Thirtieth Regulation implementing the Federal Immission Control Act (Ordination on Biological Treatment of Waste-30). BImSchV)

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30. BImSchV

Date of completion: 20.02.2001

Full quote:

" Regulation on the biological treatment of waste facilities of 20 February 2001 (BGBl. I p. 305, 317), as defined by Article 3 of the Regulation of 27 April 2009 (BGBl. I p. 900).

Status:

Amended by Art. 3 V v. 27.4.2009 I 900

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Footnote

(+ + + Text evidence from: 1.3.2001 + + +)
The V has been referred to as Article 2 d. V v. 20.2.2001 I 305 (AbfAblV/BImSchV30 /AbwÄndV) issued by the Federal Government after consultation of the parties concerned with the consent of the Federal Council. She's gem. Article 4 of this V came into force on 1.3.2001. Unofficial table of contents

Content Summary

Part one
	General provisions
§ 1		Scope
§ 2		Definitions
Part two
	Requirements for the establishment, quality and operation of the system
§ 3		Minimum distance
§ 4		Emission-related requirements for delivery, processing, material separation, storage and transport
§ 5		Emission-related requirements for biological treatment, process water and vapor condensates
§ 6		Emission limit values
§ 7		Discharge conditions for exhaust gases
Part Three
	Measurement and monitoring
§ 8		Measuring methods and measuring equipment
§ 9		Continuous measurements
§ 10		Evaluation and evaluation of continuous measurements
§ 11		Single measurements
§ 12		Reports and assessment of individual measurements
§ 13		Malfunction of the holding
Fourth part
	Requirements for Altanlagen
§ 14		Transitional arrangements
Fifth Part
	Common rules
§ 15		Information to the public
§ 16		Approval of exceptions
§ 17		More stringent requirements
§ 18		Irregularities

Part one
General provisions

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§ 1 Scope

(1) This Regulation shall apply to the establishment, nature and operation of installations in which municipal waste and waste which can be disposed of, such as municipal waste, with biological or a combination of biological physical procedures, to the extent that:

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organically stabilised waste as a pre-treatment for deposition or before thermal treatment,

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Heat-rich fractions or substitute fuels are obtained or

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Biogases generated for energy use

(biological waste treatment plants) and they are in need of approval in accordance with § 4 of the Federal Immission Control Act in conjunction with the Regulation on installations requiring approval. (2) This Regulation does not apply to installations which:

1.

for the production of usable compost or biogas exclusively from bio-waste according to § 2 No. 1 of the Biowaste Ordinance of 21 September 1998 (BGBl. 2955) or products or by-products from the agricultural, forestry or fishing industry or sewage sludge in accordance with Article 2 (2) of the Sewage Sludge Ordinance of 15 April 1992 (BGBl. 912), as amended by the Regulation of 6 March 1997 (BGBl I). 446), as well as the use of a mixture of the above substances in cofermentation plants, or

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for the faucting of sewage sludge

(3) This Regulation lays down in particular requirements which, in accordance with Article 5 (1) (2) of the Federal Immission Protection Act, in the establishment and operation of the plants for the prevention of harmful environmental effects by: Air pollution is to be met. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Definitions

For the purposes of this Regulation:

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Exhaust gases containing solid, liquid or gaseous emissions;

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Exhaust gas purification devices for emission reduction of emission-relevant air pollutants in the exhaust gas of the biological waste treatment plant, in particular for emission limitation for odour substances, climate-relevant gases, organic substances and dusts and the reduction of viable and reproductive micro-organisms;

3.

Waste management biological waste treatment plants, for which up to the date of entry into force of this Regulation

a)

An advertisement according to § 67 para. 2 or 7 or § 67a para. 1 of the Federal Immission Protection Act or before the entry into force of the Federal Immission Protection Act had to be made pursuant to § 16 para. 4 of the Gewerbeordnung,

b)

the decision to determine the plan in accordance with § 7 (1) of the Waste Act of 27 August 1986 (BGBl. 1410, 1501), on the establishment and operation of the system;

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The decision to determine the plan pursuant to section 31 (2) or the authorisation pursuant to section 31 (3) of the German Circular Economy and Waste Act of 27 September 1994 (BGBl. 2705) on the establishment and operation of the system;

d)

it has been authorised in accordance with § 31 (2) of the Circular Economic and Waste Act to the start of the implementation in accordance with § 33 (1) of the German Circular Economic and Waste Act prior to the determination of the plan,

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the approval pursuant to § 4 or § 16 of the Federal Immission Protection Act is granted for the establishment and operation of the Federal Immission Control Act; or

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A partial approval pursuant to § 8, an admission early in accordance with § 8a or an advance notice pursuant to § 9 of the German Federal Immission Control Act, to the extent that requirements are laid down in accordance with Section 5 (1) No. 2 of the Federal Immission Protection Act;

4.

