VOC EMISSIONS

BY KEITH NUTHALLTHE EUROPEAN Commission has proposed an overhaul of European Union legislation regulating the use of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) in decorative paints, varnishes and car refinishing lines, insisting on tighter and more sophisticated limits for emissions of pollutants from these products.Its tabled reforms to directive 1999/13/EC abandon general emission limit values for the vehicle refinishing sector in favour of linking emissions to specific products listed in an annexe to the legislation. These new limits are to be phased in, with one new ...


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