PRTR: Chemical Industry

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The PRTR Chemical industry sector includes the following activities: (a) Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic organic chemicals, such as: (i) Simple hydrocarbons (linear or cyclic, saturated or unsaturated, aliphatic or aromatic); (ii) Oxygen-containing hydrocarbons such as alcohols, aldehydes, ketones, carboxylic acids, esters, acetates, ethers, peroxides, epoxy resins; (iii) Sulphurous hydrocarbons; (iv) Nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, nitrous compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates; (v) Phosphorus-containing hydrocarbons; (vi) Halogenic hydrocarbons; (vii) Organometallic compounds; (viii) Basic plastic materials (polymers, synthetic fibres and cellulose-based fibres); (ix) Synthetic rubbers; (x) Dyes and pigments; (xi) Surface-active agents and surfactants. (b) Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic inorganic chemicals, such as: (i) Gases, such as ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen chloride, fluorine or hydrogen fluoride, carbon oxides, sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, carbonyl chloride; (ii) Acids, such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum, sulphurous acids; (iii) Bases, such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide; (iv) Salts, such as ammonium chloride, potassium chlorate, potassium carbonate, sodium carbonate, perborate, silver nitrate; (v) Non-metals, metal oxides or other inorganic compounds such as calcium carbide, silicon, silicon carbide. (c) Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of phosphorous-, nitrogen- or potassium-based fertilisers (simple or compound fertilisers). (d) Chemical installations for the production on an industrial scale of basic plant health products and of biocides. (e) Installations using a chemical or biological process for the production on an industrial scale of basic pharmaceutical products. (f) Installations for the production on an industrial scale of explosives and pyrotechnic products.

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