THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste(1), as amended by Directive 91/156/EEC(2), and in particular Article 1(a) thereof,
Having regard to Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste(3), and in particular Article 1(4), second indent thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Several Member States have notified a number of waste categories which they consider to display one or more of the properties listed in Annex III to Directive 91/689/EEC.
(2) Article 1(4) of Directive 91/689/EEC requires the Commission to examine notifications from Member States with a view to amending the list of hazardous wastes laid down in Council Decision 94/904/EC(4).
(3) Any waste inserted in the list of hazardous wastes must also be included in the European Waste Catalogue laid down in Commission Decision 94/3/EC(5). It is appropriate, in order to increase the transparency of the listing system and to simplify existing provisions, to establish one Community list which integrates the list of wastes laid down in Decision 94/3/EC and that of hazardous wastes laid down in Decision 94/904/EC.
(4) The Commission is assisted in this task by the Committee established by Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC.
(5) The measures laid down in this Decision are in accordance with the opinion expressed by the aforementioned Committee,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION: