The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Commission Decision 2009/337/EC on the definition of the criteria for the classification of waste facilities in accordance with Annex III of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of waste from extractive industries U.K.

18.—(1) Commission Decision 2009/337/EC on the definition of the criteria for the classification of waste facilities in accordance with Annex III of Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of waste from extractive industries is amended as follows.

(2) Before Article 1 insert—

“Article A1 U.K.

1.   In this Decision, “appropriate agency” means—

(a) in relation to England, the Environment Agency;

(b) in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(c) in relation to Scotland—

(i) a planning authority, or

(ii) a National Park authority within the meaning of section 35(1) of the National Parks (Scotland) Act 2000 M1 (as the case may be);

(d) in relation to Northern Ireland—

(i) a district council established under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972, or

(ii) the Department for Infrastructure (as the case may be).

2.   A term which is used in this Decision—

(a) as it extends to Scotland and which is defined in regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Scotland Regulations has the meaning given in that regulation;

(b) as it extends to Northern Ireland and which is defined in regulation 2(2) of the 2015 NI Regulations has the meaning given in that regulation.

3.   In this Decision—

(a) “the 2010 Scotland Regulations” means the Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010;

(b) “the 2015 NI Regulations” means the Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.

Article A2 U.K.

1.   For the purposes of this Decision, Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council concerning the management of waste from extractive industries is to be read in accordance with this Article.

2.   A reference to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation or conferring a discretion on a member State or member States is to be read as a reference to the appropriate authority, appropriate agency or local authority which, immediately before [F1 IP completion day], was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion in respect of England or Wales.

3.   Article 3 is to be read as if—

(a) in point (1), for “Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC” there were substituted “ Article 3(1) of the Waste Framework Directive, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive ”;

(b) in point (2), for “Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste” there were substituted “ Article 3(2) of the Waste Framework Directive ”;

(c) in point (4), for the words from “the national law” to the end there were substituted “ national law ”;

(d) in point (24), for the words from “the national law” to “takes place” there were substituted “ national law ”.

4.   Annex 3 is to be read as if—

(a) in the second indent, “under Directive 91/689/EEC” were omitted;

(b) in the third indent, for “Directives 67/548/EEC or 1999/45/EC” there were substituted “ Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ”.

Article A3 U.K.

1.   In Article A2(3), the “Waste Framework Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by [F2 Directive (EU) 2018/851], and read in accordance with this Article.

2.   A reference to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation or conferring a discretion on a member State or member States is to be read as a reference to the appropriate authority, appropriate agency or local authority which, immediately before [F3 IP completion day], was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion in respect of England or Wales.

[F4 3.   Article 5 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1, “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

(b) after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

“1A.   Any decision as to whether a substance or object is a by-product must be made—

(a) in accordance with any regulations setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific substances or objects; and

(b) having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority or the appropriate agency for the purposes of this Article.”;

(c) paragraphs 2 and 3 were omitted.

4.   Article 6 is to be read as if—

(a) in paragraph 1, “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

(b) after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

“1A.   Any decision as to whether a substance or object has ceased to be waste must be made—

(a) in accordance with any regulations or retained direct EU legislation setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific types of waste; and

(b) having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority or the appropriate agency for the purposes of this Article.”;

(c) in paragraph 2—

(i) the first subparagraph were omitted;

(ii) in the second subparagraph, for “Those detailed criteria” there were substituted “Any detailed criteria set out in guidance as referred to in paragraph 1A”;

(iii) the third and fourth subparagraphs were omitted;

(d) paragraph 3 were omitted;

(e) in paragraph 4—

(i) in the first subparagraph—

(aa) in the first sentence, for the words from the beginning to “Member State”, there were substituted “Where criteria have not been set out as referred to in paragraph 1A(a), the appropriate agency”;

(bb) the second sentence were omitted;

(ii) in the second subparagraph—

(aa) for “Member States” there were substituted “The appropriate agency”;

(bb) “by competent authorities” were omitted.

