Eligibility Criteria

Chemical sector eligibility is determined by whether your process is listed as a chemical activity in the Environmental Permitting Regulations:

1. Organic chemicals
2. Inorganic chemicals
3. Chemical fertiliser production
4. Plant health products and biocides
5. Pharmaceutical production
6. Explosives production
7. Manufacturing activities involving carbon disulphide or ammonia
8. The storage of chemicals in bulk

You do not need to meet the environmental permitting thresholds to be eligible. Please contact ciabata@cia.org.uk to check if your process is eligible.

Non-chemical activities in the chemical sector CCA

Some related but non-chemical processes are eligible for CCL relief under the chemical sector CCA. Please contact ciabata@cia.org.uk to check if your process is eligible.

Energy activities

• Combustion activities
• Gasification, liquefaction and refining activities

Production and processing of metals

• Non-ferrous metals

Mineral industries

• Manufacturing glass and glass fibre

Waste management

• Incineration and co-incineration of waste
• Disposal or recovery of hazardous waste
• Disposal, recovery or a mix of disposal and recovery of non-hazardous waste

Other activities

• Tar and bitumen activities

Coating activities, printing and textile treatments