Waste arising from any solid or liquid waste produced in the biological waste treatment plant;

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wastes with biodegradable waste of high organic content in the sense of the waste referred to in Annex 1 (1) of the Biowaste Regulation and other wastes with a high biodegradability proportion which are due to their nature or Composition such as municipal waste disposal, in particular sewage sludge from waste water treatment plants for the treatment of urban waste water or waste water with similarly low levels of pollution, faeces, faecal sludge, residues Waste water treatment plants, water purification sludge, construction waste and production-specific waste. This includes waste from the treatment of municipal waste and waste as set out in the first sentence;

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Biological waste treatment plant waste treatment plant, in which municipal waste or other waste with biodegradable fractions is treated with biological or a combination of biological with physical processes, to the extent that: biological stabilised wastes, heating-rich fractions, substitute fuels or bio-gases. The biological waste treatment plant shall include in particular:

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the biological treatment facilities of the feedstocks or the waste produced under aerobic conditions (rotting) or under anaerobic conditions (fermentation) with their discharge, entry, air and exhaust-gas management and conversion systems, and

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the mechanical processing equipment or the physical separation of the starting materials or waste as pre-treatment and post-treatment facilities before and after the biological treatment (such as for the deposition or removal of waste); Sorting of metals, foils or other materials, for dewatering, for homogenising or mixing, for classifying or sorting by sieving, wind sifting or hydraulic separation, for pelletizing, for drying, for pressing or for pressing, or for sorting by means of a method for the production of a product. to crushing),

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equipment for delivery, inspection and discharge of the starting materials, the storage of the starting materials and the waste produced, as well as the transport, handling and metering of the waste,

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the facilities for the collection of exhaust gas,

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the equipment for the purification of exhaust gases and for the treatment of process waters and vapour condensates,

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the facilities for the exhaust gas discharge into the atmosphere,

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facilities for operational control of treatment operations and interim storage, and for monitoring treatment and storage conditions; and

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equipment for monitoring emissions;

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All municipal waste or other waste with biodegradable components supplied to a biological waste treatment plant;

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Emission of air pollutants emitted by a biological waste treatment plant, which shall be indicated as:

a)

Mass concentration in the unit milligram per cubic metre (mg/cbm), based on the volume of exhaust gas in the standard state (273 K, 1013 hPa) after deduction of moisture content of water vapour,

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Mass ratio in unit grams per megagramm (g/mg) as a ratio of mass of the substances emitted to the mass of feed materials supplied in the delivery state,

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Odour concentration in unit odor unit per cubic metre (GE/cbm) as an olfactory-measured ratio of volume flows upon dilution of an exhaust gas sample with neutral air to the odour threshold, expressed as a multiple of the Odour threshold;

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Emission limit values for emissions in the exhaust gas, which are assessed in accordance with the criteria laid down in § 10 (4) and § 12 (2);

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municipal waste from household waste, as well as waste from other sources of origin which, by virtue of their nature or composition, are similar to waste from household appliances, in particular household waste, bulky waste, household waste-like commercial waste, Garden and parking waste, market waste and road cleaning waste.

Part two
Requirements for the establishment, quality and operation of the system

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§ 3 Minimum distance

For the construction of biological waste treatment plants, a minimum distance of 300 metres to the next existing residential building, or fixed in a development plan, should not be undershot. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 Emission-related requirements for delivery, preparation, separation of materials and storage and transport

