Message 002
Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2021) 00750
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2021/0124/D
No abre el plazo - Nezahajuje odklady - Fristerne indledes ikke - Kein Fristbeginn - Viivituste perioodi ei avata - Καμμία έναρξη προθεσμίας - Does not open the delays - N'ouvre pas de délais - Non fa decorrere la mora - Neietekmē atlikšanu - Atidėjimai nepradedami - Nem nyitja meg a késéseket - Ma’ jiftaħx il-perijodi ta’ dawmien - Geen termijnbegin - Nie otwiera opóźnień - Não inicia o prazo - Neotvorí oneskorenia - Ne uvaja zamud - Määräaika ei ala tästä - Inleder ingen frist - Не се предвижда период на прекъсване - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare - Nu deschide perioadele de stagnare.
(MSG: 202100750.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2021 0124 D EN 25-02-2021 D NOTIF
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3A. Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Energie, Referat E C 2, 11019 Berlin,
Tel.: 0049-30-2014-6392, E-Mail: infonorm@bmwi.bund.de
3B. Bundesministerium für Umwelt, Naturschutz und nukleare Sicherheit, Referat WR II 8, Robert-Schuman-Platz 3, 53175 Bonn, Tel.: 0049-228-99305-2590, Fax: 0049-228-99305-2398, E-Mail: WRII8@bmu.bund.de
4. 2021/0124/D - B30
5. Ordinance introducing a Substitute Building Materials Ordinance, redrafting the Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance and amending the Landfill Ordinance and the Commercial Waste Ordinance (Substitute Building Materials and Soil Protection Umbrella Ordinance)
6. The Substitute Building Materials Ordinance (Article 1 of the Umbrella Ordinance) lays down environmental requirements for the manufacture and use of mineral substitute building materials in engineering structures. Mineral substitute building materials mainly comprise recycled building materials from the processing of building and road construction waste, as well as slag and ash from industrial and combustion processes. The Substitute Building Materials Ordinance aims to regulate loose materials. It does not cover composite construction products.
The existing Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance (Article 2 of the Umbrella Ordinance) will include a new provision permitting soil and dredged material, as well as other materials to a limited extent, to be used for backfilling excavation sites and opencast mines.
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8. Under the Substitute Building Materials Ordinance, the manufacture of mineral substitute building materials will be regulated by a quality control system that will classify materials into material classes according to their pollutant content. The use of these materials shall be based on specific requirements of use for each class, in order to ensure compliance with soil and groundwater protection requirements.
In detail:
Section 3 specifies the acceptance requirements for construction and demolition waste at processing facilities (acceptance monitoring).
Sections 4 to 13 standardise the quality control procedure (proof of suitability, in-house production monitoring and external monitoring) at processing facilities as well as the handling of quality control test results as regards compliance with the material values and the classification of mineral substitute building materials.
14 to 18 regulate the inspection of unprocessed soil material (excavated earth) and unprocessed dredging material.
Sections 19 to 23 regulate the necessary preventive requirements for protecting soil and groundwater with regard to using mineral substitute building materials in engineering structures, as well as a notification obligation for the use of certain mineral substitute building materials.
Section 24 specifies the requirements concerning separate collection and the obligation to recycle when removing from engineering structures mineral materials that become waste when dismantled, renovated or repaired. This provision corresponds to the provision in Section 8 of the Commercial Waste Ordinance.
Section 25 regulates the obligation to administer a delivery note, as well as the requirements regarding its contents. The delivery note shall ensure the monitoring of mineral substitute building materials from the manufacturing stage through to use.
Article 2: Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Sites Ordinance (BBodSchV):
The redrafted version of the BBodSchV shall be adjusted in line with the latest scientific research and the knowledge gained during the past 15 years of its implementation. Furthermore, the scope of the BBodSchV shall be extended to include the application or introduction of materials above or below a rooting soil layer. As such, the backfilling of excavation sites and open-cast mines in particular will be covered in the future.
In detail:
Sections 6 to 8 lay down new rules regarding the application or introduction of materials on or into soil. Section 6 contains general requirements for application or introduction as regards the rooting soil layer, as well as above or below the rooting soil layer. With regard to the regulation of areas with a higher pollutant content, the inspection obligation and the requirements for application or introduction, Section 6 is based on the corresponding regulations in the current Section 12 BBodSchV and also draws on the relevant parts of the 2004 Technical Rules for Soil Material [TR Boden 2004]. The specific requirements regarding rooting soil layers in Section 7 are largely taken over from the current Section 12 BBodSchV. The specific requirements for the application or introduction above or below the rooting soil layer, in particular with regard to the pollutant content, are standardised in Section 8 and are based on the TR Boden 2004.
Consequential amendments:
Article 3: Amendment of the Landfill Ordinance
The amendment of the Landfill Ordinance shall allow mineral substitute building materials (non-hazardous waste) that have undergone quality control in accordance with the Substitute Building Materials Ordinance to be included in landfill classes DK 0 and DK 1.
Article 4: Amendment of the Commercial Waste Ordinance
The amendment of the Commercial Waste Ordinance shall clarify the link to the Substitute Building Materials Ordinance with regard to the separate collection of mineral waste.
9. Re Article 1:
The objective of the Substitute Building Materials Ordinance is to lay down uniform national provisions for the first time, in order to limit pollutants that may leach into soil or groundwater when mineral substitute building materials are used in engineering structures.
Most federal states have hitherto followed the applicable requirements in LAGA Notice 20 and the TR Boden 2004. However, these are not legally binding, nor are they in line with the latest scientific research.
The legal regulations in the Federal Water Act and the Federal Soil Protection Act provide the necessary framework conditions for determining the pollutant limits of the mineral substitute building materials defined in the ordinance. Aspects of the circular economy and resource protection were taken into account when determining the pollutant limits and the permissible conditions of use for mineral substitute building materials.
Re Article 2:
The objective of the redrafted BBodSchV is to lay down, for the first time, uniform national provisions regarding environmental requirements for the backfilling of excavation sites and open-cast mines. It is based on the TR Boden 2004, which is applied in most federal states, but is not legally binding and not always in line with the latest scientific research.
10. Reference documents - Basic texts: Article 1: No basic text available
Article 2: Federal Soil Protection and Contaminated Contamination Ordinance of 12 July 1999 (BGBl. I p. 1554), as last amended by Article 126 of the Ordinance of 19 June 2020 (BGBl. I p. 1328).
Article 3: Landfill Ordinance of 27 April 2009 (BGBl. I p. 900), as last amended by Article 2 of the Ordinance of 30 June 2020 (BGBl. I p. 1533).
Article 4: Commercial Waste Ordinance of 18 April 2017 (BGBl. I p. 896), as last amended by Article 5(2) of the Law of 23 October 2020 (BGBl. I p. 2232).
Basic texts have been submitted as part of an earlier notification: 2017/176/D
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14. No
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16. TBT aspect
NO – The draft has no significant impact on international trade.
SPS aspect
No – The draft is neither a sanitary or phytosanitary measure
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