RIVM report 607633001 EU-wide control measures to reduce ...

67/548/EEC Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27 June 1967 on the approximation of
laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the
classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances
GENERAL POLICY: resolutions, protocols and declarations
VdP 1988Y0204(3) Council Resolution of 25 January 1988 on a Community action
programme to combat environmental pollution by cadmium (88/C
30/01)
VdP 2001A0517(01) Protocol to the 1979 Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air
Pollution on Heavy Metals
WATER
Short notes/explanation
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Cadmium substances are classified in Annex I e.g. as toxic to aquatic organisms,
possible risk for impaired fertility.
General resolution. The Council asks the Commision to develop specific measures
as identified in the action programme.
The Protocol on heavy metals to the UNECE Convention on long-range
transboundary air pollution recommends the adoption of measures to reduce
heavy metals emitted by certain installations.
75/440/EEC Directive 75/440/EEC of 16 June 1975 concerning the quality required Cadmium limits are under the characteristics of surface water intended for the
of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the abstraction of drinking water, i.e. 0.001 or 0.005 mg/L, depending on the water
Member States
treatment.
VdP 80/68/EEC Council Directive 80/68/EEC of 17 December 1979 on the protection of Comprises cadmium compounds for which MS must prohibit the direct and avoid
groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances the indirect introduction to the groundwater. No explicit standards are given.
VdP 83/513/EEC
cadmium
directive
Council Directive 83/513/EEC of 26 September 1983 on limit values
and quality objectives for cadmium discharges (daughter of
76/464/EEC)
85/613/EEC Council Decision of 20 December 1985 concerning the adoption, on
behalf of the Community, of programmes and measures relating to
mercury and cadmium discharges under the convention for the
prevention of marine pollution from land-based sources
Requires Member States to set up an (prior) authorisation system for discharges of
cadmium. Contains emission limits and monitoring requirements for effluent.
Every discharge of cadmium into the maritime area or into watercourses that affect
the maritime area requires prior authorization. Such authorizations have to contain
emission standards for the discharge. The actual limit values can not be extracted
from the Decision due to the html-version. Quality objectives for estuarine waters 5
µg/L; waters affected by discharges 2,5 µg/L; estuary waters up to the freshwater
limit 1 µg/L and territorial waters plus waters, other than estuary waters, on the
landward side of the base lines from which the breadth of the territorial sea is
measured and extending in the case of watercourses up to the freshwater limit 0.5