{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-21/annex-III",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-21/annex-III.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/2006/21",
  "legislation_title": "Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries and amending Directive 2004/35/EC",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-2006-21",
  "path": "annex/III",
  "kind": "annex",
  "number": "III",
  "heading": "Criteria for determining the classification of waste facilities",
  "text": "A waste facility shall be classified under category A if:\na failure or incorrect operation, e.g. the collapse of a heap or the bursting of a dam, could give rise to a major accident, on the basis of a risk assessment taking into account factors such as the present or future size, the location and the environmental impact of the waste facility; or\nit contains waste classified as hazardous under Directive 91/689/EEC above a certain threshold; or\nit contains substances or preparations classified as dangerous under Directives 67/548/EEC or 1999/45/EC above a certain threshold.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2006/21/annex/III",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:22:38.222838+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."
}