The Environmental Liability (Scotland) Regulations 2009

Regulation 4(1)

SCHEDULE 1 S ACTIVITIES FOR THE PURPOSES OF REGULATION 4(1)

1.  The operation of installations subject to permit in pursuance of Council Directive 2008/1/EC of 15th January 2008 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control M1 and Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24th September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control M2 with the exception of installations or parts of installations used for research, development and testing of new products and processes. S

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M1 O.J. No. L 24, 29.1.2008, p.8.

M2 O.J. No. L 257, 10.10.1996, p.26 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 166/2006 (O.J. No. L 33, 4.2.2006, p.1).

2.  Waste management operations, including the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste and hazardous waste, including the supervision of such operations and after‑care of disposal sites, subject to permit or registration in pursuance of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5th April 2006 on waste M3 and Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12th December 1991 on hazardous waste M4 . S

The operation of landfill sites under Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26th April 1999 on the landfill of waste M5 and the operation of incineration plants under Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 4th December 2000 on the incineration of waste M6 .

This does not include the spreading of sewage sludge from urban waste water treatment plants, treated to an approved standard, for the purposes of agriculture (within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Sludge (Use in Agriculture) Regulations 1989) M7 .

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M3 O.J. No. L 114, 27.4.2006, p.9 as last amended by Directive 2008/98/EC (O.J. No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3).

M4 O.J. No. L 377, 31.12.1991, p.20 as last amended by Directive 2008/98/EC (O.J. No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3).

M5 O.J. No. L 182, 16.7.1999, p.1 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 (O.J. No. L 311, 21.11.2008, p.1).

M6 O.J. No. L 332, 28.12.2000, p.91 as corrected in O.J. No. L 145, 31.5.2001, p.52 and as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1137/2008 (O.J. No. L 311, 21.11.2008, p.1).

M7 S.I. 1989/1263.

3.  All discharges into inland surface water, which require prior authorisation in pursuance of Council Directive 2006/11/EC of 15th February 2006 on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community M8 . S

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M8 O.J. No. L 64, 4.3.2006, p.52.

4.  All discharges of substances into groundwater which require prior authorisation in pursuance of Council Directive 80/68/EEC of 17th December 1979 on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances M9 . S

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M9 O.J. No. L 20, 26.1.1980, p.43 as amended by Directive 91/692/EEC (O.J. L 377, 31.12.1991, p.48).

5.  The discharge or injection of pollutants into surface water or groundwater which require a permit, authorisation or registration in pursuance of Directive 2000/60/EC. S

6.  Water abstraction and impoundment of water subject to prior authorisation in pursuance of Directive 2000/60/EC. S

7.  Manufacture, use, storage, processing, filling, release into the environment and onsite transport of— S

(a) dangerous substances as defined in Article 2(2) of Council Directive 67/548/EEC of 27th June 1967 on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances M10 ;

(b) dangerous preparations as defined in Article 2(2) of Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 31st May 1999 concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations M11 ;

(c) plant protection products [F1 which has the same meaning as in Article 2(1) of Regulation (EC) No 1107/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of plant protection products on the market and repealing Council Directives 79/117/EEC and 91/414/EC];

(d) biocidal products as defined in Article 2(1)(a) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16th February 1998 concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market M12 .

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in sch. 1 para. 7(c) substituted (24.9.2011) by The Plant Protection Products Regulations 2011 (S.I. 2011/2131), reg. 1(1), Sch. 4 (with reg. 29)

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M10 O.J. No. L 196, 16.8.1967, p.1 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (O.J. No. L 353, 31.12.2008, p.1).

M11 O.J. No. L 200, 30.7.1999, p.1 as last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 (O.J. No. L 353, 31.12.2008, p.1).

M12 O.J. No. L 123, 24.4.1998, p.1 as last amended by Directive 2008/31/EC (O.J. No. L 81, 20.3.2008, p.57).

8.  Transport by road, rail, inland waterways, sea or air of dangerous goods or polluting goods as defined either in Annex A to Council Directive 94/55/EC of 21st November 1994 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road M13 or in the Annex to Council Directive 96/49/EC of 23rd July 1996 on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail M14 or as defined in Council Directive 93/75/EEC of 13th September 1993 concerning minimum requirements for vessels bound for or leaving Community ports and carrying dangerous or polluting goods M15 . S

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M13 O.J. No. L 319, 12.12.1994, p.7 as last amended by Directive 2006/89/EC (O.J. No. L 305, 4.11.2006, p.4).

M14 O.J. No. L 235, 17.9.1996, p.25 as last amended by Directive 2006/90/EC (O.J. No. L 305, 4.11.2006, p.6).

M15 O.J. No. L 247, 5.10.1993, p.19 as last amended by Directive 2002/84/EC (O.J. No. L 324, 29.11.2002, p.53).

9.  Any contained use, including transport, involving genetically modified micro‑organisms as defined by Council Directive 90/219/EEC of 23rd April 1990 on the contained use of genetically modified micro‑organisms M16 . S

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M16 O.J. No. L 117, 8.5.1990, p.1 as last amended by Commission Decision 2005/174/EC (O.J. No. L 59, 5.3.2005, p.20).

10.  Any deliberate release into the environment, transport and placing on the market of genetically modified organisms as defined by Directive 2001/18/EC. S

11.  Transboundary shipment of waste within, into or out of the European Union, requiring an authorisation or prohibited in the meaning of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 of 14th June 2006 on shipments of waste M17 . S

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M17 O.J. No. L 190, 12.7.2006, p.1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No. 669/2008 (O.J. No. L 188, 16.7.2008, p.7).

12.  The management of extractive waste pursuant to Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15th March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries M18 . S

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M18 O.J. No. L 102, 11.4.2006, p.15.

[F2 13.   The operation of storage sites pursuant to Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council 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.] S

Textual Amendments

F2 Sch. 1 para. 13 inserted (25.6.2011) by The Environmental Liability (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2011 (S.S.I. 2011/116), regs. 1(1), 2(2) (with reg. 1(2))