environmental legislation applicable to industrial gases ... - eiga

IGC DOC 108/03
94/904 Decision
96/191 Directive
96/59 Directive
96/61 Directive
97/640 Regulation
98/558 Directive
99/31 Directive
2000/532 Decision
2000/66 White Paper
2000/76 Directive
2001/315 Directive
2003/33 Decision
Establishment of a list of hazardous
wastes pursuant to directive 91/689
superceded by 2001/119/EC Replaced by 2000/532
Identification and marking of
Packaging Material Daughter directive
to packaging waste 94/3 None as the system is voluntary.
Transformers and capacitors
containing PCBs (>50 ppm) need
Council Directive on the disposal of to be identified and plans to
polychlorinated biphenyls and remove, see Environmental Issues
polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT) guid
Acetylene and Hydrogen plants
N20 plants, spec gas production
and organometallics, ASUs
excluded. see Environmental Issues
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Integrated Pollution Prevention and
Control Directive
Convention on the control of
transboundary movements of
hazardous wastes and their disposal
(Basle Convention)
Incineration of non hazardous waste,
replacing directives 89/369 and
89/429 None
Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26
April 1999 on the landfill of waste
Commission Decision of 3 May 2000
establishing a list of wastes
(combined hazardous and non
hazardous),Amended by
2001/118,119,
White Paper on Environmental
Liability
on the incineration of hazardous
waste, repaces 94/67
Directive on Waste Electrical and
Electronic Equipment
Decision on establishing criteria and
procedures for the acceptance of
waste at Landfill see 99/30
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Waste shipments must comply, see
ENL 07 and Environmental Issues
guide
Restrictions on landfilling of
acetylene cylinders will be extended
to all countries. Lime ponds may be
classified as landfill
Revised with hazardous waste list
incorporated. see ENL 07 and
Environmental Issues guide.
Tightening of permit conditions and
increase in liability for accidents,
waste, will not be retrospective.
Standards need to be met by any
incinerators of hazardous waste,
e.g. disposal operations at Spec
Gas facilities.
Users of electronic equipment may
pay more for disposal in addition
there must be means of take back.
Restrictions on landfilling of
acetylene cylinders will be extended
to all countries.