The Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Northern Ireland) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019

Modification of the Waste Directive3A

1

For the purposes of these Regulations, the Waste Directive M3 is to be read as follows.

2

A reference to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation or conferring a discretion on a member State or member States is to be read as a reference to the appropriate authority or local authority which, immediately before F1IP completion day, was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion in respect of Northern Ireland.

3

In Article 2—

a

in paragraph 2—

i

in the words before point (a), for “other Community legislation” there were substituted “ retained EU law ”;

ii

in points (b) and (c), for “Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002M4” there were substituted “ Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009M5 ”; and

iii

in point (d), for the words from “Directive 2006/21/ECM6” to the end there were substituted “ the Mining Waste Directive ”;

b

in paragraph 3, the words from “Without prejudice” to “Community legislation,” were omitted; and

c

paragraph 4 were omitted.

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Article 5 is to be read as if—

a

in paragraph 1, the words “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

b

after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

1A

Any decision as to whether a substance or object is a by-product must be made—

a

in accordance with any regulations setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific substances or objects; and

b

having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority for the purposes of this Article.

c

paragraphs 2 and 3 were omitted.

6

Article 6 is to read as if––

a

in paragraph 1, the words “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

b

after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

1A

Any decision as to whether a substance or object has ceased to be waste must be made—

a

in accordance with any regulations or retained direct EU legislation setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific types of waste; and

b

having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority for the purposes of this Article.

c

in paragraph 2––

i

the first sub-paragraph were omitted;

ii

in the second subparagraph, for the words “Those detailed criteria” there were substituted “Any detailed criteria set out in guidance as referred to in paragraph 1A”;

iii

the third and fourth sub-paragraphs were omitted;

d

paragraph 3 were omitted;

e

in paragraph 4––

i

in the first subparagraph—

aa

in the first sentence, for the words from the beginning to “Member State”, there were substituted “Where criteria have not been set out as referred to in paragraph 1A(a), the appropriate authority”;

bb

the second sentence were omitted;

ii

in the second subparagraph—

aa

for the words “Member States” there were substituted “The appropriate authority”;

bb

“by competent authorities” were omitted.

7

Article 7 is to read as if––

a

before paragraph 1 there were inserted—

A1

In this Article, the “list of waste” means the list contained in the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, as that list has effect in Northern Ireland.

b

in paragraph 1––

i

the first and second sentences were omitted;

ii

for the third sentence there were substituted “The list of waste shall, except as provided in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, be binding as regards determination of the waste which is to be considered as hazardous waste or as non-hazardous waste.”;

c

paragraphs 2, 3, 6 and 7 were omitted.

8

In Article 19—

a

in paragraph 1, for “Community” there were substituted “ national ”; and

b

in paragraph 2, for “a Member State” there were substituted “ Northern Ireland ”.

9

In Annex 3, in entry HP 9, in the second sentence, the words “in the Member States” were omitted.

10

In paragraph (2), “local authority” means a district council established under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972 M7

Meaning of “the Mining Waste Directive” and “the Industrial Emissions Directive”3B

1

In regulation 3A(3)(a)(iii), “the Mining Waste Directive” means Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive Industries M8, read in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3) of this regulation.

2

In Article 2 of the Mining Waste Directive—

a

in paragraph 2(c), the reference to Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/ECM9 were a reference to that Article read in accordance with paragraph (7) of this regulation; and

b

paragraphs 3 and 4 were omitted.

3

In Article 3(1) of the Mining Waste Directive, for “Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC” there were substituted “ Article 3(1) of the Waste Directive, read in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive ”.

4

In regulation 3A(4), “the Industrial Emissions Directive” means Directive 2010/75/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on industrial emissions (integrated pollution prevention and control) M10, read in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6 of this regulation.

5

In Article 3 of the Industrial Emissions Directive—

a

in point 1(a), for the words from “Article 1” to the end there were substituted “ Article 4(78) of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation M11 ”;

b

in point 10(b), for “Member State in question” there were substituted “ United Kingdom ”;

c

in point 23, for the words from “point 1” to the end there were substituted “ point 1 of the second paragraph of Article 2 of Council Directive 2009/158/EC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs M12 ”; and

d

in point (37), for the words from “of the European” to the end there were substituted “ , read with Article 5 and 6 of that Directive ”.

