{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2117/annex/division-n1",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2017/2117",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2017/2117 of 21 November 2017 establishing best available techniques (BAT) conclusions, under Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, for the production of large volume organic chemicals (notified under document C(2017) 7469) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2017-2117",
  "path": "annex/division/n1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "SCOPE",
  "text": "These BAT conclusions concern the production of the following organic chemicals, as specified in Section 4.1 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU:\n(a) simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic);\n(b) oxygen-containing hydrocarbons such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters and mixtures of esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides and epoxy resins;\n(c) sulphurous hydrocarbons;\n(d) nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, nitrous compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates;\n(e) phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons;\n(f) halogenic hydrocarbons;\n(g) organometallic compounds;\n(k) surface-active agents and surfactants.\nThese BAT conclusions also cover the production of hydrogen peroxide as specified in Section 4.2(e) of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU.\nThese BAT conclusions cover combustion of fuels in process furnaces/heaters, where this is part of the abovementioned activities.\nThese BAT conclusions cover production of the aforementioned chemicals in continuous processes where the total production capacity of those chemicals exceeds 20 kt/year.\nThese BAT conclusions do not address the following:\ncombustion of fuels other than in a process furnace/heater or a thermal/catalytic oxidiser; this may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Large Combustion Plants (LCP);\nincineration of waste; this may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Waste Incineration (WI);\nethanol production taking place on an installation covered by the activity description in Section 6.4(b)(ii) of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU or covered as a directly associated activity to such an installation; this may be covered by the BAT conclusions for Food, Drink and Milk Industries (FDM).\nOther BAT conclusions which are complementary for the activities covered by these BAT conclusions include:\nCommon Waste Water/Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Sector (CWW);\nCommon Waste Gas Treatment in the Chemical Sector (WGC).\nOther BAT conclusions and reference documents which may be of relevance for the activities covered by these BAT conclusions are the following:\nEconomics and Cross-media Effects (ECM);\nEmissions from Storage (EFS);\nEnergy Efficiency (ENE);\nIndustrial Cooling Systems (ICS);\nLarge Combustion Plants (LCP);\nRefining of Mineral Oil and Gas (REF);\nMonitoring of Emissions to Air and Water from IED installations (ROM);\nWaste Incineration (WI);\nWaste Treatment (WT).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2017/2117/annex/division/n1",
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  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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