{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-33/annex/division-1/division-1.1/division-1.1.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-33/annex/division-1/division-1.1/division-1.1.1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2003/33",
  "legislation_title": "Council Decision of 19 December 2002 establishing criteria and procedures for the acceptance of waste at landfills pursuant to Article 16 of and Annex II to Directive 1999/31/EC (2003/33/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-33",
  "path": "annex/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "1.1.1",
  "heading": "Functions of basic characterisation",
  "text": "(a)Basic information on the waste (type and origin, composition, consistency, leachability and - where necessary and available - other characteristic properties)\n(b)Basic information for understanding the behaviour of waste in landfills and options for treatment as laid out in Article 6(a) of the Landfill Directive\n(c)Assessing waste against limit values\n(d)Detection of key variables (critical parameters) for compliance testing and options for simplification of compliance testing (leading to a significant decrease of constituents to be measured, but only after demonstration of relevant information). Characterisation may deliver ratios between basic characterisation and results of simplified test procedures as well as frequency for compliance testing.\nIf the basic characterisation of waste shows that the waste fulfils the criteria for a landfill class as laid down in section 2 of this Annex, the waste is deemed to be acceptable at this landfill class. If this is not the case, the waste is not acceptable at this landfill class.\nThe producer of the waste or, in default, the person responsible for its management, is responsible for ensuring that the characterisation information is correct.\nThe operator shall keep records of the required information for a period to be defined by the appropriate authority.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex section 1.1.1 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 15(7)(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2003/33/annex/division/1/division/1.1/division/1.1.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:18:25.937787+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}