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Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (repealed)Show full title

Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 5 April 2006 on waste (Text with EEA relevance) (repealed)

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Article 1

1.For the purposes of this Directive:

(a)‘waste’ shall mean any substance or object in the categories set out in Annex I which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard;

(b)‘producer’ shall mean anyone whose activities produce waste (‘original producer’) and/or anyone who carries out pre‐processing, mixing or other operations resulting in a change in the nature or composition of this waste;

(c)‘holder’ shall mean the producer of the waste or the natural or legal person who is in possession of it;

(d)‘management’ shall mean the collection, transport, recovery and disposal of waste, including the supervision of such operations and after‐care of disposal sites;

(e)‘disposal’ shall mean any of the operations provided for in Annex II A;

(f)‘recovery’ shall mean any of the operations provided for in Annex II B;

(g)‘collection’ shall mean the gathering, sorting and/or mixing of waste for the purpose of transport.

2.For the purposes of paragraph 1, point (a), the Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure referred to in Article 18(3), shall draw up a list of waste belonging to the categories listed in Annex I. This list shall be periodically reviewed and, if necessary, revised in accordance with the same procedure.

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