adhesive — any mixture, including all the organic solvents or mixtures containing organic solvents necessary for its proper application, which is used to adhere separate parts of a product Article 57 — Definitions

available techniques — techniques developed on a scale which allows implementation in the relevant industrial sector, under economically and technically viable conditions, taking into consideration the costs and advantages, regardless of whether such techniques are used or produced in the Union, as long as they are reasonably accessible to the operator Article 3 — Definitions

baseline report — information on the state of soil and groundwater contamination by relevant hazardous substances Article 3 — Definitions

BAT conclusions — a document containing the parts of a BAT reference document laying down the conclusions on best available techniques and emerging techniques, their description, information to assess their applicability, the emission levels associated with those techniques, the environmental performance levels associated with those techniques, the content of an environmental management system including benchmarks, associated monitoring, associated consumption levels and, where appropriate, relevant site remediation measures Article 3 — Definitions

BAT reference document — a document, resulting from the exchange of information organised pursuant to Article 13, drawn up for defined activities and describing, in particular, applied techniques, present emissions and consumption levels, techniques considered for the determination of best available techniques as well as BAT conclusions and any emerging techniques, giving special consideration to the criteria listed in Annex III Article 3 — Definitions

benchmarks — the indicative range of environmental performance levels associated with best available techniques, which is to be used as a reference in the EMS Article 3 — Definitions

best — most effective in achieving a high general level of protection of the environment as a whole, including human health and climate protection Article 3 — Definitions

best available techniques — the most effective and advanced stage in the development of activities and their methods of operation which indicates the practical suitability of particular techniques for providing the basis for emission limit values and other permit conditions designed to prevent and, where that is not practicable, to reduce emissions and the impact on the environment as a whole: (a) ‘techniques’ includes both the technology used and the way in which the installation is designed, built, maintained, operated and decommissioned Article 3 — Definitions

biomass — any of the following: (a) products consisting of any vegetable matter from agriculture or forestry which can be used as a fuel for the purpose of recovering its energy content; (b) the following waste: (i) vegetable waste from agriculture and forestry; (ii) vegetable waste from the food processing industry, if the heat generated is recovered; (iii) fibrous vegetable waste from virgin pulp production and from production of paper from pulp, if it is co-incinerated at the place of production and the heat generated is recovered; (iv) cork waste; (v) wood waste with the exception of wood waste which may contain halogenated organic compounds or heavy metals as a result of treatment with wood preservatives or coating and which includes, in particular, such wood waste originating from construction and demolition waste Article 3 — Definitions

coating — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

combustion plant — any technical apparatus in which fuels are oxidised in order to use the heat thus generated Article 3 — Definitions

compliance assurance — mechanisms for securing compliance using three categories of intervention: compliance promotion; compliance monitoring; follow-up and enforcement Article 3 — Definitions

consumption — the total input of organic solvents into an installation per calendar year, or any other 12-month period, less any volatile organic compounds that are recovered for re-use Article 57 — Definitions

contained conditions — conditions under which an installation is operated so that the volatile organic compounds released from the activity are collected and discharged in a controlled way either via a stack or abatement equipment and are, therefore, not entirely fugitive Article 57 — Definitions

deep industrial transformation — the implementation by industrial operators of emerging techniques or best available techniques involving a major change in the design or technology of all or part of an installation or the replacement of an existing installation by a new installation, which allows an extremely substantial reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases in line with the objective of climate neutrality and optimises environmental co-benefits, at least to the levels that can be achieved by techniques identified in the applicable BAT conclusions, taking into account cross-media effects Article 3 — Definitions

determinative fuel — the fuel which, amongst all fuels used in a multi-fuel firing combustion plant using the distillation and conversion residues from the refining of crude-oil for own consumption, alone or with other fuels, has the highest emission limit value as set out in Part 1 of Annex V, or, in the case of several fuels having the same emission limit value, the fuel having the highest thermal input amongst those fuels Article 3 — Definitions

diesel engine — an internal combustion engine which operates according to the diesel cycle and uses compression ignition to burn fuel Article 3 — Definitions

dioxins and furans — all polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans listed in Part 2 of Annex VI Article 3 — Definitions

emerging technique — a novel technique for an industrial activity that, if commercially developed, could provide either a higher general level of protection of human health and the environment or at least the same level of protection of human health and the environment and higher cost savings than existing best available techniques Article 3 — Definitions

emission — the direct or indirect release of substances, vibrations, heat or noise from individual or diffuse sources in the installation into air, water or land Article 3 — Definitions

emission levels associated with emerging techniques — the range of emission levels obtained under normal operating conditions using an emerging technique or a combination of emerging techniques, as described in BAT conclusions, expressed as an average over a given period of time, under specified reference conditions Article 3 — Definitions

