Coating category
COATING
The coating process means applying a thin layer of a formulation (paints, varnishes) onto a substrate. Each of these materials comprise VOCs, which significantly contributes to their emissions. In the process of curing or drying paints and varnishes, as a continual coating layer is formed, the VOCs, which act as solvents, evaporate and are discharged into the air.
Vehicle coating and refinishing
Coating process is any activity in which a single or multiple application of a continuous film of a coating is applied to:
(a) vehicles defined as vehicles of the following categories, in accordance with the Act governing the classification of motor vehicles and trailers and technical requirements for vehicles being in traffic on roads:
- new cars, defined as vehicles of category М1 and category N1 in so far as they are coated in the same installation as M1 vehicles;
- truck cabins for housing of the driver, and all integrated housing for technical equipment, of vehicles of categories N2 and N3;
- trucks, defined as vehicles of categories N1, N2 and N3, but not including the truck cabins;
- buses, defined as vehicles of categories M2 and M3;
- trailers defined in categories О1, О2, О3 and О4;
(b) metallic and plastic surfaces, including aircraft, ships, trains, and other, and the application of segregation agents or rubber coatings;
Vehicle refinishing is any industrial and commercial coating and associated degreasing activities that include the following:
- the coating of road vehicles or their parts, carried out for the purpose of repair, conservation or decoration of vehicles outside of manufacturing installations;
- the original coating of road vehicles or their parts with refinishing-type materials, where this activity is carried out away from manufacturing line; or
- the coating of trailers (including semi-trailers) classified as category O in accordance with the Act governing the classification of motor vehicles and trailers and technical requirements for vehicles being in traffic on roads.
Solvent consumption threshold
If the total annual solvent consumption of an installation performing a vehicle coating and/or vehicle refinishing activity is greater than 0.5 t/year, the installation is subject to the requirements of the VOC Regulation and classified as a VOC operator.
Emission limit values prescribed in Annex 5 of the VOC Regulation apply to VOC operators from this category with an annual solvent consumption between 0.5 and 15 t/year, whereas if the annual solvent consumption exceeds 15 t/year, emission limit values are prescribed in Annex 6 of the Regulation.
Coil coating
Coil coating shall mean any activity where coiled steel, stainless steel, coated steel, copper alloys or aluminium strips are coated with either a polymer film or a laminate coating in a continuous process.
Solvent consumption threshold
If the total annual solvent consumption of an installation performing a coil coating activity is greater than 25 t/year, the installation is subject to the requirements of the VOC Regulation and classified as a VOC operator.
In line with the Regulation, all VOC installations in this category are classified as medium installations and are subject to the same emission limit values prescribed in Annex 5 of the VOC Regulation.
Other coating
Coating process is any activity in which a single or multiple application of a continuous film of a coating is applied to:
a) metallic and plastic surfaces, including aircraft, ships, trains, and other, and the application of segregation agents or rubber coatings;
B) textile, fabric, film and paper.
Solvent consumption threshold
If the total annual solvent consumption of an installation performing one of the processes classified as other coating is equal to or greater than 5 t/year, the installation is subject to the requirements of the VOC Regulation and classified as a VOC operator.
Based on the total annual solvent consumption, VOC operators are classified as small or medium installations; the prescribed emission limit values for these installations depend on this classification and are listed in Annex 5 of the VOC Regulation.
Coating of flexible wires
The application of coating on flexible wires and coating of flexible wires with synthetic and natural polymers is any coating activity of metallic conductors used for winding the coils in transformers and motors and for any other purposes.
Solvent consumption threshold
If the total annual solvent consumption of an installation performing a flexible wire coating activity is greater than 5 t/year, the installation is subject to the requirements of the VOC Regulation and classified as a VOC operator.
In line with the Regulation, all VOC installations in this category are classified as medium installations and are subject to the same total emission limit values prescribed in Annex 5 of the VOC Regulation.