Environmental Statistics Act (UStatG)

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UStatG

Date of completion: 16.08.2005

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" Environmental Statistics Act of 16 August 2005 (BGBl. I p. 2446), as defined by Article 6 of the Law of 28 July 2015 (BGBl. I p. 1400)

Status:	Last amended by Art. 1 G v. 15.11.2014 I 1724
Note:	Amendment by Art. 6 G v. 28.7.2015 I 1400 (No 32) in a textual, documentary form not yet concludedly edited

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The G was referred to as Art. 1 d. G v. 16.8.2005 I 2446 (UStatStraffG) issued by the Bundestag with the consent of the Bundesrat. It's gem. Article 2, first sentence, of this G entered into force on 20 August 2005. The G dissolves the UStatG v. 21.9.1994 I 2530. Unofficial table of contents

§ 1 Purposes of environmental statistics, arrangement as federal statistics

Surveys are carried out as federal statistics for the purposes of environmental policy and for the fulfilment of European and international reporting requirements. Unofficial table of contents

§ 2 Surveys, reference year

(1) The statistics shall comprise the surveys

1.

waste disposal (§ 3),

2.

the waste to be carried out by evidence (§ 4),

3.

the disposal of certain wastes (§ 5),

4.

public water supply and public waste water disposal (§ 7),

5.

the non-public water supply and the non-public waste water disposal (§ 8),

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accidents when dealing with and in the transport of and installations for handling substances hazardous to water (§ 9),

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of certain climate-effective substances (§ 10),

8.

environmental protection expenditure (§ 11),

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of goods and services for the protection of the environment (§ 12).

(2) The surveys shall cover the economic activities referred to in Annex I to Regulation (EC) No 1893/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 December 2006 establishing the statistical classification of economic activities NACE Revision 2 , and amending Council Regulation (EEC) No 3037/90 as well as certain EC Regulations on certain statistical domains (OJ L 327, 30.4.2004, p. EU No 1), as amended. (3) The reference year shall be the calendar year or financial year preceding the date of the survey, unless otherwise specified below. Unofficial table of contents

§ 3 Collection of waste disposal

(1) The survey shall cover, starting with the reference year 2006, the following survey characteristics for the operators of equipment in need of authorisation in which waste is disposed of:

1.

Yearly:

a)

the nature, quantity, nature, origin, fate and disposal methods of the treated, stored or deposited and the waste, secondary raw materials and products resulting from the treatment, the intended use of the produced compost, and the Fermentation residues,

b)

the number, type and location of the installations;

2.

Biannually:

a)

the capacity of the installations, and in the case of landfills, the estimated operating time after the date of 31 December of the reference year;

b)

the nature of the landfill sealing system, the type of seepage water treatment, the type of degassing and the purification of the exhaust gas, and the treatment of the combustion residues,

c)

The volume and fate of the energy sources obtained in the context of waste disposal and, in so far as they are not covered by the Energy Statistics Act, production and fate of energy, in accordance with the type and quantity.

(2) The survey collects annually, beginning with the reference year 2006, in the case of the waste disposal providers and third parties responsible under the Circular Economy Act, insofar as these transfer obligations and disposal obligations are transferred or they are fulfilled with the fulfilment of these requirements. , the collection characteristics are collected and whereabout of waste by type, quantity and origin. The survey characteristics shall be indicated in the regional breakdown by county and non-circular cities. (3) The survey shall cover at most 20 000 establishments and other workplaces every four years, beginning with the reference year 2010, which shall be: Survey characteristic generation of waste by type and quantity. Unofficial table of contents

§ 4 Collection of wastes to be carried out on the basis of proof

The survey shall be collected annually, beginning with the reference year 2006, with the competent authorities.

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for hazardous waste, to be carried out on the basis of the evidence, the survey characteristics

a)

the nature and quantity of the waste delivered by the producer or in its own facilities or otherwise treated, stored and deposited;

b)

waste producers by economic activities and their producer number,

2.

for shipments of waste within, through and out of the scope of this Act, the survey characteristics

a)

the nature and quantity of the waste by the country of origin and destination;

b)

Type of disposal and recovery.

