- aquaculture
means aquaculture as defined in Article 4, point (25), of Regulation (EU) No 1380/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
- competent authority
means the national authority or authorities, or any other competent body or bodies, designated by Member States;
- diffuse sources
means the many smaller or scattered sources from which pollutants can be released to air, water or land, the combined impact of which on those media can be significant and for which it is impractical to collect reports from each individual source;
- disposal operation
means any of the operations referred to in Annex I to Directive 2008/98/EC;
- facility
means one or more installations, or parts thereof, that are on the same site and that are operated by the same natural or legal person;
- hazardous waste
means hazardous waste as defined in Article 3, point (2), of Directive 2008/98/EC;
- installation
means a stationary technical unit within which one or more activities listed in Annex I are carried out, and any other directly associated activities on the same site which have a technical connection with the activities listed in that Annex and which could have an effect on emissions and pollution;
- off-site transfer
means the movement, beyond the boundaries of an installation, of waste destined for recovery or disposal operations and of pollutants in waste water destined for waste water treatment;
- operator
means an operator as defined in Article 3, point (15), of Directive 2010/75/EU;
- pollutant
means a substance or a group of substances that can be harmful to the environment or to human health on account of its properties and of its introduction into the environment;
- recovery operation
means any of the operations referred to in Annex II to Directive 2008/98/EC;
- release
means any introduction of a pollutant into the environment as a result of any human activity, whether deliberate or accidental, routine or non-routine, including spilling, emitting, discharging, injecting, disposing or dumping, or through sewer systems without final waste water treatment;
- reporting year
means the calendar year for which data must be gathered;
- site
means the geographical location of the installation and the facility;
- substance
means a substance as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive 2010/75/EU;
- the public
means the public as defined in Article 3, point (16), of Directive 2010/75/EU;
- waste
means waste as defined in Article 3, point (1), of Directive 2008/98/EC;
- waste water
means urban, domestic and industrial waste water, as defined in Article 2, points (1), (2) and (3), of Directive 91/271/EEC, respectively, and any other used water which is subject, due to the substances or objects it contains, to regulation by Union law;