Regulation (EC) No 596/2009 of the European Parliament and of the CouncilShow full title

2.1. Council Directive 96/59/EC of 16 September 1996 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT) (1) U.K.

As regards Directive 96/59/EC, the Commission should be empowered in particular to fix the reference methods of measurement to determine the PCB content of contaminated materials and the technical standards for the other methods of disposing of PCBs, and, if necessary, to determine, solely for the purpose of Article 9(1)(b) and (c), other less hazardous substitutes for PCBs. Since those measures are of general scope and are designed to amend non-essential elements of Directive 96/59/EC by supplementing it with new non-essential elements, they must be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny provided for in Article 5a of Decision 1999/468/EC.

Accordingly, Directive 96/59/EC is hereby amended as follows:

1.

Article 10 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Article 10

1. The Commission shall make available, in accordance with the regulatory procedure referred to in Article 10a(2), a list of the production names of capacitors, resistors and inductance coils containing PCBs.

2. The Commission shall:

(a) fix the reference methods of measurement to determine the PCB content of contaminated materials. Measurements effected before the determination of the reference methods shall remain valid;

(b) if necessary determine, solely for the purpose of Article 9(1)(b) and (c), other less hazardous substitutes for PCBs.

The Commission may fix technical standards for the other methods of disposing of PCBs referred to in the second sentence of Article 8(2).

The measures referred to in the first and second subparagraphs, designed to amend non-essential elements of this Directive by supplementing it, shall be adopted in accordance with the regulatory procedure with scrutiny referred to in Article 10a(3).’;

2.

the following Article shall be inserted:

‘Article 10a

1. The Commission shall be assisted by the Committee set up by Article 18 of Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council(2).

2. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Articles 5 and 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.

3. Where reference is made to this paragraph, Article 5a(1) to (4) and Article 7 of Decision 1999/468/EC shall apply, having regard to the provisions of Article 8 thereof.’.

(1)

OJ L 243, 24.9.1996, p. 31.

(2)

OJ L 114, 27.4.2006, p. 9.’.