Commission Regulation (EU) No 255/2013Show full title

“ANNEX VIII GUIDELINES ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT (ARTICLE 49)

I. Guidelines and guidance documents adopted under the Basel Convention: U.K.

1.

Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Biomedical and Health Care Wastes (Y1; Y3)(1)

2.

Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Lead Acid Batteries(1)

3.

Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of the Full and Partial Dismantling of Ships(1)

4.

Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Recycling/Reclamation of Metals and Metal Compounds (R4)(2)

5.

Updated General Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of, Containing or Contaminated with Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs)(3)

6.

Updated Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of, Containing or Contaminated with Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Polychlorinated Terphenyls (PCTs) or Polybrominated Biphenyls (PBBs)(3)

7.

Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of, Containing or Contaminated with the Pesticides Aldrin, Chlordane, Dieldrin, Endrin, Heptachlor, Hexachlorobenzene (HCB), Mirex or Toxaphene or with HCB as an Industrial Chemical(3)

8.

Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of, Containing or Contaminated with 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (4 chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT)(3)

9.

Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Unintentionally Produced Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDFs), Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) or Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs)(3)

10.

Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Used and Waste Pneumatic Tyres(4)

11.

Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of Elemental Mercury and Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Mercury(4)

12.

Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Co-processing of Hazardous Wastes in Cement Kilns(4)

13.

Guidance Document on the Environmentally Sound Management of Used and End-of-life Mobile Phones(4)

14.

Guidance Document on Environmentally Sound Management of Used and End-of-life Computing Equipment, Sections 1, 2, 4 and 5(4)

II. Guidelines adopted by the OECD: U.K.

Technical guidance for the environmentally sound management of specific waste streams:

Used and scrap personal computers(5)

III. Guidelines adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO): U.K.

Guidelines on ship recycling(6)

IV. Guidelines adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO): U.K.

Safety and health in shipbreaking: guidelines for Asian countries and Turkey(7)”

(1)

Adopted by the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal, 9-13 December 2002.

(2)

Adopted by the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 25-29 October 2004.

(3)

Adopted by the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 27 November-1 December 2006.

(4)

Adopted by the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 17-21 October 2011.

(5)

Adopted by the Environment Policy Committee of the OECD in February 2003 (document ENV/EPOC/WGWPR(2001)3/FINAL).

(6)

Resolution A.962 adopted by the Assembly of the IMO at its 23rd Regular session, 24 November to 5 December 2003.

(7)

Approved for publication by the Governing Body of the ILO at its 289th session, 11-26 March 2004.