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October 1, 2001
The revised Large Combustion Plant Directive
Following the completion of the formal ‘conciliation procedure’ of the EU Institutions, a joint text for the revision of the 1988 Directive (88/609/EEC) on ‘the limitation of emissions of certa...
October 1, 2001
Future EU air legislation
Historically, environmental legislation has been driven by either ‘available technology’ or ‘environmental quality’. In the former approach, available technology is applied to progressively ...
October 1, 2001
The potential of Whole Effluent Assessment
To date effluent discharges have largely been assessed and regulated on the basis of physical and chemical properties, such as chemical oxygen demand (COD), biological oxygen demand (BOD), suspended...
October 1, 2001
CEC reorganization
The Coordinating European Council (CEC) is the inter-industry body in charge of developing standardized European performance tests for fuels and lubricants.
A detailed review of CEC operations, car...
October 1, 2001
Hydrogen
The concerns about global warming and greenhouse effect have, quite justifiably, fueled the search for ‘carbon-free’ energy sources to curb CO2 emissions. Road transport is a major user of energy...
April 17, 2001
A noise exposure threshold value for hearing conservation
Report no. 01/52: As part of a proposed EU directive for health and safety at work, a noise exposure threshold level of 75 decibels (A-weighted) over an 8-hour working day has been specified. This is...
April 1, 2001
Air quality trends in London confirm predictions
In response to growing concern over urban air quality in the European Union, the 90s saw an unprecedented legislative focus on reducing emissions from road transport. The Consolidated Vehicles Direc...
April 1, 2001
Dangerous Preparations Directive
Directive 1999/45/EC, the revised Dangerous Preparation Directive (DPD), has recently replaced the original Directive 88/379/EEC. The scope of the DPD has been expanded to include environmental classi...
April 1, 2001
Integrity of oil pipelines in Western Europe
The CONCAWE pipeline statistics now includes data from 72 companies and other bodies operating oil pipelines in Western Europe. These organizations operate some 250 different service pipelines which...
April 1, 2001
Hearing trends in noiseexposed oil refinery workers
Prolonged exposure to excessive noise may cause damage to an individual’s hearing ability or a so-called ‘Noise-Induced Hearing Loss’ (NIHL). In EU Member States, occupational exposure to noise...
April 1, 2001
Keeping abreast of emission regulations and fuel specifications
For many years now, CONCAWE has produced a regular update to their report on ‘motor vehicle emission regulations and fuel specifications’.
Over the years, this has become a key compilation an...
April 1, 2001
Automotive emissions of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
The International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC) has classified certain individual polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) as carcinogenic to animals and probably carcinogenic to humans. Curren...
April 1, 2001
Could tougher specifications affect diesel supply?
The evaluation of the impact of various measures on the EU refining industry is generally based on the assumption that refiners will invest in order to meet both future demand and product specificat...
January 21, 2001
Measurement of the number and mass weighted size distributions of exhaust particles emitted from European heavy duty engines
Report no. 01/51: This study investigates the measurement of the mass and the number of heavy duty automotive particle emissions and their related size distributions. Limited additional test work has...
December 21, 2000
Revised dangerous preparations directive (1999/45/EC) — implications for petroleum products
Report no. 00/56: This report highlights and explains the significance of the changes regarding the classification and labelling of preparations introduced by this revision (1999/45/EEC) to the Danger...
December 17, 2000
A review of trends in hearing thresholds of European oil refinery workers
Report no. 00/55: The change of hearing thresholds was assessed in a study population of over 1000 noise-exposed oil refinery workers subject to noise at work regulations in Member States of the Europ...
December 17, 2000
А review of European gasoline exposure data for the period 1993-1998
Report no. 2/00: This report presents data on over 5000 personal gasoline exposure measurements taken in European countries in the period 1993-1998. The majority of the data were generated by CONCAWE...
November 17, 2000
An assessment of the reproductive toxicity of gasoline vapour
Report no. 00/53: The reproductive toxicity of gasoline vapour in rats was studied in order to generate relevant toxicity information for gasoline in humans via the inhalation route. The two generatio...
October 23, 2000
CONCAWE Review 2 – Autumn 2000
Volume 9 • Number 2: This edition of the Review covers a wide range of topics highlighting the diversity of CONCAWE’s work in the areas of environment, health and safety.The majority of the articl...
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