{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-607/annex/division-HARD/division-5/division-5.2",
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  "legislation": "eudn/2009/607",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Decision of 9 July 2009 establishing the ecological criteria for the award of the Community eco-label to hard coverings (Notified under document C(2009) 5613) (Text with EEA relevance) (2009/607/EC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2009-607",
  "path": "annex/division/HARD/division/5/division/5.2",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "5.2",
  "heading": "Recovery of waste (for processed products only)",
  "text": "The applicant shall provide an appropriate documentation on the procedures adopted for the recycle of the by-products originated from the process. The applicant shall provide a report including the following information:\nkind and quantity of waste recovered,\nkind of disposal,\ninformation about the reuse (internally or externally to the production process) of waste and secondary materials in the production of new products.\nAt least 85 % (by weight) of the total waste generated by the process or the processes shall be recovered according to the general terms and definitions established by Council Directive 75/442/EEC.\nAssessment and verification: the applicant shall provide appropriate documentation based on, for example, mass balance sheets and/or environmental reporting systems showing the rates of recovery achieved whether externally or internally, for example, by means of recycling, reuse or reclamation/regeneration.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "Process wastes do not include maintenance wastes, organic wastes and urban wastes produced by auxiliary and office activities."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2009/607/annex/division/HARD/division/5/division/5.2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:16:25.345545+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."
}