Threshold Values in the Context of European Soil Protection Policies

1 Scope of the Report
2 Recommendations to the Co-ordinators of the 1st ESF
2.1 Recommendation 1: Action on EU - Level: Soil Threshold Values for Preventing Soil From Being Polluted
2.2 Recommendation 2: Action on ESF - Level: Threshold Values for Evaluating Damages and Hazards
2.3 Recommendation 3: Threshold Values as Related to Risk Assessment
3 State of the Art 1: Threshold Values in Existing Instruments of EU Environmental Policy
4 State of the Art 2: Threshold Values in the Soil Protection Policies of ESF-Member States: Results of the Questionnaire
4.1 Threshold Values as an Instrument in Soil Protection Policies
4.2 Purposes and Policies
4.3 Legal or Other Regulatory Bases for the Use of Threshold Values
4.4 Land-use Based Values vs. General Values
4.5 Reference Levels for Natural Contents of Soils
4.6 Reference Methods of Analysis
4.7 Targets of "Thresholds"
4.8 Follow -up Requirements in the Case of Threshold Values Being Exceeded
4.9 General Frame for the Derivation of Threshold Values?
4.10 Issues Suggested for the Presentations at the ESF
4.11 Expectations for the ESF