Paragraph 10

In this Part—

• “contaminated soil” means—

  1. (a)

     soil contaminated by pesticides covered by the FAO programme on prevention and disposal of obsolete and unwanted pesticides or any other similar multilateral programme; or

  2. (b)

     soil contaminated with persistent organic pollutants listed in the Stockholm Convention on persistent organic pollutants^f1, or in the 1998 Protocol to the 1979 Convention on long range trans-boundary air pollution on persistent organic pollutants^f2;

• “dedicated hazardous waste incinerator” means an incinerator in a relevant UK territory which is—

  1. (a)

     officially authorised to treat contaminated soil under retained EU law relating to industrial emissions; and

  2. (b)

     authorised by the appropriate UK plant health authority;

• “IMDG Code” means the 2016 edition or, in respect of any soil imported on or after 1st January 2020, the 2018 edition of the International Maritime Dangerous Goods Code^f3;