8.—(1) In the event of a major accident, the operator must immediately provide the competent authority with all the information required to help minimise the consequences for human health and to assess and minimise the extent, actual or potential, of the environmental damage.
(2) Paragraph (3) applies where the competent authority is aware that the operation of a mining waste facility is likely to have significant adverse effects in the environment of, and any resultant risks to human health in, another EEA State, or where an EEA State likely to be thus affected so requests.
(3) In the event of a major accident, the competent authority must immediately forward the information provided under paragraph (1) to the other EEA State in order to help minimise the consequences of the accident for human health and to assess and minimise the extent of the actual or potential environmental damage.