| a An asterisk (*) indicates that no capacity threshold is applicable (all facilities are subject to reporting). | ||
| c OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003. | ||
| d The capacity threshold shall be reviewed by 2010 at the latest in the light of the results of the first reporting cycle. | ||
| No | Activity | Capacity threshold |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Energy sector | |
| (a) | Mineral oil and gas refineries | *a |
| (b) | Installations for gasification and liquefaction | * |
| (c) | Thermal power stations and other combustion installations | With a heat input of 50 megawatts (MW) |
| (d) | Coke ovens | * |
| (e) | Coal rolling mills | With a capacity of 1 tonne per hour |
| (f) | Installations for the manufacture of coal products and solid smokeless fuel | * |
| 2. | Production and processing of metals | |
| (a) | Metal ore (including sulphide ore) roasting or sintering installations | * |
| (b) | Installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary melting) including continuous casting | With a capacity of 2,5 tonnes per hour |
| (c) | Installations for the processing of ferrous metals: | |
(i)Hot-rolling mills | With a capacity of 20 tonnes of crude steel per hour | |
(ii)Smitheries with hammers | With an energy of 50 kilojoules per hammer, where the calorific power used exceeds 20 MW | |
(iii)Application of protective fused metal coats | With an input of 2 tonnes of crude steel per hour | |
| (d) | Ferrous metal foundries | With a production capacity of 20 tonnes per day |
| (e) | Installations: | |
(i)For the production of non-ferrous crude metals from ore, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic processes | * | |
(ii)For the smelting, including the alloying, of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products (refining, foundry casting, etc.) | With a melting capacity of 4 tonnes per day for lead and cadmium or 20 tonnes per day for all other metals | |
| (f) | Installations for surface treatment of metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical process | Where the volume of the treatment vats equals 30 m3 |
| 3. | Mineral industry | |
| (a) | Underground mining and related operations | * |
| (b) | Opencast mining and quarrying | Where the surface of the area effectively under extractive operation equals 25 hectares |
| (c) | Installations for the production of: | |
(i)Cement clinker in rotary kilns | With a production capacity of 500 tonnes per day | |
(ii)Lime in rotary kilns | With a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day | |
(iii)Cement clinker or lime in other furnaces | With a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day | |
| (d) | Installations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos-based products | * |
| (e) | Installations for the manufacture of glass, including glass fibre | With a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day |
| (f) | Installations for melting mineral substances, including the production of mineral fibres | With a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day |
| (g) | Installations for the manufacture of ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain | With a production capacity of 75 tonnes per day, or with a kiln capacity of 4 m3 and with a setting density per kiln of 300 kg/m3 |
| 4. | Chemical industry | |
| (a) | Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic organic chemicals, such as: (i) Simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic) (ii) Oxygen-containing hydrocarbons such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides, epoxy resins (iii) Sulphurous hydrocarbons (iv) Nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, nitrous compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates (v) Phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons (vi) Halogenic hydrocarbons (vii) Organometallic compounds (viii) Basic plastic materials (polymers, synthetic fibres and cellulose-based fibres) (ix) Synthetic rubbers (x) Dyes and pigments (xi) Surface-active agents and surfactants | * |
| (b) | Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic inorganic chemicals, such as: (i) Gases, such as ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen chloride, fluorine or hydrogen fluoride, carbon oxides, sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, carbonyl chloride (ii) Acids, such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum, sulphurous acids (iii) Bases, such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide (iv) Salts, such as ammonium chloride, potassium chlorate, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, perborate, silver nitrate (v) Non-metals, metal oxides or other inorganic compounds such as calcium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide | * |
