http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilDirective 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)2020-12-11King's Printer of Acts of Parliamenthttps://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009L0031-20181224texttext/xmlen2018-12-24 CHAPTER 1SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONSDefinitions Article 3 For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply: ‘geological storage of CO2’ means injection accompanied by storage of CO2 streams in underground geological formations; ‘water column’ means the vertically continuous mass of water from the surface to the bottom sediments of a water body; ‘storage site’ means a defined volume area within a geological formation used for the geological storage of CO2 and associated surface and injection facilities; ‘geological formation’ means a lithostratigraphical subdivision within which distinct rock layers can be found and mapped; ‘leakage’ means any release of CO2 from the storage complex; ‘storage complex’ means the storage site and surrounding geological domain which can have an effect on overall storage integrity and security; that is, secondary containment formations; ‘hydraulic unit’ means a hydraulically connected pore space where pressure communication can be measured by technical means and which is bordered by flow barriers, such as faults, salt domes, lithological boundaries, or by the wedging out or outcropping of the formation; ‘exploration’ means the assessment of potential storage complexes for the purposes of geologically storing CO2 by means of activities intruding into the subsurface such as drilling to obtain geological information about strata in the potential storage complex and, as appropriate, carrying out injection tests in order to characterise the storage site; ‘exploration permit’ means a written and reasoned decision authorising exploration, and specifying the conditions under which it may take place, issued by the competent authority pursuant to the requirements of this Directive; ‘operator’ means any natural or legal, private or public person who operates or controls the storage site or to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the storage site has been delegated according to national legislation; ‘storage permit’ means a written and reasoned decision or decisions authorising the geological storage of CO2 in a storage site by the operator, and specifying the conditions under which it may take place, issued by the competent authority pursuant to the requirements of this Directive; ‘substantial change’ means any change not provided for in the storage permit, which may have significant effects on the environment or human health; ‘CO2 stream’ means a flow of substances that results from CO2 capture processes; ‘waste’ means the substances defined as waste in Article 1(1)(a) of Directive 2006/12/EC; ‘CO2 plume’ means the dispersing volume of CO2 in the geological formation; ‘migration’ means the movement of CO2 within the storage complex; ‘significant irregularity’ means any irregularity in the injection or storage operations or in the condition of the storage complex itself, which implies the risk of a leakage or risk to the environment or human health; ‘significant risk’ means a combination of a probability of occurrence of damage and a magnitude of damage that cannot be disregarded without calling into question the purpose of this Directive for the storage site concerned; ‘corrective measures’ means any measures taken to correct significant irregularities or to close leakages in order to prevent or stop the release of CO2 from the storage complex; ‘closure’ of a storage site means the definitive cessation of CO2 injection into that storage site; ‘post-closure’ means the period after the closure of a storage site, including the period after the transfer of responsibility to the competent authority; ‘transport network’ means the network of pipelines, including associated booster stations, for the transport of CO2 to the storage site.
This XML file does not appear to have any style information associated with it. The document tree is shown below.
