European countries

The Eurosuper as defined by the European Directive of 16 December 1985, offering a minimum RON of 95 and a minimum MON of 85. Found throughout the European countries, it still is fairly scarce in France with 10% of the total demand for unleaded fuels. 

In Europe, the CEC (Coordinating European Council for the development of performance tests for lubricants and engine fuels) federalizes the GEC and its counterparts in other European countries. 

In Austria, as well as all over Europe, the first and repetition tests of all pressure equipments including steam drums are required for security reasons within fixed time intervals. These repetitive inspections are done differently in the most European countries, but most time these inspections include, according to the European Pressure Equipment Directive" and the specific national law any kind of over-pressurisation (e.g. hydrotest) and visual inside inspection. 

The standards concerning the verification of ultrasonic equipment for non destructive testing, which are currently applicable in European countries consist in texts from different origins, such as German (DIN) British (B.S.), Italian and French (AFNOR). 

The Bachmann process, used in the United States and in some European countries, is a simplification of a series of complex reactions. In this process, a solution of one part hexamine in 1.65 parts acetic acid, and a solution of 1.50 parts ammonium nitrate dissolved in 2.0 parts nitric acid and 5.20 parts acetic anhydride are used. The reaction may be summarized as ... 

Alcohol. The number of driving under the influence of alcohol (DUl) cases reflects the enormity of the dmnken driving problem in the United States (9). Tests to measure blood alcohol concentration are conducted on blood, urine, or breath (10). In the case of urine and breath, the alcohol concentration measured is reported in terms of the equivalent blood alcohol concentration. Most states in the United States presume that a person is under the influence of alcohol with respect to driving a motor vehicle at a blood alcohol concentration of 0.10%, ie, an ethanol concentration >10 g/100 mL of blood. Some states maintain a lower necessary concentration of 0.08%. In some European countries levels are as low as 0.05%. A blood alcohol concentration of 0.10% in a 68-kg (150-lb) person is the equivalent of about four drinks of 80 proof alcohoHc beverage or four 340-g (12-oz) beers in the body at the time of the test (see Beer Beverage spirits, distilled Wine). Ethanol is metabolized at the equivalent rate of about one drink per hour. 

The production of man-made leather has increased rapidly due to its high quaUty (Table 5). Production was first started in Japan, and is expanding to the world. Up to 90% is produced in the Far East, and approximately 50% is exported to the United States and European countries. 

A comparison of available resources and production shows that Germany, ranked second in resources, was ranked first in production in 1990. Indeed a number of central and eastern European countries are producing proved recoverable reserves at a rate that should lead to exhaustion of local deposits before the end of the twenty-first century. On the other hand, the massive Russian reserves could allow production for a much longer time. 

Hard coal is more important ia most of the western European countries with the exception of Austria and Italy. No lignitic coal production was iadicated ia 1989 for the Netherlands, Denmark, Belgium, Sweden, Norway, and the United Kingdom (24). 

Cumulative production in countries outside the former USSR, Eastern Europe, and China since the late 1930s has totaled about 1 x 10 t U. A majority of this production came from the United States, Canada, Germany, Namibia, Niger, and South Africa. In addition, some 218,500 t U, 102,245 t U, 16,700 t U, and 16,850 t U have been produced, respectively, in the former GDR, former C2echoSlovakia, Hungary, and Romania. It is estimated that about 72,000 t U have been produced in Ka2akhstan. Reflable cumulative production data for the rest of the CIS, other Eastern European countries, and China, however, are not available (26). 

Under the EPC an appHcant may file a patent appHcation in one or all of the European countries that are signatories by filing a single appHcation. Unlike the PCT, the EPC is actually a system of law, common to all of the present member countries, estabHshed for the granting of European patents. 

As shown in Table 4, the 1992 world consumption of petroleum was neatly 10.4 X 10 m /d (65.4 x 10 bbl/d) (8), which is sbghdy higher, at 3.6%, than in 1978. In most of the regions shown in Table 4, consumption and production levels are not in balance. The one exception is the group of non-OECD European countries, ie, the former Soviet Union, the former C2echoSlovakia, Hungary, Poland, and other former Eastern Bloc countries, where production was neatly in balance with consumption at about 19% above consumption in 1992. 

In the United States and some European countries, beet-sugar-waste molasses, or Stefen s waste, has been used as raw material for MSG production. The 2-pyrrohdinone-5-carboxyhc acid [98-79-3] contained ia beet sugar as by-product, is hydrolyzed at weakly alkaline pH, and moderate temperature (eg, pH 10.5—11.5, at 85°C for 2 h) to avoid racemization (14). The pH of the hydrolyzate is adjusted to 3.2 with a mineral acid to precipitate crystals of L-glutamic acid. The L-glutamic acid crystals obtained are transformed to MSG as described above. 

Interestingly, the difficulty defining MSW has led to many inaccurate poHcy conclusions. Most notably, it is often assumed that the United States generates far more waste than other (particularly European) countries. However, generally other countries define MSW as that which the municipality coUects, ie, household waste. Given that household waste accounts for only about 45% of U.S. MSW, it is incorrect to conclude on the basis of aggregate figures that the United States is more wastehil than other industrialized countries. 

Economic Aspects. Celestite is mined and then shipped to countries where chemical processing takes place. Spain is the largest celestite-exporting country, as almost all of its output is exported. Mexico is the next largest exporter. About half of its annual output is exported. Most of celestite production from Turkey and Iran is also exported. Iranian exports are beheved to be shipped to the CIS and other Eastern European countries. 

Until the 1970s, the main production countries of sulfamic acid were the United States, several European countries, and Japan. The large amounts of dilute sulfuric acid by-product generated led to the difficult situation of by-product acid disposal. Concomitandy, the start of chemical production in developing Asian countries caused successional sulfamic acid production withdrawal in the 1980s. As of the mid-1990s production countries are Japan, Taiwan, Indonesia, India, and China. The 1995 wodd production capacity was ca 96,000 metric tons. 

Spontaneous fermentations are used for wine production in Erance, some other European countries and in South America. In recent years, smaller California wineries have begun experimentation with spontaneous fermentations as well. They generally start more slowly than fermentations inoculated with commercial dried yeast, are more difficult to control, and may suffer from growth of undesirable contaminants. However, it is claimed that the resulting wines possess better organoleptic properties, particularly more complex flavor and aroma. 

Under current regulations, chemicals allowed for use in various European countries (Table 3) are either fully Hcensed for aquacultural use (oxytetracycline, oxolinic acid) or can be prescribed by veterinarians if they are Hcensed for use on other food animals (14—16). In addition, previously unHcensed chemicals that are appHed to the water (topicals) may now be used under a grandfather clause if no one questions their safety. The question of whether a chemical is a medicine or a pesticide has also been addressed. Eor example, dichlorvos (Nuvan 500 EC) was initially designated as a pesticide in the United Kingdom, but was later categorized as a medicine. A similar product, trichlorfon (Masoten), was treated the same way in the United States. 

Table 3. Chemicals Authorized or Allowed for Use in Aquaculture in Certain European Countries...

Excluding Eastern European countries and China where production figures have not been pubHshed, the world production capacity of activated carbon was estimated to be 375,000 metric tons in 1990 (35). The price of most products was 0.70 to 5.50 /kg, but some specialty carbons were more expensive (36). Eorty percent of the production capacity was in the United States, 30% in Western Europe, 20% in Japan, and 10% in other Pacific Rim countries (Table 2). 

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