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Inventory of contaminated soils v1.0

The Inventory of Contaminated Soils of Catalonia consists of the instrument that, in accordance with article 103 of Law 7/2022, of April 8, on contaminated waste and soils for a circular economy, collects information on contaminated soils in Catalonia. These are those that meet the following two conditions: They present concentrations of hazardous chemical compounds contributed by human activity that exceed the reference criteria established in the regulations (Royal Decree 9/2005 and Legislative Decree 1/2009) and that represent an unacceptable risk to human health or ecosystems; They have been declared contaminated by Resolution of the Director of the Waste Agency of Catalonia (ARC) or have a Resolution of the Director of the ARC approving a contaminated soil recovery project submitted voluntarily.

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Date (Creation)
2025
Identifier
IDEC / sols-contaminats-v1r0-2025
Purpose
The main objectives of this geoinformation are: Provide accessible data to citizens, companies and administrations on the environmental state of soils and the possible associated risks; Ensure the application of current legislation on contaminated soils and protect human health and ecosystems.
Owner
  Waste Agency of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya)
https://residus.gencat.cat
GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
  • Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units
IDEC - llocs
  • Catalonia
  • Spain
  • Europe
Access constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
No limitations
Use constraints
Other restrictions
Other constraints
Geoinformation from the Waste Agency of Catalonia subject to a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license (CC BY 4.0).
Spatial representation type
Vector
Denominator
5000
Metadata language
Catalan; Valencian
Character set
UTF8
Topic category
  • Environment
  • Health
Description
Spatial extent covers all Catalonia. Temporal extent refers to the dates of the data sources.
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Begin date
2006-11-22
End date
2025-11-28
Unique resource identifier
ETRS89 UTM zone 31 North (EPSG:25831)
Distribution format
  • GeoPackage ()

  • GeoJSON ()

Distributor
  Waste Agency of Catalonia (Generalitat de Catalunya)
https://residus.gencat.cat
OnLine resource
Viewer of the contaminated soils of Catalonia

Access point

OnLine resource
Territorial API

Access point

OnLine resource
Technical specifications

Access point

Hierarchy level
Dataset

Domain consistency

Name of measure
Conformity with the technical specification approved by the Cartographic Coordination Commission of Catalonia

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2026-05-27
Explanation
Conformant
Pass
Yes

Domain consistency

Name of measure
Compliance with INSPIRE requirements (data)
Evaluation method description
The data of this dataset do not aim to achieve compliance with INSPIRE regulations. For this reason, its conformity is not evaluated and it is declared not conformant compliant by default.

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2014-12-31
Explanation
Not conformant
Pass
No

Domain consistency

Name of measure
Compliance with INSPIRE requirements (metadata)
Evaluation method description
The metadata is reviewed for compliance with the INSPIRE specifications, in accordance with the criteria defined in the current Technical Guides. The metadata is considered compliant if the only notices identified are related to the use of Catalan as the main language of the register, a language that is not included in the list of languages ​​provided for in the INSPIRE directive.

Conformance result

Date (Publication)
2008-12-04
Explanation
Conformant
Pass
Yes
Statement
The information available from the inventory of contaminated soils and voluntary recoveries in Catalonia is generated based on compliance with Title VIII of Law 7/2022 and is provided by the originator of the contamination, the owner of the land or the possessor thereof and is contained in the files generated by the ARC of the evaluation of the documentation that configures it. Based on this information, the locations that include the contaminated soils are delimited, on an orthophoto.
Description
Files of the ARC evaluating the documentation provided by the originator of the contamination, the owner of the land or the possessor thereof.
Description
Territorial orthophoto
File identifier
sols-contaminats-v1r0-2025 XML
Metadata language
Catalan; Valencian
Character set
UTF8
Hierarchy level
Dataset
Date stamp
2026-05-26
Metadata standard name
IDEC profile of metadata of spatial datasets
Metadata standard version
Version 5.0
Point of contact
  Spatial Data Infrastructure of Catalonia
https://www.ide.cat
 
 

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Keywords

GEMET - INSPIRE themes, version 1.0
Area management/restriction/regulation zones and reporting units

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