PART 2Amendments to retained direct EU legislation on the environment

Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of wasteI15

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Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments of waste is amended as follows.

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In Article 26(4), for the second subparagraph substitute—

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The Secretary of State may, if the condition in paragraph 6 is met, make regulations setting out the technical and organisational requirements for the practical implementation of electronic data interchange for the submission of documents and information with a view to facilitating the implementation of paragraph 4.

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The condition is that the Secretary of State—

a

has taken into consideration any relevant international standards, and

b

is satisfied that the requirements set out in the regulations are in conformity with Regulation (EU) No 910/2014 or provide at least the same level of security as provided for under that Regulation.

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In Article 36(5)—

a

in the first sentence, for “Member State concerned” substitute “ competent authority ”;

b

in the second sentence, for the words from the beginning to “Commission” substitute “ The competent authority shall notify any case to the Secretary of State ”;

c

in the third sentence—

i

for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;

ii

omit “to all Member States and”;

d

in the fourth sentence—

i

for “Commission” substitute “ Secretary of State ”;

ii

for “adapt” substitute “ amend ”.

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In Article 37(2)—

a

for the first subparagraph substitute—

The Secretary of State may, by regulations, amend Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 in order to take into account any replies received pursuant to paragraph 1 on or after exit day.

b

omit the third subparagraph.

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For Article 50(4e) substitute—

4e

The Secretary of State may, by regulations, amend the correlation table in Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2016/1245 in order to—

a

reflect changes to the combined nomenclature provided for in Council Regulation (EEC) No 2658/87;

b

reflect changes to the entries of waste listed in Annexes 3, 3A, 3B, 4, 4A and 5;

c

include any new waste-related codes of the Harmonised System Nomenclature that the World Customs Organisation may adopt.

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In Article 58(1)—

a

in the words before point (a), for the words from “Commission” to “Article 58a to” substitute “ Secretary of State may, by regulations, ”;

b

in point (b), for the words from “agreed” to the end substitute “ any amendments made to Commission Decision 2000/532/EC ”.

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For Article 59a substitute—

Article 59aRegulations

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Regulations made under this Regulation are to be made by statutory instrument.

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A statutory instrument containing regulations made under this Regulation is subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

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Such regulations may—

a

contain consequential, incidental, supplementary, transitional or saving provision (including provision amending, repealing or revoking enactments (which has the meaning given by section 20(1) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018));

b

make different provision for different purposes.