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Zinc limits and guidelines in France (FR)

2 numeric limits and guidelines for zinc held for France and the place above it, from 2 instruments, each cited to its instrument, edition, section or page and quoted text. The register was built from 247 instruments. Everything held for France

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France (FR): 1 row

ParameterValueUnitStatisticGovernsApplies whenCite
Zinc et ses composés (en Zn)0,8 mg/lmg/leffluent · limitroute: direct
installations classées soumises à autorisation (ICPE)
si le rejet dépasse 20 g/j		Arrêté du 2 février 1998, article 32 — valeurs limites de concentration des rejets au milieu naturel
art. 32, 3°

European Union (EU): 1 row

ParameterValueUnitStatisticGovernsApplies whenCite
Zinc (expressed as Zn)20-300μg/lannual averageeffluent · guidelinecites: EU 2016/902 (CWW)
activities specified in Section 4 of Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU
route: direct
The BAT-AEL applies if the emission exceeds 30 kg/yr		Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/902
BAT 10, Tables 1-3
Zinc (expressed as Zn) 20-300 μg/l

Not held here: a discharge permit's own limits, and any rule for zinc outside the 10 instruments we hold for this place and the places above it. A row missing here is missing from our sources, not from the law.

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What was searched

Every instrument we hold for France (FR) and the place above it, European Union (EU): 10 instruments, for every parameter name matching “zinc”: zinc, total zinc, zinc total, zinc cyanide, zinc phosphide, zinc extractible, total zinc marine, iron nickel h zinc h, zinc cyanide zn cn 2, zinc phosphide zn3p2, total zinc freshwater, zinc phosphide zn3 p2, and 5 more (in the JSON).

  1. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/902 — BAT conclusions for common waste water and waste gas treatment/management systems in the chemical sector (CWW) · OJ L 152, 9.6.2016, p. 23 · source sha256 898303d53c64d79cf240e8612ecb369c3ed21a05bab2ef3da3adacbbd2b33751 — 1 row here
  2. Arrêté du 2 février 1998, article 32 — valeurs limites de concentration des rejets au milieu naturel · the register's own edition · source — 1 row here
8 instruments searched with no row for it
  1. Directive 2008/50/EC on ambient air quality and cleaner air for Europe, Annexes VII, XI, XII, XIII and XIV (Annex VI for the lead sampling method), consolidated text 18.09.2015 as amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1480; with Directive 2004/107/EC Annex I · 02008L0050 — EN — 18.09.2015 — 001.002 · source — no row here
  2. Directive (EU) 2020/2184 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2020 on the quality of water intended for human consumption (recast), Annex I Part B — chemical parameters · European Parliament and Council of the European Union · Directive (EU) 2020/2184, OJ L 435, 23.12.2020, p. 1 · source sha256 39c4a65fee1dfe9eecfdc1ba3f67d9dcbce681c4698a3b3dda2e9e9bb4fb0177 — no row here
  3. Directive 2006/118/EC on the protection of groundwater, as amended by Directive (EU) 2026/805 — Annex I · European Parliament and Council of the European Union · 10.05.2026 02006L0118 — EN — 10.05.2026 — 002.001 · source sha256 8b4b75b107b98ad0f4dae8e0cd7143c2c76250665e49bbbd335b0321fdf5257e — no row here
  4. BREF Large Volume Inorganic Chemicals — Ammonia, Acids and Fertilisers (2007), chapter 6 HF · European IPPC Bureau, August 2007 · source sha256 2c5b4219c78ca8f253d0846b7e843bbc6946f79d418ed6a4fbaa409fa7df6fcc — no row here
  5. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2016/1032 — BAT conclusions for the non-ferrous metals industries · OJ L 174, 30.6.2016 (CELLAR) · source sha256 1a752d504bcfdbf68ca521d73ab48fa511de01b750923089f1591f95dfa06699 — no row here
  6. Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2022/2427 — BAT conclusions for common waste gas management and treatment systems in the chemical sector · OJ L 318, 12.12.2022 (CELLAR) · source sha256 0b2b3f907f291ea946596a35c6b93b20ad38834ffbec6a1cc463fef3706078f7 — no row here
  7. Code de l'environnement, partie réglementaire, Livre II Titre II (Air et atmosphère), article R. 221-1 II (normes de qualité de l'air, par polluant) — consolidation AIDA (INERIS); R. 221-1 last modified by Décret n° 2010-1250 du 21 octobre 2010 · Article R. 221-1 du code de l’environnement (Décret n° 2007-1479 du 12 octobre 2007, article 1er, Décret n° 2008-1152 du 7 novembre 2008, article 1er et Décret n° 2010-1250 du 21 octobre 2010, article 1er) · source — no row here
  8. Arrêté du 11 janvier 2007 relatif aux limites et références de qualité des eaux brutes et des eaux destinées à la consommation humaine — the PFAS sum only · Ministère chargé de la santé · Texte modifié par : Arrêté du 30 décembre 2022 (JO n° 303 du 31 décembre 2022) · source sha256 30803597c6139c5d630bc45b79be2f99d377ec4cbc60878ee62991252944fb3a — no row here

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