Directive 2004/42 / EC

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Directive 2004/42 / EC

Title: Directive 2004/42 / EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of April 21, 2004 on the limitation of emissions of volatile organic compounds due to the use of organic solvents in certain paints and varnishes and in vehicle refinishing products and amending Directive 1999/13 / EC
Designation:
(not official) 		Decopaint guideline
Scope: EEA
Legal matter: Environmental law
Basis: Article 95 of the EC Treaty
Procedure overview: European Commission
European Parliament
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Come into effect: April 30, 2004
Last change by: Directive 2010/79 / EU
To be
implemented in national law by: 		October 30, 2005
Implemented by: Germany
Solvent-based paint and varnish ordinance
Reference: OJ L 143 of April 30, 2004, pp. 87-96
Full text Consolidated version (not official)
basic version
The regulation must have been implemented in national law.
Please note the information on the current version of legal acts of the European Union !

The Directive 2004/42 / EC ( VOC directive ) regulates the emissions of volatile organic compounds from spray equipment and thereby limits the use of solvent-based coating systems , because the prescribed limits can be met only by the co-use of water-dilutable coating systems. Together with Directive 1999/13 / EC , it regulates the entry of volatile organic compounds into the environment.

Austria

In Austria, emission restrictions came into force in 2004 with a solvent consumption of 500 kg or more per year.

Germany

In Germany, the restrictions from 5000 kg begin on January 1, 2013.

Other countries

In the other EU countries, restrictions from 15,000 kg began on November 1, 2007. Plants below these threshold values ​​are not subject to the VOC directive. The Decopaint guideline limits solvent emissions by restricting the solvent content in the product itself and applies to the coating of construction products such as B. wooden facades, stairs, windows, doors etc. It came into force on January 1, 2007.

Exceptions

The coating of furniture, aircraft and aircraft equipment, ships and ship equipment, rail vehicles, wagons and their equipment, toys, machines and bridges (heavy corrosion protection) is not covered and not regulated.

Labelling

So that the customer can see whether the product he has bought complies with the Decopaint directive, the group to which the product belongs according to the Decopaint directive and the solvent content - expressed as VOC value in grams per liter - are indicated on the container , as well as the maximum permissible limit value.

use

The use of products that contain more solvents than permitted by the Decopaint directive is only permitted with official certification for the coating of historic buildings and vintage vehicles and processing in spray systems that are subject to the VOC directive. This exception applies because solvent emissions in these systems are in any case restricted by hard limit values. In Austria companies are only covered by the VOC directive from 500 kg, but smaller plants must also be approved under commercial law and must comply with emission limit values. For this reason, paints with a higher solvent content than prescribed may be used in all spray booths. The situation is different in Germany and the other EU countries. Since, as already mentioned, the VOC guideline only applies to spray systems in Germany from a solvent consumption of 5,000 kg and in the other EU countries only from 15,000 kg, companies that use less solvents than listed have to coat construction products such as B. Windows and doors, steps etc. "water-based paints" can be used. A similar rule applies in Italy. As already mentioned, this regulation only applies to the coating of construction products, because the coating of furniture is generally excluded from the Decopaint directive.

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