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With the completion of this project a quantification of heavy metal and lindane emissions into surface waters is provided for the first time for Germany and for the years 1985, 1995 and 2000.

Car tires are meant to be low-noise and fuel efficient and at the same time safe on wet roads and under hydroplaning conditions. Can above average environmental performance be reconciled with advanced safety standards? The answer is yes, as comprehensive tests of 82 car tires demonstrate.

In this report on overview is given of the activities performed by TNO as subcontractor of the Free University Berlin in the framework of the UBA-project 'Modellierung und Prüfung von Strategien zur Verminderung der Belastung durch Ozon'. A CD-ROM goes along with this report containing all data generated in this project.

The objectives of this study are the determination of an annual load of the polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) for the seven selected rivers and the development of a harmonised methodology for the estimation of these riverine loads into the North Sea and the North-east Atlantic.

Ten years have almost passed since the Rio World Summit. United Nations’ Climate Convention has existed for the same period of time. International awareness of the negative environmental impacts of air emissions has been growing. Energy produced by fossil fuels is the main source of the harmful emissions linked to climate change.

A central element to implement the IPPC-Directive (Council Directive 96/61/EC) consists in the information exchange on an European level on the “Best Available Techniques” BAT for all industrial activities listed in Annex 1 of the Directive. Technical Working Groups (TWG) are set up to facilitate the exchange of information under Article 16.2 of the Directive.

Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control aims at the EU-wide harmonisation of licensing procedures of certain industrial installations. In this context the "Best Available Techniques" (BAT) are of special importance.

By the end of 1999 there were almost 120 regional free trade agreements registered with the WTO. Approximately one third of these had been concluded in the last ten to twelve years. Only a small number of the integration agreements between developing countries had been able to keep to their time schedules. Some have been revived by newer initiatives.

Due to global environmental changes the environmental risks are increasing and leading to higher demands on environmental monitoring.This requires the development of guidelines to evaluate the environmental changes monitored. Besides the criterion »human health«, i.e.

The Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC-Directive96/61/EG), which was adopted by the Council of the European Community, has a significant impact on the permission of various industrial installations.

The Directive on Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control (IPPC-Directive96/61/EG), which was adopted by the Council of the European Community, has a significant impact on the permission of various industrial installations.

The Federal Government has presented a programme setting out specific measures to further reduce emissions of major air pollutants. This programme aims to meet the national emission ceilings (NECs) laid down in Directive 2001/81/EC of the European Parliament and the of Council on national emission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants, which entered into force on 27 November 2001.