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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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All types except:
All types in section GA (‘Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible (1) form’).
All types in section GB ( ‘ Metal bearing wastes arising from melting, smelting and refining of metals ’ ).
All types in section GH ( ‘ Solid plastic wastes ’ ).
All types in section GI ( ‘ Paper, paperboard and paper product wastes ’ ).
In section GJ ( ‘ Textile wastes ’ ):
GJ 010 | 5003 | Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted stock) |
GJ 011 | 5003 10 | — not carded or combed |
GJ 012 | 5003 90 | — other |
GJ 020 | 5103 | Waste of wool or of fine or coarse animal hair, including yarn waste but excluding garnetted stock |
GJ 021 | 5103 10 | — noils of wool or of fine animal hair |
GJ 022 | 5103 20 | — other waste of wool or of fine animal hair |
GJ 023 | 5103 30 | — waste of coarse animal hair |
GJ 030 | 5202 | Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) |
GJ 031 | 5202 10 | — yarn waste (including thread waste) |
GJ 032 | 5202 91 | — garnetted stock |
GJ 033 | 5202 99 | — other |
GJ 040 | 5301 30 | Flax tow and waste |
GJ 050 | ex 5302 90 | Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of true hemp ( Canabis sativa L.) |
GJ 060 | ex 5303 90 | Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of jute and other textile bast fibres (excxluding flax, true hemp and ramie) |
GJ 070 | ex 5304 90 | Tow and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of sisal and other textile fibres of the genus Agave |
GJ 080 | ex 5305 19 | Tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of coconut |
GJ 090 | ex 5305 29 | Tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of abaca (Manila hemp or Musa textilis Nee) |
GJ 100 | ex 5305 99 | Tow, noils and waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock) of ramie and other vegetable textile fibres, not elsewhere specified or included |
GJ 110 | 5505 | Waste (including noils, yarn waste and garnetted stock) of manmade fibres |
GJ 111 | 5505 10 | — of synthetic fibres |
GJ 112 | 5505 20 | — of artificial fibres |
GJ 130 | ex 6310 | Used rags, scrap twine, cordage, rope and cables and worn out articles of twine, cordage, rope or cables of textile materials |
GJ 131 | ex 6310 10 | — sorted |
GJ 132 | ex 5310 90 | — other |
GJ 140 | ex 6310 | Waste textile floor coverings, carpets |
In section GK ( ‘ Rubber wastes ’ ):
GK 010 | 4004 00 | Waste, parings and scrap of rubber (other than hard rubber) and granules obtained therefrom |
GK 030 | ex 4017 00 | Waste and scrap of hard rubber (for example, ebonite) |
In section GM ( ‘ Wastes arising from agro-food industries ’ ):
GM 070 | ex 2307 | Wine lees |
GM 080 | ex 2308 | Dried and sterilised vegetable waste, residues and by-products, whether or not in the form of pellets, of a kind used in animal feeding, not elsewhere specified or included |
GM 090 | 1522 | Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes |
GM 100 | 0506 90 | Waste of bones and horn-cones, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised |
GM 110 | ex 0511 91 | Fish waste |
GM 120 | 1802 00 | Cocoa shells, husks, skins and other cocoa waste] |
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 77/2001 of 5 January 2001 amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Jamaica, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Tunisia and Zimbabwe (Text with EEA relevance).
[F1‘ Non-dispersible ’ does not include any wastes in the form of powder, sludge, dust or solid items containing encased hazardous waste liquids.]
Textual Amendments
F1 Substituted by Commission Regulation (EC) No 77/2001 of 5 January 2001 amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Jamaica, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Tunisia and Zimbabwe (Text with EEA relevance).
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