ANNEX II
Pollutants ( 1 )
No
CAS number
Pollutant ( 1 )
Threshold for releases
(column 1)
to air
(column 1a)
kg/year
to water
(column 1b)
kg/year
to land
(column 1c)
kg/year
1
74-82-8
Methane (CH 4 )
100 000
— ( 2 )
—
2
630-08-0
Carbon monoxide (CO)
500 000
—
—
3
124-38-9
Carbon dioxide (CO 2 )
100 million
—
—
4
Hydro-fluorocarbons (HFCs) ( 3 )
100
—
—
5
10024-97-2
Nitrous oxide (N 2 O)
10 000
—
—
6
7664-41-7
Ammonia (NH 3 )
10 000
—
—
7
Non-methane volatile organic compounds (NMVOC)
100 000
—
—
8
Nitrogen oxides (NO x /NO 2 )
100 000
—
—
9
Perfluorocarbons (PFCs) ( 4 )
100
—
—
10
2551-62-4
Sulphur hexafluoride (SF 6 )
50
—
—
11
Sulphur oxides (SO x /SO 2 )
150 000
—
—
12
Total nitrogen
—
50 000
50 000
13
Total phosphorus
—
5 000
5 000
14
Hydrochlorofluorocarbons (HCFCs) ( 5 )
1
—
—
15
Chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) ( 6 )
1
—
—
16
Halons ( 7 )
1
—
—
17
Arsenic and compounds (as As) ( 8 )
20
5
5
18
Cadmium and compounds (as Cd) ( 8 )
10
5
5
19
Chromium and compounds (as Cr) ( 8 )
100
50
50
20
Copper and compounds (as Cu) ( 8 )
100
50
50
21
Mercury and compounds (as Hg) ( 8 )
10
1
1
22
Nickel and compounds (as Ni) ( 8 )
50
20
20
23
Lead and compounds (as Pb) ( 8 )
200
20
20
24
Zinc and compounds (as Zn) ( 8 )
200
100
100
25
15972-60-8
Alachlor
—
1
1
26
309-00-2
Aldrin
1
1
1
27
1912-24-9
Atrazine
—
1
1
28
57-74-9
Chlordane
1
1
1
29
143-50-0
Chlordecone
1
1
1
30
470-90-6
Chlorfenvinphos
—
1
1
31
85535-84-8
Chloro-alkanes, C 10 -C 13
—
1
1
32
2921-88-2
Chlorpyrifos
—
1
1
33
50-29-3
DDT
1
1
1
34
115-32-2
Dicofol
1
1
1
35
107-06-2
1, 2-dichloroethane (EDC)
1 000
10
10
36
75-09-2
Dichloromethane (DCM)
1 000
10
10
37
60-57-1
Dieldrin
1
1
1
38
330-54-1
Diuron
—
1
1
39
115-29-7
Endosulphan
—
1
1
40
72-20-8
Endrin
1
1
1
41
Halogenated organic compounds (as AOX) ( 9 )
—
1 000
1 000
42
76-44-8
Heptachlor
1
1
1
43
118-74-1
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB)
10
1
1
44
87-68-3
Hexachlorobutadiene (HCBD)
—
1
1
45
608-73-1
1, 2,3, 4,5, 6-hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH)
10
1
1
46
58-89-9
Lindane
1
1
1
47
2385-85-5
Mirex
1
1
1
48
PCDD + PCDF (dioxins + furans) (as Teq) ( 10 )
0,0001
0,0001
0,0001
49
608-93-5
Pentachlorobenzene
1
1
1
50
87-86-5
Pentachlorophenol (PCP)
10
1
1
51
335-67-1
Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts
1
1
1
52
355-46-4
Perfluorohexane-1-sulfonic acid (PFHxS) and its salts
1
1
1
53
1336-36-3
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs)
0,1
0,1
0,1
54
122-34-9
Simazine
—
1
1
55
127-18-4
Tetrachloroethylene (PER)
2 000
10
—
56
56-23-5
Tetrachloromethane (TCM)
100
1
—
57
12002-48-1
Trichlorobenzenes (TCBs) (all isomers)
10
1
—
58
71-55-6
1, 1,1-trichloroethane
100
—
—
59
79-34-5
1, 1,2, 2-tetrachloroethane
50
—
—
60
79-01-6
Trichloroethylene
2 000
10
—
61
67-66-3
Trichloromethane
500
10
—
62
8001-35-2
Toxaphene
1
1
1
63
75-01-4
Vinyl chloride
1 000
10
10
64
120-12-7
Anthracene
50
1
1
65
71-43-2
Benzene
1 000
200 (as BTEX) ( 11 )
200 (as BTEX) ( 11 )
66
Brominated diphenylethers (PBDE) ( 12 )
—
1
1
67
Nonylphenol and Nonylphenol ethoxylates (NP/NPEs)
—
1
1
68
100-41-4
Ethyl benzene
—
200 (as BTEX) ( 11 )
200 (as BTEX) ( 11 )
69
75-21-8
Ethylene oxide
1 000
10
10
70
34123-59-6
Isoproturon
—
1
1
71
91-20-3
Naphthalene
100
10
10
72
Organotin compounds (as total Sn)
—
50
50
73
117-81-7