| (c) | Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of phosphorous-, nitrogen- or potassium-based fertilisers (simple or compound fertilisers) | * |
| (d) | Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic plant health products and of biocides | * |
| (e) | Installations using a chemical or biological process for the production on an industrial scale of basic pharmaceutical products | * |
| (f) | Installations for the production on an industrial scale of explosives and pyrotechnic products | * |
| 5. | Waste and wastewater management | |
| (a) | Installations for the recovery or disposal of hazardous waste | Receiving 10 tonnes per day |
| (b) | Installations for the incineration of non-hazardous waste in the scope of Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4 December 2000 on the incineration of wasteb | With a capacity of 3 tonnes per hour |
| (c) | Installations for the disposal of non-hazardous waste | With a capacity of 50 tonnes per day |
| (d) | Landfills (excluding landfills of inert waste and landfills, which were definitely closed before 16.7.2001 or for which the after-care phase required by the competent authorities according to Article 13 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of wastec has expired) | Receiving 10 tonnes per day or with a total capacity of 25 000 tonnes |
| (e) | Installations for the disposal or recycling of animal carcasses and animal waste | With a treatment capacity of 10 tonnes per day |
| (f) | Urban waste-water treatment plants | With a capacity of 100 000 population equivalents |
| (g) | Independently operated industrial waste-water treatment plants which serve one or more activities of this annex | With a capacity of 10 000 m3 per dayd |
| 6. | Paper and wood production and processing | |
| (a) | Industrial plants for the production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous materials | * |
| (b) | Industrial plants for the production of paper and board and other primary wood products (such as chipboard, fibreboard and plywood) | With a production capacity of 20 tonnes per day |
| (c) | Industrial plants for the preservation of wood and wood products with chemicals | With a production capacity of 50 m3 per day |
| 7. | Intensive livestock production and aquaculture | |
| (a) | Installations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs | (i) With 40 000 places for poultry (ii) With 2 000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg) (iii) With 750 places for sows |
| (b) | Intensive aquaculture | With a production capacity of 1 000 tonnes of fish or shellfish per year |
| 8. | Animal and vegetable products from the food and beverage sector | |
| (a) | Slaughterhouses | With a carcass production capacity of 50 tonnes per day |
| (b) | Treatment and processing intended for the production of food and beverage products from: | |
(i)Animal raw materials (other than milk) | With a finished product production capacity of 75 tonnes per day | |
(ii)Vegetable raw materials | With a finished product production capacity of 300 tonnes per day (average value on a quarterly basis) | |
| (c) | Treatment and processing of milk | With a capacity to receive 200 tonnes of milk per day (average value on an annual basis) |
| 9. | Other activities | |
| (a) | Plants for the pre-treatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation) or dyeing of fibres or textiles | With a treatment capacity of 10 tonnes per day |
| (b) | Plants for the tanning of hides and skins | With a treatment capacity of 12 tonnes of finished product per day |
| (c) | Installations for the surface treatment of substances, objects or products using organic solvents, in particular for dressing, printing, coating, degreasing, waterproofing, sizing, painting, cleaning or impregnating | With a consumption capacity of 150 kg per hour or 200 tonnes per year |
| (d) | Installations for the production of carbon (hard-burnt coal) or electro-graphite by means of incineration or graphitisation | * |
| (e) | Installations for the building of, and painting or removal of paint from ships | With a capacity for ships 100 m long |
| a Unless otherwise specified any pollutant specified in Annex II shall be reported as the total mass of that pollutant or, where the pollutant is a group of substances, as the total mass of the group. | |||||
