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The competent authority shall satisfy itself that the operator has taken the necessary measures in order to meet Community environmental standards, in particular to prevent, in accordance with Directive 2000/60/EC, the deterioration of current water status, inter alia, by: evaluating the leachate generation potential, including contaminant content of the leachate, of the deposited waste during both the operational and after‐closure phase of the waste facility, and determining the water balance of the waste facility; preventing or minimising leachate generation and surface water or groundwater and soil from being contaminated by the waste; collecting and treating contaminated water and leachate from the waste facility to the appropriate standard required for their discharge.

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Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-10-12 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.