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Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control (repealed)
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Production within the meaning of the categories of activities contained in this section means the production on an industrial scale by chemical processing of substances or groups of substances listed in Sections 4.1 to 4.6
simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic)
oxygen-containing hydrocarbons such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides, epoxy resins
sulphurous hydrocarbons
nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, nitrous compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates
phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons
halogenic hydrocarbons
organometallic compounds
basic plastic materials (polymers synthetic fibres and cellulose-based fibres)
synthetic rubbers
dyes and pigments
surface-active agents and surfactants
gases, such as ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen chloride, fluorine or hydrogen fluoride, carbon oxides, sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, carbonyl chloride
acids, such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum, sulphurous acids
bases, such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide
salts, such as ammonium chloride, potassium chlorate, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, perborate, silver nitrate
non-metals, metal oxides or other inorganic compounds such as calcium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide
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