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ANNEX VIU.K.Technical provisions relating to waste incineration plants and waste co-incineration plants

PART 2U.K.Equivalence factors for dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans

For the determination of the total concentration of dioxins and furans, the mass concentrations of the following dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans shall be multiplied by the following equivalence factors before summing:

Toxic equivalence factor
2,3,7,8 — Tetrachlorodibenzodioxin (TCDD)1
1,2,3,7,8 — Pentachlorodibenzodioxin (PeCDD)0,5
1,2,3,4,7,8 — Hexachlorodibenzodioxin (HxCDD)0,1
1,2,3,6,7,8 — Hexachlorodibenzodioxin (HxCDD)0,1
1,2,3,7,8,9 — Hexachlorodibenzodioxin (HxCDD)0,1
1,2,3,4,6,7,8 — Heptachlorodibenzodioxin (HpCDD)0,01
Octachlorodibenzodioxin (OCDD)0,001
2,3,7,8 — Tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF)0,1
2,3,4,7,8 — Pentachlorodibenzofuran (PeCDF)0,5
1,2,3,7,8 — Pentachlorodibenzofuran (PeCDF)0,05
1,2,3,4,7,8 — Hexachlorodibenzofuran (HxCDF)0,1
1,2,3,6,7,8 — Hexachlorodibenzofuran (HxCDF)0,1
1,2,3,7,8,9 — Hexachlorodibenzofuran (HxCDF)0,1
2,3,4,6,7,8 — Hexachlorodibenzofuran (HxCDF)0,1
1,2,3,4,6,7,8 — Heptachlorodibenzofuran (HpCDF)0,01
1,2,3,4,7,8,9 — Heptachlorodibenzofuran (HpCDF)0,01
Octachlorodibenzofuran (OCDF)0,001