<Legislation xmlns="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eudr/2009/31" NumberOfProvisions="43" xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/legislation http://www.legislation.gov.uk/schema/legislation.xsd" SchemaVersion="2.0" RestrictStartDate="2018-12-24" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<ukm:Metadata xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:dct="http://purl.org/dc/terms/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:ukm="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/namespaces/metadata">
<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3</dc:identifier>
<dc:title>Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)</dc:title>
<dct:alternative>Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council</dct:alternative>
<dc:description>Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)</dc:description>
<dc:modified>2020-12-11</dc:modified>
<dc:publisher>King's Printer of Acts of Parliament</dc:publisher>
<dc:source>https://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/eu-exit/https://eur-lex.europa.eu/legal-content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:02009L0031-20181224</dc:source>
<dc:type>text</dc:type>
<dc:format>text/xml</dc:format>
<dc:language>en</dc:language>
<dct:valid>2018-12-24</dct:valid>
<atom:link rel="self" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/data.xml" type="application/xml"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/resources" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/resources" title="More Resources"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/act" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31" title="whole act"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/introduction" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/introduction" title="introduction"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/body" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/body" title="body"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/navigation/annexes" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/annexes" title="annexes"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/date/euexitday" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/2020-01-31" title="2020-01-31"/>
<atom:link rel="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/def/date/euexitTransitionEnd" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/2020-12-31" title="2020-12-31"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/rdf+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/data.rdf" title="RDF/XML"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/data.akn" title="AKN"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/xhtml+xml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/data.xht" title="HTML snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/html" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/data.htm" title="Website (XHTML) Default View"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="text/csv" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/data.csv" title="CSV"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/pdf" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/data.pdf" title="PDF"/>
<atom:link rel="alternate" type="application/akn+xhtml" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/data.html" title="HTML5 snippet"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/tableOfContents" hreflang="en" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/contents" title="Table of Contents"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/adopted" title="adopted"/>
<atom:link rel="http://purl.org/dc/terms/hasVersion" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3/2009-04-23" title="2009-04-23"/>
<atom:link rel="up" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31" title="Entire legislation"/>
<atom:link rel="prev" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/2" title="Provision; Article 2"/>
<atom:link rel="prevInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/2" title="Provision; Article 2"/>
<atom:link rel="next" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/4" title="Provision; Article 4"/>
<atom:link rel="nextInForce" href="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/4" title="Provision; Article 4"/>
<ukm:EUMetadata>
<ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:DocumentCategory Value="euretained"/>
<ukm:DocumentMainType Value="EuropeanUnionDirective"/>
<ukm:DocumentStatus Value="revised"/>
</ukm:DocumentClassification>
<ukm:Year Value="2009"/>
<ukm:Number Value="31"/>
<ukm:EURLexIdentifiers>
<ukm:Cellar Value="d5ece860-3433-11e9-8d04-01aa75ed71a1"/>
<ukm:CELEX Value="02009L0031-20181224"/>
<ukm:ELI Value="dir:2009:31:2018-12-24"/>
</ukm:EURLexIdentifiers>
<ukm:EnactmentDate Date="2009-04-23"/>
<ukm:EURLexModified Date="2019-04-19T23:11:13Z"/>
