{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-33/annex/division-2/division-2.1/division-2.1.2/division-2.1.2.2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2003-33/annex/division-2/division-2.1/division-2.1.2/division-2.1.2.2.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/2/division/2.1/division/2.1.2/division/2.1.2.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "2.1.2.2",
  "heading": "Limit values for total content of organic parameters",
  "text": "In addition to the leaching limit values under section 2.1.2.1, inert wastes must meet the following additional limit values:\nParameter\nValue mg/kg\n*In the case of soils, a higher limit value may be admitted by the competent authority, provided the DOC value of 500mg/kg is achieved at L/S = 10 l/kg, either at the soil's own pH or at a pH value between 7,5 and 8,0.\nTOC (total organic carbon)\n30 000\nBTEX (benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene and xylenes)\n6\nPCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls, 7 congeners)\n1\nMineral oil (C10 to C40)\n500\nPAHs (polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons)\nThe appropriate authority to set limit value",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex section 2.1.2.2 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 15(7)(d)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "*In the case of soils, a higher limit value may be admitted by the competent authority, provided the DOC value of 500mg/kg is achieved at L/S = 10 l/kg, either at the soil's own pH or at a pH value between 7,5 and 8,0."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "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."
}