{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-248/annex/part-C/division-3/division-3.1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-248/annex/part-C/division-3/division-3.1.json",
  "legislation": "eudn/2020/248",
  "legislation_title": "Commission Implementing Decision (EU) 2020/248 of 21 February 2020 laying down technical guidelines for inspections in accordance with Article 17 of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (notified under document C(2020) 889) (Text with EEA relevance)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-decision-2020-248",
  "path": "annex/part/C/division/3/division/3.1",
  "kind": "division",
  "number": "3.1",
  "heading": "Documentation of inspection activities, including site visits",
  "text": "The following shall be taken into consideration:\n(a)the appropriate documentation of all inspection activities;\n(b)the preparation, after each site visit to a waste facility, of a site visit report that is recorded in writing and stored in identifiable form in a readily accessible and adequately maintained database;\n(c)the inclusion in the site visit report of the purpose of the inspection, the data, information and findings gathered, an evaluation thereof and a conclusion on whether the waste facility complies with the relevant conditions of the permit and whether any further action should follow;\n(d)the completion of the site visit report within two months after the site visit, unless more serious findings have been made during the site visit, in which case another deadline may be required;\n(e)the provision to the operator, before or after the finalisation of the site visit report, of an opportunity to submit comments, where appropriate;\n(f)the availability to the public of the results of the site visit and, as appropriate, of other inspection activities, in accordance with the Environmental Information Regulations 2004 or the Environmental Information (Scotland) Regulations 2004.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in Annex Pt C para. 3.1(f) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(2), 17(7)(e)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudn/2020/248/annex/part/C/division/3/division/3.1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:12:22.808630+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."
}