{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-271/article-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-271/article-3.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1991/271",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste water treatment (91/271/EEC)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1991-271",
  "path": "article/3",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Member States shall ensure that all agglomerations are provided with collecting systems for urban waste water,\nat the latest by 31 December 2000 for those with a population equivalent (p.e.) of more than 15 000, and\nat the latest by 31 December 2005 for those with a p.e. of between 2 000 and 15 000.\nFor urban waste water discharging into receiving waters which are considered ‘sensitive areas’ as defined under Article 5, Member States shall ensure that collection systems are provided at the latest by 31 December 1998 for agglomerations of more than 10 000 p.e.\nWhere the establishment of a collecting system is not justified either because it would produce no environmental benefit or because it would involve excessive cost, individual systems or other appropriate systems which achieve the same level of environmental protection shall be used.\n1a. By way of derogation from the first and second subparagraphs of paragraph 1, in respect of Mayotte as an outermost region within the meaning of Article 349 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (hereinafter ‘ Mayotte ’ ), France shall ensure that all agglomerations are provided with collecting systems for urban waste water:\nby 31 December 2020 at the latest for agglomerations of more than 10 000 p.e., which will cover at least 70 % of the load generated in Mayotte;\nby 31 December 2027 at the latest for agglomerations of more than 2 000 p.e.\n2. Collecting systems described in paragraph 1 shall satisfy the requirements of section A of Annex I. The Commission may amend those requirements. Those measures, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 18(3).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Inserted by Council Directive 2013/64/EU of 17 December 2013 amending Council Directives 91/271/EEC and 1999/74/EC, and Directives 2000/60/EC, 2006/7/EC, 2006/25/EC and 2011/24/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council, following the amendment of the status of Mayotte with regard to the European Union."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Substituted by Regulation (EC) No 1137/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 22 October 2008 adapting a number of instruments subject to the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty to Council Decision 1999/468/EC, with regard to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny Adaptation to the regulatory procedure with scrutiny — Part One."
    }
  ],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1991/271/article/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:25.830639+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."
}