Waste wood; application for notification as a body for carrying out investigations

The Waste Wood Ordinance obliges operators of waste wood treatment plants for the processing of waste wood for the production of wood-based materials to have tests carried out every four months on the pollutant content of waste wood. In principle, these operators only meet these testing obligations if they have the prescribed tests carried out by bodies that have been notified by a competent authority.

A body shall only be notified to carry out inspections within the meaning of the Waste Wood Ordinance if the applicant

• is reliable and has the necessary independence to carry out such third-party inspections,
• has the expertise required to carry out such external inspections and
• has the necessary technical equipment to carry out such external inspections.

• Designation of the qualified laboratory director(s)

  see module Waste

• Extract from the Central Trade Register

  for applicants or persons representing the applicant and for technically qualified laboratory directors

• Certificate of good conduct

  for applicants or persons representing the applicant and for technically qualified laboratory directors

• Proof of sufficient spatial and technical laboratory equipment

  for applicants operating nationwide, accreditation certificate according to DIN ISO 17025 with annexes to the test procedures and protocol of the last laboratory audit by the accreditation body

• Proof of successful participation in the transnational interlaboratory comparison ("LURF").

  This is carried out once a year.

• Commitment statements for future regular participation in the transnational interlaboratory comparison ("LURF").

  This is carried out once a year.

• Undertaking to allow the representative of the State Office for the Environment access to the laboratory and to the laboratory work during normal business hours.
• Declaration of commitment to keep all samples examined for one year for subsequent examinations by the State Office for the Environment.
• For applicants from the EU or EEA foreign countries

  equivalent foreign certificates shall also suffice in addition to the above-mentioned certificates of expertise and reliability if these certificates show that the above-mentioned requirements are met or that the requirements of the foreign country are essentially comparable with these requirements. The State Office for the Environment may require the submission of a certified German translation of such foreign certificates.