PRTR: Chemical Industry

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; Nitrogenous hydrocarbons such as amines, amides, Nitrous compounds, nitro compounds or nitrate compounds, nitriles, cyanates, isocyanates; 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: gases, such as ammonia, chlorine or hydrogen chloride, Fluorine or hydrogen fluoride, carbon oxides, sulphur compounds, nitrogen oxides, hydrogen, sulphur dioxide, carbonyl chloride; acids, such as chromic acid, hydrofluoric acid, phosphoric acid, nitric acid, hydrochloric acid, sulphuric acid, oleum, sulphurous Acids; bases, such as ammonium hydroxide, potassium hydroxide, sodium hydroxide; 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. (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.