ANNEX IIILIST OF WASTES SUBJECT TO THE GENERAL INFORMATION REQUIREMENTS LAID DOWN IN ARTICLE 18

(‘GREEN’ LISTED WASTE)44

Regardless of whether or not wastes are included on this list, they may not be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18 if they are contaminated by other materials to an extent which

  1. (a)

    increases the risks associated with the wastes sufficiently to render them appropriate for submission to the procedure of prior written notification and consent, when taking into account the hazardous characteristics listed in Annex III to Directive 91/689/EEC; or

  2. (b)

    prevents the recovery of the wastes in an environmentally sound manner.

Part I

Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)

The following wastes will be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18:

Wastes listed in Annex IX to the Basel Convention45.

F1For the purposes of this Regulation:

  1. (a)

    any reference to list A in Annex IX to the Basel Convention shall be understood as a reference to Annex IV to this Regulation;

  2. (b)

    in Basel entry B1020, the term ‘bulk finished form’ includes all metallic non-dispersible46 forms of the scrap listed therein;

  3. (c)

    Basel entry B1030 shall read: ‘Residues containing refractory metals’;

  4. (d)

    the part of Basel entry B1100 that refers to ‘Slags from copper processing’ etc., does not apply and (OECD) entry GB040 in Part II applies instead;

  5. (e)

    Basel entry B1110 does not apply and (OECD) entries GC010 and GC020 in Part II apply instead;

  6. (f)

    Basel entry B2050 does not apply and (OECD) entry GG040 in Part II applies instead;

  7. (g)

    the reference in Basel entry B3010 to fluorinated polymer wastes shall be deemed to include polymers and co-polymers of fluorinated ethylene (PTFE).

Part II

The following wastes will also be subject to the general information requirements laid down in Article 18:

Metal bearing wastes arising from melting, smelting and refining of metals

GB040

7112

262030

262090

Slags from precious metals and copper processing for further refining

Other wastes containing metals

GC010

Electrical assemblies consisting only of metals or alloys

GC020

Electronic scrap (e.g. printed circuit boards, electronic components, wire, etc.) and reclaimed electronic components suitable for base and precious metal recovery

GC030

ex 890800

Vessels 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

GC050

Spent fluid catalytic cracking (FCC) catalysts (e.g. aluminium oxide, zeolites)

Glass waste in non-dispersible form

GE020

ex 7001

ex 701939

Glass fibre waste

Ceramic wastes in non-dispersible form

GF010

Ceramic wastes which have been fired after shaping, including ceramic vessels (before and/or after use)

Other wastes containing principally inorganic constituents, which may contain metals and organic materials

GG030

ex 2621

Bottom ash and slag tap from coal fired power plants

GG040

ex 2621

Coal fired power plants fly ash

Solid plastic wastes

GH013

391530

ex 390410—40

Polymers of vinyl chloride

Wastes arising from tanning and fellmongery operations and leather use

GN010

ex 050200

Waste of pigs', hogs' or boars' bristles and hair or of badger hair and other brush making hair

GN020

ex 050300

Horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting material

GN030

ex 050590

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