in pursuance of Article 6 (1) of Directive 76/464/EEC, lays down limit values for emission standards for cadmium in discharges from industrial plants as defined in Article 2 (e) hereof, in pursuance of Article 6 (2) of Directive 76/464/EEC, lays down quality objectives for cadmium in the aquatic environment, in pursuance of Article 6 (4) of Directive 76/464/EEC, lays down the time limits for compliance with the conditions specified in the authorizations granted by the competent authorities of Member States in respect of existing discharges, in pursuance of Article 12 (1) of Directive 76/464/EEC, lays down the reference methods of measurement enabling the cadmium content in discharges and in the aquatic environment to be determined, in pursuance of Article 6 (3) of Directive 76/464/EEC, establishes a monitoring procedure, requires Member States to cooperate with one another in the case of discharges affecting the waters of more than one Member State.
Council Directive 83/513/EEC of 26 September 1983 on limit values and quality objectives for cadmium discharges
Modified by
- Council Directive of 23 December 1991 (91/692/EEC), 31991L0692, December 31, 1991
- Directive 2008/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Councilof 16 December 2008on environmental quality standards in the field of water policy, amending and subsequently repealing Council Directives 82/176/EEC, 83/513/EEC, 84/156/EEC, 84/491/EEC, 86/280/EEC and amending Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, 32008L0105, December 24, 2008
(a) "cadmium" means: the chemical element cadmium, the cadmium contained in any of its compounds;
(b) "limit values" means the values specified in Annex I; (c) "quality objectives" means the requirements specified in Annex II; (d) "handling of cadmium" means any industrial process involving the use or production of cadmium, or any other process in which the presence of cadmium is inherent; (e) "industrial plant" means any plant at which cadmium or any substance containing cadmium is handled; (f) "existing plant" means an industrial plant which is operational on the date of notification of this Directive; (g) "new plant" means: an industrial plant which had become operational after the date of notification of this Directive, an existing industrial plant whose cadmiumprocessing capacity has been substantially increased after the date of notification of this Directive.
1. Limit values and time limits Limit values for industrial sectors not mentioned in this table will, if necessary, be fixed by the Council at a later stage. In the meantime the Member States will fix emission standards for cadmium discharges autonomously in accordance with Directive 76/464/EEC. Such standards must take into account the best technical means available and must not be less stringent than the most nearly comparable limit value in this Annex. On the basis of experience gained in implementing this Directive, the Commission will, pursuant to Article 5 (3), submit in due course to the Council proposals for fixing more restrictive limit values with a view to their coming into force by 1992. Monthly flow-weighted average concentration of total cadmium. Monthly average. It is impossible for the moment to fix limit values expressed as load. If need be, these values will be fixed by the Council in accordance with Article 5 (3) of this Directive. If the Council does not fix any limit values, the values expressed as load given in column "1.1.1986" will be kept. Member States may suspend application of the limit values until 1 January 1989 in the case of plants which discharge less than 10 kg of cadmium a year and in which the total volume of the electroplating tanks is less than 1,5 m 3 , if technical or administrative considerations make such a step absolutely necessary.At present there are no economically feasible technical methods for systematically extracting cadmium from discharges arising from the production of phosphoric acid and/or phosphatic fertilizers from phosphatic rock. No limit values have therefore been fixed for such discharges. The absence of such limit values does not release the Member States from their obligation under Directive 76/464/EEC to fix emission standards for these discharges. Industrial sector Unit of measurement Limit values which must be complied with as from 1.1.1986 1.1.1989 1. Zinc mining, lead and zinc refining, cadmium metal and non-ferrous metal industry Milligrams of cadmium per litre of discharge 0,3 0,2 2. Manufacture of cadmium compounds Milligrams of cadmium per litre of discharge 0,5 0,2 Grams of cadmium discharged per kilogram of cadmium handled 0,5 3. Manufacture of pigments Milligrams of cadmium per litre of discharge 0,5 0,2 Grams of cadmium discharged per kilogram of cadmium handled 0,3 4. Manufacture of stabilizers Milligrams of cadmium per litre of discharge 0,5 0,2 Grams of cadmium discharged per kilogram of cadmium handled 0,5 5. Manufacture of primary and secondary batteries Milligrams of cadmium per litre of discharge 0,5 0,2 Grams of cadmium discharged per kilogram of cadmium handled 1,5 6. Electroplating Milligrams of cadmium per litre of discharge 0,5 0,2 Grams of cadmium discharged per kilogram of cadmium handled 0,3 7. Manufacture of phosphoric acid and/or phosphatic fertilizer from phosphatic rock — — 2. Limit values expressed as concentrations which in principle must not be exceeded are given in the above table for the industrial sectors in sections 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. In no instance may limit values expressed as maximum concentrations be greater than those expressed as maximum quantities divided by water requirements per kilogram of cadmium handled. However, because the concentration of cadmium in effluents depends on the volume of water involved, which differs for different processes and plants, the limit values, expressed in terms of the quantity of cadmium discharged in relation to the quantity of cadmium handled, given in the above table must be complied with in all cases. 3. The daily average limit values are twice the corresponding monthly average limit values given in the above table. 4. A monitoring procedure must be instituted to check whether the discharges comply with the emission standards which have been fixed in accordance with the limit values laid down in this Annex. This procedure must provide for the taking and analysis of samples and for measurement of the flow of the discharge and the quantity of cadmium handled. Should the quantity of cadmium handled be impossible to determine, the monitoring procedure may be based on the quantity of cadmium that may be used in the light of the production capacity on which the authorization was based. 5. A sample representative of the discharge over a period of 24 hours will be taken. The quantity of cadmium discharged over a month must be calculated on the basis of the daily quantities of cadmium discharged. However, a simplified monitoring procedure may be instituted in the case of industrial plants which do not discharge more than 10 kg of cadmium per annum. In the case of industrial electroplating plants, a simplified monitoring procedure may only be instituted if the total volume of the electroplating tanks is less than 1,5 m 3 .
