Article A3 1. In Article A2(3)(a)(iii), the “Mining Waste Directive” means Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries, read in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.
2. Article 2 is to be read as if—
(a) in paragraph 2(c), the reference to Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC were a reference to that Article read in accordance with paragraph 7 of this Article;
(b) paragraphs 3 and 4 were omitted.
3. Article 3(1) is to be read as if, for “Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC” there were substituted “ Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive ”.
4. For the purposes of paragraph 2(a), Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC is to be read as if—
(a) the reference to “Member States” were a reference to the competent authority or appropriate agency;
(b) in the words after the final indent, “environmental objectives”—
(i) in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, means the environmental objectives referred to in the WFD Regulations as applied by regulation 5 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003;
(ii) in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004;
(iii) in relation to a river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, has the same meaning as in those Regulations.
5. In paragraph 4(b), “the WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017.
Arts. A1-A3 inserted (31.12.2020) by The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/620), regs. 1(2)(b), 15(2) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1540, regs. 1(3), 14(11)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)