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CHAPTER 1U.K.Regulations

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1103/2010 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, rules as regards capacity labelling of portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulatorsU.K.

8.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1103/2010 establishing, pursuant to Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council, rules as regards capacity labelling of portable secondary (rechargeable) and automotive batteries and accumulators is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 1—

[F1(za)for the heading, substitute “Scope and interpretation”;]

(a)in paragraph 1, for “the date referred to in Article 5” substitute “ 30th November 2010 ”;

(b)after paragraph 1, insert—

1A.  In paragraph 1, ‘placed on the market’ means supplied or made available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a third party within the [F2Great Britain] and includes import into the [F2Great Britain]..

[F3(c)after paragraph 2 insert—

3.  In this Regulation, “appliance” means any electrical or electronic equipment, as defined by Article 3(1)(a) of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), which is fully or partly powered by batteries or accumulators or is capable of being so.;]

(3) Omit Article 5.

(4) After Article 5, omit the words from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.

[F4(5) In Annex 1, in point (1), for “Article 11 of Directive 2006/66/EC” substitute “regulation 7 of the Batteries and Accumulators (Placing on the Market) Regulations 2008”.]

F5(6) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I1Reg. 8 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)(b)

Council Regulation (EU) No 333/2011 establishing criteria determining when certain types of scrap metal cease to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilU.K.

9.—(1) Council Regulation (EU) No 333/2011 establishing criteria determining when certain types of scrap metal cease to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

(a)the existing text becomes paragraph 1;

(b)in that paragraph—

(i)in point (e), in the definition of “importer”—

(aa)for “Union” in the first place it occurs substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(bb)for “customs territory of the Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(ii)after point (h), insert—

(i)competent authority” means—

(i)in relation to England, the Environment Agency;

(ii)in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(iii)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

(iv)in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

(j)EU-derived domestic legislation” has the meaning given by section 2(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018;

(k)local authority” means—

(i)in England outside Greater London—

  • — a district council,

  • — a county council, or

  • — the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(ii)in Greater London—

  • — the council of a London borough,

  • — the Common Council of the City of London,

  • — the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple, or

  • — the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

(iii)in Wales—

  • — a county council, or

  • — a county borough council;

(iv)in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

(v)in Northern Ireland, a district council established under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972..

(3) After Article 2 insert—

Article 2AU.K.Modification of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

1.  For the purposes of this Regulation, a reference to Directive 2008/98/EC is a reference to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by [F6Directive (EU) 2018/851], and read in accordance with this Article.

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 competent authority, appropriate authority or local authority which, immediately before [F7IP completion day], was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion.

3.  Article 2 is to be read as if—

(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 1069/2009;

(iii)in point (d), as it extends to England and Wales, for the words from “Directive 2006/21/EC” to the end there were substituted “ the Mining Waste Directive ”;

(iv)for point (d), as it extends to Scotland, there were substituted—

(d)extractive waste, which has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010.;

(v)for point (d), as it extends to Northern Ireland, there were substituted—

(d)extractive waste, which has the same meaning as in regulation 2(2) of the Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.;

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

(c)paragraph 4 were omitted.

4.  Article 3(20) is to be read as if for “Article 2(11) of Directive 96/61/EC M1” there were substituted “ Article 3(10) of the Industrial Emissions Directive ”.

[F85.   Article 5 is to be read as if—

(a)in paragraph 1, “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 or the competent 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, “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 or the competent authority for the purposes of this Article.;

(c)in paragraph 2—

(i)the first subparagraph were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph, for “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 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 competent authority”;

(bb)the second sentence were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)for “Member States” there were substituted “The competent 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 England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).;

(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.  Annex 3 is to be read as if, in entry HP 9, in the second sentence, “in the Member States” were omitted.

9.  In [F9this Article], “the appropriate authority” means—

(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

(d)in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs.

Article 2BU.K.Meaning of “the Mining Waste Directive” and “the Industrial Emissions Directive”

1.  In Article 2A(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, read in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.

2.  Article 2 is to be read as if—

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

(b)paragraphs 3 and 4 were omitted.

3.  Article 3(1) is to be read as if, for “Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC” there were substituted “ Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive ”.

4.  In Article 2A(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 M2), read in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6.

