# Commission Decision of 30 April 2009 completing the technical requirements for waste characterisation laid down by Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries (notified under document number C(2009) 3013) (2009/360/EC), Article 1: Waste characterisation

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

1. The appropriate agency shall ensure that the waste characterisation to be carried out by operators in the extractive industries complies with this Decision.
2. Waste characterisation shall cover the following categories of information as specified in the Annex:
(a) background information;
(b) geological background of deposit to be exploited;
(c) nature of the waste and its intended handling;
(d) geotechnical behaviour of the waste;
(e) geochemical characteristics and behaviour of the waste.
3. The criteria for defining inert waste laid down in Decision 2009/359/EC shall be taken into account for the purpose of assessing the geochemical behaviour of waste. Where, on the basis of those criteria, waste is considered to be ‘inert’, it shall be only subject to the relevant part of geochemical testing referred to in point 5 of the Annex.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/360/article/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-360/article-1
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