(1) unloading points, storage bunkers or other equipment for the delivery, transport and storage of the starting materials shall be constructed in enclosed spaces with locks in which the air pressure by suction in the sluice area or is to be kept less than atmospheric pressure in the area of loading and unloading and storage. The extracted exhaust gas is to be supplied to an exhaust gas purification device. (2) Machinery, equipment or other equipment for the mechanical treatment or physical separation of the starting materials or the waste (for example by Crushing, classifying, sorting, mixing, homogenizing, dewatering, drying, pelletizing, pressing) are to be encapsulated. To the extent that a gas-tight design, in particular at the task, discharge or transfer points, is not possible or is only partially possible, the exhaust gas streams of these devices must be detected and fed to an exhaust gas purification device. Exhaust gas flows as referred to in the second sentence of paragraph 1 and the second sentence of paragraph 2 may also be used as supply air for the process air required during the rotting process. (4) Closed containers are to be used for the removal of dusty goods. (5) The routes in the area of Biological waste treatment plant with a cover layer of asphalt road construction materials, in cement concrete or equivalent material and to clean them in accordance with the degree of soiling. It is necessary to ensure that significant pollution caused by vehicles after leaving the plant area is avoided or eliminated, for example by means of tyre washing systems or regular cleaning of the routes. Unofficial table of contents

§ 5 Emissions related requirements for biological treatment, process water and vapour condensates

(1) Facilities for the biological treatment of feedstocks or waste produced under aerobic conditions (rotting) or under anaerobic conditions (fermentation) shall be capsules or constructed in closed spaces with locks, in that the air pressure is to be kept less than atmospheric pressure by suction in the sluice or in the biological treatment area. To the extent that a gas-tight design is not possible or only partially possible at the task, discharge or transfer points and during the transfer of the red material, the exhaust gas streams are to be detected and fed to an exhaust gas purification device. (3) The biogas produced during the fermentation process in a wet or dry fermentation process is a gas purification plant for the production of waste gas. to be converted into a usable gas, provided that it is not directly converted into a usable gas (4) possibilities for emissions through the use of low-emission processes and technologies, for example, by multiple use of exhaust gas as process air during the rotting process, or a (5) The conveying and storage systems as well as the plant-internal treatment facilities for process water and vapour condensates are so and to ensure that there are no relevant diffuse emissions can go out. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6 Emission limits

The operator must set up and operate the biological waste treatment plant in such a way that, in accordance with § 4 (1) sentence 2 and 2 sentence 2 and section 5 (1) sentence 2 and 2 (2), the waste gas streams destined for discharge into the atmosphere are

1.

no daily average value exceeds the following emission limit values:

a)	Total dust	10 mg/cbm
b)	organic substances, expressed as total carbon,	20 mg/cbm

2.

no half-hourly average value exceeds the following emission limit values:

a)	Total dust	30 mg/cbm
b)	organic substances, expressed as total carbon,	40 mg/cbm

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no monthly average value, determined as a mass ratio in accordance with Article 10 (2), exceeds the following emission limit values:

a)	Nitrous oxide	100 g/Mg
b)	organic substances, expressed as total carbon,	55 g/Mg

4.

no measured value of a sample exceeds the following emission limit value:

Odour substances	500 GE/cbm
and

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No mean value, calculated over the sampling time, exceeds the following emission limit values:

Dioxins/furans, expressed as a sum value in accordance with the Annex to the 17. BImSchV,

0.1 ng/cbm.

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§ 7 Conditions of discharge for exhaust gases

The operator must derive the exhaust gas flows in accordance with the second sentence of section 4 (1) and (2) and § 5 (1) sentence 2 and (2) in such a way that undisturbed transport is carried out with the free air flow; a discharge via chimneys is required.

Part Three
Measurement and monitoring

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§ 8 Measurement procedures and measuring equipment

(1) The measurements shall be carried out following the determination of the competent authority, which shall be sufficiently large, easily accessible and so obtained, and shall be selected in such a way as to ensure representative and impeccable measurements. (2) For measurements to determine the emissions and to determine the reference and operating parameters, the measurement procedures and the appropriate measuring equipment corresponding to the state of the measurement technology shall be determined after detailed determination of the relevant (3) The proper installation of Measuring equipment for continuous monitoring shall be accompanied by a certificate issued by a body designated by the competent authority in accordance with the law of the country. (4) The operator shall have measuring equipment which shall be used for the continuous determination of the emissions are to be calibrated by a body known by the competent authority in accordance with national law before the plant is put into operation and to be checked once a year for operation; the calibration is prior to commissioning a substantially amended installation, otherwise at a distance of three years Repeat. The reports on the outcome of the calibration and the verification of the functioning shall be submitted to the competent authority within eight weeks of receipt of the reports. Unofficial table of contents

§ 9 Continuous Measurements

The operator shall:

