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  "legislation_title": "The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016",
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  "heading": "Interpretation: Directives",
  "text": "In these Regulations—\n“the Asbestos Directive” means Council Directive 87/217/EEC on the prevention and reduction of environmental pollution by asbestos;\n“the Basic Safety Standards Directive” means Council Directive 96/29/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for the protection of the health of workers and the general public against the dangers arising from ionising radiation;\n“the Batteries Directive” means Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators;\n“the End-of-Life Vehicles Directive” means Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of-life vehicles;\n“the Energy Efficiency Directive” means Directive 2012/27/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on energy efficiency;\n“the Groundwater Directive” means Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration;\n“the HASS Directive” means Council Directive 2003/122/Euratom on the control of high-activity sealed radioactive sources and orphan sources;\n“the Industrial Emissions Directive” means Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control);\n“the Landfill Directive” means Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, as read with Council Decision 2003/33/EC establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 of, and Annex II to, Directive 1999/31/EC;\n“the Mining Waste Directive” means Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries;\n“PVR I” means European Parliament and Council Directive 94/63/EC on the control of volatile organic compound (VOC) emissions resulting from the storage of petrol and its distribution from terminals to service stations;\n“PVR II” means Directive 2009/126/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Stage II petrol vapour recovery during refuelling of motor vehicles at service stations;\n“the Waste Framework Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste;\n“the Water Framework Directive” means Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy;\n“the WEEE Directive” means Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 85, 28.3.1987, p 40, as last amended by Council Regulation (EC) No 807/2003 (OJ No L 122, 16.5.2003, p 36)."
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 159, 29.6.1996, p 1, as corrected by a corrigendum (OJ No L 314, 4.12.1996, p 20). The Directive is prospectively repealed from 6th February 2018 by Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom (OJ No L 13, 17.1.2014, p 1)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No L 266, 26.9.2006, p 1, as last amended by Directive 2013/56/EU (OJ No L 329, 10.12.2013, p 5)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No L 269, 21.10.2000, p 34, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2016/774 (OJ No L 128, 19.5.2016, p 4)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No L 315, 14.11.2012, p 1, as last amended by Council Directive 2013/12/EU (OJ No L 141, 28.5.2013, p 28)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "OJ No L 372, 27.12.2006, p 19, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ No L 182, 21.6.2014, p 52)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f7",
      "text": "OJ No L 346, 31.12.2003, p 57. The Directive is prospectively repealed from 6th February 2018 by Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom (OJ No L 13, 17.1.2014, p 1)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f8",
      "text": "OJ No L 334, 17.12.2010, p 17, as corrected by a corrigendum (OJ No L 158, 19.6.2012, p 25)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f9",
      "text": "OJ No L 182, 16.7.1999, p 1, as last amended by Council Directive 2011/97/EU (OJ No L 328, 10.12.2011, p 49)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f10",
      "text": "OJ No L 11, 16.1.2003, p 27."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f11",
      "text": "OJ No L 102, 11.4.2006, p 15, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 (OJ No L 188, 18.7.2009, p 14)."
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      "text": "OJ No L 365, 31.12.1994, p 24, as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 (OJ No L 311, 21.11.2008, p 1)."
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f13",
      "text": "OJ No L 285, 31.10.2009, p 36, as amended by Commission Directive 2014/99/EU (OJ No L 304, 23.10.2014, p 89)."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f14",
      "text": "OJ No L 312, 22.11.2008, p 3, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2015/1127 (OJ No L 184, 11.7.2015, p 13)."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f15",
      "text": "OJ No L 327, 22.12.2000, p 1, as last amended by Commission Directive 2014/101/EU (OJ No L 311, 31.10.2014, p 32)."
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f16",
      "text": "OJ No L 197, 24.7.2012, p 38."
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