Regulation 17 Commission Decision 2009/335/EC on technical guidelines for the establishment of the financial guarantee in accordance with Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of waste from extractive industriesI1

in paragraph 1, in the words before point (a)—

after paragraph 2 insert—

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In paragraph 1—

F1(a)

in so far as it extends to England and Wales—

(i)

“financial guarantee” means the financial guarantee referred to in Article 14 of Directive 2006/21/EC, as it applies by virtue of paragraph 7(j) of Schedule 20 to the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2016 (“the 2016 Regulations”);

(ii)

“rehabilitation” has the meaning given in Article 3(20) of Directive 2006/21/EC, and for the purposes of that definition “waste facility” has the meaning given in paragraph (iv);

(iii)

“treatment” has the meaning given in Article 3(8) of Directive 2006/21/EC, and for the purposes of that definition “waste” has the meaning given in paragraph (b) of the definition of “waste” in regulation 2(1) of the 2016 Regulations;

(iv)

“waste facility” has the meaning given to “mining waste facility” in paragraph 2(1) of Schedule 20 to the 2016 Regulations;

(b)

in so far as it extends to Scotland, “financial guarantee”, “rehabilitation”, “treatment” and “waste facility” have the meanings given in regulation 2(1) of the Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010;

(c)

in so far as it extends to Northern Ireland, “financial guarantee”, “rehabilitation”, “treatment” and “waste facility” have the meanings given in regulation 2(2) of the Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.”.