Council Directive 92/112/EEC (repealed)Dangos y teitl llawn

Article 9

1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that discharges into the atmosphere are reduced in accordance with the following provisions:

(a) in the case of existing industrial establishments using the sulphate process:

(i)

as regards dust, discharges shall be reduced by 31 December 1993 to a value of not more than 50 mg/nm³ (1) from major sources and not more than 150 mg/nm³ (1) from any other source(2);

(ii)

as regards S0_x, discharges arising from digestion and calcination steps in the manufacture of titanium dioxide shall be reduced by 1 January 1995 to a value of not more than 10 kg of SO₂ equivalent per tonne of titanium dioxide produced;

(iii)

Member States shall require means to be installed for preventing the emission of acid droplets;

(iv)

plants for the concentration of waste acid shall not discharge more than 500 mg/nm³ SO_x calculated as SO₂ equivalent(3);

(v)

plants for the roasting of salts generated by the treatment of waste shall be equipped with the best available technology not entailing excessive costs in order to reduce SO_x emissions;

(b) in the case of existing industrial establishments using the chlorine process:

(i)

as regards dust, discharges shall be reduced by 15 June 1993 to a value of not more than 50 mg/nm³ (4) for major sources and not more than 150 mg/nm³ (4) from any other source(5);

(ii)

as regards chlorine, discharges shall be reduced by 15 June 1993 to a daily average concentration of not more than 5 mg/nm³ (6) and not more than 40 mg/ng3 at any time.

2. This Directive shall not prejudice Directive 80/779/EEC.

3. The procedure for monitoring the reference measurements for discharges of SO_x into the atmosphere is set out in the Annex.

(1)

Cubic metre at a temperature of 273 K and a pressure of 101,3 kPa.

(2)

Member States shall inform the Commission of those minor sources not included in their measurements.

(3)

For new concentration processes the Commission can agree to a different value if the Member States can demonstrate the non-availability of techniques to achieve this standard.

(4)

Cubic meter at a temperature of 273 K and a pressure of 101,3 kPa.

(5)

Member States shall inform the Commission of those minor sources not included in their measurements.

(6)

It is considered that these values correspond to a maximum of six grammes per tonne of titanium dioxide produced.