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Revised dangerous preparations directive (1999/45/EC) — implications for petroleum products
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...
A review of trends in hearing thresholds of European oil refinery workers
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...
А review of European gasoline exposure data for the period 1993-1998
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...
An assessment of the reproductive toxicity of gasoline vapour
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...
CONCAWE Review 2 – Autumn 2000
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...
Impact of a 10 ppm sulphur specification for transport fuels on the EU refining industry
October 21, 2000

Impact of a 10 ppm sulphur specification for transport fuels on the EU refining industry

Report no. 00/54: Production of road fuels to a 10 ppm sulphur specification is feasible but costly both in terms of refinery investments and CO2 emissions. Other fuel properties would not be signific...
Management of occupational health risks during refinery turnarounds
October 17, 2000

Management of occupational health risks during refinery turnarounds

Report no. 00/52: This report addresses the occupational health issues which are an intrinsic part of refinery turnaround activities. It recognises the underlying importance of an effective management...
Regional ozone in Europe
October 1, 2000

Regional ozone in Europe

Over the past three years, both the European Commission and the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UN-ECE) have developed response strategies to combat concerns over acidification, eutro...
Emission control at marine terminals
October 1, 2000

Emission control at marine terminals

The European ‘Stage 1’ Directive 94/63/EC on the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions mandates the installation of vapour emission controls for automotive gasoline storage and lo...
Aquatic toxicity testing for petroleum substances
October 1, 2000

Aquatic toxicity testing for petroleum substances

The EU Dangerous Substances Directive (DSD) provides a systematic approach for the classification of substances based on knowledge of their intrinsic properties and in accordance with defined hazard...
Automotive particulate emissions
October 1, 2000

Automotive particulate emissions

Particulate matter (PM) in the air continues to be the focus of increased attention due to concerns over potential health effects. Under the EU Air Quality Framework Directive an air quality standard...
Is a 10-ppm sulphur limit on road fuels desirable?
October 1, 2000

Is a 10-ppm sulphur limit on road fuels desirable?

The German government proposal for the introduction of road fuels with less than 10 ppm sulphur issued at the end of last year re-launched the debate on the sulphur issue. In the meantime, the auto...
CONCAWE Review 1 – Autumn 2000
April 23, 2000

CONCAWE Review 1 – Autumn 2000

Volume 9 • Number 1: Articles in previous editions of the CONCAWE Review have concentrated on petroleum products and their role in influencing emissions from mobile and stationary combustion sources...
The legislative maze
April 22, 2000

The legislative maze

A previous article (CONCAWE Review Vol. 8, No. 1) has described CONCAWE’s involvement in the development of the BAT (Best Available Techniques) Reference Document (BREF) for refineries under the I...
Carbon, sulphur and hydrogen in oil refineries
April 1, 2000

Carbon, sulphur and hydrogen in oil refineries

Accurately calculating the global carbon balance in oil refinery and petroleum product end-use systems is a challenge of nightmare proportions. All except the lightest of the output streams are of u...
The impact of Auto/Oil I and II on refinery costs and global CO2 emissions.
April 1, 2000

The impact of Auto/Oil I and II on refinery costs and global CO2 emissions.

Under the Auto/Oil I (AO I) study work in 1996, the EU commission contracted A.D. Little associated with Touche Ross to provide the basis for the cost effects of changes to gasoline and diesel fuels c...
European air quality: changing priorities
April 1, 2000

European air quality: changing priorities

The second European Auto/Oil Programme (AO II) mentioned in the preceding articles has involved the European Commission, together with Member States, industry1 and the NGO community, over the past t...
Global harmonized system of hazard communication for chemicals
April 1, 2000

Global harmonized system of hazard communication for chemicals

Classification and Hazard Communication (labels and safety data sheets) for hazardous chemicals including some oil products are currently driven by national legislation for supply, and by UN harmoni...
The Precautionary Principle
April 1, 2000

The Precautionary Principle

The ‘Precautionary Principle’ has become very much a part of the vocabulary of the general environmental scene today. It has found its way into various international declarations and convention...
Personal exposure to air pollutants
April 1, 2000

Personal exposure to air pollutants

The air quality limit values which the European Commission has been working on for the last couple of years apply to ambient air. In this sense, ‘ambient air’ is defined as outdoor air in the tr...

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