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1. The production and supply of reclaimed water intended for agricultural irrigation as specified in Section 1 of Annex I shall be subject to a permit.

2. The responsible parties in the water reuse system, including the end-user where relevant in accordance with national law, shall submit an application for a permit or for a modification of an existing permit to the competent authority of the Member State in which the reclamation facility operates or is planned to operate.

3. The permit shall set out the obligations of the reclamation facility operator and, where relevant, of any other responsible parties. The permit shall be based on the water reuse risk management plan and shall specify, inter alia, the following:

(a) the reclaimed water quality class or classes and the agricultural use for which, in accordance with Annex I, the reclaimed water is permitted, the place of use, the reclamation facilities and the estimated yearly volume of the reclaimed water to be produced;

(b) conditions in relation to the minimum requirements for water quality and monitoring set out in Section 2 of Annex I;

(c) any conditions in relation to additional requirements for the reclamation facility operator, set out in the water reuse risk management plan;

(d) any other conditions necessary to eliminate any unacceptable risks to the environment and to human and animal health so that any risks are of an acceptable level;

(e) the validity period of the permit;

(f) the point of compliance.

4. For the purpose of assessing an application, the competent authority shall consult and exchange relevant information with other relevant authorities, in particular the water and health authorities if different from the competent authority, and any other party which the competent authority considers relevant.

5. The competent authority shall decide without delay whether to grant a permit. Where, due to the complexity of an application, the competent authority needs more than 12 months from the receipt of a complete application to decide whether to grant a permit, it shall communicate the expected date of its decision to the applicant.

6. Permits shall be regularly reconsidered, and shall be updated where necessary, at least in the following cases:

(a) there has been a substantial change in capacity;

(b) equipment has been upgraded;

(c) new equipment or processes have been added; or (d) there have been changes in climatic or other conditions which significantly affect the ecological status of surface water bodies.

7. Member States may require that storage, distribution and use of reclaimed water be subject to a specific permit in order to apply the additional requirements and barriers identified in the water reuse risk management plan as referred to in Article 5(4).