Excavation voids
Article 10
1. Member States shall ensure that the operator, when placing extractive waste back into the excavation voids for rehabilitation and construction purposes, whether created through surface or underground extraction, takes appropriate measures in order to: (1) secure the stability of the extractive waste in accordance, mutatis mutandis , with Article 11(2); (2) prevent the pollution of soil, surface water and groundwater in accordance, mutatis mutandis , with Article 13(1), (3) and (5); (3) ensure the monitoring of the extractive waste and the excavation void in accordance, mutatis mutandis, with Article 12(4) and (5). 2. Directive 1999/31/EC shall continue to apply to the waste other than extractive waste used for filling in excavation voids as appropriate.