No. | Activity | Capacity threshold (column 1) | Employee threshold (column 2) | |
1. | Energy sector | 10 employees | ||
(a) | Mineral oil and gas refineries | |||
b | Installations for gasification and liquefaction | |||
c | Thermal power stations and other combustion installations | |||
d | Coke ovens | |||
e | Coal rolling mills | |||
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 | |||
Installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary melting) including continuous casting | ||||
Installations for the processing of ferrous metals: (i) Hot-rolling mills (ii) Smitheries with hammers (iii) Application of protective fused metal coats | With a capacity of 20 tons of crude steel per hour With an energy of 50 kilojoules per hammer, where the calorific power used exceeds 20 MW With an input of 2 tons of crude steel per hour | 10 employees | ||
(d) | Ferrous metal foundries | With a production capacity of 20 tons 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 tons per day for lead and cadmium or 20 tons per day for all other metals | 10 employees | |
(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 m 3 | ||
3. | Mineral industry | |||
(a) | Underground mining and related operations | |||
(b) | Opencast mining | |||
(c) | Installations for the production of: (i) Cement clinker in rotary kilns (ii) Lime in rotary kilns (iii) Cement clinker or lime in other furnaces | With a production capacity of 500 tons per day With a production capa city exceeding 50 tons per day With a production capacity of 50 tons per day | 10 employees | |
(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 tons per day | ||
(f) | IInstallations for melting mineral substances, including the production of mineral fibres | With a melting capacity of 20 tons 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 tons 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, nitrile s, 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 | * | 10 employees | |
(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 calc ium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide | * | ||
(c) | Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of phosphorous-, nitrogen- or potassiumbased fertilizers (simple or compound fertilizers) | * | ||
(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 | * | 10 employees | |
5 | Waste and waste-water management | |||
(a) | Installations for the incineration, pyrolysis, recovery, chemical treatment or landfilling of hazardous waste | Receiving 10 tons per day | 10 employees | |
(b) | Installations for the incineration of municipal waste | With a capacity of 3 tons per hour | ||
(c) | Installations for the disposal of non -hazardous waste | With a capacity of 50 tons per day | ||
(d) | Landfills (excluding landfills of inert waste) | Receiving 10 tons per day or with a total capacity of 25,000 tons | ||
(e) | Installations for the disposal or recycling of animal carcasses and animal waste | With a treatment capacity of 10 tons per day | ||
(f) | Municipal 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 day | ||
6. | Paper and wood production and processing | |||
(a) | Industrial plants for the production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous materials | With a production capacity of 20 tons per day | 10 employees | |
(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 50 m3 per day | ||
(c) | Industrial plants for the p reservation 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 | 10 employees | |
(b) | Intensive aquaculture | 1,000 tons of fish and shellfish per year | ||
8. | Animal and vegetable products from the food and beverage sector | |||
(a) | Slaughterhouses | With a carcass production capacity of 50 tons per day | ||
(b) | Treatment and processing intended for the production of food and beverage products from: (i) Animal raw materials (other than milk) (ii) Vegetable raw materials | With a finished product production capacity of 75 tons per day With a finished product production capacity of 300 tons per day (average value on a quarterly basis) | 10 employees | |
