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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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ANNEX BU.K.Countries and territories which have not responded to the Commission's communications on shipments for recovery of certain types of waste listed in Annex II to Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93

AFGHANISTANU.K.

All types

ALGERIAU.K.

All types

ANGOLAU.K.

All types except:

1.

All types in section GA (‘Metal and metal alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible form’).

2.

All types in section GE (‘Glass wastes in non-dispersible form’).

3.

All types in section GI (‘Paper, paperboard and paper product wastes’).

4.

All types in section GJ (‘Textile wastes’).

5.

All types in section GK (‘Rubber wastes’).

ARMENIAU.K.

All types

AZERBAIJANU.K.

All types

[F1BAHRAIN] U.K.

[ F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

Textual Amendments

BANGLADESHU.K.

All types

BRUNEIU.K.

All types

F2BURUNDIU.K.

. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

CAMBODIAU.K.

All types

ECUADORU.K.

All types

EL SALVADORU.K.

All types

EQUATORIAL GUINEAU.K.

All types

ERITREAU.K.

All types

ETHIOPIAU.K.

All types

FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIAU.K.

All types

GABONU.K.

All types

GUATEMALAU.K.

All types

GUINEAU.K.

All types except:

  • In section GJ (‘Textile wastes’):

    1.
    [F3GJ 120 6309 00 Worn clothing and other worn textile articles
    2.

    All types in section GM (Wastes arising from agro-food industries).]

Textual Amendments

[F1HAITI] U.K.

[ F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F1HONDURAS] U.K.

[ F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

IVORY COASTU.K.

All types

KAZAKHSTANU.K.

All types

KYRGYSTANU.K.

All types

LAOSU.K.

All types

LESOTHOU.K.

All types

[F4MOROCCO U.K.

All types except:

  • All types in section GJ ( ‘ Textile wastes ’ )]

Textual Amendments

MOZAMBIQUEU.K.

All types

[F1NAMIBIA] U.K.

[ F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

NEPALU.K.

All types

OMANU.K.

All types

PANAMAU.K.

All types

[F1QATAR] U.K.

[ F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

RUSSIAN FEDERATIONU.K.

All types except:

1.

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

(a)

The following waste and scrap of non-ferrous metals and their alloys:

a

See Annex III of Decision 98/368/EC of 18 May 1998 (OJ L 165, 10.6.1998, p. 20)

GA 1507802 00Lead waste and scrap
GA 1607902 00Zinc waste and scrap
GA 1708002 00Tin waste and scrap
GA 180ex 8101 91Tungsten waste and scrap
GA 190ex 8102 91Molybdenum waste and scrap
GA 200ex 8103 10Tantalum waste and scrap
GA 2108104 20Magnesium waste and scrap (excluding those listed in AA 190) a
GA 220ex 8105 10Cobalt waste and scrap
GA 230ex 8106 00Bismuth waste and scrap
GA 240ex 8107 10Cadmium waste and scrap
GA 250ex 8108 10Titanium waste and scrap
GA 260ex 8109 10Zirconium waste and scrap
GA 270ex 8110 00Antimony waste and scrap
GA 280ex 8111 00Manganese waste and scrap
GA 290ex 8112 11Beryllium waste and scrap
GA 300ex 8112 20Chromium waste and scrap
GA 310ex 8112 30Germanium waste and scrap
GA 320ex 8112 40Vanadium waste and scrap
ex 8112 91Wastes and scrap of:
GA 330— Hafnium
GA 340— Indium
GA 350— Niobium
GA 400ex 2804 90Selenium waste and scrap
GA 410ex 2804 50Tellurium waste and scrap.
2.

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

GB 0102620 11Hard zinc spelter
GB 025— Zinc skimmings.
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 030ex 8908 00Vessels 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.
GC 070ex 2619 00Slag arising from the manufacture of iron and carbon 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 (‘Waste from mining operations: these wastes to be in non-dispersible form’):

GD 020ex 2514 00Slate waste, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut, by sawing or otherwise
GD 0302525 30Mica waste
GD 070ex 2811 22Silica wastes in solid form excluding those used in foundry operations.
5.

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

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 110ex 2621 00Neutralised red mud from alumina production.
6.

All types included in section GH (‘Solid plastic wastes’).

7.

In section GJ (‘Textile wastes’):

GJ 1105505Waste (including noils, yarn waste and garnetted stock) of man-made fibres
GJ 1115505 10– Of synthetic fibres
GJ 1125505 20– Of artificial fibres.
8.

All types included in section GK (‘Rubber wastes’).

9.

In section GM (‘Wastes arising from agro-food industries’):

GM 0901522Degras; residues resulting from the treatment of fatty substances or animal or vegetable waxes
GM 1000506 90Waste of bones and horn-cones, unworked, defatted, simply prepared (but not cut to shape), treated with acid or degelatinised
GM 110ex 0511 91Fish waste.
10.

In section GN (‘Wastes arising from tanning and fellmongery operations and leather use’):

GN 010ex 0502 00Waste of pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair or of badger hair and other brush-making hair
GN 020ex 0503 00Horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer or without supporting material
GN 030ex 0505 90Waste 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.
11.

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

GO 010ex 0501 00Waste of human hair

SOLOMON ISLANDSU.K.

All types

SUDANU.K.

All types

SWAZILANDU.K.

All types

SYRIAU.K.

All types

TAJIKISTANU.K.

All types

TONGAU.K.

All types

[F4TUNISIA U.K.

1. In section GC (‘Other wastes containing metals’) U.K.

a

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

GC 070 ex 2619 00 Slags arising from the manufacture of iron and carbon steel (including low alloy steel) excluding those slags which have been specifically produced to meet both national and relevant international requirements and standards  a .
GC 080 Mill scale (ferrous metal)

2. In section GN (‘Wastes arising from tanning and fellmongery operations and leather use’) U.K.

GN 030 ex 0505 90 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.]

TURKMENISTANU.K.

All types

[X1UNITED ARAB EMIRATES U.K.

All types]

Editorial Information

[F1UZBEKISTAN] U.K.

[ F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

[F1VATICAN CITY] U.K.

[ F1. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

VENEZUELAU.K.

All types

VIETNAMU.K.

All types

YEMENU.K.

All types

F2ZIMBABWEU.K.

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