| b A hyphen (—) indicates that the parameter and medium in question do not trigger a reporting requirement. | |||||
| c Total mass of hydrogen fluorocarbons: sum of HFC23, HFC32, HFC41, HFC4310mee, HFC125, HFC134, HFC134a, HFC152a, HFC143, HFC143a, HFC227ea, HFC236fa, HFC245ca, HFC365mfc. | |||||
| d Total mass of perfluorocarbons: sum of CF4, C2F6, C3F8, C4F10, c-C4F8, C5F12, C6F14. | |||||
| e Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group VIII of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 June 2000 on substances that deplete the ozone layer (OJ L 244, 29.9.2000, p. 1). Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1804/2003 (OJ L 265, 16.10.2003, p. 1). | |||||
| f Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group I and II of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000. | |||||
| g Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group III and VI of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 2037/2000. | |||||
| h All metals shall be reported as the total mass of the element in all chemical forms present in the release. | |||||
| i Halogenated organic compounds which can be adsorbed to activated carbon expressed as chloride. | |||||
| j Expressed as I-TEQ. | |||||
| l Single pollutants are to be reported if the threshold for BTEX (the sum parameter of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylenes) is exceeded. | |||||
| k Total mass of the following brominated diphenylethers: penta-BDE, octa-BDE and deca-BDE. | |||||
| m Total mass of phenol and simple substituted phenols expressed as total carbon. | |||||
| n Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are to be measured for reporting of releases to air as benzo(a)pyrene (50-32-8), benzo(b)fluoranthene (205-99-2), benzo(k)fluoranthene (207-08-9), indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (193-39-5) (derived from Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 229, 29.6.2004, p. 5)). | |||||
| o Total mass of tributyltin compounds, expressed as mass of tributyltin. | |||||
| p Total mass of triphenyltin compounds, expressed as mass of triphenyltin. | |||||
| q Total mass of xylene (ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene). | |||||
| No | CAS number | Pollutanta | Threshold for releases(column 1) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| to air(column 1a)kg/year | to water(column 1b)kg/year | to land(column 1c)kg/year | |||
| 1 | 74-82-8 | Methane (CH4) | 100 000 | —b | — |
| 2 | 630-08-0 | Carbon monoxide (CO) | 500 000 | — | — |
| 3 | 124-38-9 | Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 100 million | — | — |
| 4 | Hydro-fluorocarbons (HFCs)c | 100 | — | — | |
| 5 | 10024-97-2 | Nitrous oxide (N2O) | 10 000 | — | — |
| 6 | 7664-41-7 | Ammonia (NH3) | 10 000 | — | — |
| 7 | Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) | 100 000 | — | — | |
| 8 | Nitrogen oxides (NOx/NO2) | 100 000 | — | — | |
| 9 | Perfluorocarbons (PFCs)d | 100 | — | — | |
| 10 | 2551-62-4 | Sulphur hexafluoride (SF6) | 50 | — | — |
| 11 | Sulphur oxides (SOx/SO2) | 150 000 | — | — | |
| 12 | Total nitrogen | — | 50 000 | 50 000 | |
| 13 | Total phosphorus | — | 5 000 | 5 000 | |
| 14 | Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs)e | 1 | — | — | |
| 15 | Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs)f | 1 | — | — | |
| 16 | Halonsg | 1 | — | — | |
| 17 | Arsenic and compounds (as As)h | 20 | 5 | 5 | |
| 18 | Cadmium and compounds (as Cd)h | 10 | 5 | 5 | |
| 19 | Chromium and compounds (as Cr)h | 100 | 50 | 50 | |
| 20 | Copper and compounds (as Cu)h | 100 | 50 | 50 | |
| 21 | Mercury and compounds (as Hg)h | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| 22 | Nickel and compounds (as Ni)h | 50 | 20 | 20 | |
| 23 | Lead and compounds (as Pb)h | 200 | 20 | 20 | |
| 24 | Zinc and compounds (as Zn)h | 200 | 100 | 100 | |
| 25 | 15972-60-8 | Alachlor | — | 1 | 1 |
| 26 | 309-00-2 | Aldrin | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 27 | 1912-24-9 | Atrazine | — | 1 | 1 |
| 28 | 57-74-9 | Chlordane | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 29 | 143-50-0 | Chlordecone | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | 470-90-6 | Chlorfenvinphos | — | 1 | 1 |
| 31 | 85535-84-8 | Chloro-alkanes, C10-C13 | — | 1 | 1 |
| 32 | 2921-88-2 | Chlorpyrifos | — | 1 | 1 |
| 33 | 50-29-3 | DDT | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 34 | 107-06-2 | 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) | 1 000 | 10 | 10 |
| 35 | 75-09-2 | Dichloromethane (DCM) | 1 000 | 10 | 10 |
