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►B	COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste (IO L 182 16.7.1999, lch. 1)

Arna leasú le:

		Iris Oifigiúil
		Uimh	Leathanach	Dáta
M1	REGULATION (EC) No 1882/2003 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 29 September 2003 (*)	L 284	1	31.10.2003
M2	RIALACHÁN (CE) Uimh. 1137/2008 Ó PHARLAIMINT NA hEORPA AGUS ÓN gCOMHAIRLE an 22 Deireadh Fómhair 2008	L 311	1	21.11.2008
►M3	COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 2011/97/EU of 5 December 2011 (*)	L 328	49	10.12.2011
►M4	TREOIR (AE) 2018/850 Ó PHARLAIMINT NA hEORPA AGUS ÓN gCOMHAIRLE an 30 Bealtaine 2018	L 150	100	14.6.2018

(*)	Níor foilsíodh an gníomh seo i nGaeilge

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COUNCIL DIRECTIVE 1999/31/EC

of 26 April 1999

on the landfill of waste

Article 1

Overall objective

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Article 2

Definitions

For the purposes of this Directive:

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Sna réigiúin is forimeallaí de réir bhrí Airteagal 349 den Chonradh, féadfaidh na Ballstáit cinneadh a dhéanamh an sainmhíniú seo a leanas a chur i bhfeidhm:

ciallaíonn ‘lonnaíocht scoite’ lonnaíocht:

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Article 3

Scope

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Not later than two years after the date laid down in Article 18(1), Member States shall notify the Commission of the list of islands and isolated settlements that are exempted. The Commission shall publish the list of islands and isolated settlements.

Article 4

Classes of landfill

Each landfill shall be classified in one of the following classes:

Article 5

Waste and treatment not acceptable in landfills

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Member States which in 1995 or the latest year before 1995 for which standardised EUROSTAT data is available put more than 80 % of their collected municipal waste to landfill may postpone the attainment of the targets set out in paragraphs (a), (b), or (c) by a period not exceeding four years. Member States intending to make use of this provision shall inform in advance the Commission of their decision. The Commission shall inform other Member States and the European Parliament of these decisions.

The implementation of the provisions set out in the preceding subparagraph may in no circumstances lead to the attainment of the target set out in paragraph (c) at a date later than four years after the date set out in paragraph (c).

Déanfaidh na Ballstáit faisnéis a áireamh maidir leis na bearta arna nglacadh de bhun na míre seo sna pleananna bainistithe dramhaíola dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 28 de Threoir 2008/98/CE, nó i ndoiciméid straitéiseacha eile lena gcumhdaítear críoch iomlán an Bhallstáit lena mbaineann.

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Airteagal 5a

Rialacha maidir le baint amach na spriocanna a ríomh

Airteagal 5b

Tuarascáil luathrabhaidh

Airteagal 5c

Faisnéis agus dea-chleachtais a mhalartú

Eagróidh an Coimisiún malartú rialta faisnéise agus dea-chleachtas i measc na mBallstát, lena n-áirítear, i gcás inarb iomchuí, le húdaráis réigiúnacha agus áitiúla, maidir le cur chun feidhme praiticiúil cheanglais na Treorach seo.

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Article 6

Waste to be accepted in the different classes of landfill

Member States shall take measures in order that:

Article 7

Application for a permit

Member States shall take measures in order that the application for a landfill permit must contain at least particulars of the following:

Following a successful application for a permit, this information shall be made available to the competent national and Community statistical authorities when requested for statistical purposes.

Article 8

Conditions of the permit

Member States shall take measures in order that:

Article 9

Content of the permit

Specifying and supplementing the provisions set out in Article 9 of Directive 75/442/EEC and Article 9 of Directive 96/61/EC, the landfill permit shall state at least the following:

Article 10

Cost of the landfill of waste

Member States shall take measures to ensure that all of the costs involved in the setting up and operation of a landfill site, including as far as possible the cost of the financial security or its equivalent referred to in Article 8(a)(iv), and the estimated costs of the closure and after-care of the site for a period of at least 30 years shall be covered by the price to be charged by the operator for the disposal of any type of waste in that site. Subject to the requirements of Council Directive 90/313/EEC of 7 June 1990 on the freedom of access to information on the environment ( 4 ) Member States shall ensure transparency in the collection and use of any necessary cost information.