5.  Article 3 is to be read as if—

(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 M3;

(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 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 M4;

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

6.  Annex 1 is to be read as if—

(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 M5” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 M6;

(ii)in point (b), in the words before point (i), for “Directive 91/271/EEC” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 ”;

(c)in point 5.4, the reference to Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste M7 were a reference to the Landfill Directive;

(d)in point 6.9, for “Directive 2009/31/EC M8” there were substituted “ the EU-derived domestic legislation which transposed Directive 2009/31/EC in respect of England and Wales M9;

(e)in point 6.11, for “Directive 91/271/EEC” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 ”.

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

(a)the reference to “Member States” were a reference to the appropriate authority or the competent authority;

(b)in the words after the final indent, “environmental objectives”—

(i)in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, means the environmental objectives referred to in the WFD Regulations as applied by regulation 5 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003;

(ii)in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004;

(iii)in relation to a river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, has the same meaning as in those Regulations.

[F108.   In paragraph 6(c), “the Landfill Directive” means Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/850, and read as if, in Article 2—

(a)in point (a) “‘waste’,” were omitted; and

(b)after point (a) there were inserted—

(aa)“waste” means anything that—

(i)is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive, and

(ii)is not excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(1), (2) or (3) of that Directive;.]

9.  In paragraph 7—

(a)in point (a), “the appropriate authority” has the meaning given by Article 2A(9);

(b)in point (b), “the WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017..

(4) In Article 6—

(a)in paragraph 5, in the first sentence, omit the words from “, or any other” to “(EMAS)”;

(b)after paragraph 6 insert—

6A.  In paragraph 6, “independent external verifier” means—

(a)a conformity assessment body as defined in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

(b)a conformity assessment body as defined in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 as it has effect in EU law M10;

(c)any other environmental verifier as defined in Article 2(20)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 as it has effect in EU law M11..

(5) After Article 6, insert—

Article 6AU.K.EU exit: transitional provision

1.  Paragraph 3 applies to verification obtained in compliance with Article 6 as it had effect immediately before [F11IP completion day].

2.  Paragraph 3 also applies where—

(a)before [F11IP completion day], a producer or supplier has submitted a management system to a conformity assessment body or an environmental verifier for verification in compliance with Article 6 as it had effect immediately before [F11IP completion day], and

(b)after [F11IP completion day], the producer or supplier obtains that verification.

3.  Where this paragraph applies, the verification obtained is deemed to be verification for the purposes of Article 6.

4.  In paragraph 2, “supplier” means the supplier of a producer or of an importer..

(6) Omit Article 7.

(7) After Article 7, omit the words from “This Regulation shall” to “Member States”.

(8) In Annexes 1 and 2, in the first column—

(a)in Section 1.5, omit the second sentence;

(b)in Section 3.3(a), for the words from “Article 6” in the first place it occurs to the end substitute—

the EU-derived domestic legislation that transposed—

(i)Article 6 of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles M12, as last amended by Commission Directive (EU) 2017/2096 M13, and

(ii)Article 8 of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), as it had effect immediately before 4th July 2018 M14..

(9) In Annex 3, in the sixth entry of the table, in the second column, for “customs territory of the Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I2Reg. 9 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M1OJ No L 257, 10.10.1996, p 26, repealed by Directive 2008/1/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 24, 29.1.2008, p 8).

M2OJ L No. 334, 17.12.2010, p 17, as corrected by a corrigendum (OJ No L 158, 19.6.2012, p 25).

M3OJ No L 13, 17.1.2014, p 1, as corrected by a corrigendum (OJ No L 72, 17.3.2016, p 69).

M4OJ No L 343, 22.12.2009, p 74, as last amended by Commission Implementing Decision 2011/879/EU (OJ No L 343, 23.12.2011, p 105).

M5OJ No L 135, 30.5.1991, p 40, as last corrected by a corrigendum (OJ No L 189, 17.7.2015, p 41).

M6S.I. 1994/2841, amended by S.I. 2003/1788, 2005/2035, 2010/675, 2011/556, 2013/755 (W. 90) and 2016/1154.

M7OJ No L 182, 16.7.1999, p 1.

M8OJ No L 140, 5.6.2009, p 114, as last amended by Decision (EU) 2018/853 of the European Parliament and of the Council (OJ No L 150, 14.6.2018, p 155).

M9See for example: S.I. 2010/1513, 2221, 2011/1483, 2305, 2453, 2012/461, 2013/2696, 2016/1154, 2017/571.

M10OJ No L 218, 13.8.2008, p 30.

M11OJ No L 342, 22.12.2009, p 1, as last amended by Commission Regulation (EU) 2017/1505 (OJ No L 222, 29.8.2017, p 1).

M12OJ No L 269, 21.10.2000, p 34.

