Type of plant

Criteria

Annual input/output

Test frequency

Type 1: Waste/animal by-product treatment plants

Input (t) ≤ 1 000

1

Input (t)> 1 000

number of analyses per year = amount of annual input material (in tonnes)/10 000 tonne + 1

Minimum 2 and maximum 12

Input (t) ≤ 10 000

0,25 (once every 4 years)

10 001 < input (t) < 25 000

0,5 (once every 2 years)

25 001 < input (t) < 50 000

1

50 001 < input (t) < 100 000

2

100 001 < input (t) < 150 000

3

150 001 < input (t) < 200 000

4

200 001 < input (t) < 250 000

5

250 001 < input (t) < 300 000

6

300 001 < input (t) < 350 000

7

350 001 < input (t) < 400 000

8

400 001 < input (t) < 450 000

9

450 001 < input (t) < 500 000

10

500 001 < input (t) < 550 000

11

Input (t) ≥ 550 000

12

Type 2: Product manufacture plants using materials derived from waste/animal by-product, except those that are waste treatment plants

Output (m3) ≤ 5 000

Representative combined samples from 1 different batch in accordance with EN 12579

Output (m3) > 5 000

Representative combined samples from 2 different batches in accordance with EN 12579

Output (m3) ≤ 15 000

Representative combined samples from 1 batch in accordance with EN 12579, once every 4 years

15 000 < Output (m3) < 40 000

Representative combined samples from 1 batch in accordance with EN 12579, every two years

Output (m3) ≥ 40 000

Representative combined samples from 1 batch in accordance with EN 12579, every year

Type 3: Product manufacture plants NOT using materials derived from waste/animal by-product

Regardless of the input/output

Representative combined samples from 1 batch in accordance with EN 12579

Regardless of the input/output

Representative combined samples from 1 batch in accordance with EN 12579, once every 4 years