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Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (Text with EEA relevance)

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. CHAPTER I SUBJECT MATTER, SCOPE AND DEFINITIONS

    1. Article 1. Subject matter and scope

    2. Article 2.Exclusions from the scope

    3. Article 3.Definitions

    4. Article 4.Waste hierarchy

    5. Article 5.By-products

    6. Article 6.End-of-waste status

    7. Article 7.List of waste

  3. CHAPTER II GENERAL REQUIREMENTS

    1. Article 8.Extended producer responsibility

    2. Article 8a. General minimum requirements for extended producer responsibility schemes

    3. Article 9. Prevention of waste

    4. Article 10. Recovery

    5. Article 11. Preparing for re-use and recycling

    6. Article 11a. Rules on the calculation of the attainment of the targets

    7. Article 11b. Early warning report

    8. Article 12. Disposal

    9. Article 13.Protection of human health and the environment

    10. Article 14. Costs

  4. CHAPTER III WASTE MANAGEMENT

    1. Article 15.Responsibility for waste management

    2. Article 16.Principles of self-sufficiency and proximity

    3. Article 17.Control of hazardous waste

    4. Article 18.Ban on the mixing of hazardous waste

    5. Article 19.Labelling of hazardous waste

    6. Article 20. Hazardous waste produced by households

    7. Article 21.Waste oils

    8. Article 22. Bio-waste

  5. CHAPTER IV PERMITS AND REGISTRATIONS

    1. Article 23.Issue of permits

    2. Article 24.Exemptions from permit requirements

    3. Article 25.Conditions for exemptions

    4. Article 26.Registration

    5. Article 27.Minimum standards

  6. CHAPTER V PLANS AND PROGRAMMES

    1. Article 28.Waste management plans

    2. Article 29.Waste prevention programmes

    3. Article 30.Evaluation and review of plans and programmes

    4. Article 31.Public participation

    5. Article 32.Cooperation

    6. Article 33.Information to be submitted to the Commission

  7. CHAPTER VI INSPECTIONS AND RECORDS

    1. Article 34.Inspections

    2. Article 35.Record keeping

    3. Article 36.Enforcement and penalties

  8. CHAPTER VII FINAL PROVISIONS

    1. Article 37. Reporting

    2. Article 38. Exchange of information and sharing of best practices, interpretation and adaptation to technical progress

    3. Article 38a. Exercise of the delegation

    4. Article 39. Committee procedure

    5. Article 40.Transposition

    6. Article 41.Repeal and transitional provisions

    7. Article 42.Entry into force

    8. Article 43.Addressees

    1. ANNEX I

      DISPOSAL OPERATIONS

      1. D 1 Deposit into or on to land (e.g. landfill, etc.)

      2. D 2 Land treatment (e.g. biodegradation of liquid or sludgy discards in...

      3. D 3 Deep injection (e.g. injection of pumpable discards into wells, salt...

      4. D 4 Surface impoundment (e.g. placement of liquid or sludgy discards into...

      5. D 5 Specially engineered landfill (e.g. placement into lined discrete cells which...

      6. D 6 Release into a water body except seas/oceans

      7. D 7 Release to seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion

      8. D 8 Biological treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results...

      9. D 9 Physico-chemical treatment not specified elsewhere in this Annex which results...

      10. D 10 Incineration on land

      11. D 11 Incineration at sea

      12. D 12 Permanent storage (e.g. emplacement of containers in a mine, etc.)...

      13. D 13 Blending or mixing prior to submission to any of the...

      14. D 14 Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations numbered...

      15. D 15 Storage pending any of the operations numbered D 1 to...

    2. ANNEX II

      RECOVERY OPERATIONS

      1. R 1 Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate...

      2. R 2 Solvent reclamation/regeneration

      3. R 3 Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used as solvents...

      4. R 4 Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds

      5. R 5 Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials

      6. R 6 Regeneration of acids or bases

      7. R 7 Recovery of components used for pollution abatement

      8. R 8 Recovery of components from catalysts

      9. R 9 Oil re-refining or other reuses of oil

      10. R 10 Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological improvement...

      11. R 11 Use of waste obtained from any of the operations numbered...

      12. R 12 Exchange of waste for submission to any of the operations...

      13. R 13 Storage of waste pending any of the operations numbered R...

    3. ANNEX III

      PROPERTIES OF WASTE WHICH RENDER IT HAZARDOUS

      1. ‘ Explosive: ’ waste which is capable by chemical reaction...

    4. ANNEX IV

      EXAMPLES OF WASTE PREVENTION MEASURES REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 29

      1. Measures that can affect the framework conditions related to the...

        1. 1. The use of planning measures, or other economic instruments promoting...

        2. 2. The promotion of research and development into the area of...

        3. 3. The development of effective and meaningful indicators of the environmental...

      2. Measures that can affect the design and production and distribution...

        1. 4. The promotion of eco-design (the systematic integration of environmental aspects...

        2. 5. The provision of information on waste prevention techniques with a...

        3. 6. Organise training of competent authorities as regards the insertion of...

        4. 7. The inclusion of measures to prevent waste production at installations...

        5. 8. The use of awareness campaigns or the provision of financial,...

        6. 9. The use of voluntary agreements, consumer/producer panels or sectoral negotiations...

        7. 10. The promotion of creditable environmental management systems, including EMAS and...

      3. Measures that can affect the consumption and use phase

        1. 11. Economic instruments such as incentives for clean purchases or the...

        2. 12. The use of awareness campaigns and information provision directed at...

        3. 13. The promotion of creditable eco-labels.

        4. 14. Agreements with industry, such as the use of product panels...

        5. 15. In the context of public and corporate procurement, the integration...

        6. 16. The promotion of the reuse and/or repair of appropriate discarded...

    5. ANNEX IVa

      EXAMPLES OF ECONOMIC INSTRUMENTS AND OTHER MEASURES TO PROVIDE INCENTIVES FOR THE APPLICATION OF THE WASTE HIERARCHY REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 4(3)

      1. Charges and restrictions for the landfilling and incineration of waste...

    6. ANNEX IVb

      IMPLEMENTATION PLAN TO BE SUBMITTED PURSUANT TO ARTICLE 11(3)

      1. The implementation plan to be submitted pursuant to Article 11(3)...

      2. assessment of the past, current and projected rates of recycling,...

    7. ANNEX V

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