Art. 19

(Art. 8 para. 2 and Art. 25 let. a WRFA)

1. The operator must ensure that qualified experts in construction and geology carry out a comprehensive safety review every five years if the water retaining facility in question:
   1. has a storage height of at least 40 m; or
   2. has a storage height of at least 10 m and a storage capacity of more than 1 million m³.
2. It must send the safety review reports to the supervisory authority no later than nine months after the end of the reporting period (five-year reports).
3. The supervisory authority may waive a regular comprehensive safety review and grant exemptions from the deadline for submitting the five-year reports, provided that the same level of safety is guaranteed.
4. It may order extraordinary inspections and the five-year inspection of water retaining facilities of smaller dimensions.