6

In Annex 1—

a

in the words before point 1, the second paragraph were omitted;

b

in point 5.3—

i

in point (a), in the words before point (i), for “Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment M13” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 M14 ”; and

ii

in point (b), in the words before point (i), for “Directive 91/271/EEC” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 ”;

c

in point 5.4, for “in Article 2(g) of Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste M15” there were substituted “ the Landfill Directive ”;

d

in point 6.9, for “Directive 2009/31/EC” there were substituted “ the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2009/31/EC in respect of Northern Ireland M16 ”; and

e

in point 6.11, for “Directive 91/271/EEC” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 ”.

7

For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC is to be read as if—

a

for “Member States” where it occurs there were substituted “ the appropriate authority ”;

b

in the words after the final indent, “environmental objectives” in relation to a river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, has the same meaning as in those regulations.

8

In paragraph (7)(b)—

“the WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2017 M17;

Modifications to the Packaging Waste Directive2A

1

For the purposes of these Regulations, the Packaging Waste Directive M20 is to be read in accordance with this regulation.

2

A reference to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation or conferring a discretion on a member State or member States is to be read as a reference to the appropriate authority or local authority which, immediately before F1IP completion day, was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion in Northern Ireland.

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Article 3 is to be read as if––

a

in paragraph 2, for the words “Article 3 of Directive 2008/98/EC” there were substituted “Article 3(1) of the Waste Directive, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive;

b

in paragraph 2c, for the words “Directive 2008/98/EC” there were substituted “the Waste Directive”.

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Modifications to the Waste Directive2B

1

For the purposes of these Regulations, the Waste Directive is to be read in accordance with this regulation.

2

A reference to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation or conferring a discretion on a member State or member States is to be read as a reference to the appropriate authority or local authority which, immediately before F1IP completion day, was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion in Northern Ireland.

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Article 5 is to read as if––

a

in paragraph 1, the words “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

b

after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

1A

Any decision as to whether a substance or object is a by-product must be made—

a

in accordance with any regulations setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific substances or objects; and

b

having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority for the purposes of this Article.

c

paragraphs 2 and 3 were omitted.

4

Article 6 is to be read as if––

a

in paragraph 1, the words “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

b

after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

1A

Any decision as to whether a substance or object has ceased to be waste must be made—

a

in accordance with any regulations or retained direct EU legislation setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific types of waste; and

b

having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority for the purposes of this Article.

c

in paragraph 2––

i

the first sub-paragraph were omitted;

ii

in the second subparagraph, for the words “Those detailed criteria” there were substituted “Any detailed criteria set out in guidance as referred to in paragraph 1A”;

iii

the third and fourth subparagraphs were omitted;

d

paragraph 3 were omitted;

e

in paragraph 4––

i

in the first sub-paragraph––

aa

in the first sentence, for the words from the beginning to “Member State”, there were substituted “Where criteria have not been set out as referred to in paragraph 1A(a), the appropriate authority”;

bb

the second sentence were omitted;

ii

in the second sub-paragraph—

aa

for the words “Member States” there were substituted “The appropriate authority”;

bb

“by competent authorities” were omitted.

2

Where the appropriate authority has granted an accreditation to an exporter, and is no longer satisfied that the requirements in regulation 24(3)(b) or (9), which applied to that grant of accreditation, are met in relation to the export of one or more specified recyclable materials for reprocessing at one or more reprocessing sites outside the United Kingdom, the appropriate authority shall cancel the accreditation of an exporter to the extent that it relates to any such export which does not meet those requirements.

Modification of the Industrial Emissions Directive9A

1

For the purposes of these Regulations, the Industrial Emissions Directive is to be read as follows.