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§ 5 Collection of the disposal of certain wastes

(1) The survey shall cover every two years, beginning with the reference year 2006, in the case of the operators of installations for the treatment and recovery of construction and demolition waste, the survey characteristics

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the type and quantity of waste used in the plant,

2.

the nature and quantity of the products obtained and the waste produced;

3.

Number, type and location of the installation,

4.

Capacity of the asset.

Where the use of non-stationary installations covers several countries, the survey characteristics shall be recorded separately for each country. (2) The survey shall cover annually, starting with the reference year 2006, with the enterprises that used Sales packaging as pledge according to the Packaging Ordinance, as commissioned third parties or as system operator within the meaning of § 6 para. 3 of the Packaging Ordinance, to take back or pick up as well as to companies, the transport and repackaging the collection characteristics of the type, quantity and whereabout of the packaging, by country. (3) The survey covers annually, starting with the reference year 2006, with the companies, institutions and public-sector waste disposal providers, which with the collection, treatment or disposal of electrical and electronic equipment in accordance with the Electrical and Electronic Equipment Act of 16 March 2005 (BGBl. 762) in the current version, the characteristics of the survey characteristics, the quantity and the whereabilty of the equipment. Unofficial table of contents

§ 6 Preparation and publication of the waste statistics surveys

(1) The Federal Statistical Office prepares the surveys according to § § § 3 to 5 annually in the form of balance sheets, which represent the emergence, recovery and disposal of waste. (2) The Federal Statistical Office publishes the results of the surveys in accordance with § § 3 to 5 as well as the balance sheets referred to in paragraph 1 at the latest 18 months after the end of the reference year. Unofficial table of contents

Section 7 Collection of public water supply and public waste water disposal

(1) The survey shall cover all three years, beginning with the 2007 reference year, in the case of institutions, bodies, undertakings and other bodies operating the public water supply system, the survey characteristics

1.

Extraction by water species, quantity and location of the extraction plant,

2.

Reference and supply of water by quantity, supply and customer groups,

3.

Supply of water to the final consumer according to the quantity and number of inhabitants served (as of 30 June of the reporting year) according to municipalities and assigned to water catchment areas and river basins, as well as

4.

Own demand and measurement difference according to quantity.

(2) The survey shall cover all three years, beginning with the 2007 reference year, in the case of institutions, entities, undertakings and other bodies operating public waste water disposal facilities, the survey characteristics

1.

Channel network by type, length and year of construction, as well as the number and storage capacity of the rain relief installations in each municipality and in accordance with the status of 31 December of the reporting year,

2.

the nature, quantity and whereabation of the water collected, foreign and rainwater collected and the place of discharge of the waste water;

3.

Type of treatment of water, dirt, and precipitation water,

4.

Number of residents and residents of sewage plants according to the status of 30 June of the year under review and their dirty water by local authorities,

5.

Quantity of waste water introduced or untreated after treatment in waste water treatment plants, as well as the respective concentrations and rates of pollutants and pollutant groups in accordance with the Waste Water Tax Act and the place of introduction of the waste water Waste water,

6.

the size of the installations,

7.

Sewage sludge after quantity, treatment, condition, whereabout and recovery as well as the area used for the application.

The survey referred to in the first sentence of paragraph 7 shall be carried out annually, beginning with the reference year 2006. (3) The survey shall be carried out in the case of the municipalities or third parties responsible for public water supply and public waste water disposal, in so far as they are those tasks have been entrusted or have been entrusted with the performance of the tasks, every three years, starting with the 2007 reference year, the survey characteristics

1.

the number of inhabitants not connected to the public water supply according to the status of 30 June of the reference year;

2.

Number of residents not connected to public waste water installations according to the status of 30 June of the reference year,

3.

Type of waste water treatment and waste water treatment of residents not connected to public waste water disposal.

