CEPI - Definitions and Concepts (December 2014)
CEPI - Definitions and Concepts (December 2014)
CEPI - Definitions and Concepts (December 2014)
December 2014
Pulp and Paper Industry - Definitions and Concepts
Environment
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Pulp
(Recycled Pulp)
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Industry Structure
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Energy
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Non-Fibrous Materials
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Wood
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Social Affairs
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Introduction
This document provides definitions of terms used in the European Paper Industry
statistics reports, in particular CEPI's Annual and Key Statistics as well as its Sustainability
Reports. It is for the use of both providers and users of European paper industry statistics.
It is divided into nine sections covering all aspects of the industry, from its structure to the raw
materials used and grades of paper produced. It also covers terms used for environmental,
energy and social statistics.
More information and details related to the definitions reported in this document can be found
in additional annexes, listed on page 47.
For any additional information and suggestions for improvement, please contact:
Eric Kilby – CEPI Statistics Manager – [email protected]
Ariane Crèvecoeur – CEPI Statistics Officer – [email protected]
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Table of Content
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Population
The source used for population data in CEPI reports is Eurostat.
Population on 1st January of the year reported.
Industrial Production
As specified in the Regulation on short-term statistics (STS-R), and in line with traditional practice in
business statistics, the production index should show the evolution of value added at factor cost, at
constant prices. Value added at factor cost can be calculated from turnover (excluding VAT), plus
capitalised production, plus other operating income, plus or minus the changes in stocks, minus the
purchases of goods and services, minus other taxes on products and taxes linked to production.
Group or Corporation
Association of companies located in one or several EU countries and bound together by legal and/or
financial links. A group of companies can have more than one decision-making centre, especially for
policy on production, sales and profit. It may centralise certain aspects of financial management and
taxation. It constitutes an economic entity which is empowered to make choices, particularly
concerning the units which it comprises.
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Company
Combination of pulp, paper or board mills that carry out one or more producing activities at one or
more locations within the same country, and formed in accordance with the law of the country.
Company means a separate legal unit (limited, GmbH, S.A., AB. A/S, etc.) even if it is part of a bigger
group, holding, etc. In some cases, companies carry out raw material supply and converting activities.
The figure for the number of pulp and papermaking companies in all CEPI countries is an aggregate of
all the companies from each individual country. The companies with operations in more than one
country are considered as groups or corporations (see above definition).
Mill
The building or buildings and area where the pulp and papermaking operations are carried out.
Sometimes called a plant when referring to one area of the whole operation. It can also refer to
rotating steel rolls used in mixing materials.
Paper Mill
A paper mill is a factory or plant location where various pulps in slurry form are mechanically treated,
mixed with the proper dyes, additives, and chemicals, and converted into a sheet of paper by the
processes of drainage, formation, and drying on a paper machine. Some paper mills also finish the
paper in various ways.
Pulp Mill
Mill which processes pulpwood, wood chips or other such cellulosic material into pulp by using
mechanical, cooking, screening and bleaching methods.
Paper Machine
The primary machine in a paper mill on which slurries containing fibres and other constituents are
formed into a sheet by the drainage of water, pressing, drying, winding into rolls, and sometimes
coating. Sections of the paper making, which are at the same mill but operation offline (e.g. coaters or
cutters), are counted as parts of the actual paper machine.
1.3 Capacities
Production Capacity
Practical maximum capacity is the tonnage of paper, paperboard or pulp of normal commercial quality
that could be produced per year with full use of equipment and adequate supplies of raw materials and
labour, and assuming full demand. No allowance is made for losses due to unscheduled shut downs,
strikes, temporary lack of power, etc., which cause decreases in actual production, but not in
production capacity.
Capacity of paper machines that produce more than one grade is apportioned in accordance with
actual production patterns or plans for future operation.
Capacity is reported in metric tons of net finished paper and paperboard, and air-dry (10 percent
moisture content) pulp.
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Changes in Capacity
Changes in capacity should be included only for the portion of the year which they are actually
effective.
(a) Additions to capacity: For new mills and machines, data should reflect the fact that full capacity
is only reached after a certain period of operation. For the first 12 months of operation, assume 70
percent of capacity, the next 12 months 90 percent and 100 percent thereafter.
(b) Reductions in capacity: Capacity of machinery which has been closed down mainly for
economic reasons, with no intention of resuming production, should be excluded.
Note: for specific subsectors such as graphic or packaging papers, some specific rules can be applied
to calculate the production capacities. More information can be obtained directly from the industry
sectors organisations (see Annex 15).
Turnover
Turnover comprises the totals invoiced by the observation unit during the reference period, and this
corresponds to market sales of goods or services supplied to third parties. Turnover includes all duties
and taxes on the goods or services invoiced by the unit with the exception of the VAT invoiced by the
unit vis-à-vis its customer and other similar deductible taxes directly linked to turnover. It also includes
all other charges (transport, packaging, etc.) passed on to the customer, even if these charges are
listed separately in the invoice. Reduction in prices, rebates and discounts as well as the value of
returned packing must be deducted. Income classified as other operating income, financial income and
extra-ordinary income in company accounts is excluded from turnover. Operating subsidies received
from public authorities or the institutions of the European Union are also excluded.
Investments
Investments made during the reference period in all tangible goods. Included are new and existing
tangible capital goods, whether bought from third parties or produced for own use (i.e. Capitalised
production of tangible capital goods), having a useful life of more than one year including non-
produced tangible goods such as land. The threshold for the useful life of a good that can be
capitalised may be increased according to company accounting practices where these practices
require a greater expected useful life than the 1 year threshold indicated above. All investments are
valued prior to (i.e. gross of) value adjustments, and before the deduction of income from disposals.
Purchased goods are valued at purchase price, i.e. transport and installation charges, fees, taxes and
other costs of ownership transfer are included. Own produced tangible goods are valued at production
cost. Goods acquired through restructuration (such as mergers, take-overs, break-ups, split-off) are
excluded. Purchases of small tools which are not capitalised are included under current expenditure.
Also included are all additions, alterations, improvements and renovations which prolong the service
life or increase the productive capacity of capital goods.
Added Value
Added value at factor cost is the gross income from operating activities after adjusting for operating
subsidies and indirect taxes. It can be calculated from turnover, plus capitalised production, plus other
operating income, plus or minus the changes in stocks, minus the purchases of goods and services,
minus other taxes on products which are linked to turnover but not deductible, minus the duties and
taxes linked to production. Alternatively it can be calculated from gross operating surplus by adding
personnel costs. Income and expenditure classified as financial or extra-ordinary in company accounts
is excluded from value added. Value added at factor costs is calculated "gross" as value adjustments
(such as depreciation) are not subtracted.
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The basic (raw) materials to produce pulp and paper can be split into two parts: fibres - or fibrous
materials - and non-fibrous materials. In the case of non-integrated paper and board mills, i.e. mills not
producing their pulp, pulp can be considered as a raw material too.