2

In Article 3—

a

in paragraph 1(a), for the words from “Article 1” to the end there were substituted “ Article 4(78) of Council Directive 2013/59/Euratom laying down basic safety standards for protection against the dangers arising from exposure to ionising radiation M25 ”;

b

in paragraph 10(b), for “Member State in question” there were substituted “ United Kingdom ”;

c

in paragraph 23, for the words from “point 1” to the end there were substituted “ point 1 of the second subparagraph of Article 2 of Council Directive 2009/158/EC on animal health conditions governing intra-Community trade in, and imports from third countries of, poultry and hatching eggs M26 ”; and

d

in paragraph 37, for the words from “Directive 2008/98/EC” to the end there were substituted “ the Waste Framework Directive, read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive ”.

3

In Annex 1—

a

in the words before point 1, the second paragraph were omitted;

b

in point 5.3—

i

in point (a), in the words before point (i), for “Council Directive 91/271/EEC of 21 May 1991 concerning urban waste-water treatment” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 M27 ”; and

ii

in point (b), in the words before point (i), for “Directive 91/271/EEC” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 ”;

c

in point 5.4, for “Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste” there were substituted “ the Landfill Directive ”;

d

in point 6.9, for “Directive 2009/31/EC” there were substituted “ the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2009/31/EC ”; and

e

in point 6.11, for “Directive 91/271/EEC” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2007 ”.

Modification of the Landfill Directive9B

1

For the purposes of these Regulations, the Landfill Directive is to be read as follows.

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In Article 2—

a

in point (a)—

i

“‘waste’, ‘hazardous waste’, ‘non-hazardous waste’” were omitted; and

ii

for the words “Directive 2008/98/EC” there were substituted “the Waste Framework Directive”;

b

after point (a) there were inserted—

aa

‘waste’ has the meaning given by regulation 1(3) of the Waste Management Licensing Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2003;

bb

‘hazardous waste’ and ‘non-hazardous waste’ have the meaning given in regulation 2(1) of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005;

3

In Article 3(2), “Without prejudice to existing Community legislation,” were omitted.

Modification of the Mining Waste Directive9C

1

For the purposes of these Regulations, the Mining Waste Directive M28 is to be read as follows.

2

A reference to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation or providing a discretion on a member State or member States is to be read as a reference to the appropriate authority or local authority which, immediately before F1IP completion day, was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion in Northern Ireland.

3

In Article 2—

a

in paragraph 2(c), the reference to Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council establishing a framework for Community action in the field of water policy were a reference to that Article read in accordance with regulation 9E;

b

paragraphs 3 and 4 were omitted.

4

In Article 3—

a

in point (1), for “Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC” there were substituted “ Article 3(1) of the Waste Framework Directive, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive ”;

b

in point (2), for “Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste” there were substituted “ Article 3(2) of the Waste Framework Directive ”;

c

in point (4), for the words from “the national law” to the end there were substituted “ national law ”;

d

in point (17), for “Directive 67/548/EECM29 or Directive 1999/45/ECM30 ” there were substituted “ Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures M31 ”;

e

in point (18), for “Article 2(11) of Directive 96/61/EC” there were substituted “ Article 3(10) of the Industrial Emission Directive ”;

f

in point (24), for the words from “the national law” to “takes place” there were substituted “ national law ”;

g

in point (26), for the words from “the national” to “operates,” there were substituted “ national law ”;

h

in point (27), for “which a Member State designates” there were substituted “ designated ”; and

i

in point (29), for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”.

5

In Article 5—

a

in paragraphs 2(a)(iii) and (b), “at Community level” were omitted;

b

in paragraph 3—

i

in the first subparagraph, in point (g), for “Directive 2000/60/EC” there were substituted “ the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council M32 in respect of Northern Ireland ”; and

ii

in the second subparagraph, for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”;

c

in paragraph 4, in the second sentence, for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”;

d

in paragraph 5, “or Community” were omitted;

e

paragraph 6 were omitted.

6

In Article 6—

a

in paragraph 2, the words from “Without prejudice” to “92/104/EEC,” were omitted;

b

in paragraph 3, in the third subparagraph, for “competent authority” in both places it occurs there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”.

