Traduction de «Activity in the upper layers » (Anglais → Français) :

the upper layer of multi-layer floor coverings;

‘unpolluted soil’ means soil that is removed from the upper layer of the ground during extractive activities and that is not deemed to be polluted under the national law of the Member State where the site is located or under Community law.

In accordance with the objectives of Community policy on the environment, it is necessary to lay down minimum requirements in order to prevent or reduce as far as possible any adverse effects on the environment or on human health which are brought about as a result of the management of waste from the extractive industries, such as tailings (i.e. the waste solids or slurries that remain after the treatment of minerals by a number of techniques), waste rock and overburden (i.e. the material that extractive operations move during the process of accessing an ore or mineral body, including during the pre-production development stage), and topsoil (i.e. the upper layer ...[+++] of the ground) provided that they constitute waste as defined in Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste

3. Soil is generally defined as the upper layer of the earth's crust.

While soil is the physical upper layer of what is usually referred to as "land", the concept of "land" is much wider and includes territorial and spatial dimensions.

An upper and lower limit test shall be obligatory in respect of preserving agents and an upper limit test for any other excipient component liable to affect adversely physiological functions; an upper and lower limit test shall be obligatory in respect of the excipient if it is liable to affect the bio-availability of an active substance, unless bio-availability is guaranteed by other appr ...[+++]opriate tests.