Requirements for decontamination
Article 7
1. The plastic input and the output of the applied decontamination process shall meet the specifications set out in column 3, 5, and 6 of table 1 of Annex I for the relevant recycling technology and, if applicable, the specific criteria set out in the authorisation. 2. The decontamination process shall be carried out in accordance with the relevant specifications and requirements laid out in column 8 of table 1 of Annex I and, if applicable, the specific criteria set out in the authorisation. Recyclers shall ensure compliance with Regulation (EC) No 2023/2006. 3. The decontamination installation shall meet the following requirements: (a) it is located at a single recycling facility, which is organised so as to ensure that no new contamination of recycled plastic or recycled plastic materials and articles can occur; (b) its configuration and operation corresponds to that of the recycling process it applies; (c) it is operated as described in the compliance monitoring summary sheet established in accordance with Article 26. 4. A repository of records used to record information on the quality of individual batches as defined in section 4.1 of the compliance monitoring summary sheet referred to in paragraph 3(c) shall be maintained. Records stored in that repository shall be retained for a period of at least 5 years.