emission levels associated with the best available techniques — the range of emission levels obtained under normal operating conditions using a best available technique or a combination of best available techniques, as described in BAT conclusions, expressed as an average over a given period of time, under specified reference conditions Article 3 — Definitions

emission limit value — the mass, expressed in terms of certain specific parameters, concentration and/or level of an emission, which may not be exceeded during one or more periods of time Article 3 — Definitions

environmental inspection — all actions, including site visits, monitoring of emissions and checks of internal reports and follow-up documents, verification of self-monitoring, checking of the techniques used and adequacy of the environment management of the installation, undertaken by or on behalf of the competent authority to check and promote compliance of installations with their permit conditions and, where necessary, to monitor their environmental impact Article 3 — Definitions

environmental performance — the performance with regard to consumption levels, resource efficiency concerning materials, water and energy resources, the reuse of materials and water, and to waste generation Article 3 — Definitions

environmental performance levels associated with emerging techniques — the range of environmental performance levels, obtained under normal operating conditions, using an emerging technique or a combination of emerging techniques as described in BAT conclusions Article 3 — Definitions

environmental performance levels associated with the best available techniques — the range of environmental performance levels, obtained under normal operating conditions using a BAT or a combination of BATs; as described in BAT conclusions; (13aa) Article 3 — Definitions

environmental performance limit value — a performance value included in a permit, expressed for specified conditions in terms of certain specific parameters Article 3 — Definitions

environmental quality standard — the set of requirements which must be fulfilled at a given time by a given environment or particular part thereof, as set out in Union law Article 3 — Definitions

existing installation — an installation in operation on 29 March 1999 or which was granted a permit or registered before 1 April 2001 or the operator of which submitted a complete application for a permit before 1 April 2001, provided that that installation was put in operation no later than 1 April 2002 Article 57 — Definitions

fuel — any solid, liquid or gaseous combustible material Article 3 — Definitions

fugitive emissions — any emissions not in waste gases of volatile organic compounds into air, soil and water as well as solvents contained in any products, unless otherwise stated in Part 2 of Annex VII Article 57 — Definitions

gas engine — an internal combustion engine which operates according to the Otto cycle and uses spark ignition or, in case of dual fuel engines, compression ignition to burn fuel Article 3 — Definitions

gas turbine — any rotating machine which converts thermal energy into mechanical work, consisting mainly of a compressor, a thermal device in which fuel is oxidised in order to heat the working fluid, and a turbine Article 3 — Definitions

general binding rules — emission limit values or other conditions, at least at sector level, that are adopted with the intention of being used directly to set permit conditions Article 3 — Definitions

groundwater — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

hazardous substances — substances or mixtures as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ( 4 ) Article 3 — Definitions

hazardous waste — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

indigenous solid fuel — a naturally occurring solid fuel fired in a combustion plant specifically designed for that fuel and extracted locally Article 3 — Definitions

ink — a mixture, including all the organic solvents or mixtures containing organic solvents necessary for its proper application, which is used in a printing activity to impress text or images on to a surface Article 57 — Definitions

input — the quantity of organic solvents and their quantity in mixtures used when carrying out an activity, including the solvents recycled inside and outside the installation, and which are counted every time they are used to carry out the activity Article 57 — Definitions

installation — a stationary technical unit within which one or more activities listed in Annex I, in Annex Ia or in Part 1 of Annex VII are carried out, and any other directly associated activities on the same site which have a technical connection with the activities listed in those Annexes and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution Article 3 — Definitions

livestock unit — a standard measurement unit that allows for the aggregation of the various categories of livestock in order for them to be compared, and is calculated by using the coefficients for individual livestock categories listed in Annex Ia Article 3 — Definitions

mixed municipal waste — waste from households as well as commercial, industrial and institutional waste which, because of its nature and composition, is similar to waste from households, but excluding fractions indicated under heading 20 01 of the Annex to Decision 2000/532/EC ( 10 ) that are collected separately at source and excluding the other waste indicated under heading 20 02 of that Annex Article 3 — Definitions

mixture — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 57 — Definitions

multi-fuel firing combustion plant — any combustion plant which may be fired simultaneously or alternately by two or more types of fuel Article 3 — Definitions

nominal capacity — the sum of the incineration capacities of the furnaces of which a waste incineration plant or a waste co-incineration plant is composed, as specified by the constructor and confirmed by the operator, with due account being taken of the calorific value of the waste, expressed as the quantity of waste incinerated per hour Article 3 — Definitions

operating hours — the time, expressed in hours, during which a combustion plant, in whole or in part, is operating and discharging emissions into the air, excluding start-up and shut-down periods Article 3 — Definitions