Fibres – or lignocellulosic fibrous materials – are derived from wood, non-wood fibre sources such as
fibre crops (straw, bamboo, bagasse, etc.) or alternatively paper for recycling, through a recycling
process. Today, wood and paper for recycling are the main fibre sources used in Europe.
Non-fibrous materials are added to paper stock during the papermaking process in order to impart
special characteristics to the final product. There are materials for sizing, loading and filling, colouring
and other additives.
Non-fibrous materials are therefore constituted by coating chemicals and some functional chemicals.
Other functional chemicals and process chemicals have to be considered as well to have the full picture.
Black box: Total input to pulp and paper manufacturing. Green box: Fibres / Fibrous materials.
Blue box: (Raw) Materials ‘embedded’ in paper and board. Yellow box: Non-fibrous materials.
Red box: Chemicals, embedded or not in the final product.
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Chapter 3 – Wood
3.1 General Definitions on Wood
Forest
Land within a contiguous area with trees higher than 5 meters and a canopy cover of more than 10
percent, or trees able to reach these thresholds in situ. It does not include land that is predominantly
under agricultural or urban land use.
- Forest is determined both by the presence of trees and the absence of other predominant land uses.
The trees should be able to reach a minimum height of 5 meters in situ without measures to increase
production. Areas under reforestation that have not yet reached but are expected to reach a canopy
cover of 10 percent and a tree height of 5 m are included, as are temporarily unstocked areas,
resulting from human intervention or natural causes, which are expected to regenerate.
- Includes areas with bamboo and palms provided that height and canopy cover criteria are met.
- Includes forest roads, firebreaks and other small open areas; forest in national parks, nature reserves
and other protected areas such as those of specific scientific, historical, cultural or spiritual interest.
- Includes windbreaks, shelterbelts and corridors of trees with an area of more than 0.5 ha and width of
more than 20 m.
- Includes plantations primarily used for forestry or protection purposes, such as rubber wood
plantations and cork oak stands.
- Excludes tree stands in agricultural production systems, for example in fruit plantations and
agroforestry systems. The term also excludes trees in urban parks and gardens.
Growing Stock
The living tree component of the standing volume. Volume over bark of all living trees that have
reeached breast height. Includes the stem from ground level or stump height.
Logging
A method by which the growing stock (or part of it) of a stand is removed. Includes the procedure from
fellings to long-distance transport. Annual fellings refers to the average annual standing volume of all
trees, living or dead, that are felled during the given reference period.
Forest Certification
A system for verifying that a forest is being managed sustainably according to the requirements of a
forest management standard.
In Europe there exist two certification schemes: FSC – the Forest Stewardship Council – and PEFC -
the Programme for the Endorsement of Forest Certification.
Wood
All roundwood felled or otherwise harvested and removed. It comprises all wood obtained from
removals, i.e. the quantities removed from forests and from trees outside the forest, including wood
recovered from natural, felling and logging losses during the period, calendar year or forest year. It
includes all wood removed with or without bark, including wood removed in its round form, or split,
roughly squared or in other form (e.g. branches, roots, stumps and burls (where these are harvested)
and wood that is roughly shaped or pointed. It is an aggregate comprising wood fuel (including wood
for charcoal) and industrial roundwood (wood in the rough).
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Hardwood - Non-Coniferous
The wood from non-coniferous (broadleaved) trees (trees that do not have needles or cones). Include
birch, eucalyptus, aspen, beech, hornbeam, ash, maple, acacia, quercus-cerris, oak, alder, poplar,
willow, chestnut. The wood of these trees is composed of short fibres.
All woods derived from trees classified botanically as Angiospermae, e.g. Acer spp., Dipterocarpus
spp., Entandrophragma spp., Eucalyptus spp., Fagus spp., Populus spp., Quercus spp., Shorea spp.,
Swietonia spp., Tectona spp., etc.
Softwood - Coniferous
The wood from coniferous trees. Include pine, spruce, Fir, Hemlock, Larch, Cedar. The wood of these
trees is composed of long fibres.
All woods derived from trees classified botanically as Gymnospermae, e.g. Abies spp., Araucaria spp.,
Cedrus spp., Chamaecyparis spp., Cupressus spp., Larix spp., Picea spp., Pinus spp., Thuja spp.,
Tsuga spp., etc.
Roundwood
All roundwood felled or otherwise harvested and removed. It comprises all wood obtained from
removals, i.e. the quantities removed from forests and from trees outside the forest, including wood
recovered from natural, felling and logging losses during the period, calendar year or forest year. It
includes all wood removed with or without bark, including wood removed in its round form, or split,
roughly squared or in other form (e.g. branches, roots, stumps and burls (where these are harvested)
and wood that is roughly shaped or pointed. It is an aggregate comprising wood fuel (including wood
for charcoal) and industrial roundwood (wood in the rough). It is reported in cubic metres solid volume
underbark (i.e. excluding bark)
Pulpwood
Roundwood that will be used for the production of pulp, particleboard or fibreboard. It includes:
roundwood (with or without bark) that will be used for these purposes in its round form or as
splitwood or wood chips made directly (i.e. in the forest) from roundwood.
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Fuel Wood
Roundwood that will be used as fuel for purposes such as cooking, heating or power production. It
includes wood harvested from main stems, branches and other parts of trees (where these are
harvested for fuel).
Chips
Particles of wood originating from logs and branches. Chipped woody biomass in the form of pieces
with a defined particle size produced by mechanical treatment with sharp tools such as knives. Wood
chips have a subrectangular shape with a typical length 5 to 50 mm and a low thickness compared to
other dimensions.
Sawdust
Small particles of wood formed during slashing and chipping of pulpwood logs. It is screened from the
chips and disposed of or burned in power furnaces. Some mills will also bring in this material from
sawmills to use as a source of fuel for power furnaces. Also, it is sometimes cooked in specially
designed digester vessels for use in certain paperboard furnishes.
Pellets
Agglomerates produced either directly by compression or by the addition of a binder in a proportion not
exceeding 3% by weight. Such pellets are cylindrical, with a diameter not exceeding 25 mm and a
length not exceeding 100 mm.
Wood Consumption
The wood used for pulp and paper manufacturing is mainly constituted of the following assortments:
pulpwood (roundwood other than sawlogs, from silvicultural measures such as thinning or final felling),
chips and residues from sawmills. The utilisation of sawlogs is very limited and sawdust volumes
consumed are negligible. The relative shares of softwood and hardwood used depend on the country
considered and the pulp and paper grades produced. The main softwood species used are pine and
spruce. The main hardwood species used are birch, eucalyptus, beech and aspen. Oak is hardly used.
The wood consumption figures reported by the pulp and paper companies and included in the CEPI
statistics are the volumes of wood at the mill gates and come from domestic supply or imports.
