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Categories of activities pursuant to Annex 1 of the EGO 152/2005
1. Energy industry
1.1. Combustion plants with a thermal output of more than 50 MW9
1.2. Mineral oil and gas refineries
1.3. Coking plants
1.4. Coal gasification and liquefaction plants
2. Production and processing of metals
2.1. Roasting or sintering plants for metal ore, including sulphide ore
2.2. Installations for the production of pig iron or steel (primary or secondary fusion) including
continuous casting with a capacity exceeding 2.5 t per hour
2.3. Installations for the processing of ferrous metals by
a) Hot rolling mils with an output of more than 20 t crude steel per hour
b) Smitheries with hammers with an impact energy exceeding 50 kilo joule per hammer,
with a thermal output of more than 20 MW
c) Applying protective fused metal coatings with a processing capacity of more than 2 t
crude steel per hour
2.4. Ferrous metal foundries with a production capacity of more than 20 t per day
2.5. Installations
a) for the extraction of non-ferrous crude metal from ore, concentrates, or secondary raw
materials by metallurgical, chemical, or electrolytic methods
b) for smelting non-ferrous metals and their alloys, including recycling products (refining,
foundry casting) with a melting capacity of more than 4 t per day for lead and
cadmium, or 20 t per day for all other metals
2.6. Installations for the surface treatment of metallic and plastic materials using an
electrolytic or chemical procedure, if the volume of the treatment vats exceeds 30 m³
3. Mineral procesing industry
3.1. Installations for the production of cement clinker in rotary kilns with a production capacity
of more than 500 t per day or of lime in rotary kilns with a production capacity of more
than 50 t per day or in other kilns with a production capacity of more than 50 t per day
3.2. Installations for the extraction of asbestos and for the production of asbestos-based
products
3.3. Installations for the production of glass, including installations for the production of glass
fibres, with a melting capacity of more than 20 t per day
3.4. Installations for the melting of mineral substances, including installations for the
production of mineral fibres, with a melting capacity of more than 20 t per day
3.5. Installations for the production of ceramic products by firing, especially for the production
of roofing tiles, heat-resistant bricks, tiles, stoneware, or porcelain with a production
capacity of more than 75 t per day and/or a furnace capacity of more than 4 m³ and a
setting density of more than 300 kg/m³
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4. Chemical industry
Production in the sense of activity categories of Section 4 means the production substances
or substance groups mentioned in the numbers 4.1 to 4.6 by chemical processing on an
industrial scale
4.1 Chemical installations for the production of basic chemical compounds such as
a) simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic)
b) oxygen-containing hydrocarbons, especially alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic
acids, esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides, epoxy resins
c) sulphurous hydrocarbons
d) nitrogenous hydrocarbons, especially amines, amides, nitroso, nitro, or nitrate
compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates
e) phosphoric hydrocarbons
f) halogenated hydrocarbons
g) organometallic compounds
h) basic plastic materials (polymeres, synthetic fibres, cellulose-based fibres)
i) synthetic rubbers
j) dyes and pigments
k) tensides
4.2 Chemical installations for the production of basic chemicals such as
a) gases such as ammonia, chlorine and hydrogen chloride, fluorine and hydrogen
fluoride, carbon oxides, sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur
dioxide, phosgene (carbonyl chloride)
b) acids such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric
acid, sulphuric acid, disulphuric acid (oleum), sulphurous acids
c) bases such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide
d) salts such as ammonium chloride, potassium chlorate, potassium carbonate, sodium
carbonate, peroxoborate (perborate), silver nitrate
e) non-metals, metal oxides, and other inorganic compounds such as calcium carbide,
silicon, silicon carbide
4.3 Chemical installations for the production of phosphorus-, nitrogen-, or potassium-based
fertilizers (straight or compound fertilizer)
4.4 Chemical installations for the production of basic plant health products and of biocides
4.5 Installations for the production of basic pharmaceutical products using a chemical or
biological process
4.6 Chemical installations for the production of explosives
5. Waste treatment
Irrespective of Article 11 of the Directive 75/442/EEC and of Article 3 of the Directive
91/689/EEC of the Council, issued Dec., 1991, on hazardous waste 10, the following applies:
5.1. Installations for the disposal or recovery of hazardous waste in the sense of the index of
hazardous wastes in Article 1 Section 4 of Directive 91/689/EEC (these installations are
defined in the Annexes II A and II B - utilization procedures R1, R5, R6, R8 and R9 – of
Directive 75/442/EEC) as well as installations in the sense of Directive 75/439/EEC of the
Council, issued June 16th, 1975, on the disposal of waste oils 11 with a capacity of more
than 10 t per day
5.2. Incineration plants for municipal waste in the sense of Directive 89/369/EEC of the
Council, issued June 8th, 1989, on the prevention of air pollution from new incineration
plants for municipal waste 12 and Directive 89/429/EEC of the Council, issued June 21st,
1989, on the reduction of air pollution from existing incineration plants for municipal waste
13 with a capacity of more than 3 t per hour
5.3. Installations for the disposal of non-hazardous waste in the sense of Annex II A of
Directive 75/442/EEC (categories D8, D9) with a capacity of more than 50 t per day
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5.4. Disposal site with an intake capacity of more than 10 t per day or a total capacity of more
than 25,000 t, excluding disposal sites for inert waste
6. Other branches of industry
6.1. Industrial installations for the production of
a) Pulp from timbre or other fibrous materials
b) Paper and board, with a production capacity of more than 20 t per day
6.2. Installations for the pre-treatment (washing, bleaching, mercerization) or dyeing of fibres
or textiles, whose production capacity exceeds 10 t per day
6.3. Installations for the tanning of skins or furs with a production capacity of more than 12 t
of finished products per day
6.4. a) Installations for slaughtering with a slaughtering capacity (animal bodies) of more
than 50 t per day
b) Treatment and processing installations for the production of food products made from:
- animal raw materials (excluding milk) with a production capacity of more than 75 t of
finished products per day
- vegetable raw materials with a production capacity of more than 300 t of finished
products per day (average quarterly value)
c) Installations for the treatment and processing of milk, if the incoming amount of milk
exceeds 200 t per day (average annual value)
6.5. Installations for the disposal or recycling of animal carcasses or animal waste with a
processing capacity of more than 10 t per day
6.6. Installations for the intensive husbandry or rearing of poultry or pigs with more than
a) 40,000 places for poultry,
b) 2,000 places for porkers (pigs with more than 30 kg) or
c) 750 places for sows
6.7. Installations for the treatment of surfaces of fabrics, objects, or products using organic
solvents, especially for finishing, printing, coating, degreasing, impregnating, sizing,
varnishing, cleaning, or soaking, with a consumption capacity of more than 150 kg of
solvents per hour, or of more than 200 t per year
6.8. Installations for the production of carbon (hard-burnt coal) or electrographite by means of
incineration or graphitisation
10 WS. No. L 377 issued Dec. 31st, 1991, p. 20. Guideline amended by Guideline 94/31/EC (OJ. No. L 168 issued
July 2nd, 1994, p. 28).
11 OJ. No. L 194, issued July 25th, 1975, p. 23. Guideline last amended by the Guideline 91/692/EEC (OJ. No. L
377, issued Dec. 12th, 1991, p. 48).
12 OJ. No. L 163, issued June 14th,1989, p. 32.
13 OJ. No. L 203, issued July 15th,1989, p. 50.
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