# 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), Division 1.3: On-site verification

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

Each load of waste delivered to a landfill shall be visually inspected before and after unloading. The required documentation shall be checked.
For waste deposited by the waste producer at a landfill in his control, this verification may be made at the point of dispatch.
The waste may be accepted at the landfill, if it is the same as that which has been subjected to basic characterisation and compliance testing and which is described in the accompanying documents. If this is not the case, the waste must not be accepted.
The appropriate authority shall determine the testing requirements for on-site verification, including where appropriate rapid test methods.
Upon delivery, samples shall be taken periodically. The samples taken shall be kept after acceptance of the waste for a period that will be determined by the appropriate authority (not less than one month; see Article 11(1)(b) of the Landfill Directive.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2003/33/annex/division/1/division/1.3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-33/annex/division-1/division-1.3
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