<ukm:EURLexExtracted Date="2019-04-20T08:04:44Z"/>
<ukm:XMLGenerated Date="2020-12-10T22:45:27Z"/>
<ukm:XMLImported Date="2020-12-11T01:08:55Z"/>
<ukm:EURLexMetadata>
<WORK xmlns="">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/d5ece860-3433-11e9-8d04-01aa75ed71a1</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>d5ece860-3433-11e9-8d04-01aa75ed71a1</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>cellar</TYPE>
</URI>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/02009L0031-20181224</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>02009L0031-20181224</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>celex</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/consolidation/2009L0031%2F20181224</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>2009L0031/20181224</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>consolidation</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/eli/dir/2009/31/2018-12-24</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>dir:2009:31:2018-12-24</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>eli</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<RESOURCE_LEGAL_TYPE type="data">
<VALUE>L</VALUE>
</RESOURCE_LEGAL_TYPE>
<CREATED_BY type="concept">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/OP_DATPRO</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>OP_DATPRO</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>corporate-body</TYPE>
</URI>
<OP-CODE>OP_DATPRO</OP-CODE>
<IDENTIFIER>OP_DATPRO</IDENTIFIER>
<PREFLABEL>Provisional data</PREFLABEL>
</CREATED_BY>
<RESOURCE_LEGAL_ELI type="data">
<VALUE>http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/31/2018-12-24</VALUE>
</RESOURCE_LEGAL_ELI>
<VERSION type="data">
<VALUE>final</VALUE>
</VERSION>
<IDENTIFIER type="data">
<VALUE>celex:02009L0031-20181224</VALUE>
</IDENTIFIER>
<ELI type="data">
<VALUE>http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/31/2018-12-24</VALUE>
</ELI>
<WORK_CREATED_BY_AGENT type="concept_level">
<WORK_CREATED_BY_AGENT_1 type="concept">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/corporate-body/OP_DATPRO</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>OP_DATPRO</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>corporate-body</TYPE>
</URI>
<OP-CODE>OP_DATPRO</OP-CODE>
<IDENTIFIER>OP_DATPRO</IDENTIFIER>
<PREFLABEL>Provisional data</PREFLABEL>
</WORK_CREATED_BY_AGENT_1>
</WORK_CREATED_BY_AGENT>
<DATE_DOCUMENT type="date">
<VALUE>2018-12-24</VALUE>
<YEAR>2018</YEAR>
<MONTH>12</MONTH>
<DAY>24</DAY>
</DATE_DOCUMENT>
<IDENTIFIER type="data">
<VALUE>02009L0031-20181224</VALUE>
</IDENTIFIER>
<CREATIONDATE type="date">
<VALUE>2019-02-19T11:46:14.419+01:00</VALUE>
<YEAR>2019</YEAR>
<MONTH>02</MONTH>
<DAY>19</DAY>
</CREATIONDATE>
<ID_SECTOR type="data">
<VALUE>0</VALUE>
</ID_SECTOR>
<ID_CELEX type="data">
<VALUE>02009L0031-20181224</VALUE>
</ID_CELEX>
<RESOURCE_LEGAL_YEAR type="data">
<VALUE>2009</VALUE>
</RESOURCE_LEGAL_YEAR>
<IDENTIFIER type="data">
<VALUE>consolidation:2009L0031/20181224</VALUE>
</IDENTIFIER>
<WORK_HAS_RESOURCE-TYPE type="concept">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/resource-type/CONS_TEXT</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>CONS_TEXT</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>resource-type</TYPE>
</URI>
<OP-CODE>CONS_TEXT</OP-CODE>
<IDENTIFIER>CONS_TEXT</IDENTIFIER>
<PREFLABEL>Consolidated text</PREFLABEL>
</WORK_HAS_RESOURCE-TYPE>
<YEAR type="data">
<VALUE>2009</VALUE>
</YEAR>
<ACT_CONSOLIDATED_CONSOLIDATES_RESOURCE_LEGAL type="link">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/70e52c10-85a1-4e97-8218-ed56d597ed05</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>70e52c10-85a1-4e97-8218-ed56d597ed05</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>cellar</TYPE>
</URI>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/02000L0060-20141120</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>02000L0060-20141120</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>celex</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/consolidation/2000L0060%2F20141120</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>2000L0060/20141120</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>consolidation</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/eli/dir/2000/60/2014-11-20</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>dir:2000:60:2014-11-20</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>eli</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
</ACT_CONSOLIDATED_CONSOLIDATES_RESOURCE_LEGAL>
<ACT_CONSOLIDATED_BASED_ON_RESOURCE_LEGAL type="link">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/2c32c0c9-8be9-415c-be08-84adbbdb6eb1</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>2c32c0c9-8be9-415c-be08-84adbbdb6eb1</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>cellar</TYPE>
