Appendix 1
Sampling and test frequency for the application year
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Type of plant |
Criterion |
Annual input/output |
Test frequency |
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Type 1: Treatment plants for waste or for animal by-products |
5.1 — Limits for heavy metals 5.5 — Limits for E. coli and Salmonella spp. 6 — Stability 7 — Physical contaminants 8 — Organic matter and dry matter 9 — Viable seeds and plant propagules 10 — Plant response 11 — Growing media features |
Input (t) ≤ 3 000 |
1 every 1 000 tonnes input material rounded to the next integer |
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3 000 < input (t) ≤ 20 000 |
4 (one sample every season) |
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Input (t) > 20 000 |
number of analyses per year = amount of annual input material (in tonnes)/10 000 tonne + 1 Minimum 4 and maximum 12 |
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5.2 — PAH |
Input (t) ≤ 3 000 |
1 |
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3 000 < input (t) ≤ 10 000 |
2 |
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10 000 < input (t) ≤ 20 000 |
3 |
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20 000 < input (t) ≤ 40 000 |
4 |
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40 000 < input (t) ≤ 60 000 |
5 |
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60 000 < input (t) ≤ 80 000 |
6 |
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80 000 < input (t) ≤ 100 000 |
7 |
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100 000 < input (t) ≤ 120 000 |
8 |
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120 000 < input (t) ≤ 140 000 |
9 |
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140 000 < input (t) ≤ 160 000 |
10 |
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160 000 < input (t) ≤ 180 000 |
11 |
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Input (t) > 180 000 |
12 |
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Type 2: Product manufacture plants using materials from Type 1 plants |
5.1 — Limits for heavy metals 5.5 — Limits for E. coli and Salmonella spp. 6 — Stability 7 — Physical contaminants 8 — Organic matter and dry matter 9 — Viable seeds and plant propagules 10 — Plant response 11 — Growing media features |
Output (m3) ≤ 5 000 |
Representative combined samples from 2 batches according EN 12579 (1) |
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Output (m3) > 5 000 |
Representative combined samples from 4 batches according EN 12579 |
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5.2 — PAH |
Output (m3) ≤ 5 000 |
Representative combined sample(s) from 1 batch according EN 12579 |
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Output (m3) > 5 000 |
Representative combined samples from 2 batches according EN 12579 |
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Type 3: Product manufacture plants NOT using materials derived from waste or from animal by-products |
5.1 — Limits for heavy metals 5.5 — Limits for E. coli and Salmonella spp. 6 — Stability 7 — Physical contaminants 8 — Organic matter and dry matter 9 — Viable seeds and plant propagules 10 — Plant response 11 — Growing media features |
Output (m3) ≤ 5 000 |
Representative combined sample(s) from 1 batch according EN 12579 |
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Output (m3) > 5 000 |
Representative combined samples from 2 batches according EN 12579 |
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5.2 — PAH |
Regardless the input/output |
Representative combined sample(s) from 1 batch according EN 12579 |
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(1) EN 12579 Soil improvers and growing media. Sampling. |
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