Interpretation
2.—(1) In these Regulations —
(a)“the Waste Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Gwastraff”) means Council Directive 75/442/EEC(1) on waste as amended by—
(i)Council Directives 91/156/EEC(2) and 91/692/EEC(3);
(ii)Commission Decision 96/350/EC(4); and
(iii)Regulation (EC) No 1882/2003(5);
(b)“Directive 67/548/EEC” (“Cyfarwyddeb 67/548/EEC”) (the Dangerous Substances Directive, which is referred to in the Introduction to the List) means Directive 67/548/EEC(6) on the approximation of the laws, regulations and administrative provisions relating to the classification, packaging and labelling of dangerous substances as last amended by Commission Directive 2004/73/EC(7); and
(c)“the Hazardous Waste Directive” (“y Gyfarwyddeb Gwastraff Peryglus”) means Council Directive 91/689/EEC(8) of 31 December 1991 on hazardous waste, as amended by Council Directive 94/31/EC(9), and a reference to—
(i)an annex of the Hazardous Waste Directive is a reference to that annex as it is for the time being set out in the relevant schedule to the Hazardous Waste Regulations; and
(ii)hazardous properties is a reference to the properties in Annex III as so set out.
(2) In these Regulations—
(a)“the List of Wastes Decision” (“Penderfyniad y Rhestr Wastraffoedd”) means Commission Decision 2000/532/EC(10) of 3 May 2000 replacing Decision 94/3/EC(11) establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC(12) establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended by—
(i)Commission Decision 2001/118/EC(13);
(ii)Commission Decision 2001/119/EC(14); and
(iii)Council Decision 2001/573/EC(15));
(b)“the List of Wastes” (“y Rhestr Wastraffoedd”) means the List of wastes set out in the Annex to the List of Wastes Decision, being a list drawn up—
(i)in relation to wastes belonging to the categories listed in Annex I (Categories of Waste) of the Waste Framework Directive, by the Commission, acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18 of that Directive;
(ii)in relation to hazardous waste, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 18 of the Waste Framework Directive on the basis of—
(aa)Annex I (Categories or generic types of hazardous waste listed according to their nature or the activity which generated them) to the Hazardous Waste Directive; and
(bb)Annex II (Constituents of the wastes in Annex 1.B. which render them hazardous when they have the properties described in Annex III) to the Hazardous Waste Directive,
and a reference to the List of Wastes includes a reference to the Introduction thereto (“the Introduction to the List”).
(3) In these Regulations—
(a)“the Hazardous Waste Regulations” (“y Rheoliadau Gwastraff Peryglus”) means the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005(16);
(b)“hazardous waste” (“gwastraff peryglus”) has the meaning given by regulation 6 of the Hazardous Waste Regulations;
(c)“waste” (“gwastraff”) has the meaning given by regulation 2(1)(b) of the Hazardous Waste Regulations; and
(d)“dangerous substance” (“sylwedd peryglus”) means, notwithstanding paragraph 5 of the Introduction to the List, a substance which for the time being is a dangerous substance within the meaning of regulation 2 of the Chemicals (Hazard Information and Packaging for Supply) Regulations 2002(17).
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S.I. 2005/1806 (W.138).