Di-(2-ethyl hexyl) phthalate (DEHP)
10
1
1
74
108-95-2
Phenols (as total C) ( 13 )
—
20
20
75
Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) ( 14 )
50
5
5
76
108-88-3
Toluene
—
200 (as BTEX) ( 11 )
200 (as BTEX) ( 11 )
77
Tributyltin and compounds ( 15 )
—
1
1
78
Triphenyltin and compounds ( 16 )
—
1
1
79
Total organic carbon (TOC) (as total C or COD/3)
—
50 000
—
80
1582-09-8
Trifluralin
—
1
1
81
1330-20-7
Xylenes ( 17 )
—
200 (as BTEX) ( 11 )
200 (as BTEX) ( 11 )
82
Chlorides (as total Cl)
—
2 million
2 million
83
Chlorine and inorganic compounds (as HCl)
10 000
—
—
84
1332-21-4
Asbestos
1
1
1
85
Cyanides (as total CN)
—
50
50
86
Fluorides (as total F)
—
2 000
2 000
87
Fluorine and inorganic compounds (as HF)
5 000
—
—
88
74-90-8
Hydrogen cyanide (HCN)
200
—
—
89
Particulate matter (PM 10 )
50 000
—
—
90
1806-26-4
Octylphenols and Octylphenol ethoxylates
—
1
—
91
206-44-0
Fluoranthene
—
1
—
92
465-73-6
Isodrin
—
1
—
93
36355-1-8
Hexabromobiphenyl
0,1
0,1
0,1
94
191-24-2
Benzo(g,h,i)perylene
1
( 1 ) Unless otherwise specified, any pollutant specified in this Annex shall be reported as the total mass of that pollutant or, where the pollutant is a group of substances, as the total mass of the group.
( 2 ) A hyphen (—) indicates that the parameter and medium in question do not trigger a reporting requirement.
( 3 ) Total mass of hydrogen fluorocarbons: sum of HFC23, HFC32, HFC41, HFC4310mee, HFC125, HFC134, HFC134a, HFC152a, HFC143, HFC143a, HFC227ea, HFC236fa, HFC245ca, HFC365mfc.
( 4 ) Total mass of perfluorocarbons: sum of CF 4 , C 2 F 6 , C 3 F 8 , C 4 F 10 , c-C 4 F 8 , C 5 F 12 , C 6 F 14 .
( 5 ) Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Group VIII of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 September 2009 on substances that deplete the ozone layer ( OJ L 286, 31.10.2009, p. 1 ).
( 6 ) Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Groups I and II of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009.
( 7 ) Total mass of substances including their isomers listed in Groups III and VI of Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1005/2009.
( 8 ) All metals shall be reported as the total mass of the element in all chemical forms present in the release.
( 9 ) Halogenated organic compounds which can be adsorbed to activated carbon expressed as chloride.
( 10 ) Expressed as I-TEQ.
( 11 ) Single pollutants are to be reported if the threshold for BTEX (the sum parameter of benzene, toluene, ethyl benzene, xylenes) is exceeded.
( 12 ) Total mass of the following brominated diphenylethers: penta-BDE, octa-BDE and deca-BDE.
( 13 ) Total mass of phenol and simple substituted phenols expressed as total carbon.
( 14 ) For reporting releases to air, polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) are to be measured as benzo(a)pyrene (50-32-8), benzo(b)fluoranthene (205-99-2), benzo(k)fluoranthene (207-08-9) and indeno(1,2,3-cd)pyrene (193-39-5) as specified in Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 on persistent organic pollutants ( OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 45 ).
( 15 ) Total mass of tributyltin compounds, expressed as mass of tributyltin.
( 16 ) Total mass of triphenyltin compounds, expressed as mass of triphenyltin.
( 17 ) Total mass of xylene (ortho-xylene, meta-xylene, para-xylene).