Amendments to Article 34
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71.—(1) Article 34 is amended as follows.
(2) In the heading for the words from “prohibited” to the end substitute “prohibitions etc.”.
(3) In paragraph 1 for “Community” substitute “United Kingdom”.
(4) In paragraph 2, after “disposal in” insert “EU or”.
(5) After paragraph 4 insert—
“5. Where a person proposes to export waste destined for disposal in an EU or EFTA country, the Secretary of State shall be required to present a prior duly reasoned request to the competent authority of the EU or EFTA country of destination on the basis that technical capacity and the necessary facilities in order to dispose of the waste in an environmentally sound manner do not exist, or cannot reasonably be acquired, in the United Kingdom.”.