Appendix 2
Sampling and test frequency for the following years
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Type of plant |
Criteria |
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) ≤ 1 000 |
1 |
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Input (t) > 1 000 |
number of analyses per year = amount of annual input material (in tonnes)/10 000 tonnes + 1 Minimum 2 and maximum 12 |
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5.2 — PAH |
Input (t) ≤ 10 000 |
0,25 (once per 4 years) |
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10 000 < input (t) ≤ 25 000 |
0,5 (once per 2 years) |
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25 000 < input (t) ≤ 50 000 |
1 |
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50 000 < input (t) ≤ 100 000 |
2 |
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100 000 < input (t) ≤ 150 000 |
3 |
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150 000 < input (t) ≤ 200 000 |
4 |
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200 000 < input (t) ≤ 250 000 |
5 |
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250 000 < input (t) ≤ 300 000 |
6 |
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300 000 < input (t) ≤ 350 000 |
7 |
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350 000 < input (t) ≤ 400 000 |
8 |
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400 000 < input (t) ≤ 450 000 |
9 |
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450 000 < input (t) ≤ 500 000 |
10 |
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500 000 < input (t) ≤ 550 000 |
11 |
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Input (t) > 550 000 |
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 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 |
Output (m3) ≤ 15 000 |
Representative combined sample(s) from 1 batch according EN 12579, once each 4 years |
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15 000 < Output (m3) ≤ 40 000 |
Representative combined sample(s) from 1 batch according EN 12579, each 2 years |
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Output (m3) > 40 000 |
Representative combined sample(s) from 1 batch according EN 12579, each year |
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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 weed seeds and plant propagules 10 — Plant response 11 — Growing media features |
Regardless the input/output |
Representative combined sample(s) from 1 batch according EN 12579 |
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5.2 — PAH |
Regardless the input/output |
Representative combined sample(s) from 1 batch according EN 12579, once each 4 years |