7

In Article 7—

a

in paragraph 1—

i

in the first subparagraph, in the first sentence, for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”; and

ii

in the second subparagraph, in the first sentence—

aa

“or Community” were omitted; and

bb

for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”;

b

in paragraph 2(e), the reference to Directive 85/337/EECM33 were a reference to the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2011/92/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on the assessment of the effects of certain public and private projects on the environment in respect of Northern Ireland;

c

in paragraph 3—

i

in the words before point (a), for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”; and

ii

in point (b), for “Article 7 of Directive 75/442/EEC” there were substituted “ Article 13 of the Waste Framework Directive ”;

d

in paragraph 4—

i

in the words before the first indent, for “competent authorities” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”; and

ii

the third indent were omitted; and

e

in paragraph 5, “and Community” were omitted.

8

In Article 9 for “competent authorities” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”.

9

In Article 10, paragraph 2 were omitted.

10

In Article 11—

a

in paragraph 2—

i

in the words before point (a), for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”; and

ii

in point (a)—

aa

the words “Community or” were omitted; and

bb

for “Directives 76/464/EECM34, 80/68/EECM35 and 2000/60/EC” there were substituted “ the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2000/60/EC in respect of Northern Ireland ”;

b

in paragraph 3—

i

for “competent authority” in each place it occurs there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”; and

ii

in the third subparagraph, for “competent authorities” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”.

11

In Article 12—

a

in paragraphs 2(b), 2(c) and 3, for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”;

b

in paragraph 4—

i

for “competent authority” in both places it occurs there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”; and

ii

“national or Community” were omitted; and

c

in paragraph 5—

i

for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”; and

ii

for the words from “Community” to “2000/60/EC” there were substituted “ retained EU law, in particular the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2000/60/EC in respect of Northern Ireland ”.

12

In Article 13—

a

in paragraph 1, in the words before point (a)—

i

for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”;

ii

the word “Community” were omitted; and

iii

for “Directive 2000/60/EC” there were substituted “ the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2000/60/EC in respect of Northern Ireland ”;

b

in paragraph 3—

i

for “Directives 76/464/EEC, 80/68/EEC or 2000/60/EC” there were substituted “ the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2000/60/EC in respect of Northern Ireland ”; and

ii

for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”;

c

in paragraph 4, for “Directives 76/464/EEC, 80/68/EEC and 2000/60/EC” there were substituted “ the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2000/60/EC in respect of Northern Ireland ”;

d

in paragraph 5, in the second sentence—

i

for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”;

ii

for “Community” there were substituted “ retained EU law ”; and

iii

for “Directive 2000/60/EC” there were substituted “ the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2000/60/EC in respect of Northern Ireland ”; and

e

in paragraph 6, in the second subparagraph, for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”.

13

In Article 14(1) and (4), for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”.

14

In Article 17, for “competent authority” in each place it occurs (including the heading), there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”.

15

In Article 24(4), in the second indent—

a

“Community or” were omitted; and

b

for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”.

16

In Annex 3—

a

in the second indent, for “under Directive 91/689/EECM36” there were substituted “ the Waste Framework Directive ”; and

b

in the third indent, for “Directives 67/548/EEC or 1999/45/EC” there were substituted “ Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures ”.

Modification of the Waste Framework Directive9D

1

For the purposes of these Regulations, the Waste Framework Directive is to be read as follows.

2

A reference to one or more member States in a provision imposing an obligation or providing a discretion on a member State or member States is to be read as a reference to the appropriate authority or local authority which, immediately before F1IP completion day, was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion in Northern Ireland.

3

In Article 2—

a

in paragraph 2—

i

in the words before point (a), for “other Community legislation” there were substituted “ retained EU law ”;

ii

in points (b) and (c), for “Regulation (EC) No 1774/2002” there were substituted “ Regulation (EC) No 1069/2009M37 ”; and

iii

in point (d), for “Directive 2006/21/EC” to the end there were substituted “ the Mining Waste Directive ”;

b

in paragraph 3, the words from “Without prejudice” to “Community legislation,” were omitted; and

c

paragraph 4 were omitted.

