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Statutory
Voluntary
[S] / [V]
Main principles how materials for composting are ruled [Types of wastes etc] Input Materials
specifically excluded?
Ordinance. Compost can be used as organic soil improver or organic fertiliser, if the used source materials comply with this ordinance.
Any material which is listed in the Fertiliser Ordinance and has achieved the waste status but is not found in the Biowaste Ordinance cannot
be used for the production of compost.
V RAL GZ 251: Positive list of the quality assurance scheme based on RAL GZ 251 includes all materials as listed in the Biowaste Ordinance
and the Fertiliser Ordinance.
DK S Waste separated at source, including composted waste, from private households, institutions and private enterprises together with sewage
sludge . Garden waste can be treated and used without any restrictions. In principle raw materials should meet the requirements of the stat.
order on heavy metals and organic compounds before processing. For compost the authority agrees to analyse also the final product. But the
principle is: if input material complies with the limit values of the stat. order the final product may not be analysed anymore!
EE --- No regulation or standard ---
ES S Statutory legislation Real Decree 824/2005 on Fertiliser Products . For the elaboration of Fertiliser Products of Group 2 [Organic Fertiliser],
3 [Organic-mineral Fertiliser] and 6 [Organic Amendment] of Annex I, only allowed is the use of raw materials from organic (animal or
vegetal) source, included clearly in the list of biodegradable organic waste of Annex IV (taken in part of European waste list (Decision
2001/118/CE 16 January 2001, transposed by Spanish Order MAM/304/2002, 8 February. 8
FI – NO common regulation for input materials; indicated materials in the positive list below refer to licensing practice in Finland;
General strategy: source separation of organic household waste, garden and park waste, catering waste and residues from food production
and processing.
FR
[S] NF U44-051: Compost Standard: No definite positive list; all types of compostable waste including mixed municipal waste is allowed with
the exception of sewage sludge; pre-requisite for compost use and marketing as product [“STATUTORY PRODUCT STANDARD”]
[S] NF U44-095: Sewage sludge/Biosolids compost = product; pre-requisite for compost use and marketing as product [“STATUTORY
PRODUCT STANDARD”]
GR --- Only mixed waste composting ; No regulation; nearly no composting plants; permits for input materials decided by the Prefecture authority,
on the basis of the Environmental Impact Assessment of the facility
HU S Statutory rule Nr. 23/2003. (XII. 29.) about the treatment of biowaste and technical requirements of composting with a positive list. The list
contains 6 main categories of waste materials and detailed specification and denomination and waste codes ruled by the Hungarian Statutory
Rule Nr. 16/2001. (VII.18.) about the list of the wastes based on the European Waste Catalogue codes (EWC).
COMPOST PRODUCTION AND USE IN THE EU
NO
NO
NO
Mixed MSW
Sewage sludge
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NO
Mixed MSW
Sewage sludge
8 Spain: In addition to this, Article 17 [Use of wastes] sets that the use as an ingredient of any material included in the European List of Wastes, as mentioned in
Commission Decision 2001/118/CE, 16 January 2001, which modifies the Decision 2000/532/CE by which refers to the list of wastes, will be submitted to the competent
authority of the region where the waste is produced and, if necessary, where the waste is recovered.