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<Addition ChangeId="key-7fe4568ec7d82786b98cd48b39e4923f-1692353096173" CommentaryRef="key-7fe4568ec7d82786b98cd48b39e4923f">the injection of carbon dioxide streams for storage purposes into geological formations which for natural reasons are permanently unsuitable for other purposes, provided that such injection is made in accordance with Directive </Addition>
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<Addition ChangeId="key-7fe4568ec7d82786b98cd48b39e4923f-1692353096173" CommentaryRef="key-7fe4568ec7d82786b98cd48b39e4923f"> of the European Parliament and of the Council of 23 April 2009 on the geological storage of carbon dioxide or excluded from the scope of that Directive pursuant to its Article 2(2).</Addition>
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in operation at 10.8.2009, see
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inserted (25.6.2011) by
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,
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,
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