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the mass concentrations of emissions in accordance with Article 6 (1) and (2),

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the mass concentrations of the emissions of nitrous oxide and

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the reference quantities required for the evaluation and evaluation of the proper operation, in particular exhaust gas temperature, exhaust gas volume flow, pressure, moisture content of water vapour and mass of the feed materials supplied in the delivery condition

continuously to be determined, to be registered and to be evaluated in accordance with § 10 (1) and (2). Measuring devices for the moisture content of water vapor are not necessary, as far as the exhaust gas is dried before determining the mass concentration of the emissions. Unofficial table of contents

§ 10 Evaluation and evaluation of continuous measurements

(1) During the operation of the biological waste treatment plant, the half-hourly average value shall be calculated from the measured values in accordance with § 9 sentence 1 for each successive half-hour, and shall be converted to the conditions set out in § 2 No. 8 (a). From the half-hourly average values, the daily average value, based on the day-to-day operating time, including the start-up or depreciation operations, shall be made. (2) From the daily average values of the daily average values of the Mass concentrations for organic substances, expressed as total carbon, and for nitrous oxide and the amount of exhaust gas as the daily sum of the exhaust gas flows in accordance with § 4 (1) sentence 2 and subsection 2 sentence 2 and § 5 (1) sentence 2 and subsection 2 are the emitted To determine the daily mass of these air pollutants. The monthly masses emitted during the operation of the biological waste treatment plant are to be formed from the emitted daily masses. The monthly amount of fuel is to be recorded as a monthly sum of the feed materials supplied in the delivery state. The mass ratio in accordance with Article 2 (8) (b) shall be calculated from the emitted monthly masses in accordance with the second sentence and the monthly amount of fuel after the third sentence. (3) On the evaluation of the continuous measurements and the determination of the The operator shall draw up a measurement report and submit it within three months of the end of each calendar year to the competent authority. The operator must keep records of the measuring instruments after the measurement report has been produced for five years. Sentence 1 shall not apply to the extent that the competent authority has prescribed the telemetric transmission of the measurement results. (4) The emission limit values are complied with if no daily average value according to § 6 No. 1, no half-hourly average value according to § 6 No. 2 and no monthly average value according to § 6 no. 3 exceeds the respective emission limit value. Unofficial table of contents

§ 11 Individual measurements

(1) After the establishment or substantial modification of the biological waste treatment plant, the operator has measurements of a body known in accordance with § 26 of the Federal Immission Protection Act to determine whether the requirements of § 6 No. 4 and 5 is to be carried out. The measurements shall be carried out in the period of 12 months after the start of the service every two months at least on one day, and thereafter at least once every twelve months at least three days. These are to be carried out if the installations are operated with the highest performance for which they are authorised for continuous operation in the case of the starting materials used during the measurement. (2) For each individual measurement, each emission source shall be: at least three samples are taken. The olfactometric analysis shall be carried out immediately after sampling. (3) After the establishment or substantial modification of the biological waste treatment plant, the competent authority may, from the operator, carry out measurements of a waste treatment plant according to § 26 of the Federal Immission Control Act (Federal Immission Protection Act) to determine whether the operation of the plant in the neighbourhood evoked odour emissions, which caused considerable annoyance within the meaning of Section 3 (1) of the The Federal Immission Control Act (Federal Immission Control Act). For the determination of the immission load, olfactory findings are to be carried out within the scope of the hisses. The measurements shall be carried out after the undisturbed operation has been reached, but no later than 12 months after commissioning. These are to be carried out if the installations are operated with the highest performance for which they are authorised for continuous operation in the case of the starting materials used during the measurement. Unofficial table of contents

§ 12 Reports and assessment of individual measurements

(1) The operator shall draw up a measurement report on the results of the measurements in accordance with § 11 and submit it without delay to the competent authority. The measurement report shall contain information on the measurement planning, the result of each individual measurement, the measurement procedure used and the operating conditions which are relevant for the assessment of the measurement results. (2) The emission limit values according to § 6 Points 4 and 5 shall be deemed to be complied with if no result of a single measurement exceeds these emission limit values. Unofficial table of contents

