This document comprises the contribution of Germany to the exchange of information in the European Union on the use of Best Available Techniques (BAT) to control the environmental impact of industrial processes and describes the production of urea. This German report provides information on technology for urea production to reduce environmental impact for the drafting of a European BAT – Reference document. It is based on a survey of the available literature and on information from the concerned industry, which include three producers in Germany for urea and the competent authorities.