Design of an inventory system for the volatile organic compounds, emitted by various activities

In this study an inventory system was designed which fulfills the reporting requirements of the current European Union legislation for air emissions. Given the reporting requirements deriving from the EU Directives, Internati onal Conventions, and inventory Methodologies developed at the EU level, th ere are significant differences in the required data in terms of industrial categories, definitions of point and area sources, whether TVOC or individ ual species must be determined, and expression of VOCs emissions. On the ha sis of this concept, an inventory system was structured that aims to compl y with the framework set by the European Union for the evaluation of VOCs e missions from industrial activities and other facilities in Greece. This in ventory can be very helpful to all the EU members states, as well as the Ea stern European countries that are in pre-accesion phase, who must implement the European legislation concerning VOCs emissions.