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DWA Worksheet 221 or industry guideline on small wastewater treatment plants

Quo vadis?

In October 2014, the European Court of Justice (ECJ) found “that the Federal Republic of Germany violated the obligations arising from Directive 89/106/EEC” because it created additional requirements for the market access and use of construction products by providing Lists of Building Regulations. Large parts of Part B of the List of Building Regulations were withdrawn in response to this judgment. As a result, the legal basis was eliminated for the national technical approvals granted by the German Institute for Structural Engineering (Deutsches Institut für Bautechnik; DIBt) for products...

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