rotary screen printing on textile/cardboard (> 30)	15—25	100	25				(1) Threshold for rotary screen printing on textile and on cardboard.
		> 25	100	20
		> 30 (1)	100	20
4	Surface cleaning (1) (> 1)	1—5	20 (2)	15				(1) Using compounds specified in Article 5(6) and (8). (2) Limit refers to mass of compounds in mg/Nm3, and not to total carbon.
		> 5	20 (2)	10
5	Other surface cleaning (> 2)	2—10	75 (1)	20 (1)				(1) Installations which demonstrate to the competent authority that the average organic solvent content of all cleaning material used does not exceed 30 % by weight are exempt from application of these values.
		> 10	75 (1)	15 (1)
6	Vehicle coating (< 15) and vehicle refinishing	> 0,5	50 (1)	25				(1) Compliance in accordance with Article 9(3) should be demonstrated based on 15 minute average measurements.
7	Coil coating (> 25)		50 (1)	5	10			(1) For installations which use techniques which allow reuse of recovered solvents, the emission limit shall be 150.
8	Other coating, including metal, plastic, textile (5), fabric, film and paper coating (> 5)	5—15	100 (1) (4)	[X1 25 ( 4 )]				(1) Emission limit value applies to coating application and drying processes operated under contained conditions. (2) The first emission limit value applies to drying processes, the second to coating application processes. (3) For textile coating installations which use techniques which allow reuse of recovered solvents, the emission limit applied to coating application and drying processes taken together shall be 150. (4) Coating activities which cannot be applied under contained conditions (such as shipbuilding, aircraft painting) may be exempted from these values, in accordance with Article 5(3)(b). (5) Rotary screen printing on textile is covered by activity No 3.
		> 15	50/75 (2) (3) (4)	20 (4)
9	Winding wire coating (> 5)					10 g/kg (1)		(1) Applies for installations where average diameter of wire ≤ 0,1 mm. (2) Applies for all other installations.
						5 g/kg (2)
10	Coating of wooden surfaces (> 15)	15—25	100 (1)	25				(1) Emission limit applies to coating application and drying processes operated under contained conditions. (2) The first value applies to drying processes, the second to coating application processes.
		> 25	50/75 (2)	20
11	Dry cleaning					20 g/kg (1) (2) (3)		(1) Expressed in mass of solvent emitted per kilogram of product cleaned and dried. (2) The emission limit in Article 5(8) does not apply for this sector. (3) The following exemption refers only to Greece: the total emission limit value does not apply, for a period of 12 years after the date on which this Directive is brought into effect, to existing installations located in remote areas and/or islands, with a population of no more than 2 000 permanent inhabitants where the use of advanced technology equipment is not economically feasible.
12	Wood impregnation (> 25)		100 (1)	45		11 kg/m3		(1) Does not apply for impregnation with creosote.
13	Coating of leather (> 10)	10—25				85 g/m2		Emission limits are expressed in grams of solvent emitted per m2 of product produced.
		> 25				75 g/m2
		> 10 (1)				150 g/m2		(1) For leather coating activities in furnishing and particular leather goods used as small consumer goods like bags, belts, wallets, etc.
14	Footwear manufacture (> 5)					25 g per pair		Total emission limit values are expressed in grams of solvent emitted per pair of complete footwear produced.
15	Wood and plastic lamination (> 5)					30 g/m2
16	Adhesive coating (> 5)	5—15	50 (1)	25				(1) If techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent, the emission limit value in waste gases shall be 150.
		> 15	50 (1)	20
17	Manufacture of coating [F1 mixtures, varnishes, inks and adhesives (> 100)	100—1 000	150	5		5 % of solvent input		The fugitive emission value does not include solvent sold as part of a coatings [F1 mixture] in a sealed container.
		> 1 000	150	3		3 % of solvent input
18	Rubber conversion (> 15)		20 (1)	25 (2)		25 % of solvent input		(1) If techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent, the emission limit value in waste gases shall be 150. (2) The fugitive emission value does not include solvent sold as part of products or mixtures in a sealed container.
19	Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining activities (> 10)					Animal fat : 1,5 kg/tonne Castor : 3 kg/tonne Rape seed : 1 kg/tonne Sunflower seed : 1 kg/tonne Soya beans (normal crush) : 0,8 kg/tonne Soya beans (white flakes) : 1,2 kg/tonne Other seeds and other vegetable matter: 3 kg/tonne (1) 1,5 kg/tonne (2) 4 kg/tonne (3)		(1) Total emission limit values for installations processing individual batches of seeds and other vegetable matter should be set by the competent authority on a case-by-case basis, applying the best available techniques. (2) Applies to all fractionation processes excluding de-gumming (the removal of gums from the oil). (3) Applies to de-gumming.
20	Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products (> 50)		20 (1)	5 (2)	15 (2)	5 % of solvent input	15 % of solvent input	(1) If techniques are used which allow reuse of recovered solvent, the emission limit value in waste gases shall be 150. (2) The fugitive emission limit value does not include solvent sold as part of products or mixtures] in a sealed container.

Editorial Information

X1 Substituted by Corrigendum to Council Directive 1999/13/EC of 11 March 1999 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organics compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain activities and installations (Official Journal of the European Communities L 85 of 29 March 1999).

Textual Amendments

F1 Substituted by Directive 2008/112/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 amending Council Directives 76/768/EEC, 88/378/EEC, 1999/13/EC and Directives 2000/53/EC, 2002/96/EC and 2004/42/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council in order to adapt them to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures (Text with EEA relevance).