Article 11

Waste acceptance procedures

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Article 12

Control and monitoring procedures in the operational phase

Member States shall take measures in order that control and monitoring procedures in the operational phase meet at least the following requirements:

Article 13

Closure and after-care procedures

Member States shall take measures in order that, in accordance, where appropriate, with the permit:

Article 14

Existing landfill sites

Member States shall take measures in order that landfills which have been granted a permit, or which are already in operation at the time of transposition of this Directive, may not continue to operate unless the steps outlined below are accomplished as soon as possible and within eight years after the date laid down in Article 18(1) at the latest:

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Airteagal 15

Tuairisciú

Déanfaidh siad na sonraí a thuairisciú go leictreonach laistigh de 18 mí ó dheireadh na bliana tuairiscithe a ndéanfar na sonraí a bhailiú ina leith. Déanfar na sonraí a thuairisciú san fhormáid arna bunú ag an gCoimisiún i gcomhréir le mír 5 den Airteagal seo.

Tosóidh an chéad tréimhse tuairiscithe maidir le hAirteagal 5(5) agus (6) a chur chun feidhme sa chéad bhliain féilire iomlán tar éis ghlacadh an ghnímh cur chun feidhme lena mbunaítear an fhormáid don tuairisciú, i gcomhréir le mír 5 den Airteagal seo, agus cumhdóidh sé na sonraí don tréimhse tuairiscithe sin.

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Airteagal 15a

Ionstraimí chun bogadh i dtreo geilleagar níos ciorclaí a chur chun cinn

Chun rannchuidiú leis na cuspóirí a leagtar síos sa Treoir seo, úsáidfidh na Ballstáit ionstraimí eacnamaíocha agus bearta eile chun dreasachtaí a sholáthar chun ord na réiteach dramhaíola a chur i bhfeidhm. Féadfar a bheith ar áireamh in ionstraimí agus bearta den sórt sin na cinn sin a luaitear in Iarscríbhinn IVa a ghabhann le Treoir 2008/98/CE nó ionstraimí agus bearta iomchuí eile.

Airteagal 15b

An chomhéifeacht tréscaoilteachta i gcomhair líonadh talún a chinneadh

Glacfaidh an Coimisiún gníomhartha cur chun feidhme lena leagfar síos an modh atá le húsáid chun an chomhéifeacht tréscaoilteachta i gcomhair líonadh talún a chinneadh, ar an láthair agus do mhéid iomlán an láithreáin. Déanfar na gníomhartha cur chun feidhme sin a ghlacadh i gcomhréir leis an nós imeachta scrúdúcháin dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 17(2).

Airteagal 15c

Caighdeán an Aontais chun dramhaíl a shampláil

Glacfaidh an Coimisiún gníomhartha cur chun feidhme lena bhforbrófar caighdeán chun dramhaíl a shampláil. Déanfar na gníomhartha cur chun feidhme sin a ghlacadh i gcomhréir leis an nós imeachta scrúdúcháin dá dtagraítear in Airteagal 17(2). Go dtí go nglacfar na gníomhartha cur chun feidhme sin, féadfaidh na Ballstáit caighdeáin agus nósanna imeachta náisiúnta a chur i bhfeidhm.

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Airteagal 16

Athbhreithniú ar na hIarscríbhinní

Coimeádfaidh an Coimisiún na hIarscríbhinní faoi athbhreithniú agus, i gcás inar gá, déanfaidh sé tograí reachtacha iomchuí.

Airteagal 17

Nós imeachta coiste

I gcás nach dtugann an coiste aon tuairim, ní dhéanfaidh an Coimisiún an dréachtghníomh cur chun feidhme a ghlacadh agus beidh feidhm ag an tríú fomhír d’Airteagal 5(4) de Rialachán (AE) Uimh. 182/2011.

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Article 18

Transposition

When Member States adopt these measures, they shall contain a reference to this Directive or shall be accompanied by such reference on the occasion of their official publication. The methods of making such a reference shall be laid down by Member States.

Article 19

Entry into force

This Directive will enter into force on the day of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Communities.

Article 20

Addressees

This Directive is addressed to the Member States.

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ANNEX I

GENERAL REGUIREMENTS FOR ALL CLASSES OF LANDFILLS

1.   Location

1.1.

The location of a landfill must take into consideration requirements relating to: (a)  the distances from the boundary of the site to residential and recreation areas, waterways, water bodies and other agricultural or urban sites; (b)  the existence of groundwater, coastal water or nature protection zones in the area; (c)  the geological and hydrogeological conditions in the area; (d)  the risk of flooding, subsidence, landslides or avalanches on the site; (e)  the protection of the nature or cultural patrimony in the area.

