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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-166/annex-I",
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  "legislation": "eur/2006/166",
  "legislation_title": "Regulation (EC) No 166/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 January 2006 concerning the establishment of a European Pollutant Release and Transfer Register and amending Council Directives 91/689/EEC and 96/61/EC (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-regulation-2006-166",
  "path": "annex/I",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Activities",
  "text": "An asterisk (*) indicates that no capacity threshold is applicable (all facilities are subject to reporting).\nOJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 91.\nOJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003.\nThe capacity threshold shall be reviewed by 2010 at the latest in the light of the results of the first reporting cycle.\nNo\nActivity\nCapacity threshold\n1.\nEnergy sector\n(a)\nMineral oil and gas refineries\n*\n(b)\nInstallations for gasification and liquefaction\n*\n(c)\nThermal power stations and other combustion installations\nWith a heat input of 50 megawatts (MW)\n(d)\nCoke ovens\n*\n(e)\nCoal rolling mills\nWith a capacity of 1 tonne per hour\n(f)\nInstallations for the manufacture of coal products and solid smokeless fuel\n*\n2.\nProduction and processing of metals\n(a)\nMetal ore (including sulphide ore) roasting or sintering installations\n*\n(b)\nInstallations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary melting) including continuous casting\nWith a capacity of 2,5 tonnes per hour\n(c)\nInstallations for the processing of ferrous metals:\n(i)\nHot-rolling mills\nWith a capacity of 20 tonnes of crude steel per hour\n(ii)\nSmitheries with hammers\nWith an energy of 50 kilojoules per hammer, where the calorific power used exceeds 20 MW\n(iii)\nApplication of protective fused metal coats\nWith an input of 2 tonnes of crude steel per hour\n(d)\nFerrous metal foundries\nWith a production capacity of 20 tonnes per day\n(e)\nInstallations:\n(i)\nFor the production of non-ferrous crude metals from ore, concentrates or secondary raw materials by metallurgical, chemical or electrolytic processes\n*\n(ii)\nFor the smelting, including the alloying, of non-ferrous metals, including recovered products (refining, foundry casting, etc.)\nWith a melting capacity of 4 tonnes per day for lead and cadmium or 20 tonnes per day for all other metals\n(f)\nInstallations for surface treatment of metals and plastic materials using an electrolytic or chemical process\nWhere the volume of the treatment vats equals 30 m3\n3.\nMineral industry\n(a)\nUnderground mining and related operations\n*\n(b)\nOpencast mining and quarrying\nWhere the surface of the area effectively under extractive operation equals 25 hectares\n(c)\nInstallations for the production of:\n(i)\nCement clinker in rotary kilns\nWith a production capacity of 500 tonnes per day\n(ii)\nLime in rotary kilns\nWith a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day\n(iii)\nCement clinker or lime in other furnaces\nWith a production capacity of 50 tonnes per day\n(d)\nInstallations for the production of asbestos and the manufacture of asbestos-based products\n*\n(e)\nInstallations for the manufacture of glass, including glass fibre\nWith a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day\n(f)\nInstallations for melting mineral substances, including the production of mineral fibres\nWith a melting capacity of 20 tonnes per day\n(g)\nInstallations for the manufacture of ceramic products by firing, in particular roofing tiles, bricks, refractory bricks, tiles, stoneware or porcelain\nWith 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\n4.\nChemical industry\n(a)\nChemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic organic chemicals, such as:\n(i) Simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic)\n(ii) Oxygen-containing hydrocarbons such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides, epoxy resins\n(iii) Sulphurous hydrocarbons\n(iv) Nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, nitrous compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates\n(v) Phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons\n(vi) Halogenic hydrocarbons\n(vii) Organometallic compounds\n(viii) Basic plastic materials (polymers, synthetic fibres and cellulose-based fibres)\n(ix) Synthetic rubbers\n(x) Dyes and pigments\n(xi) Surface-active agents and surfactants\n*\n(b)\nChemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic inorganic chemicals, such as:\n(i) Gases, such as ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen chloride, fluorine or hydrogen fluoride, carbon oxides, sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, carbonyl chloride\n(ii) Acids, such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum, sulphurous acids\n(iii) Bases, such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide\n(iv) Salts, such as ammonium chloride, potassium chlorate, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, perborate, silver nitrate\n(v) Non-metals, metal oxides or other inorganic compounds such as calcium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide\n*\n(c)\nChemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of phosphorous-, nitrogen- or potassium-based fertilisers (simple or compound fertilisers)\n*\n(d)\nChemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic plant health products and of biocides\n*\n(e)\nInstallations using a chemical or biological process for the production on an industrial scale of basic pharmaceutical products\n*\n(f)\nInstallations for the production on an industrial scale of explosives and pyrotechnic products\n*\n5.\nWaste and wastewater management\n(a)\nInstallations for the recovery or disposal of hazardous waste\nReceiving 10 tonnes per day\n(b)\nInstallations 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 waste\nWith a capacity of 3 tonnes per hour\n(c)\nInstallations for the disposal of non-hazardous waste\nWith a capacity of 50 tonnes per day\n(d)\nLandfills (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 waste has expired)\nReceiving 10 tonnes per day or with a total capacity of 25 000 tonnes\n(e)\nInstallations for the disposal or recycling of animal carcasses and animal waste\nWith a treatment capacity of 10 tonnes per day\n(f)\nUrban waste-water treatment plants\nWith a capacity of 100 000 population equivalents\n(g)\nIndependently operated industrial waste-water treatment plants which serve one or more activities of this annex\nWith a capacity of 10 000 m3 per day\n6.\nPaper and wood production and processing\n(a)\nIndustrial plants for the production of pulp from timber or similar fibrous materials\n*\n(b)\nIndustrial plants for the production of paper and board and other primary wood products (such as chipboard, fibreboard and plywood)\nWith a production capacity of 20 tonnes per day\n(c)\nIndustrial plants for the preservation of wood and wood products with chemicals\nWith a production capacity of 50 m3 per day\n7.\nIntensive livestock production and aquaculture\n(a)\nInstallations for the intensive rearing of poultry or pigs\n(i) With 40 000 places for poultry\n(ii) With 2 000 places for production pigs (over 30 kg)\n(iii) With 750 places for sows\n(b)\nIntensive aquaculture\nWith a production capacity of 1 000 tonnes of fish or shellfish per year\n8.\nAnimal and vegetable products from the food and beverage sector\n(a)\nSlaughterhouses\nWith a carcass production capacity of 50 tonnes per day\n(b)\nTreatment and processing intended for the production of food and beverage products from:\n(i)\nAnimal raw materials (other than milk)\nWith a finished product production capacity of 75 tonnes per day\n(ii)\nVegetable raw materials\nWith a finished product production capacity of 300 tonnes per day (average value on a quarterly basis)\n(c)\nTreatment and processing of milk\nWith a capacity to receive 200 tonnes of milk per day (average value on an annual basis)\n9.\nOther activities\n(a)\nPlants for the pre-treatment (operations such as washing, bleaching, mercerisation) or dyeing of fibres or textiles\nWith a treatment capacity of 10 tonnes per day\n(b)\nPlants for the tanning of hides and skins\nWith a treatment capacity of 12 tonnes of finished product per day\n(c)\nInstallations 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\nWith a consumption capacity of 150 kg per hour or 200 tonnes per year\n(d)\nInstallations for the production of carbon (hard-burnt coal) or electro-graphite by means of incineration or graphitisation\n*\n(e)\nInstallations for the building of, and painting or removal of paint from ships\nWith a capacity for ships 100 m long",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "An asterisk (*) indicates that no capacity threshold is applicable (all facilities are subject to reporting)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 91."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1. Directive as amended by Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "The capacity threshold shall be reviewed by 2010 at the latest in the light of the results of the first reporting cycle."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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