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Published date: 21 November 2023

Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2023/2486 of 27 June 2023 supplementing Regulation (EU) 2020/852 of the European Parliament and of the Council by establishing the technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources, to the transition to a circular economy, to pollution prevention and control, or to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives and amending Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178 as regards specific public disclosures for those economic activities (Text with EEA relevance)

	Recitals
	Article 1 Technical screening criteria related to the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources
	Article 2 Technical screening criteria related to the transition to a circular economy
	Article 3 Technical screening criteria related to pollution prevention and control
	Article 4 Technical screening criteria related to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems
	Article 5 Amendments to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178
	Article 6
	Annex I Technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the sustainable use and protection of water and marine resources and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives
	1. Manufacturing
	1.1. Manufacture, installation and associated services for leakage control technologies enabling leakage reduction and prevention in water supply systems
	2. Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
	2.1. Water supply
	2.2. Urban waste water treatment
	2.3. Sustainable urban drainage systems (SUDS)
	3. Disaster risk management
	3.1. Nature-based solutions for flood and drought risk prevention and protection
	4. Information and communication
	4.1. Provision of IT/OT data-driven solutions for leakage reduction
	Annex II Technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the transition to a circular economy and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives
	1. Manufacturing
	1.1. Manufacture of plastic packaging goods
	1.2. Manufacture of electrical and electronic equipment
	2. Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
	2.1. Phosphorus recovery from waste water
	2.2. Production of alternative water resources for purposes other than human consumption
	2.3. Collection and transport of non-hazardous and hazardous waste
	2.4. Treatment of hazardous waste
	2.5. Recovery of bio-waste by anaerobic digestion or composting
	2.6. Depollution and dismantling of end-of-life products
	2.7. Sorting and material recovery of non-hazardous waste
	3. Construction and real estate activities
	3.1. Construction of new buildings
	3.2. Renovation of existing buildings
	3.3. Demolition and wrecking of buildings and other structures
	3.4. Maintenance of roads and motorways
	3.5. Use of concrete in civil engineering
	4. Information and communication
	4.1. Provision of IT/OT data-driven solutions
	5. Services
	5.1. Repair, refurbishment and remanufacturing
	5.2. Sale of spare parts
	5.3. Preparation for re-use of end-of-life products and product components
	5.4. Sale of second-hand goods
	5.5. Product-as-a-service and other circular use-and result-oriented service models
	5.6. Marketplace for the trade of second-hand goods for reuse
	Annex III Technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to pollution prevention and control and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives
	1. Manufacturing
	1.1. Manufacture of active pharmaceutical ingredients (API) or active substances
	1.2. Manufacture of medicinal products
	2. Water supply, sewerage, waste management and remediation activities
	2.1. Collection and transport of hazardous waste
	2.2. Treatment of hazardous waste
	2.3. Remediation of legally non-conforming landfills and abandoned or illegal waste dumps
	2.4. Remediation of contaminated sites and areas
	Annex IV Technical screening criteria for determining the conditions under which an economic activity qualifies as contributing substantially to the protection and restoration of biodiversity and ecosystems and for determining whether that economic activity causes no significant harm to any of the other environmental objectives
	1. Environmental protection and restoration activities
	1.1. Conservation, including restoration, of habitats
	2. Accommodation activities
	2.1. Hotels, holiday, camping grounds and similar accommodation
	Annex V Amendments to Annexes I, II, III, IV, V, VII, IX and X to Delegated Regulation (EU) 2021/2178
	Annex VI
	Annex VII
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