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Soil pollution

The management and remediation of polluted soil is part of the Region’s socio-economic reality.

Full information about Opens in new windowwhat to do if you suspect your site is polluted (FR/NL) is posted on the Bruxelles Environnement website, where the 2009 order is also available for download.

The 2009 order lays down the following declaration obligations:

  • Notification, at the earliest opportunity, to the real rights holder and the user of the site, of any discovery of soil pollution (...) ;
  • Declaration of any event likely to cause imminent soil pollution, at the earliest opportunity, to Bruxelles Environnement - IBGE (...).

The two decisions executing the order for the management and remediation of polluted soil were published in July 2010.

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