5.   Article 7 is to be read as if—

(a) before paragraph 1 there were inserted—

“A1.   In this Article, the “list of waste” means the list contained in the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, as that list has effect in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).”;

(b) in paragraph 1—

(i) the first and second sentences were omitted;

(ii) for the third sentence there were substituted “The list of waste shall, except as provided in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, be binding as regards determination of the waste which is to be considered as hazardous waste or as non-hazardous waste.”;

(c) paragraphs 2, 3, 6 and 7 were omitted.]

6.   Annex 3 is to be read as if, in entry HP 9, in the second sentence, “in the Member States” were omitted.

Article A4 U.K.

In Articles A2 and A3—

(a) “appropriate authority” means—

(i) in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(ii) in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(b) “local authority” means—

(i) in England outside Greater London—

• — a district council,

• — a county council, or

• — the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(ii) in Greater London—

• — the council of a London borough,

• — the Common Council of the City of London,

• — the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple, or

• — the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

(iii) in Wales—

• — a county council, or

• — a county borough council.”.

(3) In Article 1—

(a) in paragraph 1, in the words before point (a), for “indent of Annex III of Directive 2006/21/EC” substitute “ part of the categorisation legislation ”;

(b) after paragraph 2 insert—

“3.   In paragraph 1, “first part of the categorisation legislation”—

(a) as it extends to England and Wales, means the first indent of Annex 3 to Directive 2006/21/EC;

(b) as it extends to Scotland, means paragraph (a) of the definition of “Category A waste facility” in regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Scotland Regulations;

(c) as it extends to Northern Ireland, means paragraph 1 of Schedule 3 to the 2015 NI Regulations.”.

(4) In Article 3(2), omit “under Council Directive 91/689/EEC”.

(5) In Article 4(1), for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate agency ”.

(6) In Article 7—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) in the words before point (a), for “indent of Annex III of Directive 2006/21/EC” substitute “ part of the categorisation legislation ”;

(ii) in point (a), omit “in accordance with Directive 91/689/EEC”;

(b) after paragraph 4 insert—

“5.   In paragraph 1, “second part of the categorisation legislation”—

(a) as it extends to England and Wales, means the second indent of Annex 3 to Directive 2006/21/EC;

(b) as it extends to Scotland, means paragraph (b) of the definition of “Category A waste facility” in regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Scotland Regulations;

(c) as it extends to Northern Ireland, means paragraph 2 of Schedule 3 to the 2015 NI Regulations.”.

(7) In Article 8—

(a) in paragraph 1—

(i) for “Member States” substitute “ The appropriate agency ”;

(ii) for “indent of Annex III of Directive 2006/21/EC” substitute “ part of the categorisation legislation ”;

(b) in paragraph 2—

(i) in the first subparagraph, in point (c) for the words from “Council Directive 67/548/EEC” to the end substitute “ Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ”;

(ii) in the second subparagraph, for “Directives 1999/45/EC or 67/548/EEC” substitute “ Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ”;

(c) in paragraph 3, for “Directive 1999/45/EC or 67/548/EEC” substitute “ Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ”;

(d) in paragraph 4—

(i) in the first sentence, for “Member States” substitute “ the appropriate agency ”;

(ii) in the second sentence, for “Directives 1999/45/EC or 67/548/EEC” substitute “ Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council ”;

(e) after paragraph 4 insert—

“5.   In paragraph 1, “third part of the categorisation legislation”—

(a) as it extends to England and Wales, means the third indent of Annex 3 to Directive 2006/21/EC;

(b) as it extends to Scotland, means paragraph (c) of the definition of “Category A waste facility” in regulation 2(1) of the 2010 Scotland Regulations;

(c) as it extends to Northern Ireland, means paragraph 3 of Schedule 3 to the 2015 NI Regulations.”.

(8) Omit Article 11.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in reg. 18(2) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(3), 14(14)(a)

F2 Words in reg. 18(2) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(3), 14(14)(b)(i)

F3 Words in reg. 18(2) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(3), 14(14)(b)(ii)

F4 Words in reg. 18(2) substituted (31.12.2020 immediately before IP completion day) by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(3), 14(14)(b)(iii)

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 18 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1 2000 asp 10.