operating rules — the rules included in permits or general binding rules for the operation of activities referred to in Annex Ia, setting out the emission limit values, the environmental performance limit values, associated monitoring requirements, and, where relevant, land spreading practices, pollution prevention and mitigation practices, nutritional management, feed preparation, housing, manure management, including collection, storage, processing and land spreading of manure, and storage of dead animals, and which are consistent with the use of best available techniques Article 3 — Definitions

operator — any natural or legal person who operates or controls in whole or in part the installation or combustion plant, waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant or, where this is provided for in national law, to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the installation or plant has been delegated Article 3 — Definitions

organic compound — any compound containing at least the element carbon and one or more of hydrogen, halogens, oxygen, sulphur, phosphorus, silicon or nitrogen, with the exception of carbon oxides and inorganic carbonates and bicarbonates Article 3 — Definitions

organic solvent — any volatile organic compound which is used for any of the following: (a) alone or in combination with other agents, and without undergoing a chemical change, to dissolve raw materials, products or waste materials; (b) as a cleaning agent to dissolve contaminants; (c) as a dissolver; (d) as a dispersion medium; (e) as a viscosity adjuster; (f) as a surface tension adjuster; (g) as a plasticiser; (h) as a preservative Article 3 — Definitions

permit — a written authorisation to operate all or part of an installation or combustion plant, waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant Article 3 — Definitions

pigs — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

pollution — the direct or indirect introduction, as a result of human activity, of substances, vibrations, heat, noise or odours into air, water or land, which can be harmful to human health or the quality of the environment, result in damage to material property, or impair or interfere with amenities and other legitimate uses of the environment Article 3 — Definitions

poultry — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

rate of desulphurisation — the ratio over a given period of time of the quantity of sulphur which is not emitted into air by a combustion plant to the quantity of sulphur contained in the solid fuel which is introduced into the combustion plant facilities and which is used in the plant over the same period of time Article 3 — Definitions

re-use — the use of organic solvents recovered from an installation for any technical or commercial purpose and including use as a fuel but excluding the final disposal of such recovered organic solvent as waste Article 57 — Definitions

small isolated system — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

soil — the top layer of the Earth’s crust situated between the bedrock and the surface. The soil is composed of mineral particles, organic matter, water, air and living organisms Article 3 — Definitions

stack — a structure containing one or more flues providing a passage for waste gases in order to discharge them into the air Article 3 — Definitions

start-up and shut-down operations — operations excluding regularly oscillating activity phases whilst bringing an activity, an equipment item or a tank into or out of service or into or out of an idling state Article 57 — Definitions

substance — any chemical element and its compounds, with the exception of the following substances: (a) radioactive substances as defined in Article 1 of Council Directive 96/29/Euratom of 13 May 1996 laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation ( 1 ); (b) genetically modified micro-organisms as defined in Article 2(b) of Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and the Council of 6 May 2009 on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms ( 2 ); (c) genetically modified organisms as defined in point 2 of Article 2 of Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 March 2001 on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms ( 3 ) Article 3 — Definitions

substantial change — a change in the nature or functioning, or an extension, of an installation or combustion plant, waste incineration plant or waste co-incineration plant which may have significant negative effects on human health or the environment Article 3 — Definitions

the public — one or more natural or legal persons and, in accordance with national law or practice, their associations, organisations or groups Article 3 — Definitions

the public concerned — the public affected or likely to be affected by, or having an interest in, the taking of a decision on the granting or the updating of a permit or of permit conditions; for the purposes of this definition, non-governmental organisations promoting the protection of human health or the environment and meeting any requirements under national law shall be deemed to have an interest Article 3 — Definitions

total emissions — the sum of fugitive emissions and emissions in waste gases Article 57 — Definitions

varnish — a transparent coating Article 57 — Definitions

volatile organic compound — any organic compound as well as the fraction of creosote, having at 293,15 K a vapour pressure of 0,01 kPa or more, or having a corresponding volatility under the particular conditions of use Article 3 — Definitions

waste — borrowed from another act; this instrument states no meaning of its own Article 3 — Definitions

waste co-incineration plant — any stationary or mobile technical unit whose main purpose is the generation of energy or production of material products and which uses waste as a regular or additional fuel or in which waste is thermally treated for the purpose of disposal through the incineration by oxidation of waste as well as other thermal treatment processes, such as pyrolysis, gasification or plasma process, if the substances resulting from the treatment are subsequently incinerated Article 3 — Definitions

waste gases — the final gaseous discharge containing volatile organic compounds or other pollutants from a stack or abatement equipment into air Article 57 — Definitions

waste incineration plant — any stationary or mobile technical unit and equipment dedicated to the thermal treatment of waste, with or without recovery of the combustion heat generated, through the incineration by oxidation of waste as well as other thermal treatment processes, such as pyrolysis, gasification or plasma process, if the substances resulting from the treatment are subsequently incinerated Article 3 — Definitions