(4) The collection characteristics referred to in paragraphs 1 to 3 shall be collected separately for each country separately from the water supply and the waste water disposal of several countries. Unofficial table of contents

§ 8 Collection of non-public water supply and non-public sewage disposal

The survey shall be carried out in the case of non-public establishments which obtain water or which have a foreign reference to water of at least 10,000 cubic metres per year, and in the case of establishments which initiate water or waste water into water bodies, every three years, starting from: with the reference year 2007, the survey characteristics

1.

for water abstracting

a)

Extraction of water by water, as well as the supply and supply of water, in accordance with quantity,

b)

Use of water by quantity, separately according to areas of application of single, multiple and circulatory use,

c)

Origin and whereabout of the unused water and waste water according to quantity and location of the waste water discharge point,

2.

for waste water treatment

a)

type of waste water treatment,

b)

Quantity of waste water introduced or untreated after treatment in waste water treatment plants, as well as the respective concentrations and rates of pollutants and pollutant groups in accordance with the law on waste water and the place of introduction of the waste water Waste water,

c)

Sewage sludge after quantity, treatment and whereabout according to the status of 31 December of the reference year.

In the case of holdings which carry out the water supply and waste water disposal for other companies, the branch of the main contractor is also charged. Unofficial table of contents

Section 9 Surveys of accidents in the handling and transport of and installations for the handling of substances hazardous to water

(1) The survey shall cover annually, starting with the reference year 2006, the survey characteristics in the case of the authorities responsible under national law for the reception of advertisements on the accidents in the handling of substances hazardous to water.

1.

the place and date of the accident, in the alternative date of determination,

2.

the nature of the installation, in accordance with the intended use and the location conditions specified for the assessment of the accident,

3.

Cause of the accident,

4.

the nature, quantity and relevant water hazard class of the regained and recovered substance;

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Consequences of accidents,

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Measures for the elimination of damage.

(2) The survey shall be carried out on a yearly basis, beginning with the reference year 2006, in the case of the authorities responsible under national law for the reception of accidents at the time of the transport of substances hazardous to water and for the elimination of accident consequences. the survey characteristics

1.

the nature of the means of transport and of the enclosure;

2.

the place and date of the accident, in the alternative date of determination,

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Cause of the accident,

4.

the nature, quantity and relevant water hazard class of the substance being transported, discharged and recovered, divided into the cargo and the operating material of the vehicle used,

5.

Consequences of accidents,

6.

Measures for the elimination of damage.

(3) An accident within the meaning of paragraphs 1 and 2 shall apply to the presence of a non-insignificant quantity of water-hazardous substances in respect of the protection of the aquatic environment. (4) The survey shall be carried out in the case of the authorities responsible under national law for the approval of: Installations for the handling of substances hazardous to water, which are particularly covered by statutory monitoring measures, every five years, starting with the 2009 reference year, the survey characteristics

1.

the nature and location of the installation, in accordance with the intended use and the location conditions,

2.

Construction, year of construction and capacity of the plant,

3.

The type and the relevant water hazard class of the substance.

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Section 10 Collection of certain climate-effective substances

(1) The survey shall cover undertakings, the fluorine derivatives of aliphatic and cyclic hydrocarbons having up to ten carbon atoms

1.

making, importing or executing, or

2.

use, in quantities of more than 20 kilograms per substance per year, for the manufacture, maintenance, maintenance or cleaning of products,

the nature and quantity of the substances as such or in preparations. (1a) The survey referred to in paragraph 1 is carried out on an annual basis,

1.

starting with the 2006 reporting year for fluorine derivatives of up to six carbon atoms, and

2.

starting with the 2015 reporting year for fluorine derivatives with up to ten carbon atoms.

(2) The survey shall cover companies, the sulphur hexafluoride or nitrogen trifluoride.

1.

making, importing or executing, or

2.

in quantities of more than 200 kilograms per year domestiated,

the survey characteristic quantity of the substance and, in the case of point 2, also the intended use. The survey does not cover companies which manufacture products and equipment which require sulphur hexafluoride or nitrogen trifluoride to function. (2a) The survey referred to in paragraph 2 is carried out annually,

1.

starting with the 2006 reference year for sulphur hexafluoride and

2.

starting with the 2015 reporting year for nitrogen trifluoride.

(3) The Federal Statistical Office shall be responsible for the collection and processing of the information referred to in paragraph 2. Unofficial table of contents

Section 11 Collection of expenditure on environmental protection

(1) The survey shall cover undertakings and undertakings in the mining and quarting industries, manufacturing industries, energy supply, water supply, waste water and waste disposal and disposal of waste and disposal of waste, waste and waste disposal. Environmental pollution:

1.

each year, starting with the reference year 2008, for a maximum of 10,000 units, the survey characteristics, investments and the value of the additional rented and pased property, which are used exclusively or primarily for the protection of the environment, by type of investment and plant,

2.

