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Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in footnote to Annex 3 title substituted (1.1.2021) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1455), regs. 2, 5(2)
Regardless of whether or not wastes are included on this list, they may not be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18 if they are contaminated by other materials to an extent which
(a)increases the risks associated with the wastes sufficiently to render them appropriate for submission to the procedure of prior written notification and consent, when taking into account the hazardous characteristics listed in Annex III to Directive [F22008/98/EC]; or
(b)prevents the recovery of the wastes in an environmentally sound manner.
Textual Amendments
F2Word in Annex 3 substituted (31.12.2020) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/590), regs. 2(2), 105; 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
The following wastes will be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18:
Wastes listed in Annex IX to the Basel Convention(2).
[F3For the purposes of this Regulation:
(a)any reference to list A in Annex IX to the Basel Convention shall be understood as a reference to Annex IV to this Regulation;
(b)in Basel entry B1020, the term ‘bulk finished form’ includes all metallic non-dispersible (3) forms of the scrap listed therein;
(c)Basel entry B1030 shall read: ‘ Residues containing refractory metals ’ ;
(d)the part of Basel entry B1100 that refers to ‘ Slags from copper processing ’ etc., does not apply and (OECD) entry GB040 in Part II applies instead;
(e)Basel entry B1110 does not apply and (OECD) entries GC010 and GC020 in Part II apply instead;
(f)Basel entry B2050 does not apply and (OECD) entry GG040 in Part II applies instead;
F4(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]
Textual Amendments
F3Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 413/2010 of 12 May 2010 amending Annexes III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste so as to take account of changes adopted by OECD Council Decision C(2008) 156 (Text with EEA relevance).
F4Annex 3 Pt. 1 point (g) omitted (1.1.2021) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1455), regs. 2, 5(3)
The following wastes will also be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18:
GB040 | 7112 262030 262090 | Slags from precious metals and copper processing for further refining |
GC010 | Electrical assemblies consisting only of metals or alloys | |
GC020 | Electronic scrap (e.g. printed circuit boards, electronic components, wire, etc.) and reclaimed electronic components suitable for base and precious metal recovery | |
GC030 | ex 890800 | Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up, properly emptied of any cargo and other materials arising from the operation of the vessel which may have been classified as a dangerous substance or waste |
GC050 | Spent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts (e.g. aluminium oxide, zeolites) |
GE020 | ex 7001 ex 701939 | Glass fibre waste |
GF010 | Ceramic wastes which have been fired after shaping, including ceramic vessels (before and/or after use) |
GG030 | ex 2621 | Bottom ash and slag tap from coal fired power plants |
GG040 | ex 2621 | Coal fired power plants fly ash |
Textual Amendments
F5Annex 3 Pt. 2 Table entry omitted (1.1.2021) by virtue of The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1455), regs. 2, 5(4)
GN010 | ex 050200 | Waste of pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair or of badger hair and other brush making hair |
GN020 | ex 050300 | Horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material |
GN030 | ex 050590 | Waste of skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, of feathers and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation |
This list [F1is no longer the same as the list in] the OECD Decision, Appendix 3.
Annex IX to the Basel Convention is listed in this Regulation in Annex V, Part 1, List B.
[F3‘ Non-dispersible ’ does not include any wastes in the form of powder, sludge, dust or solid items containing encased hazardous waste liquids.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in footnote to Annex 3 title substituted (1.1.2021) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1455), regs. 2, 5(2)
F3Substituted by Commission Regulation (EU) No 413/2010 of 12 May 2010 amending Annexes III, IV and V to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste so as to take account of changes adopted by OECD Council Decision C(2008) 156 (Text with EEA relevance).
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