References:
Annex 1 – CEPI Harmonised Structure for Raw Material and Products
Annex 2 – CEPI Harmonised List for Raw Material and Products
Annex 5 – Alignment of Combined Nomenclature Products Headings with CEPI Grades
Annex 6 – Combined Nomenclature Chapter 44
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Chapter 4 – Pulp
4.1 General Definitions on Pulp
Pulp
Fibrous material in papermaking produced in a pulp mill, either mechanically or chemically from fibrous
cellulose raw material (wood most common).
Pulping
The act of processing wood (or other plant) to obtain the primary raw material for making paper,
usually cellulose fibre. Wood is the most widely used source of fibres for the paper making process.
The fibres are separated from one another into a mass of individual fibres. The separation can be
undertaken by a mechanical process, where the fibres are teased apart, or by chemical means, where
the lignin binding the fibres together is dissolved away by cooking the woodchips in suitable chemicals.
After separation, the fibres are washed and screened to remove any remaining fibre bundles.
Stock Pulp
Aqueous suspension of one or more paper-making pulps and other material, from the stage of
disintegration of the pulp to the formation of the web or sheet of paper and board.
References:
Annex 1 – CEPI Harmonised Structure for Raw Material and Products
Annex 2 – CEPI Harmonised List for Raw Material and Products
Wood Pulp
Fibrous material prepared from pulpwood, wood chips or residues by mechanical and/or chemical
process for further manufacture into paper, paperboard, fibreboard or other cellulose products. It is
an aggregate comprising mechanical wood pulp; semi-chemical wood pulp; chemical wood pulp;
and dissolving wood pulp.
Mechanical Pulp
Woodpulp, including reject pulp, obtained by grinding or milling into their relatively short fibres,
coniferous or non-coniferous rounds, quarters, billets, etc., or through refining coniferous or non-
coniferous chips. Called stone groundwood pulp and refiner groundwood pulp can include pre-
treatment with chemical as in chemi-mechanical pulp. It can be bleached or unbleached. This pulp
is used mainly in newsprint and wood-containing papers, like LWC (light-weight coated) and SC
papers.
Chemi-Thermomechanical (CTMP)
Pulp produced in a similar way to TMP, but the wood particles are chemically treated before
entering the refiner. This pulp has properties suited to tissue manufacture. CTMP is classified
under semi-chemical pulps in the Harmonised System of the Customs Co-operation Council. In
the FAO, as well as in other industry statistics, such chemi-thermomechanical pulps are grouped
with mechanical pulp.
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Semi-Chemical Pulp
Woodpulp, including reject pulp, obtained by subjecting coniferous or non-coniferous wood to a
series of mechanical chemical treatments and cooking in a pressure vessel, none of which alone is
sufficient to make the fibres separate readily, followed by mechanical treatment. The ratio of the
weight of the pulp produced to the weight of wood used is often very high. It can be bleached or
unbleached. This pulp is mainly used in the production of fluting medium for corrugated board.
Chemical Pulp
Wood pulp obtained by subjecting pulpwood, wood chips or residues to a series of chemical
treatments. It includes sulphate (kraft) wood pulp; soda wood pulp and sulphite wood pulp. It may
be bleached, semi-bleached or unbleached. It excludes dissolving grades of wood pulp.
Bleaching
Removal or modification, to a greater or lesser extent, of coloured components of pulp with a view
to increasing its brightness.
Unbleached Pulp
Pulp that has not been subjected to any treatment which is intended primarily to increase its
brightness.
Sulphite Pulp
Woodpulp, including rejects, obtained by mechanically reducing coniferous or non-coniferous
wood to chips which are subsequently cooked in a pressure vessel in the presence of a bisulphite
cooking liquor. Bisulphites such as ammonium, calcium magnesium and sodium, are commonly
used. It can be unbleached or bleached. End-uses range from newsprint, printing and writing
papers, tissue and sanitary papers. Sulphite can be either bleached or unbleached.
Exclude: Dissolving grades having very high alpha cellulose content (usually 90 percent or more).
These should be included in dissolving pulps.
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Recycled Pulp
Pulp manufactured from paper for recycling and used for the manufacture of paper, paperboard
and fibreboard. It excludes pulp made from straw; bamboo; bagasse; esparto; other reeds or
grasses; cotton fibres; flax; hemp; rags; and other textile wastes.
Deinked Pulps
Pulp made from paper for recycling from which inks and other contaminants have been removed.
Deinking
Removal of ink and/or toner from a printed product to a high extent by means of a deinking
process. This shall restore as good as possible the optical properties of the unprinted product.
Integrated Pulp
Integrated pulp is produced for use as raw material in the production of paper at the same mill, or for
shipment by a producing mill to other mills, which it owns, controls or with which it is affiliated within
the same country and therefore not sold on the open market.
See also definition of Integrated Mill on page 6.
Market Pulp
Pulp for sale in the open market and does not include pulp used in own plant or shipped to wholly
owned or associated companies within the country. All pulp moving outside the producing country is
considered to be market pulp.
Pulp Consumption
The pulp consumption by country reported in CEPI publications is calculated as follow:
Production + imports from other CEPI Countries + imports from outside CEPI – exports to other CEPI
Countries – exports to outside CEPI
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References:
Annex 1 – CEPI Harmonised Structure for Raw Material and Products
Annex 2 – CEPI Harmonised List for Raw Material and Products
Annex 5 – Alignment of Combined Nomenclature Products Headings with CEPI Grades
Annex 7 – Combined Nomenclature Chapter 47
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To clarify the intended use of collected paper for recycling in paper mills, it has been decided to
substitute the term “recovered paper” by “paper for recycling”.
Recycling
Reprocessing of used paper in a production process into new paper and board.
See also the Waste Directive 2008/98/EC
Waste
Any substance or object which holder discards or intends or is required to discard.
Recyclability
Ability of a product to be recycled into a new paper and board.
Design, manufacturing and converting of paper-based products in such a way as to enable a high
quality recycling of fibres and other materials in a manufacturing process in compliance – where
appropriate – with current standards in the Community: as a minimum, recyclability requires that
sufficient information is exchanged for appropriate risk management and safe re-use of fibres.
Recovered Paper
Outdated term used for paper for recycling.
Mill Broke
Materials that are discarded by a manufacture process but that has properties allowing it to be reused
on site by being incorporated back into the same manufacturing process that generated it.
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Recovery
Principle of waste management policy including reuse, material recycling, composting and energy
recovery as well as exports for similar purposes.
Collector
One who separately collects used paper and board; he may also have pre-processing (sorting,
handling) transport or trade activities.
Collection
Separate collection of paper and paper products from industrial and commercial outlets, from
households and offices for recovery. (Collection includes transport to the sorting or recycling
plant/paper mill.)
Collection = utilisation plus exports minus imports of paper for recycling.
The difference between collection and utilisation of paper for recycling can be explained by trade,
stock variations and some volumes destined to other material recycling options.
