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Annexes
Annex 5
CHAPTER 5.17 THE STORAGE OF HAZARDOUS PRODUCTS
Section 5.17.1 General provisions
Art. 5.17.1.1
§ 1. The regulations in this chapter are applicable to the establishments specified in section 17
of the classification list. For the application of the provisions in this chapter, both the main
property and the flashpoint must be taken into account. For liquid fuels only the flashpoint must
be taken into account.
§ 2. Short-term storage in connection with transport by road, rail, inland waterways, by sea or
by air, including the loading and unloading and the transfer to or from another form of transport
in ports, on quays or in railway yards is not subject to the conditions of these regulations.
However, if the hazardous products referred to in these regulations are stored in storage facilities
located in ports, along quays or on railway yards and if these storage facilities are intended
for the regular short-term storage of such hazardous products, then these storage facilities are
subject to the conditions of these regulations.
Art. 5.17.1.2
§ 1. Unless specified otherwise in the environmental licence, the operation of a category 1 establishment
for the storage of other than P1, P2, P3 or P4 products is prohibited:
1. in a water abstraction area or a type I, II or III protected zone
2. in an area other than an industrial zone
3. at a distance of less than 100 metres from:
a) a residential area
b) parkland
c) a recreation area.
§ 2. The prohibitory rules of § 1 do not apply:
1. for existing plants or parts of them, as specified in article 3.2.1.1
2. for hazardous products which are in a physico-chemical state such that they do not have any
properties that might result in a serious accident, insofar as this has been confirmed by an
expert accredited for the discipline external safety and risks for serious accidents
3. for hazardous products belonging to the actual operation of a public water abstraction.
§ 3. Unless specified otherwise in the environmental licence, the operation of a tank farm for
the storage of other than P1, P2, P3 or P4 products is prohibited in a water abstraction area or a
type I, II or III protected zone:
§ 4. Unless specified otherwise in the environmental licence, the storage of the following substances
is prohibited :
1. bromomethane
2. cyanogen, hydrogen cyanide (prussic acid) and its salts (cyanides)
3. organic cyanides (nitriles).
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