4

In Article 3, in point (20), for “Article 2(11) of Directive 96/61/EC” there were substituted “ Article 3(10) of the Industrial Emissions Directive ”.

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Article 5 is to be read as if––

a

in paragraph 1, the words “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

b

after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

1A

Any decision as to whether a substance or object is a by-product must be made—

a

in accordance with any regulations setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific substances or objects; and

b

having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority for the purposes of this Article.

c

paragraphs 2 and 3 were omitted.

6

Article 6 is to be read as if––

a

in paragraph 1, the words “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

b

after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

1A

Any decision as to whether a substance or object has ceased to be waste must be made—

a

in accordance with any regulations or retained direct EU legislation setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific types of waste; and

b

having regard to any guidance published by the appropriate authority for the purposes of this Article.

c

in paragraph 2––

i

the first sub-paragraph were omitted;

ii

in the second subparagraph, for the words “Those detailed criteria” there were substituted “Any detailed criteria set out in guidance as referred to in paragraph 1A”;

iii

the third and fourth subparagraphs were omitted;

d

paragraph 3 were omitted;

e

in paragraph 4––

i

in the first sub-paragraph––

aa

in the first sentence, for the words from the beginning to “Member State”, there were substituted “Where criteria have not been set out as referred to in paragraph 1A(a), the appropriate authority”;

bb

the second sentence were omitted;

ii

in the second subparagraph—

aa

for the words “Member States” there were substituted “The appropriate authority”;

bb

“by competent authorities” were omitted.

7

Article 7 is to be read as if—

a

before paragraph 1 there were inserted—

A1

In this Article, the “list of waste” means the list contained in the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, as that list has effect in Northern Ireland.

b

in paragraph 1—

i

the first and second sentences were omitted;

ii

for the third sentence there were substituted “The list of waste shall, except as provided in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, be binding as regards determination of the waste which is to be considered as hazardous waste or as non-hazardous waste.”;

c

paragraphs 2, 3, 6 and 7 were omitted.

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In Article 16—

a

in paragraph 1, in the first sub-paragraph—

i

the words from “, in cooperation with” to “advisable,” were omitted; and

ii

“, taking into account best available techniques” were omitted; and

b

in paragraph 2—

i

for “Community as a whole to become” there were substituted “United Kingdom as a whole to move towards the aim of becoming”; and

ii

the words “and to enable Member States to move towards that aim individually,” were omitted.

9

In Article 23(1) and (3), for “competent authority” there were substituted “ appropriate authority ”.

F1410

Article 35(1) is to be read as if, for the second paragraph, there were substituted—

They shall make that data available to the appropriate authority through any electronic registry established for the reporting of such data or, if no such registry is in operation, in such form and manner the appropriate authority may specify.

11

In Annex 3, in entry HP9, in the second sentence, “in the Member States” were omitted.

12

In Annex 4—

a

in paragraph 3, “at Community level” were omitted;

b

in paragraph 6, for “this Directive and Directive 96/61/EC” there were substituted “ Annex 3, Part 3 of the Hazardous Waste Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2005 M38 ”;

c

in paragraph 7, for “96/61/EC”, there were substituted “ the Industrial Emissions Directive ”; and

d

in paragraph 10, the words “EMAS and” were omitted.

13

In paragraph F15(12)(c), the reference to the Industrial Emissions Directive is to be construed as a reference to the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed that Directive in respect of Northern Ireland.

F1614

Annex 4a is to be read as if, in point 6, “including through Union funds” were omitted.

Modification of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council9E

For the purposes of regulation 9C(3)(a), Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council is to be read as if—

1

the reference to “Member States” were a reference to the appropriate authority or local authority which, immediately before F1IP completion day, was able to exercise the discretion described in the Article in respect of Northern Ireland; and

2

in the words after the sixth indent, “environmental objectives” means—

“in relation to a river basin district in Northern Ireland, the objectives set under regulation 12, in accordance with regulation 13, of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2017 M39;