§ 13 disturbances of the operation

(1) The operator shall notify the competent authorities without delay of measurements and other obvious perceptions that requirements for the operation of the installations or for the limitation of emissions are not being met. It shall immediately take the necessary measures to ensure proper operation. (2) The Authority shall establish the period for technically unavoidable shutdowns, disturbances or failures of the exhaust gas purification devices, while the emission limit values according to § 6 may be deviated under certain conditions. The continued operation of the biological waste treatment facility shall not exceed eight consecutive hours and 96 hours within a calendar year, subject to the conditions set out in the first sentence. The emission of total dust must not exceed a mass concentration of 100 milligrams per cubic metre of exhaust gas, measured as half-hourly average value; § 2 no.8 shall apply. (3) When the exhaust gas purification devices are at a standstill, to derive the exhaust gas which has been sucked off in accordance with § 7. Where standstill periods of more than eight hours are to be expected, the operator shall take additional measures and inform the competent authority of this without delay.

Fourth part
Requirements for Altanlagen

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Section 14 Transitional arrangements

(1) Altanlagen shall be subject to the requirements of this Regulation at the end of five years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation. (2) A biological waste treatment plant shall be provided by the addition of one or more other treatment facilities in the If it is extended that the existing and newly created treatment facilities form a joint installation, the requirements for the new treatment facilities shall be determined in accordance with the provisions of the second and second the third part and the requirements for the existing facilities in accordance with the Provisions of Part Four of this Regulation.

Fifth Part
Common rules

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Section 15 Information to the public

The operator of the biological waste treatment plant has the public after the first-time calibration of the measuring equipment for the continuous determination of the emissions in accordance with § 8 para. 4 and first-time individual measurements according to § 11 para. 1 once annually and after measurements according to § 11 (3) on the assessment of the measurements of emissions to be informed. The competent authority may lay down the type and form of the public information subheading. The provisions of sentences 1 and 2 shall not apply to such indications from which conclusions can be drawn on business or trade secrets. By way of derogation from sentences 1 and 2, operators of undertakings which are included in the list of Council Regulation (EEC) No 1836/93 of 29 June 1993 on the voluntary participation of industrial undertakings in a Community scheme for the Environmental management and audit (OJ C 139, 30.4.2004, p. EC No 1), which replace information to the public by means of documents drawn up under the environmental management system, provided that the necessary information is provided. Unofficial table of contents

Section 16 Approval of exceptions

By way of derogation from the encapsulation of facilities for biological treatment or its execution in closed rooms with locks and the complete feeding of the equipment as defined in § 5 (2) of the Rotting process, as defined in § 5 (1) sentence 1 for exhaust gas purification, the competent authority may, at the request of the operator, in the case of multi-stage biological treatment, post-treatment under aerobic conditions (post-rotting) in non-encapsulated facilities or in non-enclosed facilities. closed spaces without exhaust gas detection and exhaust gas purification, if the Post-rotting waste the value of 20 mg 02 /g dry matter, determined as a respiratory activity in accordance with Annex 4, point 3.3.1 of the Landfill Regulation of 27 April 2009 (BGBl. I p. 900), and other operational measures are taken to ensure that the protection against harmful environmental effects is otherwise done. Unofficial table of contents

Section 17 Further requirements

The power of the competent authority to meet other or more stringent requirements, in particular in order to avoid harmful environmental effects in accordance with Section 5 (1) (1) of the Federal Immission Control Act, shall remain unaffected. Unofficial table of contents

§ 18 Administrative Offences

Contrary to the provisions of Section 62 (1) (2) of the Federal Immission Protection Act, who intentionally or negligently acts

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Contrary to § 6, an installation is not properly constructed or is not properly operated,

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, contrary to § 8 (4) sentence 1, a measuring instrument shall not be calibrated or not calibrated in time or shall not be checked in time or shall not be checked in time or the calibration is repeated or not repeated in time

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Contrary to § 8 (4) sentence 2, § 10 (3) sentence 1 or § 12 (1) sentence 1, a report shall not be submitted or not submitted in due time,

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Contrary to § 9, sentence 1, the mass concentrations of the emissions or a reference quantity referred to therein shall not be evaluated correctly or in full,

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shall not retain a record, or not at least five years, contrary to the second sentence of Article 10 (3),

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, contrary to Article 11 (1) sentence 1 or 2, a measurement cannot be carried out or cannot be carried out on time

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Contrary to § 13 (1) sentence 1, a communication does not make, not correct, not complete or not in good time, or

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Contrary to § 15 sentence 1, the public is not informed, not correct, not fully or in good time.