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Article 14 Identification of potentially contaminated sites

1. Overview

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1.   Member States shall systematically identify potentially contaminated sites on their territory.
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2.   For the purposes of the identification of potentially contaminated sites, Member States shall establish a list of potentially contaminating activities. Those activities may be further classified or prioritised according to their potential to cause soil contamination based on scientific evidence. When identifying potentially contaminated sites on their territory, Member States shall take into account the following criteria, where relevant:

(a)

past or current operation of a potentially contaminating activity;

(b)

operation of an activity referred to in Annex I to Directive 2010/75/EU;

(c)

operation of an establishment referred to in Directive 2012/18/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (48);

(d)

operation of an activity referred to in Annex III to Directive 2004/35/EC;

(e)

occurrence of a potentially contaminating event, accident, calamity, disaster, incident or spill liable to cause soil contamination;

(f)

relevant information resulting from the soil health monitoring carried out in accordance with Articles 6 to 9.
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3.   Member States shall ensure that potentially contaminated sites existing on or before 16 December 2025 are identified and duly recorded in the register referred to in Article 17 by 17 December 2035.

1.1 References

1.2 Identified Requirements

1.3 Related Standards

2. Identified Requirements

Requirements

3. Related Standards

Standards
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