Nowadays, what are the main obligations of France and French companies concerning VOCs?
France, through the Gothenburg protocol signed in 1999, committed to reduce its non-methane VOCs emissions. Moreover in November 2001, the directive NEC was effective. It sets the emission limits for 2010, especially for the NMVOCs.
Consequence: France must reduce its emissions to reach a level of 1050 Kt in 2010. That is why some efforts have to be made in the different sectors that give off VOCs.
What are the sectors affected?
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Food-processing industry
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Thermal plant
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Chemical industry
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Paper mil
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Perfume industry
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Refining
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Steel industry
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Coating
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Ore treatment
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Waste treatment
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Water treatment plant
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Oil product storage
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Metalworking industry
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Building materials industry
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Agriculture
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The household waste burning
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Aluminium plant
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Steelworks
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Plants manufacturing car greases, artificial fibre, petrol
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Cardboard industry
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Painting
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Automotive industry
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Glass industry
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Pharmaceutical industry
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Packaging
What are the measures to put in place?
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Quantification of VOCs emissions
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Study of the regulatory obligations related to the site in order to determine the objective for the reduction of VOCs emissions
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Study of the different measures to carry out in order to reach the regulatory conformity
In order to help the industries in their procedures, l’ADEME finances 50% of a VOC diagnosis and agrees to finance 40% of the energy recovery projects.