M13OJ No L 299, 16.11.2017, p 24. See for example: generally, S.I. 2003/2635, 2005/263; in relation to England and Wales, S.I. 2016/1154; in relation to Scotland, S.S.I. 2003/593; in relation to Northern Ireland, S.R. 2003 No. 493.

M14See for example S.I. 2013/3113 and S.R. 2014 No.202.

Commission Regulation (EU) No 493/2012 laying down detailed rules regarding the calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulatorsU.K.

10.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 493/2012 laying down detailed rules regarding the calculation of recycling efficiencies of the recycling processes of waste batteries and accumulators is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

(a)the existing text becomes paragraph 1;

(b)in that paragraph, after point (4) insert—

(4A) waste battery or accumulator” means any battery or accumulator which is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of the Waste Framework Directive, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive;

(4B) disposal” means any of the applicable operations provided for in Annex 1 to the Waste Framework Directive;

(4C) Directive 2006/66/EC” means Directive 2006/66/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on batteries and accumulators and waste batteries and accumulators, as last amended by [F12Directive (EU) 2018/849] of the European Parliament and of the Council;;

(c)after that paragraph, insert—

2.  In paragraph 1, “the Waste Framework Directive” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by [F13Directive (EU) 2018/851] , read in accordance with paragraphs 3 and 4.

[F143.   Article 5 is to be read as if—

(a)in paragraph 1, “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 or the competent 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, “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 or the competent authority for the purposes of this Article.;

(c)in paragraph 2—

(i)the first subparagraph were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph, for “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 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 competent authority”;

(bb)the second sentence were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)for “Member States” there were substituted “The competent authority”;

(bb)“by competent authorities” were omitted.

5.  In this Article—

“appropriate agency” means—

(a)in relation to England, the Environment Agency;

(b)in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(c)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

“appropriate authority” means—

(a)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(b)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(c)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers.].

(3) In Article 3(4) and (6), for “Member State's competent authorities” substitute “ competent authority ”.

(4) Omit Article 4.

(5) After Article 4, omit from “This Regulation” to “Member States”.

(6) In Annex 1, after point 6 insert—

7.  For the purposes of point 1, Directive 2006/66/EC is to be read as if “waste battery or accumulator” had the meaning given by Article 2(1)(4A).

8.  In point 3, “producer” means any person F15... that, irrespective of the selling technique used, including by distance contract, places batteries or accumulators, including those incorporated into appliances or vehicles, on the market for the first time [F16within Great Britain] on a professional basis.

9.  In point 8—

(a)appliance” means any electrical or electronic equipment, as defined by Article 3(1)(a) of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) [F17as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/849] , which is fully or partly powered by batteries or accumulators or is capable of being so;

(b)distance contract” has the meaning given in regulation 5 of the Consumer Contracts (Information, Cancellation and Additional Charges) Regulations 2013 M15;

(c)“placing on the market' means supplying or making available, whether in return for payment or free of charge, to a third party within [F18Great Britain] and includes import into [F18Great Britain]..

(7) In Annexes 2 and 3, after point 2 insert—

3.  For the purposes of point 1, Directive 2006/66/EC is to be read as if “waste battery or accumulator” had the meaning given by Article 2(1)(4A)..

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I3Reg. 10 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M15S.I. 2013/3134, to which there are amendments not relevant to these Regulations.

Commission Regulation (EU) No 1179/2012 establishing criteria determining when glass cullet ceases to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilU.K.

11.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 1179/2012 establishing criteria determining when glass cullet ceases to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2, in the second paragraph—

(a)after point (1) insert—

(1A) competent authority” means—

(a)in relation to England, the Environment Agency;

(b)in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(c)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

(d)in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;;

(b)in point (4)—

(i)for “Union” in the first place it occurs substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(ii)for “customs territory of the Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.

(3) After Article 2 insert—

Article 2AU.K.Modification of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

1.  For the purposes of this Regulation, a reference to Directive 2008/98/EC is a reference to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by [F19Directive (EU) 2018/851], and read in accordance with this Article.

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 competent authority, appropriate authority or local authority which, immediately before [F20IP completion day], was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion.

[F213.   Article 5 is to be read as if—

(a)in paragraph 1, “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 or the competent 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, “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 or the competent authority for the purposes of this Article.;

(c)in paragraph 2—

(i)the first subparagraph were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph, for “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 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 competent authority”;

(bb)the second sentence were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)for “Member States” there were substituted “The competent authority”;

(bb)“by competent authorities” were omitted.

