The present Ordinance lays down provisions relating to installations handling substances being a hazard to water. Article 3 establishes that installations for the loading and unloading of substances constituting a hazard to water and installations for the storage and filling of liquid manure, slurry and silage seepage must be designed, installed, erected, maintained and operated in such a way that the best possible level of protection of waters from pollution or other detrimental changes to their properties is achieved. The text – consisting of 27 articles – deals, inter alia, with the following matters: sphere of application, definition of terms, principles, general accepted rules of technology, facilities in protected areas or flood areas, pipelines, waste water facilities, experts, inspection of facilities, penalties, transitional provisions for existing facilities and entry into force. Two Annexes are enclosed.
Allemagne · 2005-06-01