The Hazardous Waste Directive
3.—(1) In these Regulations, “the Hazardous Waste Directive” means Council Directive 91/689/EEC(1) on hazardous waste, as amended by Council Directive 94/31/EC(2).
(2) A reference in these Regulations to—
(a)Annex I, Annex II or Annex III is a reference to the annex to the Hazardous Waste Directive so numbered, as that annex is set out in these Regulations as follows—
(i)Schedule 1, which sets out Annex I (Categories or generic types of hazardous waste listed according to their nature or the activity which generated them);
(ii)Schedule 2, which sets out Annex II (Constituents of the wastes in Annex I.B which render them hazardous when they have the properties described in Annex III); and
(iii)Schedule 3, which sets out Annex III (Properties of wastes which render them hazardous);
(b)hazardous properties is a reference to the properties in Annex III as so set out.
OJ No. L 377, 31.12.1991, p.20 (as corrected by Corrigendum to Directive 91/689/EC (OJ No. L 23 30.1.1998 p.39).
OJ No. L 168, 2.7.1994, p.28.