Non-Paper Usages
Include products such as absorbent and hygienic personal products made of fluff pulp and insulation
products.
Non-Collectable
Paper products which are technical not accessible to collection system, neither mixed nor separate
collection: resulting from purpose, e.g. toilet paper, cigarette paper... Paper products that are used in
coal-fired domestic heating systems are not taken into account because they are collectable, at least
technically.
Composting
Composting is the natural process of 'rotting' or decomposition of organic matter by microorganisms
under controlled conditions. Raw organic materials such as crop residues, animal wastes, food
garbage, some municipal wastes and suitable industrial wastes, enhance their suitability for application
to the soil as a fertilizing resource, after having undergone composting.
Final Disposal
Definitive disposal of waste to landfill or incineration without energy recovery.
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Recycling Rate
The ratio between recycling of used paper, including net trade of paper for recycling, and paper and
board consumption. It is calculated as “paper for recycling utilisation + net trade” divided by “paper and
board consumption”, on base paper level.
See definition of paper & board consumption on page 26.
References:
Annex 1 – CEPI Harmonised Structure for Raw Material and Products
Annex 2 – CEPI Harmonised List for Raw Material and Products
Annex 7 – Combined Nomenclature Chapter 4707
References:
Annex 9a - EN 643 European List of Standard Grades of Paper and Board for Recycling.
Annex 9b - Guidance on the revised EN 643
Annex 9c - Alignment of Paper for Recycling Classes with EN 643 List of Grades
EN643 - European List of Standard Grades of Paper and Board for Recycling.
The European List of Standard Grades of Paper and Board for Recycling give a general description of
the standard grades by defining what they do and do not contain. The list has been revised in 2013, a
guidance on the revised version is available in Annex 9b.
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Non-Fibrous Materials
Non-cellulose items added to the paper stock during the papermaking process in order to impart
special characteristics to the final product, such as rosins, dyes, fillers, chemicals, starches, additives,
brighteners, etc. Non-fibrous materials include functional chemicals and coating chemicals.
The main types of non-fibrous materials used can be mainly grouped by purpose:
Sizing
Addition of materials either to the stock pulp (internal sizing) or to the surface of paper or board
(surface sizing), in order to increase its resistance to the penetration and spreading of aqueous
liquids, for example writing ink. Surface sizing may also be used to increase the surface strength of
paper and board.
6.2 Chemicals
Chemicals
Chemicals are used in the paper industry in different parts of the pulp and paper making process. They
can be divided into three main areas: process chemicals, functional chemicals and coating chemicals.
These chemicals have different functions and different influence on the sustainability of the paper
product.
Process Chemicals
Process chemicals to optimize costs and increase machine efficiency
Functional Chemicals
Functional chemicals to attribute specific properties to paper.
Coating Chemicals
Finishing chemicals to improve appearance and performance of printed paper and board.
The paper industry, particularly printing and writing paper, is by far the largest volume user of
industrial minerals. Minerals are either used as fillers or as a coating on paper. The principal minerals
used in paper making are kaolin, talc, ground calcium carbonate, precipitated calcium carbonate,
titanium dioxide and bentonite.
Minerals are suspended in water before being incorporated into the process. The minerals are often
supplied directly to the paper manufacturers in a slurry form or even produced as an integrated part
of the paper process (precipitated calcium carbonate).
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The use of minerals in paper production increases the speed of the machine performance and
fluidity. The final characteristics of the paper (strength, whiteness, gloss, ink retention, etc.) are
largely determined by the blend of minerals used. High quality, glossy paper is obtained by applying
a thin layer of minerals on the surface of the paper.
Filler
Fine pigments, generally white and usually of mineral origin, incorporated in the stock pulp during the
manufacture of paper or board. Filler materials include china clay (kaolin - used by papermakers to
obtain finish and consistency and also for coating art and chromo paper), calcium carbonate, barium
sulphate (barites), talc, and titanium dioxide.
Kaolin
Kaolin or "China Clay" is a white, soft, plastic clay mainly composed of fine-grained plate-like
particles. It is chemically inert, non-abrasive and has low heat and electricity conductivity.
The largest applications for kaolin are the filling and coating of paper as well as the production of fine
ceramics. It is used as filler in the bulk of paper and to coat its surface. Kaolin use reduces the
amount of wood pulp needed, enhances the optical properties of the paper and improves its printing
characteristics.
Clay
A naturally occurring, earthy, fine-grain material comprised of a group of crystalline clay minerals with
a natural basic structure of aluminosilicate whose hydrous chemical form is 2H 2 O
It is commonly used in the paper industry to make up paper filling and coating materials. Clays are
sometimes altered by further refining, heat treatment, etc., to enhance or extend their end uses, e.g.,
cal-cined clay and delaminated clay.
Coating Clay
The types of finer size clays with higher whiteness, used to make up coating materials for paper
and paperboard surfaces.
Filler Clay
A white, aluminum silicate, natural mineral added to pulp stock to enhance opacity, brightness, and
printing surface smoothness of the paper made from it.
Bentonite
This mineral is used in pitch control, i.e. absorption of wood resins that tend to obstruct the machines
and to improve the efficiency of the conversion of pulp into paper as well as to improve the quality of
paper. Bentonite also offers useful de-inking properties for paper recycling.
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Talc
It is used in both uncoated and coated rotogravure papers where it enhances printability and reduce
surface friction, improving productivity at the paper mill and print house. It also improve mattness and
reduce ink scuff in offset papers. Used as pitch control agents, talc “clean” the papermaking process
by adsorbing any sticky resinous particles in the pulp.
Starch
Starch is a carbohydrate extracted from agricultural raw materials which is widely present in literally
thousands of everyday food and non-food applications. The starch molecule consists of a large
number of glucose units joined by glycosides bonds. It is produced by all vegetables as an energy
store. Starch is a type of papermaking adhesive and size material. In Europe, starch is extracted
almost exclusively from potatoes, wheat and maize, but it can be also extracted from tapioca and
other sources. It is used to produce a higher degree of rigidity in a sheet and to improve the finish by
causing the fibres to lie flat.
Native Starch
Once extracted, pure starch (native starch) is a white tasteless and odourless powder that is
insoluble in cold water or alcohol, which is used widely in the food and paper industry primarily for
binding and thickening purposes.
Modified Starch
Native starch that has been modified by a chemical, physical or enzymatic process to create
‘modified starches’, each offering differing characteristics and used widely in the food, paper,
textile, oil, adhesives, fermentation and pharmaceutical industries.
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Paper
Generic term for a range of materials in the form of a coherent sheet or web, excluding sheets or laps
of pulp as commonly understood for paper making or dissolving purposes and non-woven products,
made by deposition of vegetable, mineral, animal or synthetic fibres, or their mixtures, from a fluid
suspension onto a suitable forming device, with or without the addition of other substances.
Papers may be coated, impregnated or otherwise converted, during or after their manufacture, without
necessarily losing their identity as paper. In conventional papermaking process, the fluid is water; new
developments, however, include the use of air and other fluids.
