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Economy | Consumption

Integration of Environmental Aspects in Regional and Interregional Trade Agreements

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. The continued success of the EU is, in the ligh...read more

Air

Air Quality Control 2010 National Programme of the Federal Republic of Germany pursuant to Article 6 of Directive 2001/81/EC of 23 October 2001 on nationalemission ceilings for certain atmospheric pollutants (NEC Directive)

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. The NEC Di...read more

Economy | Consumption

Best Available Techniques (BAT) for the Paint- and Adhesive Application in Germany

- Volume I: Paint Application-

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. As a main element for the transposition of the IPPC-Directive, according to article 16 passage two, an information exchange about the„Best Available Techniques“ is requested...read more

Economy | Consumption

Best Available Techniques (BAT) for the Paint- and Adhesive Application in Germany

-Vol II: Adhesive Application-

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. As a main element for the transposition of the IPPC-Directive, according to article 16 passage two, an information exchange about the „Best Available Techniques“ is requeste...read more

Waste | Resources, Agriculture

Development of Environmental Indicatorsfor Monitoring of Genetically Modified Plants

In the last decade environmental monitoring is of increasing interest to provide politicians, stakeholders, decision-makers and the general public with information needed to design an adequate environment policy. Some experience is already gained in the field of technical and chemical based surveillance of environmental impacts and levels of pollutants. To observe the current state of the environm...read more

Water

Nutrient Atlas of the Central and Northern North Sea

Nutrient concentrations during winter from the starting conditions for the annual phytoplankton development beginning in spring and reaching its maximum during summer. For this reason nutrient data were collected from the central north Sea during winter and summer, to calculate long-time means, interannual variability and local trends. These data are needed for the understanding of fluxes of matte...read more

Chemicals, Sustainability | Strategies | International matters

Implementation guide for the German Solvent Ordinance (31.BImSchV)

Air quality management programs

During the process of implementing the EU solvent directive (1999/13/EC) in national law, it was found that all stakeholders urgently require information in regard to the Directive.read more