(c) | Treatment and processing of milk | With a capacity to re ceive 200 tons of milk per day (average value on an annual basis) | ||
9. | Other activities | |||
(a) | Plants for the pretreatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerization) or dyeing of fibres or textiles | With a treatment capacity of 10 tons per day | ||
(b) | Plants for the tanning of hides and skins | With a treatment capacity of 12 tons 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 tons per year | 10 employees | |
(d) | Installations for the production of carbon (hard-burnt coal) or electrographite by means of incineration or graphitization | * | ||
(e) | Installations for the building of, and painting or removal of paint from ships | With a capacity for ships 100 m long | ||
POLLUTANTS | ||||||||
Threshold for releases (column 1) | ||||||||
No. | CAS number | Pollutant | to air (column 1a) | to water (column 1b) | to land (column 1c) | Threshold for off-site transfers of pollutants (column 2) | Manufacture, process or use threshold (column 3) kg/year | |
1 | 74-82-8 | Methane (CH4) | 100 000 | - | - | - | * | |
2 | 630-08-0 | Carbon monoxide (CO) | 500 000 | - | - | - | ||
3 | 124-38-9 | Carbon dioxide (CO2) | 100 million | - | - | - | ||
4 | Hydro-fluorocarbons (HFCs) | 100 | - | - | - | |||
5 | 10024-97-2 | Nitrous oxide (N2O) | 10 000 | - | - | - | * | |
6 | Ammonia (NH3) | 10 000 | - | - | - | * | ||
7 | Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC) | 100 000 | - | - | - | |||
8 | Nitrogen oxides (NOx/NO2) | 100 000 | - | - | - | * | ||
9 | Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) | 100 | - | - | - | * | ||
10 | 2551-62-4 | Sulphur h exafluoride (SF6) | 50 | - | - | - | * | |
11 | Sulphur oxides (SOx/SO2) | 150 000 | - | - | - | * | ||
12 | Total nitrogen | - | 10 000 | 10 000 | ||||
13 | Total phosphorus | - | - | - | 10 000 | 10 000 | ||
14 | Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) | 1 | - | - | 100 | 10 000 | ||
15 | Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) | 1 | - | - | 100 | 10 000 | ||
16 | Halons | 1 | - | - | 100 | 10 000 | ||
17 | 7440-38-2 | Arsenic and compounds (as As) | 20 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 50 | |
18 | 7440-43-9 | Cadmium and compounds (as Cd) | 10 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |
19 | 7440-47-3 | Chromium and compounds (as Cr) | 100 | 50 | 50 | 200 | 10 000 | |
20 | 7440-50-8 | Copper and compounds (as Cu) | 100 | 50 | 50 | 200 | 10 000 | |
21 | 7439-97-6 | Mercury and compounds (as Hg) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | |
22 | 7440-02-0 | Nickel and compounds (as Ni) | 50 | 20 | 20 | 500 | 10 000 | |
23 | 7439-92-1 | Lead and compounds (as Pb) | 200 | 20 | 20 | 50 | 50 | |
24 | 7440-66-6 | Zinc and compounds (as Zn) | 200 | 100 | 100 | 1000 | 10 000 | |
25 | 15972-60-8 | Alachlor | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | |
26 | 309-00-2 | Aldrin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 000 | |
27 | 1912-24-9 | Atrazine | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
28 | 57-74-9 | Chlordane | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | |
29 | 143-50-0 | Chlordecone | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
30 | 470-90-6 | Chlorfenvinphos | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
31 | 85535-84-8 | Chloro -alkanes, C10-C13 | - | 1 | 10 | 10 000 | ||
32 | 2921-88-2 | Chlorpyrifos | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | |
33 | 50-29-3 | DDT | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
34 | 107-06-2 1 | 1,2-dichloroethane (EDC) | 1 000 | 10 | 10 | 100 | 10 000 | |
35 | 75-09-2 | Dichloromethane (DCM) | 1 000 | 10 | 10 | 100 | 10 000 | |
36 | 60-57-1 | Dieldrin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
37 | 330-54-1 | Diuron | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 000 | |
38 | 115-29-7 | Endosulphan | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | |
39 | 72-20-8 | Endrin | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
40 | Halogenated organic compounds (as AOX) | 10 000 | ||||||
41 | 76-44-8 | Heptachlor | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
42 | 118-74-1 | Hexachloroben zene (HCB) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | |
43 | 87-68-3 | Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD) | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | |
44 | 608-73-1 | 1,2,3,4,5, 6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | |
45 | 58-89-9 | Lindane | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
46 | 2385-85-5 | Mirex | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
47 | PCDD +PCDF (dioxins +furans) (as Teq) | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | 0.001 | ||
48 | 608-93-5 | Pentachloroben zene | 1 | 1 | 5 | 50 | ||
49 | 87-86-5 | Pentachlorophenol (PCP) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 000 | |
50 | 0 1336-36-3 | Polychlorinated b iphenyls (PCBs) | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | |
51 | 122-34-9 | Simazine | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | |
52 | 127-18-4 | Tetrachloroethylene (PER) | 2000 | - | - | 1 000 | 10 000 | |
53 | 56-23-5 | Tetrachloromethane (TCM) | 100 | - | - | 1 000 | 10 000 | |
54 | 12002-48-1 | Trichlorobenzenes (TCBs) | 10 | - | - | 1 000 | 10 000 | |
55 | 71-55-6 | 1,1,1-trichloro ethane | 100 | - | - | 1 000 | 10 000 | |
56 | 79-34-5 | 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane | 50 | - | - | 1 000 | 10 000 | |
57 | 79-01-6 | Trichloroethylene | 2000 | - | - | 1 000 | 10 000 | |
58 | 67-66-3 | Trichloromethane | 500 | - | - | 1 000 | 10 000 | |
59 | 8001-35-2 | Toxaphene | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
60 | 75-01-4 | Vinyl chloride | 1 000 | 10 | 10 | 100 | 10 000 | |
61 | 120-12-7 | Anthracene | 50 | 1 | 1 | 50 | 50 | |
62 | Benzene | 1 000 | 200 (as BTEX) a/ | 200 (as BTEX) a/ | 200 (as BTEX) a/ | 10 000 | ||
63 | Brominated diphenylethers (PBDE) | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | ||
64 | Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPEs) and related substances | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | ||
65 | 100-41-4 | Ethyl benzene | - | 200 (as BTEX)a/ | 200 (as BTEX)a/ | 200 (as BTEX)a/ | 10 000 | |
66 | 75-21-8 | Ethylene o xide | 1 000 | 10 | 10 | 100 | 10 000 | |
67 | 34123-59-6 | Isoproturon | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | |
68 | Naphthalene | 100 | 10 | 10 | 100 | 10 000 | ||
69 | Organotin compounds (as total Sn) | - | 50 | 50 | 50 | 10 000 | ||
70 | 117-81-7 | Di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate (DEHP) | 10 | 1 | 1 | 100 | 10 000 | |
71 | 108-95-2 | Phenols (as total C) | - | 20 | 20 | 200 | 10 000 | |
72 | Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs)b/ | 50 | 5 | 5 | 50 | 50 | ||
73 | 108-88-3 | Toluene | - | 200 (as BTEX)a/ | 200 (as BTEX)a/ | 200 (as BTEX)a/ | 10 000 | |
74 | Tributyltin and compounds | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | ||
75 | Triphenyltin and compounds | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | ||
76 | Total organic carbon (TOC) (as total C or COD/3) | - | 50 000 | - | - | ** | ||
77 | 1582-09-8 | Triflu ralin | - | 1 | 1 | 5 | 10 000 | |
78 | 1330-20-7 | Xylenes | - | 200 (as BTEX)a | 200 (as BTEX)a | 200 (as BTEX)a | 10 000 | |
79 | Chlo rides (as tot al Cl) | - | 2 million | 2 million | 2 million | 10 000 | ||
80 | Chlorine and inorganic compounds (as HCl) | 10 000 | - | - | - | 10 000 | ||
81 | 1332-21-4 | Asbestos | 1 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 10 000 | |
82 | Cyanides (as total CN) | - | 50 | 50 | 500 | 10 000 | ||
83 | Fluorides (as total F) | - | 2 000 | 2 000 | 10 000 | 10 000 | ||
84 | Fluorine and inorganic compounds (as HF) | 5 000 | - | - | - | 10 000 | ||
85 | 74-90-8 | Hydrogen cyanide (HCN) | 200 | - | - | - | 10 000 | |
86 | Particulate matter (PM10) | 50 000 | - | - | - | * |