1.2.	The landfill can be authorised only if the characteristics of the site with respect to the abovementioned requirements, or the corrective measures to be taken, indicate that the landfill does not pose a serious environmental risk.

2.   Water control and leachate management

Appropriate measures shall be taken, with respect to the characteristics of the landfill and the meteorological conditions, in order to:

The above provisions may not apply to landfills for inert waste.

3.   Protection of soil and water

3.1.

A landfill must be situated and designed so as to meet the necessary conditions for preventing pollution of the soil, groundwater or surface water and ensuring efficient collection of leachate as and when required according to Section 2. Protection of soil, groundwater and surface water is to be achieved by the combination of a geological barrier and a bottom liner during the operational/active phase and by the combination of a geological barrier and a bottom liner during the operational/active phase and by the combination of a geological barrier and a top liner during the passive phase/post closure.

3.2.

The geological barrier is determined by geological and hydrogeological conditions below and in the vicinity of a landfill site providing sufficient attenuation capacity to prevent a potential risk to soil and groundwater. The landfill base and sides shall consist of a mineral layer which satisfies permeability and thickness requirements with a combined effect in terms of protection of soil, groundwater and surface water at least equivalent to the one resulting from the following requirements: —  landfill for hazardous waste: K ≤ 1,0 × 10- 9 m/s; thickness ≥ 5 m, —  landfill for non-hazardous waste: K ≤ 1,0 × 10- 9 m/s; thickness ≥ 1 m, —  landfill for inert waste: K ≤ 1,0 × 10- 7 m/s; thickness ≥ 1 m, m/s: meter/second. Where the geological barrier does not naturally meet the above conditions it can be completed artificially and reinforced by other means giving equivalent protection. An artificially established geological barrier should be no less than 0,5 metres thick.

3.3.

In addition to the geological barrier described above a leachate collection and sealing system must be added in accordance with the following principles so as to ensure that leachate accumulation at the base of the landfill is kept to a minimum: Leachate collection and bottom sealing Landfill category non hazardous hazardous Artificial sealing liner required required Drainage layer ≥ 0,5 m required required Member States may set general or specific requirements for inert waste landfills and for the characteristics of the abovementioned technical means. If the competent authority after a consideration of the potential hazards to the environment finds that the prevention of leachate formation is necessary, a surface sealing may be prescribed. Recommendations for the surface sealing are as follows: Landfill category non hazardous hazardous Gas drainage layer required not required Artificial sealing liner not required required Impermeable mineral layer required required Drainage layer > 0,5 m required required Top soil cover > 1 m required required.

3.4.

If, on the basis of an assessment of environmental risks taking into account, in particular, Directive 80/68/EEC ( 7 ), the competent authority has decided, in accordance with Section 2 (‘Water control and leachate management’), that collection and treatment of leachate is not necessary or it has been established that the landfill poses no potential hazard to soil, groundwater or surface water, the requirements in paragraphs 3.2 and 3.3 above may be reduced accordingly. In the case of landfills for inert waste these requirements may be adapted by national legislation.

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4.   Gas control

4.1.	Appropriate measures shall be taken in order to control the accumulation and migration of landfill gas (Annex III).

4.2.	Landfill gas shall be collected from all landfills receiving biodegradable waste and the landfill gas must be treated and used. If the gas collected cannot be used to produce energy, it must be flared.

4.3.	The collection, treatment and use of landfill gas under paragraph 4.2 shall be carried on in a manner which minimises damage to or deterioration of the environment and risk to human health.

5.   Nuisances and hazards

Measures shall be taken to minimise nuisances and hazards arising from the landfill through:

The landfill shall be equipped so that dirt originating from the site is not dispersed onto public roads and the surrounding land.

6.   Stability

The emplacement of waste on the site shall take place in such a way as to ensure stability of the mass of waste and associated structures, particularly in respect of avoidance of slippages. Where an artificial barrier is established it must be ascertained that the geological substratum, considering the morphology of the landfill, is sufficiently stable to prevent settlement that may cause damage to the barrier.

7.   Barriers

The landfill shall be secured to prevent free access to the site. The gates shall be locked outside operating hours. The system of control and access to each facility should contain a programme of measures to detect and discourage illegal dumping in the facility.

