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Contents
Acknowledgements
Executive Summary
1. Introduction
1.1 Overview
1.2 Participation
2. RESPONSE TO GENERAL QUESTIONS
2.1 Question A. What are your views on the current level of soil protection measures in the UK considering the risks and threats faced by soils, including those identified by the Commission?
2.2 Question B. If you consider these measures to be inadequate, do you believe that any gaps are best dealt with on a common basis across the EU, for example to avoid distortion in competition, or better dealt with at a domestic level?
2.3 Question C. What, if any, gaps exist in terms of addressing soil protection at an EU level in particular the risks identified by the Commission?
2.4 Question D. Does the solution to these gaps lie in amending existing EU Directives, or in introducing a new overarching framework for soil protection?
2.5 Question E. Are there any existing EU provisions that give some protection to soils which, in your view, do not work or which could do with simplification?
2.6 Question F. A) In terms of the risks and threats identified by the Commission, how urgent are these problems? B) Is there sufficient evidence to tackle them now?
2.7 Question G. Who should bear the costs involved in any new obligations? Should we follow a polluter pays approach, a market-based system where, for example, a property developer pays the cost of remediation, or should these costs fall to taxpayers?
2.8 Additional Comments
3. Responses to Part 3 of the Consultation: Chapter I, Articles 1-5
3.1 Article 1
3.2 Article 2
3.3 Article 3
3.4 Article 5
4. Responses to Part 3 of the Consultation: Chapter 2, Articles 6-8
4.1 Article 6-7
4.2 Article 8
5. Responses to Part 5 of the Consultation: Chapter 3, Articles 9-14
5.1 Article 9
5.2 Articles 10-11
5.3 Article 12
5.4 Articles 13-14
6. Responses to Part 6 of the Consultation: Chapter 4, Articles 15-17
6.1 Article 15
6.2 Article 16
6.3 Article 17
7. Responses to Part 7 of the Consultation: Chapter 5, Articles 18-26
7.1 Articles 18-26
Appendix 1: Executive summary of UK analysis of responses to Consultation on proposed EU Soil Framework Directive and initial Regulatory Impact Assessment.