The Emissions of Volatile Organic Compounds from Organic Solvents Regulations (referred to as the Solvents Regulations) were introduced in Ireland in November 2002. This legislation requires a large section of Irish business, which use solvents or solvent containing materials as part of their operation, to determine if the regulations apply to them, and if so, obtain a Certificate of Compliance by October 31st 2007. The following business sectors come under the remit of the regulations:
Dry cleaning;
Vehicle coating and vehicle refinishing;
Coil coating;
Winding wire coating;
Other coating, including metal, plastic, textile, fabric, film, leather, wood, and paper surfaces;
Wood impregnation;
Footwear manufacture;
Wood and plastic lamination;
Adhesive coating;
Rubber conversion;
Vegetable oil and animal fat extraction and vegetable oil refining activities;
Manufacturing of pharmaceutical products;
Manufacturing of coating preparations, varnishes, inks and adhesives;
Surface cleaning using compounds with risk phrases R45, R46, R49, R60, R61, or R40 and halogenated compounds;
