Abbreviations


 	BAT	Best Available Techniques
	BOD5	Biological Oxygen Demand in 5 days
	BS	British Standard
	CFC	Chlorofluorocarbons
	CO	Carbon monoxide
	CO2	Carbon dioxide
	COD	Chemical Oxygen Demand
	DKK	Danish crowns (1.7.95: DKK 100 = USD 18.5 = DEM 25.6 = ECU 13.9)
	EC	European Communities (see also EU)
	EEA	European Environment Agency
	EFCU	Environmental and Foodstuff Control Unit
	EIA	Environmental Impact Assessment 
	EPA	Environmental Protection Agency
	EU	European Union
	GD	General Directorate (in the Commission)
	GDP	Gross Domestic Product
	GDPf	Gross Domestic Product at factor cost
	GMO	Genetically Modified Organism
	N	Nitrogen (in the form of nitrates)
	NO2	Nitrogen dioxide
	NOx	Nitrogen oxides
	P	Phosphorus (in the form of phosphates)
	PE	Person Equivalents (1 PE = 60 g BOD5/day = 21.6 kg BOD5/year)
	PJ	Picajoule (1 PJ = 23,900 tonnes oil equivalents)
	PPP	Polluter Pays Principle
	SO2	Sulphur dioxide
	VOC	Volatile Organic Compounds