BVT-Merkblatt zu Abwasser- und Abgasbehandlung

Annexes
4. a pressure test on any heating pipes.
For category 3 storage of P3 and/or P4 products, only the limited inspection mentioned in § 1
has to take place.
§ 3. The periodic investigations must be carried out by an environmental expert accredited in
the discipline containers for gases or hazardous substances or by an authorised expert, or for
storage places for P3 and/or P4 products intended for the heating of buildings by an accredited
technician.
Art. 5.17.3.17
Following the inspections described in article 5.17.3.4 with installation and/or the periodic investigations
referred to in article 5.17.3.16, the experts or the accredited technician draw up a
certificate from which it unambiguously appears whether or not the installation complies with
the conditions of these regulations. The aforementioned certificate also mentions the name and
the accreditation number of the expert or accredited technician who has conducted the inspection.
Except in the case of a tank farm, a clearly visible sticker or plate is to be applied to or near the
filler pipe on which the accreditation number, the year and the month of the control with installation
and the last inspection are mentioned.
The sticker or plate has the following colour:
1. green, when the container and the installation comply with the provisions of these regulations
2. orange, when the container and the installation do not comply with the provisions of these
regulations, but the faults established cannot cause pollution outside the container
3. red, when the container and the installation do not comply with the provisions of these regulations
and the faults observed can lead or have led to pollution outside the container.
Art. 5.17.3.18
Only containers of which the filler pipe is provided with a green sticker or plate, as referred to
in article 5.17.3.17, third subsection, 1., may be filled, replenished and operated.
Containers of which the filler pipe is provided with an orange sticker or plate, as referred to in
article 5.17.3.17, third paragraph, 2., may still be filled or replenished for a transitional period
of a maximum of six months. This period starts on the first day of the month following the
month mentioned on the relative orange sticker or plate. In this case a new control must take
place before the expiry of aforementioned term.
Containers of which the filler pipe is provided with a red sticker or plate, as referred to in article
5.17.3.17, third subsection, 3., may in no event be filled or replenished.
Art. 5.17.3.19
§ 1. The following are considered as existing containers for the storage of P1, P2, P3 or P4
products:
1. containers of which operation was licensed on 1 January 1993 or for which the application
for the renewal of the environmental licence was being processed on the aforementioned date
by the competent authority
2. containers which on 1 September 1991 were already in use, and without the application of
title I of the General Regulations for Labour Safety were not classified as hazardous, unhealthy
or nuisance-producing establishments
3. containers for which before 1 July 1993 notification was provided in accordance with the
provisions of Title I of VLAREM.
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