1. The following quality objectives The cadmium concentrations indicated in 1.1, 1.2 and 1.3 are the minimum requirements necessary to protect aquatic life. With the exception of quality objective 1.4, all concentrations relate to the arithmetic mean of the results obtained over one year. 1.1. The total cadmium concentration in inland surface waters affected by discharges must not exceed 5 μg/litre. 1.2. The concentration of dissolved cadmium in estuary waters affected by discharges must not exceed 5 μg/litre. 1.3. The concentration of dissolved cadmium in territorial waters and in internal coastal waters other than estuary waters affected by discharges must not exceed 2,5 μg/litre. 1.4. In the case of waters used for the abstraction of drinking water, the cadmium content must conform to the requirements of Directive 75/440/EEC Directive 75/440/EEC concerns the quality required of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States ( OJ No L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 26 ). It provides for a mandatory cadmium value of 5 μg/litre on the basis of 95 % of the samples taken.2. In addition to the above requirements, cadmium concentrations must be determined by the national network referred to in Article 5 and the results compared with the following concentrations With the exception of quality objective 1.4, all concentrations relate to the arithmetic mean of the results obtained over one year. 2.1. In the case of inland surface waters, a total cadmium concentration of 1 μg/litre. 2.2. In the case of estuary waters, a dissolved cadmium concentration of 1 μg/litre. 2.3. In the case of territorial and internal coastal waters, other than estuary waters, a dissolved cadmium concentration of 0,5 μg/litre. If these concentrations are not complied with at any one of the points on the national network, the reasons must be reported to the Commission. 3. The concentration of cadmium in sediments and/or shellfish, if possible of the species Mytilus edulis, must not increase significantly with time. 4. Where several quality objectives are supplied to waters in an area, the quality of the waters must be sufficient to comply with each of those objectives.
1. The reference method of analysis used for determining the cadmium content of waters, sediments and shellfish is atomic absorption spectrophotometry after preservation and suitable treatment of the sample. The limits of detection The definitions of these terms are given in Council Directive 79/869/EEC of 9 October 1979 concerning the methods of measurement and frequencies of sampling and analysis of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States ( OJ No L 271, 29.10.1979, p. 44 ).The definitions of these terms are given in Council Directive 79/869/EEC of 9 October 1979 concerning the methods of measurement and frequencies of sampling and analysis of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States ( OJ No L 271, 29.10.1979, p. 44 ).The definitions of these terms are given in Council Directive 79/869/EEC of 9 October 1979 concerning the methods of measurement and frequencies of sampling and analysis of surface water intended for the abstraction of drinking water in the Member States ( OJ No L 271, 29.10.1979, p. 44 ).in the case of discharges, one-tenth of the maximum permitted concentration of cadmium specified in the authorization, in the case of surface water, 0,1 μg/litre or one-tenth of the cadmium concentration specified in the quality objective, whichever is the greater, in the case of shellfish 0,1 mg/kg, wet weight, in the case of sediments, one-tenth of the cadmium concentration in the sample or 0,1 mg/kg, dry weight, with drying being carried out between 105 and 110 °C at constant weight, whichever value is the greater.
2. Flow measurement must be carried out to an accurancy of ± 20 %.
1. For each authorization granted in pursuance of this Directive, the competent authority will specify the restrictions, monitoring procedure and time limits for ensuring compliance with the quality objective(s) concerned. 2. In accordance with Article 6 (3) of Directive 76/464/EEC, the Member State will, for each quality objective chosen and applied, report to the Commission, on: the points of discharge and the means of dispersal, the area in which the quality objective is applied, the location of sampling points, the frequency of sampling, the methods of sampling and measurement, the results obtained.
3. Samples must be sufficiently representative of the quality of the aquatic environment in the area affected by the discharges, and the frequency of sampling must be sufficient to show any changes in the aquatic environment, taking into account, in particular, natural variations in the hydrological regime.