Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2005
of 17 November 2004
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to China and Saudi Arabia
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community1, and in particular Article 17(3) thereof,
Having regard to 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 waste2, and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,
Whereas:
On 4 August 2003, the Ministry of Defence and Aviation, Presidency of Meteorology and Environment of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia sent a request to the European Commission that normal commercial transactions (‘green list’ procedure) apply to the material GH 014 ‘waste, parings and scrap of polyurethane foam not containing chlorofluorocarbons’.
On 13 May 2004, the Mission of the People’s Republic of China to the European Communities sent a request to the European Commission for an amendment to the list of wastes in Annex D to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/19993 which are allowed without recourse to any of the control procedures provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93. This amended list will be subject, as before, to additional pre-shipment inspection procedures under the responsibility of the Chinese authorities.
In accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93, the committee set up by Article 18 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste4 was notified of the official requests of Saudi Arabia and of China on 2 April 2004 and 18 May 2004.
In order to take into account the new situation of these countries, it is necessary to amend at the same time Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999.
The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: