Message 002
Communication from the Commission - TRIS/(2023) 00552
Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Translation of the message 001
Notification: 2023/0096/NL
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: 202300552.EN)
1. MSG 002 IND 2023 0096 NL EN 08-03-2023 NL NOTIF
2. NL
3A. Ministerie van Financiën
Belastingdienst/ Douane centrale dienst voor in- en uitvoer
3B. Ministerie van Infrastructuur en Waterstaat
Hoofddirectie Bestuurlijke en Juridsiche Zaken
Afdeling Water, Infrastructuur en Omgevingsrecht
4. 2023/0096/NL - B00
5. Amendment of Annex C to the Soil Quality Regulation, laying down rules for the implementation of soil quality in relation to the insertion of standards documents and updating of several standards documents
6. Inspection of batches of soil, building materials and granular waste;
Laboratory analysis accreditation scheme for soil, water bottom and groundwater investigations;
Field work in environmentally sound soil and water bottom investigations.
7. -
8. The draft measure includes updates to pre-existing and previously notified standards documents as well as new standards documents. All standards documents contain technical requirements.
The Soil Quality Regulation [Regeling bodemkwaliteit] implements the Soil Quality Decree [Besluit bodemkwaliteit], the Water Act [Waterwet], the Soil Protection Act [Wet bodembescherming] and the Environmental Management Act [Wet milieubeheer]. The Regulation governs, inter alia, how the quality of the building materials, soil and dredging spoils to be used is determined and how the applicable standards are tested. The Regulation refers to standards documents which are applied when granting licences and approvals that companies and people must have in order to be allowed to carry out certain activities. The standards documents also state how companies must carry out these activities. The standards documents are jointly developed by industry and government. The standards documents are not static. Innovations and changing insights may lead to amendments of standards documents. The industry expressly wishes the Soil Quality Regulation to be in line with the above-mentioned documents, so that, in practice, work can be done according to the newest insights and techniques. For this reason, references to the standards documents are updated periodically. The draft amending Regulation includes such an update. Similar amendments to the Soil Quality Regulation have already been made, which were also notified to the European Commission at the time in accordance with Directive (EU) 2015/1535.
All standards documents referred to have been checked for possible incompatibility with the European Construction Products Regulation (Regulation (EU) No 305/2011 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 9 March 2011 laying down harmonised conditions for the marketing of construction products and repealing Council Directive 89/106/EEC).
A mutual recognition provision is included in Article 13(3) of the Soil Quality Decree.
The Technical Requirements as set out in the amended standards documents to be designated for products (soil, dredging spoils and building materials) relate only to the way in which it is established that they meet the environmental quality requirements necessary to protect soil and surface water. These environmental quality requirements are included in the Soil Quality Regulation, and remain unchanged. There is no harmonised European regulation for these environmental quality requirements.
9. This Regulation implements,inter alia, the Soil Quality Decree, the Environmental Management Act, the Soil Protection Act and the Water Act. Please refer to the notification of the Soil Quality Decree (case number 2006/0496/NL) for the reasoning.
The measure is intended to protect the environment. It is suitable and necessary for this purpose. Other, less burdensome measures are not available to achieve this objective. The requirements apply equally to Dutch products and imported products; they are therefore non-discriminatory.
10. Numbers or titles of basic texts: The Soil Quality Decree serves as the basis for the ministerial regulation.
The basic texts were forwarded with a previous notification: 2021/0888/NL: 2019/509/NL
11. No
12. -
13. No
14. No
15. Yes
16. TBT aspect
NO - The draft does not have a major impact on international trade.
SPS aspect
NO - The draft does not have a major impact on international trade.
No, the draft is neither a sanitary nor a phytosanitary measure.
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European Commission
Contact point Directive (EU) 2015/1535
Fax: +32 229 98043
email: grow-dir2015-1535-central@ec.europa.eu
