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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-337/article-5",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/337",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 20 April 2009 on the definition of the criteria for the classification of waste facilities in accordance with Annex III of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of waste from extractive industries (notified under document number C(2009) 2856) (2009/337/EC)",
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  "path": "article/5",
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  "number": "5",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. In the case of loss of structural integrity for tailings dams, human lives shall be deemed to be threatened where water or slurry levels are at least 0,7 m above ground or where water or slurry velocities exceed 0,5 m/s.\n2. The assessment of the potential for loss of life and danger to human health, shall comprise at least the following factors:\n(a) the size and properties of the facility including its design;\n(b) the quantity and quality including physical and chemical properties of the waste in the facility;\n(c) the topography of the facility site, including damping features;\n(d) the travel time of a potential flood-wave to areas where people are present;\n(e) the propagation velocity of the flood-wave;\n(f) the predicted water or slurry level;\n(g) the rising rate of water or slurry levels;\n(h) any relevant, site-specific factors that may influence the potential for loss- of- life or for danger to human health.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/337/article/5",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:31.275656+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."
}