</URI>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2009_140_R_0114_01</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>JOL_2009_140_R_0114_01</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>oj</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32009L0031</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>32009L0031</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>celex</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/eli/dir/2009/31/oj</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>dir:2009:31:oj</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>eli</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
</ACT_CONSOLIDATED_BASED_ON_RESOURCE_LEGAL>
<WORK_DATE_DOCUMENT type="date">
<VALUE>2018-12-24</VALUE>
<YEAR>2018</YEAR>
<MONTH>12</MONTH>
<DAY>24</DAY>
</WORK_DATE_DOCUMENT>
<DATE_CREATION_LEGACY type="date">
<VALUE>2019-02-19</VALUE>
<YEAR>2019</YEAR>
<MONTH>02</MONTH>
<DAY>19</DAY>
</DATE_CREATION_LEGACY>
<RESOURCE_LEGAL_INFORMATION_MISCELLANEOUS type="data">
<VALUE>LASTMODIN {32018R1999|http://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32018R1999}</VALUE>
</RESOURCE_LEGAL_INFORMATION_MISCELLANEOUS>
<DATE type="date">
<VALUE>2018-12-24</VALUE>
<YEAR>2018</YEAR>
<MONTH>12</MONTH>
<DAY>24</DAY>
</DATE>
<DATE type="date">
<VALUE>2019-02-19</VALUE>
<YEAR>2019</YEAR>
<MONTH>02</MONTH>
<DAY>19</DAY>
</DATE>
<RESOURCE_LEGAL_ID_CELEX type="data">
<VALUE>02009L0031-20181224</VALUE>
</RESOURCE_LEGAL_ID_CELEX>
<WORK_ID_DOCUMENT type="data">
<VALUE>consolidation:2009L0031/20181224</VALUE>
</WORK_ID_DOCUMENT>
<ACT_CONSOLIDATED_CONSOLIDATES_RESOURCE_LEGAL type="link">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/c6980a60-04e7-11e9-adde-01aa75ed71a1</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>c6980a60-04e7-11e9-adde-01aa75ed71a1</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>cellar</TYPE>
</URI>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/eli/reg/2018/1999/oj</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>reg:2018:1999:oj</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>eli</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2018_328_R_0001</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>JOL_2018_328_R_0001</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>oj</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32018R1999</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>32018R1999</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>celex</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
</ACT_CONSOLIDATED_CONSOLIDATES_RESOURCE_LEGAL>
<RESOURCE_LEGAL_DATE_ENTRY-INTO-FORCE type="date">
<VALUE>2018-12-24</VALUE>
<YEAR>2018</YEAR>
<MONTH>12</MONTH>
<DAY>24</DAY>
</RESOURCE_LEGAL_DATE_ENTRY-INTO-FORCE>
<RESOURCE_LEGAL_NUMBER_NATURAL type="data">
<VALUE>31</VALUE>
</RESOURCE_LEGAL_NUMBER_NATURAL>
<ACT_CONSOLIDATED_DATE type="date">
<VALUE>2018-12-24</VALUE>
<YEAR>2018</YEAR>
<MONTH>12</MONTH>
<DAY>24</DAY>
</ACT_CONSOLIDATED_DATE>
<WORK_ID_DOCUMENT type="data">
<VALUE>celex:02009L0031-20181224</VALUE>
</WORK_ID_DOCUMENT>
<LASTMODIFICATIONDATE type="date">
<VALUE>2019-04-20T01:11:13.445+02:00</VALUE>
<YEAR>2019</YEAR>
<MONTH>04</MONTH>
<DAY>20</DAY>
</LASTMODIFICATIONDATE>
<RESOURCE_LEGAL_NUMBER_NATURAL_CELEX type="data">
<VALUE>0031</VALUE>
</RESOURCE_LEGAL_NUMBER_NATURAL_CELEX>
<IDENTIFIER type="data">
<VALUE>http://data.europa.eu/eli/dir/2009/31/2018-12-24</VALUE>
</IDENTIFIER>
<BASED_ON type="link">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/2c32c0c9-8be9-415c-be08-84adbbdb6eb1</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>2c32c0c9-8be9-415c-be08-84adbbdb6eb1</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>cellar</TYPE>
</URI>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/oj/JOL_2009_140_R_0114_01</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>JOL_2009_140_R_0114_01</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>oj</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/32009L0031</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>32009L0031</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>celex</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/eli/dir/2009/31/oj</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>dir:2009:31:oj</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>eli</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
</BASED_ON>
<TYPE>cdm:resource_legal</TYPE>
<TYPE>L</TYPE>
<TYPE>cdm:act_consolidated</TYPE>
<TYPE>cdm:work</TYPE>
</WORK>
<EXPRESSION xmlns="">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/cellar/d5ece860-3433-11e9-8d04-01aa75ed71a1.0002</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>d5ece860-3433-11e9-8d04-01aa75ed71a1.0002</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>cellar</TYPE>
