Emission limits of air pollution and their legal background for the glass industry in the 18 EC and EFTA countries with reference to the values in Japan and the USA

Abstract

Emission limits for air pollution in the 18 EC and EFTA countries still vary strongly; in fact in most of them even today there is still no legislation at all. But the trend is — with variations — to follow the German "TA Luft" legislation. By contrast emission limits in Japan and the USA in some areas are even stricter than those of the "TA Luft". The paper shows the state of the national legislations at the end of November 1989. These data are still up-to-date with the exception of those of Italy and England which made first steps towards the "TA Luft" legislation in the meantime. A comparison of emission limits is added explaining why EC legislation lags behind national legislations.