Board / Paperboard
Generic term applied to certain types of paper frequently characterized by their relative high rigidity.
The primary distinction between paper and board is normally based upon thickness or grammage,
though in some instances the distinction will be based on the characteristics and/or end-use. For
example, some materials of lower grammage, such as certain grades of folding boxboard and
corrugated raw materials, are generally referred to as “board”, while other materials of higher
grammage, such as certain grades of blotting paper, felt paper and drawing paper, are generally
referred to as “paper”.
Coating
Process of applying, to the surface of a paper or board, one or more layers of coating slip or other
materials in fluid form.
Graphic Papers
The graphic papers category is an aggregate category. In the production and trade statistics, it
represents the sum of newsprint; uncoated mechanical; uncoated woodfree and coated papers.
Products in this category are generally manufactured in strips or rolls of a width exceeding 15 cm or
in rectangular sheets with one side exceeding 36 cm and the other exceeding 15 cm in the unfolded
state. It excludes manufactured paper products such as books and magazines, etc.
Newsprint
Paper mainly used for printing newspapers. It is made largely from mechanical pulp and/or paper
for recycling, with or without a small amount of filler. Products in this category are generally
manufactured in strips or rolls of a width exceeding 36 cm or in rectangular sheets with one side
exceeding 36 cm and the other exceeding 15 cm in the unfolded state. Weights usually range from
40 to 52 g/m2 but can be as high as 65 g/m2. Newsprint is machine finished or slightly calendered,
white or slightly coloured and is used in reels for letterpress, offset or flexo printing.
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Uncoated Mechanical
Paper suitable for printing or other graphic purposes where less than 90% of the fibre furnish
consists of chemical pulp fibres. This grade is also known as groundwood or wood-containing
paper and magazine paper, such as heavily filled supercalendered paper for consumer
magazines printed by the rotogravure and offset methods. It excludes wallpaper base.
Uncoated Woodfree
Paper suitable for printing or other graphic purposes, where at least 90% of the fibre furnish
consists of chemical pulp fibres. Uncoated woodfree paper can be made from a variety or
furnishes, with variable levels of mineral filler and a range of finishing processes such as sizing,
calendering, machine glazing and watermarking. This grade includes most office papers, such as
business forms, copier, computer, stationery and book papers. Pigmented and size press
“coated” papers (coating less than 5 g per side) are covered by this heading. It excludes
wallpaper base.
Coated Mechanical
Made of fibres produced mainly (90%) by a mechanical pulping process and are also known as
coated groundwood.
Coated Woodfree
Made of fibres produced mainly (90%) by a chemical pulping process and are also known as
coated freesheet.
Packaging Papers
Paper or paperboard mainly used for wrapping and packaging purposes. Products in this category
are generally manufactured in strips or rolls of a width exceeding 36 cm or in rectangular sheets with
one side exceeding 36 cm and the other exceeding 15 cm in the unfolded state. It excludes
unbleached kraft paper and paperboard that are not sack kraft paper or Kraftliner and weighing more
than 150 g/m² but less than 225 g/m²; felt paper and paperboard; tracing papers; not further
processed uncoated paper weighing 225 g/m² or more. It is reported in metric tonnes.
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Wrappings
Papers whose main use is wrapping or packaging made from any combination of virgin or
recovered fibres, bleached or unbleached. They may be subject to various finishing and/or marking
processes. Includes sack kraft, other wrapping krafts, sulphite and grease-proof papers.
Moulded Products
Moulded articles made from paper-making pulp.
Cigarette Paper
Lightweight paper, unsized, which may contains fillers and/or additives in order that its
combustibility may be adapted to that of tobacco; it is resistant to tearing and rubbing, and suitable
for the manufacture of cigarettes, and capable of being reeled in small widths.
Envelope Paper
Paper of suitable strength for the manufacture of correspondence envelopes and pockets, capable
of receiving handwriting, printing and the application of an appropriate adhesive.
Felt Board
Board containing textile fibres specially processed to give a loose soft texture.
Filter Paper
Paper intended to provide selective retention of particles from a fluid suspension.
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Wallpaper Base
Paper intended to receive on one side either a coating or a print, or both, the other side being
intended for the application of paste or another adhesive.
Converting
Manufacture of products by processes or operations applied after the normal paper or board
manufacturing process. The operation of treating, modifying, or otherwise manipulating the finished
paper and paperboard so that it can be made into end-user products, such as special coating, waxing,
printing, and gumming, and envelope, bag, and container manufacturing.
Converter
Processor of paper or board as a raw material (such as packaging, printing).
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References:
Annex 3 – CEPI Harmonised Structure for Paper & Board Grades
Annex 4 – CEPI Harmonised List for Paper & Board Grades
Annex 5 – Alignment of Combined Nomenclature Products Headings with CEPI Grades
Annex 8 – Combined Nomenclature Chapter 48
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Energy
All energy products, consisting of hard coal and derivatives, lignite and derivatives, peat and
derivatives, crude oil and petroleum products (such as LPG, refinery gas, motor spirit, kerosene,
gas/diesel oil, residual fuel oil, refuse-derived-fuels, solid-recovered-fuel), natural gas, manufactured
gases, derived heat, renewable energies (such as hydro power, wind energy, biomass, wastes,
geothermal energy), electrical energy and nuclear energy.
Fossil Fuels
Coal, natural gas, peat and petroleum products (such as oil) formed from the decayed bodies of
animals and plants that died millions of years ago.
Coal
Coal refers to a variety of solid, combustible, sedimentary, organic rocks that are composed mainly
of carbon and varying amounts of other components such as hydrogen, oxygen, sulphur and
moisture. Coal is formed from vegetation that has been consolidated between other rock strata and
altered by the combined effects of pressure and heat over millions of years. Many different
classifications of coal are used around the world, reflecting a broad range of ages, compositions
and properties.
Peat
Peat is a combustible soft, porous or compressed, fossil sedimentary deposit of plant origin with
high water content (up to 90 percent in the raw state), easily cut, and of light to dark brown colour.
Biomass
Biodegradable fraction of products, waste and residues from biological origin from agriculture
(including vegetal and animal substances), forestry and related industries including fisheries and
aquaculture, as well as the biodegradable fraction of industrial and municipal waste. Includes bio-
based products and lignin.
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Bio-Based Products
Material of biological origin excluding material embedded in geological formations and/or fossilized.
Examples are (whole or parts of) plants, trees, algae, marine organisms, micro-organisms, animals,
etc.
Bioliquids - Biofuels
Bioliquids are liquid fuels for energy purposes other than for transport, including electricity and
heating and cooling, produced from biomass. Biofuels means liquid or gaseous fuels for transport
produced from biomass.
Black Liquor
Black liquor is generated in the chemical pulping process (kraft, sulphite) and recovered in the
recovery boiler. Black liquor contains organic substances (essentially the separated lignin residue but
also minor dissolved components of wood: extractives, hemicelluloses) and inorganic chemicals that
resulted from the pulping process reactions. After washing and evaporation, the concentrated black
liquor is led to the recovery system where cooking chemicals are recovered using energy made
available from the combustion of organic substances. Additional energy from the flue-gases is
recovered to produce heat, process steam and generate electrical power. Also known as spent
cooking liquor.
Lignin
Wood substance, an aromatic polymer in the cell wall of plants. The binding substance in natural
fibres. Lignin is dissolved out along with the carbohydrates in the pulping process.
Waste
Any substance or object which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard.
8.1.2 Electricity
Purchased Electricity
Electrical energy bought from outside the mill to be used on site.
Sold Electricity
Net electrical energy produced on site and sent (sold) to the public grid network or other electricity
consumers.
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8.1.3 Heat
Heat Energy
Heat is obtained from fuels combustion, nuclear reactors, geothermal reservoirs, capture of sunlight,
exothermic chemical processes and heat pumps which can extract it from ambient air and liquids. It
may be used for heating or cooling or converted into mechanical energy for transport vehicles or
electricity generation. Commercial heat sold is reported under total final consumption with the fuel
inputs allocated under power generation.
Purchased Heat
Purchased heat not included in the primary energy use.
Sold Steam
Steam delivered to outside the industry. It does mean outside the mill.
8.2 Water
Water Intake
The amount of freshwater abstracted by source and any other water received at the mill and the
amount of water content in purchased materials and products for the purpose of pulp and paper
production.
Freshwater Abstracted
Freshwater abstracted by source and any other water received at the mill for the purpose of pulp and
paper production.
Surface Water
All waters on the surface of the Earth found in rivers, streams, ponds, lakes, marshes, wetlands, as
well as ice and snow, and transitional, coastal and marine waters.
Groundwater
All water from below the surface of the ground in the saturation zone and in direct contact with the
ground or subsoil.
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Cooling Water
Water used for cooling purposes (used to absorb and remove heat). Depending upon the mill, (non-
contact) cooling water may be used for process needs. It includes the fresh water which feeds the
cooling water circuit (e.g. water towers) and then it is either discharged or re-circulated after re-
cooling or is used as warm water in the pulping process.
Process Water
Water used in a manufacturing or treatment process or in the actual product manufactured.
Examples would include water used for washing, rinsing, direct contact, cooling, solution make-up,
chemical reactions, and gas scrubbing in industrial and food processing applications. In many
cases, water is specifically treated to produce the quality of water needed for the process.
Wastewater Outflow
The amount of wastewater discharged from mill site to final destination.
Reservoir
Artificial and heavily modified surface bodies (surface water).
Transitional Water
Discharge to brackish water i.e. mixture of freshwater and sea water or to an estuary with a free
connection to the open sea.
Water Consumption
Equals water lost during manufacturing plus water in sold products and water in waste – i.e. “the
portion of the water that is removed from a water source that is not immediately returned to the water
source.”
Evaporation
Conversion from a liquid or solid state to a vapour.
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Water in Waste
Water content in waste that is permanently stored on site or removed from site for treatment off site
or for deposit on landfill. Includes water in rejects – e.g. contrary bale content –, water in sludge –
from paper production, de-inking, wastewater – and water in any other solid residual.
Water contained in waste is calculated based on factors – supporting calculation table for optional
use is provided by CEPI.
Wastewater Treatment
Waste water treatment techniques are end-of-pipe (secondary techniques or abatement techniques).
Because it is not always possible to prevent pollution at the source, end-of-pipe techniques are those
that treat the waste stream arising from a process or storage unit, or an area, or part thereof, to
reduce its pollutant content. Waste water treatment techniques aim to reduce waste water and the
pollutants it carries. They encompass pre-treatment at the source or in combined streams as well as
final treatment of collected waste water before discharge into a receiving water body.
Primary Treatment
Physico-chemical treatment, such as equalisation, neutralisation or sedimentation. Equalisation (e.g.
in equalising basins) is used to prevent large variations in flow rate, temperature and contaminant
concentrations and thus to avoid overloading the waste water treatment system.
Secondary Treatment
For the treatment of waste water by means of microorganisms, the available processes are aerobic
and anaerobic treatment. In a secondary clarification step, solids and biomass are separated from
effluents by sedimentation, sometimes combined with flocculation.
Tertiary Treatment
Advanced treatment comprises techniques, such as filtration for further solids removal, nitrification
and denitrification for nitrogen removal or flocculation/precipitation followed by filtration for
phosphorus removal. Tertiary treatment is normally used in cases where primary and biological
treatment are not sufficient to achieve low levels of TSS, nitrogen or phosphorus, which may be
required e.g. due to local conditions.
8.3 Emissions
Emissions
Means the direct or indirect release of substances, vibrations, heat or noise from individual or diffuse
sources […] into air, water or land.
Specific Emissions
Emissions calculated per quantity of the final output (paper & board + market pulp).
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Methane (CH4)
Methane is a colourless gas, odourless at low concentrations, but with sweetish chloroform-like
odour at high concentration. It is one of the six greenhouse gases to be mitigated under the Kyoto
Protocol. Methane is the major component of natural gas and associated with hydrocarbon fuels
(animal husbandry and agriculture). The gas is highly combustible, and mixtures of about 5 to 15 per
cent in air are explosive. Upon release into the atmosphere, methane is destroyed by reactions with
other chemicals in the atmosphere, giving a lifetime of about 10 years.
Total sulphur (S) emissions to air are the sum of sulphur dioxide, TRS and all other gases containing
sulphur compounds.
• Sulphur dioxide (SO2) is major air pollutant of sulphuric emissions. When expressed as sulphur
emissions (S) in tonnes, 2 tonnes of SO2 equals 1 tonne of S.
• Total reduced sulphur (TRS). The sum of the following reduced malodorous sulphur compounds
generated in the pulping process: hydrogen sulphide, methyl mercaptan, dimethylsulphide and
dimethyldisulphide, expressed as sulphur. (Source BAT conclusions, PP). Hydrogen sulphide (H2S)
is the main contributor.
• Other gases containing sulphur compounds include is e.g. SO3.
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Discharge of pollutants at point source after internal or external treatment to final destination for
pollutants specified following legal requirements.
Total Nitrogen
Total nitrogen (Tot-N) expressed as N, includes organic nitrogen, free ammonia and ammonium
(NH4+-N), nitrites (NO2--N), nitrates (NO3--N) and organic nitrogen compounds. Nitrogen is released
to water from mills due to the content in wood, use in biological treatment plant and use of chemicals.
Total Phosphorus
Total phosphorous (Tot-P) expressed as P, includes dissolved phosphorus plus any insoluble
phosphorus carried over into the effluent in the form of precipitates or within microbes.
