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Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999Show full title

Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 of 29 April 1999 establishing common rules and procedures to apply to shipments to certain non-OECD countries of certain types of waste

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1.

In section GA (‘Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible(1) form’):

All types of waste and scrap of non-ferrous metals and their alloys:

[…]

2.

In section GB (‘Metal bearing wastes arising from melting, smelting and refining of metals’):

GB 040ex 2620 90Slags from precious metals and copper processing for further refining.
3.

In section GC (‘Other wastes containing metals’):

a

This entry covers the use of such slags as a source of titanium dioxide and vanadium.

GC 070ex 2619 00Slags arising from the manufacture of iron and steel (including low alloy steel) excluding those slags which have been specifically produced to meet both national and relevant international requirements and standards a
4.

In section GD (‘Wastes from mining operations: these wastes to be in non-dispersible form’):

GD 040 […]ex 2529 30Leucite, nepheline and nepheline syenite waste
[X1GD 050 ex 2529 10 Feldspar waste.]
GD 060ex 2529 21Fluorspar waste
ex 2529 22
5.

In section GG (‘Other wastes containing principally inorganic constituents, which may contain metals and organic materials’):

GG 030ex 2621Bottom ash and slag tap from coal-fired power plants
GG 040ex 2621Coal-fired power plants fly ash
GG 060ex 2803Spent activated carbon, resulting from the treatment of potable water and processes of the food industry and vitamin production
GG 080ex 2621 00Slag from copper production, chemically stabilised, having a high iron content (above 20 %) and processed according to industrial specifications (e.g. DIN 4301 and DIN 8201) mainly for construction and abrasive applications
GG 100Limestone from production of calcium cyanamide (having a pH less than 9)
6.

In section GH (‘Solid plastic wastes’):

GH 013ex 3915 30Waste, parings and scrap of plastics of polymers of vinyl chloride
GH 015ex 3915 90
  • Resins or condensation products, for example:

  • Urea formaldehyde resins

  • Phenol formaldehyde resins

  • Melamine formaldehyde resins

  • Epoxy resins

  • Alkyd resins

  • Polyamides

7.

In section GJ (‘Textile wastes’):

GJ 050ex 5302 90Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock of true hemp (Cannabis sativa L.)
8.

In section GK (‘Rubber wastes’):

GK 0204012 20Used pneumatic tyres
GK 030ex 4017 00Waste and scrap of hard rubber (for example, ebonite)
9.

In section GO (‘Other wastes containing principally organic constituents, which may contain metals and inorganic materials’):

GO 040Waste photographic film base and waste photographic film not containing silver
GO 050Single-use cameras without batteries
(1)

‘Non-dispersible’ does not include any wates in the gorin of powder, siudse, dust or solid items containing encased hazrdons waste liquids.

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