Regulation 5(1)

SCHEDULE 2 U.K.Activities causing damage

Operations to which this Schedule applies U.K.

1.  This Schedule lists the activities for which there is liability under regulation 5(1).

Operation of permitted installations U.K.

2.  The operation of installations subject to permit in pursuance of—

(a) Council Directive 96/61/EC concerning integrated pollution prevention and control M1 ;

(b) Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning integrated pollution prevention and control M2 (all activities listed in Annex I to that Directive with the exception of installations or parts of installations used for research, development and testing of new products and processes); or

(c) Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) M3 .

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M1 OJ No. L 257, 10.10.1996, p.26; repealed by Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 24, 29.1.2008, p.8).

M2 OJ No. L 24, 29.1.2008, p.8; amended by Directive 2009/31/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114) and repealed by Directive 2010/75/EU on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) (OJ No. L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17).

M3 OJ No. L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17.

Waste management operations U.K.

3.—(1) 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—

(a) Council Directive 75/439/EEC on the disposal of waste oils M4 ;

(b) Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste M5 ;

(c) Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste M6 ;

(d) Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste M7 ; or

(e) Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste M8 .

(2) The operation of—

(a) landfill sites under Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste M9 ; or

(b) incineration plants under—

(i) Directive 2000/76/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the incineration of waste M10 ; or

(ii) Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control).

(3) The activities to which these Regulations apply do not include the spreading of sewage sludge from urban waste water treatment plants, treated to an approved standard, for agricultural purposes.

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M4 OJ No. L 194, 25.7.1975, p.23; repealed by Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3).

M5 OJ No. L 194, 25.7.1975, p.39; repealed by Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 114, 27.4.2006, p.9).

M6 OJ No. L 337, 31.12.1991, p.20; repealed by Directive 2008/98/EC.

M7 OJ No. L 114, 27.4.2006, p.9; repealed by Directive 2008/98/EC.

M8 OJ No. L 312, 22.11.2008, p.3; last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1357/2014 (OJ No. L 365, 19.12.2014, p.89).

M9 OJ No. L 182, 16.7.1999, p.1; last amended by Council Directive 2011/97/EU (OJ No. L 328, 10.12.2011, p.49).

M10 OJ No. L 332, 28.12.2000, p.91, as corrected in OJ No. L 145, 31.5.2001, p.52; repealed by Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 334, 17.12.2010, p.17).

Mining waste U.K.

4.  The management of extractive waste under Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries M11 .

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M11 OJ No. L 102, 11.4.2006, p.15; last amended by Regulation (EC) No. 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 188, 18.7.2009, p.14).

Discharges requiring authorisation U.K.

5.—(1) All discharges into the inland surface water that require prior authorisation in pursuance of—

(a) Council Directive 76/464/EEC on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community M12 ; or

(b) Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on pollution caused by certain dangerous substances discharged into the aquatic environment of the Community M13 .

(2) All discharges of substances into groundwater that required prior authorisation in pursuance of—

(a) Council Directive 80/68/EEC on the protection of groundwater against pollution caused by certain dangerous substances M14 ;

(b) Directive 2006/118/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of groundwater against pollution and deterioration M15 .

(3) All discharges or injections of pollutants into surface water or groundwater that require a permit, authorisation or registration under Directive 2000/60/EC.

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M12 OJ No. L 129, 18.5.1976, p.23; repealed by Directive 2006/11/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 64, 4.3.2006, p.52).

M13 OJ No. L 64, 4.3.2006, p.52.

M14 OJ No. L 20, 26.1.1980, p.43; repealed by Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 327, 22.12.2000, p.1).

M15 OJ No. L 372, 27.12.2006, p.19; amended by Commission Directive 2014/80/EU (OJ No. L 182, 21.6.2014, p.52).

Water abstraction and impoundment U.K.

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

Dangerous substances, plant protection products and biocidal products U.K.