Every three years, starting with the reference year 2010, at 10,000 survey units, the survey characteristic of current expenses for measures which exclusively or primarily serve the protection of the environment, in the manner of the application.

The survey characteristics shall be recorded in the following areas:

1.

waste management,

2.

Water protection,

3.

noise control,

4.

Air pollution control,

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climate protection,

6.

Nature conservation and landscape conservation,

7.

Soil remediation.

The Federal Statistical Office conducts the survey in accordance with the first sentence of 1 no. 2. (2) The survey covers every three years after years, beginning with the reporting years 2008 to 2010, for all operators of public water supply systems and Wastewater disposal The survey characteristics Water charges for the water supply and wastewater charges for wastewater disposal in each case to municipalities. Unofficial table of contents

§ 12 Collection of goods and services for the protection of the environment

The survey shall cover a maximum of 15,000

a)

Mining and quarting operations, the production of goods and the construction of goods and construction services, and the manufacture of goods and construction services, and

b)

Architecture and engineering offices, institutes and facilities providing technical, physical and chemical investigations, consultations and other environmental services;

annually, starting with the reference year 2006, for goods and services which serve the protection of the environment, the survey characteristics

1.

Turnover by type of goods, construction and service, in each case separately according to domestic and foreign buyers,

2.

Number of persons employed in the survey units with the manufacture of goods and the provision of construction and services for environmental protection.

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§ 13 auxiliary characteristics

(1) auxiliary characteristics of the surveys are:

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the name, name and address and telephone numbers and addresses for electronic mail of the units included in the surveys;

2.

name and telephone numbers or addresses for electronic mail of the person available for inquiries,

3.

in addition to the name and address of the waste producers in accordance with Section 4 (1),

4.

in the case of the survey according to § 7, in the case of information on foreign reference and forwarding within the country, the name and seat of the supplier, or Decreasing supply company,

5.

in the case of the surveys referred to in Article 5 (1), the name and address of the tenants or the wage-earnders of the installations,

6.

For the surveys according to § 3 (1) additional producer and disposal number.

(2) With the aid characteristics referred to in paragraph 1 (3), (5) and (6), the survey characteristics may be brought together in accordance with § § 3 to 5. Unofficial table of contents

§ 14 The obligation to provide information

(1) The surveys provided for in this Act shall be subject to the obligation to provide information. The information on § 13 para. 1 no. 2 is voluntary. (2) Information required for the surveys according to

1.

§ 3

a)

in the case referred to in paragraph 1, the holders or lines of the equipment referred to,

b)

in the case of paragraph 2, the disposal carriers and third parties in so far as they have been entrusted with these recovery and disposal obligations or have been entrusted with the performance of such disposal,

c)

in the case of paragraph 3, the holders or owners of the establishments and other workplaces,

2.

§ 4

a)

in the case of point 1, the authorities responsible for the proofs of hazardous waste,

b)

in the case of point 2, the authorities responsible for the shipment of waste,

3.

§ 5

a)

in the case referred to in paragraph 1, the holders or lines of the equipment referred to,

b)

in the case of paragraph 2, the holders or lines of the undertakings concerned,

c)

in the case referred to in paragraph 3, the holders or owners of the undertakings and bodies referred to in this paragraph and the waste disposal bodies,

4.

§ 7

a)

in the case referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2, the holders or lines of the equipment referred to above,

b)

in the case of paragraph 3, the municipalities or third parties, insofar as they have been entrusted with the tasks of public water supply or public waste water disposal, or have been entrusted with the task of carrying out the tasks,

5.

§ 8the holders or owners of the above-mentioned holdings,

6.

§ 9

a)

in the case referred to in paragraph 1, the authorities responsible under national law for the receipt of advertisements relating to accidents in the handling of substances hazardous to water,

b)

in the case referred to in paragraph 2, the authorities responsible under national law for the receipt of the advertisements relating to accidents relating to the transport of dangerous substances and for the elimination of consequences of accidents,

c)

in the case of paragraph 4, the authorities responsible under national law for the installations dealing with substances hazardous to water,

7.