Sludge
A semifluid mass of sediment resulting from treatment of water, sewage and/or other wastes.
A soft, soupy, or muddy bottom deposit, such as found on tideland or at the bottom of a water body.
Landfill
A waste disposal site for the deposit of the waste onto or into land (i.e. underground).
Use on Land
Residues are used as soil improvers in road construction and on land reconstruction applications.
For example, a large fraction of deinking sludge consists of carbonates and clay and can act as
liming agents, acidity controllers, and structure improvers in agricultural land. Ash can be used in
land construction and also as a fertiliser.
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Employment
The number of employees concerned with the manufacture of pulp and/or paper as recorded by CEPI
member associations at a specific point during the year concerned. Includes all full-time and part-time
employees in what might be classed as blue-collar and white-collar occupations.
Employment figures reported in CEPI annual statistics don’t include employees in converting
operations. However, employees of integrated converting operations (within the producing mill) and
those of headquarters are included.
Number of "Man-years"
All employees who are on the payroll of the mill calculated as full time employees during the year (full
year equivalent)
9.2 Accidents
Number of Accidents
Fatality: accident at work leading to the death of the victim within a year after the date of the accident
1 to 3 days lost time accidents: number of accidents resulting 1 to 3 days of absence after the accident
day
More than 3 days lost time accidents: number of accidents resulting 4 and more days of absence after
the accident day (counting starts on the 4th day)
Accident Rate
Number of all lost-time-accidents at work (fatal and non-fatal) divided by the number of employed
persons times 1000
Lost Workdays
Total number of days lost due to accidents at work
OHSAS 18000
International occupational health and safety management system specification. It comprises of
OHSAS 18001, which is an Occupation Health and Safety Assessment Series for health and safety
management systems. OHSAS 18001 is intended to help an organizations to control occupational
health and safety risks. It was developed in response to widespread demand for a recognized
standard against which to be certified and assessed.
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I - List of Terms
Abstracted (Water) 30 Classes (PFR) 16
Accident Rate 36 Clay 21
Accidents 36 Coal 28
Added Value 7 Coated Graphic Papers 24
Additives 20 Coated Mechanical 24
Adsorbable Organic Halides 34 Coated Woodfree 24
Air Emissions 32 Coating 23
AOX 34 Coating Chemicals 20
Apparent Consumption (P&B) 26 Coating Clay 21
Audit Scheme 35 COD 34
Average Size of Mills 7 Co-generation (CHP) 30
Bagasse 14 Collection 17
Bamboo 14 Collector 17
Bentonite 21 Colouring (Materials for) 20
Bio-based Products 29 Company 6
Biochemical Oxygen Demand 34 Composting 17
Biofuels 29 Coniferous 10
Bioliquids 29 Consumption (Paper and Board) 26
Biomass 28 Consumption (PFR) 16
Black Liquor 29 Consumption (Pulp ) 14
Bleached Sulphate 13 Consumption (Water) 31
Bleached Sulphite Pulp 13 Consumption (Wood ) 11
Bleaching 13 Containerboard 24
Board 23 Converter 26
BOD 34 Converting 26
Broke (Mill) 16 Cooling Water 31
Calcium Carbonate 21 Corporation 5
Capacity 6 Corrugated and Kraft 16
Carbon Dioxide 32 Deinked Pulps 14
Carriage Paid To 19 Deinking 14
Cartonboard 24 Deliveries (Pulp) 14
Case Materials 24 Derived Gas 28
Certification 9 Disposal 17
Changes in capacity 7 Dissolving Pulp 14
Chemical Oxygen Demand 34 Dust 33
Chemical Pulp 13 Eco-Management and Audit Scheme 35
Chemicals 20 Electricity 29
Chemi-thermomechanical Pulp 12 Electricity Emissions Factors 33
Chips 11 Electricity Generation 29
Cigarette Paper 25 Electricity Produced on Site 29
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EMAS 35 Hardwood 10
Emissions 32 Heat Energy 30
Emissions Factors (Electricity) 33 Heat Produced on Site 30
Employment 36 High Grades 16
EN643 18 Incineration 34
Energy 28 Indirect CO2 Emissions 33
Energy management system 35 Industrial Paper and Board 25
Envelope Paper 25 Industrial Production 5
Environmental Management System 35 Industrial Residues (Wood) 10
Evaporation 31 Insulating Paper or Board 25
Ex-mill Prices 19 Intake (Water) 30
Ex-works Prices 19 Integrated Paper Mill 6
Felt Board 25 Integrated Pulp 14
Fibres 8 Internal Deliveries (P&B) 26
Fibrous Materials 8 Internal Deliveries (Pulp) 14
Filler 21 Investments 7
Filler Clay 21 ISO 14001 35
Filling (Materials for) 20 ISO 50001 35
Filter Paper 25 Kaolin 21
Final Disposal 17 Kraft Pulp 13
Forest 9 Landfill 34
Forest Available for Wood Supply 9 Lignin 29
Forest Certification 9 Loading (Materials for) 20
Fossil Fuel 28 Logging 9
Free-delivered Prices 19 Logging Residues (Wood) 10
Freshwater Abstracted 30 Losses 17
Fuel Oil 28 Lost Workdays 36
Fuel Wood 11 Machine 6
Functional Chemicals 20 Man-years 36
Gas 28 Market pulp 14
Generation (Electricity) 29 Mechanical Paper or Board 23
Grades (Paper and Board) 23 Mechanical Pulp 12
Grades (Pulp) 12 Methane 33
Graphic Papers 23 Mill 6
Greenhouse Gas 33 Mill Broke 16
Gross Domestic Product 5 Mineral Chemicals 20
Ground Calcium Carbonate 21 Mixed Grades 16
Groundwater 30 Modified Starches 22
Group 5 Moulded Products 25
Growing Stock 9 Municipal Supply Water 30
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II - References
1. Industry Structure
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&StrNom=CODED2&StrLanguageCode=EN
[GDP] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - European Central Bank on-line glossary
[GDP at Market Price] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - United Nations, "System of
National Accounts (SNA) 1993", United Nations, New York, 1993, § 6.236 - 6.237
[Industrial Production] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - Eurostat, News Releases, No.
38/2000, 23 March 2000, Luxembourg, 2000
[Private Final Consumption] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - Eurostat, "European
System of Accounts - ESA 1995", Office for Official Publications of the European Communities,
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[Mill] RISI Dictionary - https://www.risiinfo.com/community/paperdictionary
[Integrated Mill] BAT (Best Available Techniques) conclusions under Directive 2010/75/EU of the
European Parliament and of the Council, for the production of pulp, paper and board – 26 September
2014.
[Production Capacity] FAO Pulp and paper capacities, 2013–2018 – ISSN 0255-7665
[Turnover & Value Added] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - European Union,
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2700/98 of 17 December 1998 concerning the definitions of
characteristics for structural business statistics.
[Investments] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - Definition of SBS Regulation variables
(15 11 0).