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8.   Temporary storage of metallic mercury

For the purposes of temporary storage for more than 1 year of metallic mercury, the following requirements shall apply:

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ANNEX II

WASTE ACCEPTANCE CRITERIA AND PROCEDURES

1.   Introduction

This Annex describes:

This work by the technical Committee, with the exception of proposals for the standardisation of control, sampling and analysis methods in relation to the Annexes of this Directive which shall be adopted within two years after the entry into force of this Directive, shall be completed within three years from the entry into force of this Directive and must be carried out having regard to the objectives set forth in Article 1 of this Directive.

2.   General principles

The composition, leachability, long-term behaviour and general properties of a waste to be landfilled must be known as precisely as possible. Waste acceptance at a landfill can be based either on lists of accepted or refused waste, defined by nature and origin, and on waste analysis methods and limit values for the properties of the waste to be accepted. The future waste acceptance procedures described in this Directive shall as far as possible be based on standardised waste analysis methods and limit values for the properties of waste to be accepted.

Before the definition of such analysis methods and limit values, Member States should at least set national lists of waste to be accepted or refuses at each class of landfill, or defined the criteria required to be on the lists. In order to be accepted at a particular class of landfill, a type of waste must be on the relevant national list or fulfil criteria similar to those required to be on the list. These lists, or the equivalent criteria, and the analysis methods and limit values shall be sent to the Commission within six months of the transposition of this Directive or whenever they are adopted at national level.

These lists or acceptance criteria should be used to establish site specific lists, i.e. the list of accepted waste specified in the permit in accordance with Article 9 of this Directive.

The criteria for acceptance of waste on the reference lists or at a class of landfill may be based on other legislation and/or on waste properties.

Criteria for acceptance at a specific class of landfill must be derived from considerations pertaining to:

Examples of waste property-based criteria are:

The property-based criteria for acceptance of waste must generally be most extensive for inert waste landfills and can be less extensive for non-hazardous waste landfills and least extensive for hazardous waste landfills owing to the higher environmental protection level of the latter two.

3.   General procedures for testing and acceptance of waste

The general characterisation and testing of waste must be based on the following three-level hierarchy:

Level 1 :

Basic characterisation . This constitutes a thorough determination, according to standardised analysis and behaviour-testing methods, of the short and long-term leaching behaviour and/or characteristic properties of the waste.

Level 2 :

Compliance testing . This constitutes periodical testing by simpler standardised analysis and behaviour-testing methods to determine whether a waste complies with permit conditions and/or specific reference criteria. The tests focus on key variables and behaviour identified by basic characterisation.

Level 3 :

On-site verification . This constitutes rapid check methods to confirm that a waste is the same as that which has been subjected to compliance testing and that which is described in the accompanying documents. It may merely consist of a visual inspection of a load of waste before and after unloading at the landfill site.

A particular type of waste must normally be characterised at Level 1 and pass the appropriate criteria in order to be accepted on a reference list. In order to remain on a site-specific list, a particular type of waste must a regular intervals (e.g. annually) be tested at Level 2 and pass the appropriate criteria. Each waste load arriving at the gate of a landfill must be subjected to Level 3 verification.

Certain waste types may be exempted permanently to temporarily from testing at Level 1. This may be due to impracticability to testing, to unavailability of appropriate testing procedures and acceptance criteria or to overriding legislation.

4.   Guidelines for preliminary waste acceptance procedures

Until this Annex is fully completed only Level 3 testing is mandatory and Level 1 and Level 2 applied to the extent possible. At this preliminary stage waste to be accepted at a particular class of landfill must either be on a restrictive national or site-specific list for that class of landfill or fulfil criteria similar to those required to get on the list.

The following general guidelines may be used to set preliminary criteria for acceptance of waste at the three major classes of landfill or the corresponding lists.

Inert waste landfills : only inert waste as defined in Article 2(e) can be accepted on the list.

Non-hazardous waste landfills : in order to be accepted on the list a waste type must not be covered by Directive 91/689/EEC.

Hazardous waste landfills : a preliminary rough list for hazardous waste landfills would consist of only those waste types covered by Directive 91/689/EEC. Such waste types should, however not be accepted on the list without prior treatment if they exhibit total contents or leachability of potentially hazardous components that are high enough to constitute a short-term occupational or environmental risk or to prevent sufficient waste stabilisation within the projected lifetime of the landfill.

