Amendment of the Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 20053

1

The Hazardous Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2005 M1 are amended as follows.

2

For paragraph (1)(a) of regulation 2 M2 (the Waste Directive and the meaning of waste), substitute—

a

“the Waste Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste;

3

In paragraph (a) of regulation 3 M3 (Annex III to the Waste Directive), omit “, as that Annex is set out in Schedule 3”.

4

For paragraph (1) of regulation 4 M4 (the List of Wastes), substitute—

1

In these Regulations, “the List of Wastes” means the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended from time to time.

5

In paragraph (2) of regulation 8 (specific waste to be treated as hazardous), for “Article 3 of the List of Wastes Decision”, substitute “ Article 7(2) of the Waste Directive ”.

6

In paragraph (2) of regulation 9 (specific waste to be treated as non-hazardous), for “Article 3 of the List of Wastes Decision”, substitute “ Article 7(3) of the Waste Directive ”.

7

Omit Schedule 3 M5 (Annex III to the Waste Directive).

8

For Schedule 8 (form of consignee's return to producer or holder), substitute the text at Schedule 1 (new Schedule 8).