| 36 | 60-57-1 | Dieldrin | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 37 | 330-54-1 | Diuron | — | 1 | 1 |
| 38 | 115-29-7 | Endosulphan | — | 1 | 1 |
| 39 | 72-20-8 | Endrin | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 40 | Halogenated organic compounds (as AOX)i | — | 1 000 | 1 000 | |
| 41 | 76-44-8 | Heptachlor | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 42 | 118-74-1 | Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 43 | 87-68-3 | Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) | — | 1 | 1 |
| 44 | 608-73-1 | 1,2,3,4,5,6-hexachlorocyclohexane(HCH) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 45 | 58-89-9 | Lindane | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 46 | 2385-85-5 | Mirex | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 47 | PCDD + PCDF (dioxins + furans) (as Teq)j | 0,0001 | 0,0001 | 0,0001 | |
| 48 | 608-93-5 | Pentachlorobenzene | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 49 | 87-86-5 | Pentachlorophenol (PCP) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 50 | 1336-36-3 | Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,1 |
| 51 | 122-34-9 | Simazine | — | 1 | 1 |
| 52 | 127-18-4 | Tetrachloroethylene (PER) | 2 000 | 10 | — |
| 53 | 56-23-5 | Tetrachloromethane (TCM) | 100 | 1 | — |
| 54 | 12002-48-1 | Trichlorobenzenes (TCBs) (all isomers) | 10 | 1 | — |
| 55 | 71-55-6 | 1,1,1-trichloroethane | 100 | — | — |
| 56 | 79-34-5 | 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane | 50 | — | — |
| 57 | 79-01-6 | Trichloroethylene | 2 000 | 10 | — |
| 58 | 67-66-3 | Trichloromethane | 500 | 10 | — |
| 59 | 8001-35-2 | Toxaphene | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 60 | 75-01-4 | Vinyl chloride | 1 000 | 10 | 10 |
| 61 | 120-12-7 | Anthracene | 50 | 1 | 1 |
| 62 | 71-43-2 | Benzene | 1 000 | 200 (as BTEX)l | 200 (as BTEX)l |
| 63 | Brominated diphenylethers (PBDE)k | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 64 | Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPEs) | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 65 | 100-41-4 | Ethyl benzene | — | 200 (as BTEX)l | 200 (as BTEX)l |
| 66 | 75-21-8 | Ethylene oxide | 1 000 | 10 | 10 |
| 67 | 34123-59-6 | Isoproturon | — | 1 | 1 |
| 68 | 91-20-3 | Naphthalene | 100 | 10 | 10 |
| 69 | Organotin compounds(as total Sn) | — | 50 | 50 | |
| 70 | 117-81-7 | Di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate (DEHP) | 10 | 1 | 1 |
| 71 | 108-95-2 | Phenols (as total C)m | — | 20 | 20 |
| 72 | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)n | 50 | 5 | 5 | |
| 73 | 108-88-3 | Toluene | — | 200 (as BTEX)l | 200 (as BTEX)l |
| 74 | Tributyltin and compoundso | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 75 | Triphenyltin and compoundsp | — | 1 | 1 | |
| 76 | Total organic carbon (TOC) (as total C or COD/3) | — | 50 000 | — | |
| 77 | 1582-09-8 | Trifluralin | — | 1 | 1 |
| 78 | 1330-20-7 | Xylenesq | — | 200 (as BTEX)l | 200 (as BTEX)l |
| 79 | Chlorides (as total Cl) | — | 2 million | 2 million | |
| 80 | Chlorine and inorganic compounds (as HCl) | 10 000 | — | — | |
| 81 | 1332-21-4 | Asbestos | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 82 | Cyanides (as total CN) | — | 50 | 50 | |
| 83 | Fluorides (as total F) | — | 2 000 | 2 000 | |
| 84 | Fluorine and inorganic compounds (as HF) | 5 000 | — | — | |
| 85 | 74-90-8 | Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) | 200 | — | — |
| 86 | Particulate matter (PM10) | 50 000 | — | — | |
| 87 | 1806-26-4 | Octylphenols and Octylphenol ethoxylates | — | 1 | — |
| 88 | 206-44-0 | Fluoranthene | — | 1 | — |
| 89 | 465-73-6 | Isodrin | — | 1 | — |
| 90 | 36355-1-8 | Hexabromobiphenyl | 0,1 | 0,1 | 0,1 |
| 91 | 191-24-2 | Benzo(g,h,i)perylene | 1 | ||
Textual Amendments
F1 Deleted by Regulation (EU) 2019/1010 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 June 2019 on the alignment of reporting obligations in the field of legislation related to the environment, and amending Regulations (EC) No 166/2006 and (EU) No 995/2010 of the European Parliament and of the Council, Directives 2002/49/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2007/2/EC, 2009/147/EC and 2010/63/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, Council Regulations (EC) No 338/97 and (EC) No 2173/2005, and Council Directive 86/278/EEC (Text with EEA relevance).
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Releases of pollutants falling into several categories of pollutants shall be reported for each of these categories.