§ 10The holders or lines of the undertakings referred to above,

8.

§ 11

a)

in the case referred to in paragraph 1, the holders or lines of the undertakings and undertakings referred to,

b)

in the case referred to in paragraph 2, the proprietors or owners of the said installations and the municipalities,

9.

§ 12The holders or owners of the above-mentioned establishments and bodies.

(3) As far as administrative bodies are subject to information on the survey characteristics of a survey pursuant to this Act due to non-statistical laws, regulations or administrative provisions, the administrative bodies may also be consulted. In this respect, in addition to the information required pursuant to § 14 (2), the administrative offices are also subject to information. Unofficial table of contents

§ 15 Communication of Articles

(1) The competent authorities responsible for the granting of collection authorisations and for the approval and supervision of approved installations shall transmit to the statistical offices of the countries, on request, the statistical offices in accordance with § § 3 and 5 of the following rules: the names and addresses of the collectors of waste and of the operators of installations in need of authorisation. (2) The competent supreme authority responsible for waste management, which has a certificate of compliance with the withdrawal and the recovery requirements laid down in Annex I (2) (1) of the Packaging Regulation, , the statistical offices of the Länder shall, on request, communicate the names and addresses of the pledge and those responsible for the collection referred to in Article 5 (2), who have deposited such certificates. (3) Authorisations for water abstracting and discharges of waste water to competent authorities shall transmit to the statistical offices of the countries, on request, the names and addresses of the water winners required for the surveys referred to in § 8, and Waste water conductors. Unofficial table of contents

§ 16 Transmission

(1) The Federal Statistical Office and the Federal Statistical Office may not apply to the competent federal and state authorities responsible for their use in relation to the legislative bodies and for the purposes of planning, but not for the regulation of individual cases. statistical offices of the Länder tables with statistical results, even so far as the table fields show only one case. (2) The statistical offices of the Länder may be subject to the results of the surveys according to § 3, as far as it is concerned. Public-law waste disposal facilities as well as pursuant to § § 7 and 11 (2) (3) The data on the production in accordance with § 2 (B) (I) (1) and (II) (1) of the Law on Statistics in the Production Industry in relation to goods which are Protection of the environment may be used, together with the auxiliary characteristics in accordance with Article 7 (2) (1) of the Law on Statistics in the Manufacturing Industry, for the selection of questionnaires for the collection of goods and services for the Environmental protection according to § 12 of this Act. (4) The statistical offices of the Länder shall transmit to the Federal Statistical Office (Bundesamt) the anonymized individual data collected by the Federal Statistical Office for supplementary preparations of the Federal Government and for the performance of tasks relating to the general government. (5) The Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt) may be required to fulfil Europe-and International law obligations of the Federal Republic of Germany for emission reporting, but not for the regulation of individual cases, are transmitted by the Federal Statistical Office tables with statistical results, even as far as the table fields are have only a single case. The tables may only be stored and used by the organisational units of the Federal Environment Agency responsible for this task. These organisational units must be separate from the organisational units of the Federal Environment Agency, which are dealt with with implementation tasks, in terms of space, organization and personnel. Unofficial table of contents

Section 17 Regulation authorisations

The Federal Government is authorized, with the approval of the Federal Council, by means of a legal regulation for surveys to be carried out under this Act.

a)

to suspend the carrying out of a survey or the collection of individual characteristics, to extend the periodicity, to postpone the survey periods and to limit the circle of persons to be interrogated, if the results are no longer or no longer in the originally planned for execution or frequency or at other times, or where the actual conditions for a survey have been or have been substantially altered;

b)

to introduce individual new features where necessary to meet changing needs for the purposes of environmental policy and to avoid broadening the scope of the survey by simultaneous suspension of other characteristics; not introduced Characteristics concerning the amount of revenues, revenues or profits, educational or social data or special types of personal data according to § 3 (9) of the German Federal Data Protection Act (Bundesdatenschutzgesetz);

c)

to arrange for the collection of characteristics to the extent necessary for the implementation or implementation of European Community acts.