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

(a) dangerous substances as defined in Article 2(2) of Council Directive 67/548/EEC on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances M16 ;

(b) hazardous substances as defined in Article 3 of Regulation (EC) No. 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures M17 ;

(c) dangerous preparations as defined in Article 2(2) of Directive 1999/45/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions of the Member States relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous preparations M18 ;

(d) plant protection products (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 M19 ; and

(e) biocidal products as defined in Article 2(1)(a) of Directive 98/8/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the placing of biocidal products on the market M20 , or as defined in Article 3(1)(a) of Regulation (EU) No. 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the making available on the market and use of biocidal products M21 .

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M16 OJ No. L 196, 16.8.1967, p.1; last amended by Council Directive 2013/21/EU (OJ No. L 158, 10.6.2013, p.240).

M17 OJ No. L 353, 31.12.2008, p.1; last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 758/2013 (OJ No. L 216, 10.8.2013, p.1).

M18 OJ No. L 200, 30.7.1999, p.1; last amended by Council Directive 2013/21/EU.

M19 OJ No. L 309, 24.11.2009, p.1; last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 652/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 189, 27.6.2014, p.1).

M20 OJ No. L 123, 24.4.1998, p.1; repealed by Regulation (EU) No. 528/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 167, 27.6.2012, p.1).

M21 OJ No. L 167, 27.6.2012, p.1; last amended by Regulation (EU) No. 334/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 103, 5.4.2014, p.22).

Transport U.K.

8.  Transport by road, rail, inland waterways, sea or air of dangerous goods or polluting goods as defined in—

(a) Annex A to Council Directive 94/55/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by road M22 ;

(b) the Annex to Council Directive 96/49/EC on the approximation of the laws of the Member States with regard to the transport of dangerous goods by rail M23 ;

(c) Council Directive 93/75/EEC concerning minimum requirements for vessels bound for or leaving Community ports and carrying dangerous or polluting goods M24 ;

(d) Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a Community vessel traffic monitoring and information system M25 ; and

(e) Directive 2008/68/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the inland transport of dangerous goods M26 .

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M22 OJ No. L 319, 12.12.1994, p.7; repealed by Directive 2008/68 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 260, 30.9.2008, p.13).

M23 OJ No. L 235, 17.9.1996, p.25; repealed by Directive 2008/68.

M24 OJ No. L 247, 5.10.1993, p.19; last amended by Directive 2002/84/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 324, 29.11.2002, p.53); repealed by Directive 2002/59/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 208, 5.8.2002, p.10).

M25 OJ No. L 208, 5.8.2002, p.10; last amended by Commission Directive 2014/100/EU (OJ No. L 308, 29.10.2014, p.82).

M26 OJ No. L 260, 30.9.2008, p.13; last amended by Commission Directive 2014/103/EU (OJ No. L 335, 22.11.2014, p.15).

Genetically modified organisms U.K.

9.—(1) Any contained use, including transport, involving genetically modified organisms (including genetically modified micro-organisms as defined by Council Directive 90/219/EEC on the contained use of genetically modified micro-organisms) M27 .

(2) Any deliberate release into the environment, transport and placing on the market of genetically modified organisms as defined by Directive 2001/18/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the deliberate release into the environment of genetically modified organisms M28 .

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M27 OJ No. L 117, 8.5.1990, p.1; repealed by Directive 2009/41/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 125, 21.5.2009, p.75).

M28 OJ No. L 106, 17.4.2001, p.1; last amended by Directive 2008/27/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No. L 81, 20.3.2008, p.45).

Transboundary shipment of waste U.K.

10.  Transboundary shipment of waste within, into or out of the Community, requiring an authorisation or prohibited under—

(a) Council Regulation (EEC) No. 259/93 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community M29 ; or

(b) Regulation (EC) No. 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste M30 .

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M29 OJ No. L 30, 6.2.1993, p.1.

M30 OJ No. L 190, 12.7.2006, p.1; last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) No. 1234/2014 (OJ No. L 332, 19.11.2014, p.15).

Operation of carbon dioxide storage sites U.K.

11.  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 M31 .

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M31 OJ No. L 140, 5.6.2009, p.114; amended by Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council 23(OJ No. L 26, 28.1.2012, p.1).