ANNEX TECHNICAL GUIDELINES FOR INSPECTIONS OF WASTE FACILITIES

PART C Conduct of detailed checks, investigations and information gathering

3. Documentation of inspections

3.1. Documentation of inspection activities, including site visits
The following shall be taken into consideration:
(a) the appropriate documentation of all inspection activities;
(b) the preparation, after each site visit to a waste facility, of a site visit report that is recorded in writing and stored in identifiable form in a readily accessible and adequately maintained database;
(c) the inclusion in the site visit report of the purpose of the inspection, the data, information and findings gathered, an evaluation thereof and a conclusion on whether the waste facility complies with the relevant conditions of the permit and whether any further action should follow;
(d) the completion of the site visit report within two months after the site visit, unless more serious findings have been made during the site visit, in which case another deadline may be required;
(e) the provision to the operator, before or after the finalisation of the site visit report, of an opportunity to submit comments, where appropriate;
(f) the availability to the public of the results of the site visit and, as appropriate, of other inspection activities, in accordance with Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Directive 2003/4/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 28 January 2003 on public access to environmental information and repealing Council Directive 90/313/EEC (OJ L 41, 14.2.2003, p. 26).