</URI>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/consolidation/2009L0031%2F20181224.ENG</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>2009L0031/20181224.ENG</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>consolidation</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<SAMEAS>
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/celex/02009L0031-20181224.ENG</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>02009L0031-20181224.ENG</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>celex</TYPE>
</URI>
</SAMEAS>
<LANG type="data">
<VALUE>en</VALUE>
</LANG>
<LASTMODIFICATIONDATE type="date">
<VALUE>2019-02-19T11:55:13.594+01:00</VALUE>
<YEAR>2019</YEAR>
<MONTH>02</MONTH>
<DAY>19</DAY>
</LASTMODIFICATIONDATE>
<CREATIONDATE type="date">
<VALUE>2019-02-19T11:55:13.594+01:00</VALUE>
<YEAR>2019</YEAR>
<MONTH>02</MONTH>
<DAY>19</DAY>
</CREATIONDATE>
<TITLE type="data">
<VALUE>Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance</VALUE>
<LANG>en</LANG>
</TITLE>
<EXPRESSION_USES_LANGUAGE type="concept">
<URI>
<VALUE>http://publications.europa.eu/resource/authority/language/ENG</VALUE>
<IDENTIFIER>ENG</IDENTIFIER>
<TYPE>language</TYPE>
</URI>
<OP-CODE>ENG</OP-CODE>
<IDENTIFIER>ENG</IDENTIFIER>
<PREFLABEL>English</PREFLABEL>
<ALTLABEL>English</ALTLABEL>
</EXPRESSION_USES_LANGUAGE>
<LANG type="data">
<VALUE>eng</VALUE>
</LANG>
<EXPRESSION_TITLE type="data">
<VALUE>Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide and amending Council Directive 85/337/EEC, European Parliament and Council Directives 2000/60/EC, 2001/80/EC, 2004/35/EC, 2006/12/EC, 2008/1/EC and Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 (Text with EEA relevance)Text with EEA relevance</VALUE>
<LANG>en</LANG>
</EXPRESSION_TITLE>
</EXPRESSION>
</ukm:EURLexMetadata>
</ukm:EUMetadata>
<ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/pdfs/eudr_20090031_adopted_en.pdf" Date="2009-04-23" Size="1052068"/>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/pdfs/eudr_20090031_2012-02-17_en.pdf" Date="2012-02-17" Size="327056" Revised="2012-02-17"/>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/pdfs/eudr_20090031_2018-07-04_en.pdf" Date="2018-07-04" Size="320456" Revised="2018-07-04"/>
<ukm:Alternative URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/pdfs/eudr_20090031_2018-12-24_en.pdf" Date="2018-12-24" Size="323032" Revised="2018-12-24"/>
</ukm:Alternatives>
<ukm:Statistics>
<ukm:TotalParagraphs Value="78"/>
<ukm:BodyParagraphs Value="43"/>
<ukm:ScheduleParagraphs Value="35"/>
<ukm:AttachmentParagraphs Value="0"/>
<ukm:TotalImages Value="0"/>
</ukm:Statistics>
</ukm:Metadata>
<EURetained>
<EUBody DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/body" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eudr/2009/31/body" NumberOfProvisions="43" RestrictStartDate="2018-12-24" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<EUChapter DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/chapter/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eudr/2009/31/chapter/1" NumberOfProvisions="3" id="chapter-1" RestrictStartDate="2009-04-23" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Number>CHAPTER 1</Number>
<Title>SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS</Title>
<P1group RestrictStartDate="2009-04-23" RestrictExtent="E+W+S+N.I.">
<Title>Definitions</Title>
<P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/2009/31/article/3" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/eudr/2009/31/article/3" id="article-3">
<Pnumber>Article 3</Pnumber>
<P1para>
<Text>For the purposes of this Directive the following definitions shall apply:</Text>
</P1para>
<P1para>
<OrderedList Type="arabic" Decoration="period">
<ListItem NumberOverride="1.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘geological storage of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
’ means injection accompanied by storage of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
streams in underground geological formations;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="2.">
<Para>
<Text>‘water column’ means the vertically continuous mass of water from the surface to the bottom sediments of a water body;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="3.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘storage site’ means a defined volume area within a geological formation used for the geological storage of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
and associated surface and injection facilities;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="4.">
<Para>
<Text>‘geological formation’ means a lithostratigraphical subdivision within which distinct rock layers can be found and mapped;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="5.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘leakage’ means any release of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
from the storage complex;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="6.">
<Para>
