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 __PCBs__: Source category 2.K considers PCB emissions from use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in transformers, small and large capacitors, anti-corrosive paints and joint sealants. Since 1989, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may no longer be manufactured and placed on the market in Germany (PCB Prohibition Ordinance 1989, adopted in the Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance 1993). However, due to their long lifetime, PCBs can still enter the environment as longterm or secondary emissions, e.g. through open applications in buildings, use in wall paints, joint sealants, varnishes and applications as flame retardants.   __PCBs__: Source category 2.K considers PCB emissions from use of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in transformers, small and large capacitors, anti-corrosive paints and joint sealants. Since 1989, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) may no longer be manufactured and placed on the market in Germany (PCB Prohibition Ordinance 1989, adopted in the Chemicals Prohibition Ordinance 1993). However, due to their long lifetime, PCBs can still enter the environment as longterm or secondary emissions, e.g. through open applications in buildings, use in wall paints, joint sealants, varnishes and applications as flame retardants.  
  
-However, data on open applications in buildings are subject to large uncertainties; in particular, the different amounts of PCBs used in eastern and western Germany and the many application sites (public, private, and industrial buildings) cannot be plausibly quantified.  +However, data on open applications in buildings are subject to large uncertainties; in particular, the different amounts of PCBs used in eastern and western Germany and the many application sites (public, private, and industrial buildings) cannot be plausibly quantified. The figures of a research project we have investigated are not aplicable for reporting but for scientific discussion [(See research report (in german only): https://www.umweltbundesamt.de/publikationen/analyse-der-novellierten-nec-richtlinie-bezueglich)].
  
-An emission factor in the EEA/EMEP Guidebook 2023[(EMEP/EEA, 2023: EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2023, Copenhagen, 2023, https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/emep-eea-guidebook-2023/part-b-sectoral-guidance-chapters/2-industrial-processes-and-product-use/2-k-consumption-of-pops/2-k-consumption-of-pops/view)|2023] is only be reported for PCB. As the calculation simply is linked to the capita disregarding existing prohibitions this emission factor would lead to unjustified high emissions. +An emission factor in the EEA/EMEP Guidebook 2023[(EMEP/EEA, 2023: EMEP/EEA air pollutant emission inventory guidebook 2023, Copenhagen, 2023, https://www.eea.europa.eu/publications/emep-eea-guidebook-2023/part-b-sectoral-guidance-chapters/2-industrial-processes-and-product-use/2-k-consumption-of-pops/2-k-consumption-of-pops/view)] is only be reported for PCB. As the calculation simply is linked to the capita disregarding existing prohibitions this emission factor would lead to unjustified high emissions. 
  
 //For this reason and to be consistent with the reporting Guidelines, the notation key NE for PCB  and NA for the other pollutants is used in the NFR tables. //For this reason and to be consistent with the reporting Guidelines, the notation key NE for PCB  and NA for the other pollutants is used in the NFR tables.
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