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6.   Specific requirements for metallic mercury

For the purposes of temporary storage for more than 1 year of metallic mercury, the following requirements shall apply:

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ANNEX III

CONTROL AND MONITORING PROCEDURES IN OPERATION AND AFTER-CARE PHASES

1.   Introduction

The purpose of this Annex is to provide the minimum procedures for monitoring to be carried out to check:

2.   Meteorological data

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Should Member States decide that water balances are an effective tool for evaluating whether leachate is building up in the landfill body or whether the site is leaking, it is recommended that the following data are collected from monitoring at the landfill or from the nearest meteorological station, as long as required by the competent authority in accordance with Article 13(c) of this Directive:

3.   Emission data: water, leachate and gas control

Sampling of leachate and surface water if present must be collected at representative points. Sampling and measuring (volume and composition) of leachate must be performed separately at each point at which leachate is discharged from the site. Reference: general guidelines on sampling technology, ISO 5667-2 (1991).

Monitoring of surface water is present shall be carried out at not less than two points, one upstream from the landfill and one downstream.

Gas monitoring must be representative for each section of the landfill. The frequency of sampling and analysis is listed in the following table. For leachate and water, a sample, representative of the average composition, shall be taken for monitoring.

The frequency of sampling could be adapted on the basis of the morphology of the landfill waste (in tumulus, buried, etc). This has to be specified in the permit.

4.   Protection of groundwater

A.   Sampling

The measurements must be such as to provide information on groundwater likely to be affected by the discharging of waste, with at least one measuring point in the groundwater inflow region and two in the outflow region. This number can be increased on the basis of a specific hydrogeological survey and the need for an early identification of accidental leachate release in the groundwater.

Sampling must be carried out in at least three locations before the filling operations in order to establish reference values for future sampling. Reference: Sampling Groundwaters, ISO 5667, Part 11, 1993.

B.   Monitoring

The parameters to be analysed in the samples taken must be derived from the expected composition of the leachate and the groundwater quality in the area. In selecting the parameters for analysis account should be taken of mobility in the groundwater zone. Parameters could include indicator parameters in order to ensure an early recognition of change in water quality ( 8 ).

C.   Trigger levels

Significant adverse environmental effects, as referred to in Articles 12 and 13 of this Directive, should be considered to have occurred in the case of groundwater, when an analysis of a groundwater sample shows a significant change in water quality. A trigger level must be determined taking account of the specific hydrogeological formations in the location of the landfill and groundwater quality. The trigger level must be laid down in the permit whenever possible.

The observations must be evaluated by means of control charts with established control rules and levels for each downgradient well. The control levels must be determined from local variations in groundwater quality.

5.   Topography of the site: data on the landfill body

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6.   Specific requirements for metallic mercury

For the purposes of temporary storage for more than 1 year of metallic mercury, the following requirements shall apply:

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IARSCRÍBHINN IV

PLEAN CUR CHUN FEIDHME ATÁ LE TÍOLACADH DE BHUN AIRTEAGAL 5(6)

Beidh an méid seo a leanas sa phlean cur chun feidhme atá le tíolacadh de bhun Airteagal 5(6):

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( 1 ) Treoir 2008/98/CE ó Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus ón gComhairle an 19 Samhain 2008 maidir le dramhaíl agus lena n-aisghairtear Treoracha áirithe (IO L 312, 22.11.2008, lch. 3).

( 2 ) Rialachán (CE) Uimh. 1013/2006 ó Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus ón gComhairle an 14 Meitheamh 2006 maidir le loingsithe dramhaíola (IO L 190, 12.7.2006, lch. 1).

( 3 ) OJ L 175, 5.7.1985, p. 40. Directive as amended by Directive 97/11/EC (OJ L 73, 14.3.1997, p. 5).

( 4 ) OJ L 158, 23.6.1990, p. 56.

( 5 ) OJ L 30, 6.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Regulation (EC) No 120/97 (OJ L 22, 24.1.1997, p. 14).

( 6 ) Rialachán (AE) Uimh. 182/2011 ó Pharlaimint na hEorpa agus ón gComhairle an 16 Feabhra 2011 lena leagtar síos na rialacha agus na prionsabail ghinearálta a bhaineann leis na sásraí maidir le rialú ag na Ballstáit ar fheidhmiú cumhachtaí cur chun feidhme ag an gCoimisiún (IO L 55, 28.2.2011, lch. 13).

( 7 ) OJ L 20, 26.1.1980, p. 43. Directive as last amended by Directive 91/692/EEC (OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 48).

( 8 ) Recommended parameters: ph, TOC, phenols, heavy metals, fluoride, AS, oil/hydrocarbons.