{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1986-278/annex-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1986-278/annex-2.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1986/278",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 12 June 1986 on the protection of the environment, and in particular of the soil, when sewage sludge is used in agriculture (86/278/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1986-278",
  "path": "annex/2",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "I B",
  "heading": "LIMIT VALUES FOR HEAVY-METAL CONCENTRATIONS IN SLUDGE FOR USE IN AGRICULTURE",
  "text": "It is not possible at this stage to fix limit values for chromium. The Council will fix these limit values later on the basis of proposals to be submitted by the Commission within one year following notification of this Directive.\nParameters\nLimit values\nCadmium\n20 to 40\nCopper\n1 000 to 1 750\nNickel\n300 to 400\nLead\n750 to 1 200\nZinc\n2 500 to 4 000\nMercury\n16 to 25\nChromium\n—",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "It is not possible at this stage to fix limit values for chromium. The Council will fix these limit values later on the basis of proposals to be submitted by the Commission within one year following notification of this Directive."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1986/278/annex/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:34.077255+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."
}