2. Raw Materials
[Raw Materials] – Inputs to pulp and paper manufacturing – Raw Materials Sketch – CEPI, 2014
3. Wood
[Forest] FAOSTAT Glossary - Forest Resource Assessment (FRA)
[Forest for Wood Supply] MCPFE 2003 - Terms and definitions applied in the UN-ECE/FAO
Temperate and Boreal Forest Resources Assessment 2000
[Growing Stock – Net Annual Increment] UNECE Statistical Glossary - Concepts and Definitions by
Statistical Domain http://www1.unece.org/stat/platform/display/Statgloss/Forestry+Statistics
[Logging] EFI Compilation of forestry terms and definitions – Internal report No. 6, 2002.
[Wood Industrial Residues] - MCPFE 2003, Joint FAO/ECE/Eurostat/ITTO Questionnaire
[Wood Species] – FAOSTAT Joint FAO/UNECE/Eurostat/ITTO Questonnaire Definitions
[Pellets] FAOSTAT Joint FAO/UNECE/Eurostat/ITTO Questonnaire Definitions
[Sawdust] RISI Dictionary - https://www.risiinfo.com/community/paperdictionary
4. Pulp
[Pulp] Utipulp - The group or European Market wood pulp users.
[Pulp Grades] FAO Pulp and paper capacities, 2013–2018 – ISSN 0255-7665
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[Bleaching] ISO 4046-2 :2002 - Paper, board, pulps and related terms — Vocabulary — Part 2:
Pulping terminology
[Market Pulp ] FAO Pulp and paper capacities, 2013–2018 – ISSN 0255-7665
[Stock Pulp] ISO 4046-3:2002 - Paper, board, pulps and related terms — Vocabulary — Part 3: Paper-
making terminology
6. Non-Fibrous Materials
[Sizing] ISO 4046-3:2002 - Paper, board, pulps and related terms — Vocabulary — Part 3: Paper-
making terminology
[Kaolin & others] IMA Europe – About industrial minerals
[Calcium Carbonates] RISI Dictionary - https://www.risiinfo.com/community/paperdictionary
[Starch] European Starch Industry Association
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[Gas] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - Joint IEA/ESTAT/UN annual questionnaire on
natural gas and Joint IEA/ESTAT/UN annual questionnaire on solid fossil fuels and manufactured
gases.
[Fuel Oil] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - Regulation (EC) No 1099/2008 of the
European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 on energy statistics.
[Fossil Fuel] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - Eurostat, The Environmental Goods and
Services Sector (2009 Edition), Office for Official Publications of the European Communities,
Luxembourg, 2009
[Biomass-biofuels] Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April
2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending.
[Bio-based Products] European Standard EN 16575:2014 Bio-based products – vocabulary.
[Black liquor] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - Energy statistics manual 2004,
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[Lignin] Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document for the Production of Pulp, Paper and
Board – July 2013 (BREF-PP)
[Energy from Renewable Sources] Directive 2009/28/EC of the European Parliament and of the
Council of 23 April 2009 on the promotion of the use of energy from renewable sources and amending.
[Waste] Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on
waste and repealing certain Directives.
[Electricity Generation] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - Joint IEA/ESTAT/UN annual
questionnaire on electricity and heat.
[Co-generation] Eurostat's Concepts and Definitions Database - Eurostat, "Combined Heat and Power
(CHP) electricity generation in the EU-25 in 2002 totalled 299.2 TWh, 9.9% of total gross electricity
generation", Statistics in Focus, Environment and Energy, 3/2006, Luxembourg, 2006.
[Heat Energy] International Energy Agency – Glossary of Terms
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questionnaire on electricity and heat.
[Surface/Ground Water] Eurostat, The Environmental Goods and Services Sector (2009 Edition).
[Cooling Water] Manufacturing water profile of the European paper industry (NCASI, 2011) and BREF-
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[Process Water] European Environment Agency - Environmental Terminology and Discovery Service
(ETDS).
[Evaporation] European Environment Agency - Environmental Terminology and Discovery Service
(ETDS).
[Wastewater Treatment] Based on Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document for
Common Waste water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Secto – July
2014 (BREF-CWW).
[Primary/Secondary/Tertiary Treatment] BAT conclusions for the production of pulp, paper and board
(2014).
[Emissions] Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council of 24 November
2010 on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control).
[Carbon Dioxide] Shortened, based on IPCC, 2013: Annex III: Glossary [Planton, S. (ed.)]. In: Climate
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[Methane] Modified based on IPCC, 2013: Annex III: Glossary [Planton, S. (ed.)]. In: Climate Change
2013: The Physical Science Basis.
[Sulphur emissions] Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document for the Production of Pulp,
Paper and Board – July 2013 (BREF-PP).
[Nitrogen Oxides] BAT conclusions for the production of pulp, paper and board (2014). European
Environment agency.
[Particulate Matter (Dust)] Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference Document for the Production of
Pulp, Paper and Board – July 2013 (BREF-PP) and Best Available Techniques (BAT) Reference
Document for Common Waste water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the
Chemical Secto – July 2014 (BREF-CWW).
[BOD, COD, TSS, Nitrogen, Phosphorus] BAT conclusions on pulp, paper and board (2014), modified.
[AOX] BAT conclusions on pulp, paper and board (2014) and Best Available Techniques (BAT)
Reference Document for Common Waste water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in
the Chemical Secto – July 2014 (BREF-CWW).
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[EMAS] Eco-Management and Audit Scheme - European commission.
[ISO 14001 and 50001] International Organization for Standardization (ISO).
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IV - Annexes
1 Harmonised Structure for Raw Material and Products – CEPI – 2007
2 Harmonised List for Raw Material and Products – CEPI – 2007
3 Harmonised Structure for Paper & Board Grades – CEPI – 2007
4 Harmonised List for Paper & Board Grades – CEPI – 2007
5 Alignment of Combined Nomenclature Products Headings with CEPI Grades – CEPI 2014
6 Combined Nomenclature Chapter 44 – European Union – 2015
7 Combined Nomenclature Chapter 47 – European Union – 2015
8 Combined Nomenclature Chapter 48 – European Union – 2015
EN 643 European List of Standard Grades of Paper and Board for Recycling –
9a
CEN/CEPI/ERPA – June 2002
9b
Guidance on the revised EN 643 – CEPI – 2013
9c
Alignment of Paper for Recycling Classes with EN 643 List of Grades – CEPI 2014
10
Geonomenclature – Eurostat – 2004
11 CO2 Emissions from Fuel Combustion - Highlights (2013 Edition) – IEA - 2013
12 Converting Factors currently used by CEPI – Poyry, Eurostat
13 Raw Material Efficiency in the European Paper Industry – CEPI – 2012
14 Wood Flows in Europe – Study by Prof. Dr. Udo Mantau – 2012
15 European Pulp & Paper Manufacturing and Converting Trade Organisations – CEPI – 2014
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