<Text>‘storage complex’ means the storage site and surrounding geological domain which can have an effect on overall storage integrity and security; that is, secondary containment formations;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="7.">
<Para>
<Text>‘hydraulic unit’ means a hydraulically connected pore space where pressure communication can be measured by technical means and which is bordered by flow barriers, such as faults, salt domes, lithological boundaries, or by the wedging out or outcropping of the formation;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="8.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘exploration’ means the assessment of potential storage complexes for the purposes of geologically storing CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
by means of activities intruding into the subsurface such as drilling to obtain geological information about strata in the potential storage complex and, as appropriate, carrying out injection tests in order to characterise the storage site;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="9.">
<Para>
<Text>‘exploration permit’ means a written and reasoned decision authorising exploration, and specifying the conditions under which it may take place, issued by the competent authority pursuant to the requirements of this Directive;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="10.">
<Para>
<Text>‘operator’ means any natural or legal, private or public person who operates or controls the storage site or to whom decisive economic power over the technical functioning of the storage site has been delegated according to national legislation;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="11.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘storage permit’ means a written and reasoned decision or decisions authorising the geological storage of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
in a storage site by the operator, and specifying the conditions under which it may take place, issued by the competent authority pursuant to the requirements of this Directive;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="12.">
<Para>
<Text>‘substantial change’ means any change not provided for in the storage permit, which may have significant effects on the environment or human health;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="13.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
stream’ means a flow of substances that results from CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
capture processes;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="14.">
<Para>
<Text>‘waste’ means the substances defined as waste in Article 1(1)(a) of Directive 2006/12/EC;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="15.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
plume’ means the dispersing volume of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
in the geological formation;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="16.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘migration’ means the movement of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
within the storage complex;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="17.">
<Para>
<Text>‘significant irregularity’ means any irregularity in the injection or storage operations or in the condition of the storage complex itself, which implies the risk of a leakage or risk to the environment or human health;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="18.">
<Para>
<Text>‘significant risk’ means a combination of a probability of occurrence of damage and a magnitude of damage that cannot be disregarded without calling into question the purpose of this Directive for the storage site concerned;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="19.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘corrective measures’ means any measures taken to correct significant irregularities or to close leakages in order to prevent or stop the release of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
from the storage complex;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="20.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘closure’ of a storage site means the definitive cessation of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
injection into that storage site;
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="21.">
<Para>
<Text>‘post-closure’ means the period after the closure of a storage site, including the period after the transfer of responsibility to the competent authority;</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
<ListItem NumberOverride="22.">
<Para>
<Text>
‘transport network’ means the network of pipelines, including associated booster stations, for the transport of CO
<Inferior>2</Inferior>
to the storage site.
</Text>
</Para>
</ListItem>
</OrderedList>
</P1para>
</P1>
</P1group>
</EUChapter>
</EUBody>
</EURetained>
</Legislation>