5.  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 England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).;

(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.]

6.  Annex 3 is to be read as if, in entry HP 9, in the second sentence, “in the Member States” were omitted.

7.  In [F22this Article]

(a)appropriate authority” means—

(i)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(ii)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(iii)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(iv)in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

(b)local authority” means—

(i)in England outside Greater London—

  • — a district council,

  • — a county council, or

  • — the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(ii)in Greater London—

  • — the council of a London borough,

  • — the Common Council of the City of London,

  • — the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple, or

  • — the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

(iii)in Wales—

  • — a county council, or

  • — a county borough council;

(iv)in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

(v)in Northern Ireland, a district council established under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972..

(4) In Article 5—

(a)in paragraph 4—

(i)in the first sentence, omit the words from “, or an environmental” to “with that Regulation” in the second place it occurs;

(ii)in the third sentence, for the words from “NACE codes” to the end substitute “ UK Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) by Economic Activity, issued under section 9 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 M16, as updated from time to time M17;

(iii)in the first and second indents, for “* NACE” substitute “ UKSICEA ”;

(b)in paragraph 5—

(i)in the second subparagraph, omit the words from “; or by” to the end;

(ii)in the third subparagraph, omit the words from “or Regulation (EC)” to the end;

(c)after paragraph 6, insert—

7.  In paragraph 5, “independent external verifier” means—

(a)a conformity assessment body as defined in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008;

(b)a conformity assessment body as defined in Regulation (EC) No 765/2008 as it has effect in EU law which is accredited by an accreditation body successfully peer evaluated for this activity by the body recognised in Article 14 of that Regulation as it has effect in EU law;

(c)any other environmental verifier as defined in Article 2(20)(b) of Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the voluntary participation by organisations in a Community eco-management and audit scheme (EMAS) as it has effect in EU law, which is accredited or licensed by an accreditation or licensing body which is subject to peer evaluation according to Article 31 of that Regulation as it has effect in EU law..

(5) After Article 5 insert—

Article 5AU.K.EU exit: transitional provision

1.  Paragraph 3 applies to verification obtained in compliance with Article 5 as it had effect immediately before [F23IP completion day].

2.  Paragraph 3 also applies where—

(a)before exit day, a producer or supplier of an importer has submitted a management system to a conformity assessment body or an environmental verifier for verification in compliance with Article 5 as it had effect immediately before [F23IP completion day], and

(b)after [F23IP completion day], the producer or supplier obtains that verification.

3.  Where this paragraph applies, the verification obtained is deemed to be verification for the purposes of Article 5..

(6) Omit Article 6.

(7) After Article 6, omit the words from “This Regulation shall” to “Member States”.

(8) In Annex 2, in the fifth entry in the table, in the second column, omit the words from “or by an environmental verifier” to the end.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

I4Reg. 11 in force at 31.12.2020 on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(2)(b)

Marginal Citations

M17A copy of the UK Standard Industrial Classification by Economic activity can be found at: https://www.ons.gov.uk/methodology/classificationsandstandards/ukstandardindustrialclassificationofeconomicactivities.

Commission Regulation (EU) No 715/2013 establishing criteria determining when copper scrap ceases to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the CouncilU.K.

12.—(1) Commission Regulation (EU) No 715/2013 establishing criteria determining when copper scrap ceases to be waste under Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council is amended as follows.

(2) In Article 2—

(a)the existing text becomes paragraph 1;

(b)in that paragraph, in the second subparagraph—

(i)after point (1) insert—

(1A) appropriate authority” means—

(i)in relation to England, the Secretary of State;

(ii)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers;

(iii)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers;

(iv)in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

(1B) competent authority” means—

(i)in relation to England, the Environment Agency;

(ii)in relation to Wales, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(iii)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

(iv)in relation to Northern Ireland, the Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs;

(1C) EU-derived domestic legislation” has the meaning given by section 2(2) of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018;

(1D) local authority” means—

(i)in England outside Greater London—

  • — a district council,

  • — a county council, or

  • — the Council of the Isles of Scilly;

(ii)in Greater London—

  • — the council of a London borough,

  • — the Common Council of the City of London,

  • — the Sub-Treasurer of the Inner Temple, or

  • — the Under-Treasurer of the Middle Temple;

(iii)in Wales—

  • — a county council, or

  • — a county borough council;

(iv)in Scotland, a council constituted under section 2 of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994;

(v)in Northern Ireland, a district council established under section 1 of the Local Government Act (Northern Ireland) 1972.;

(ii)in point (4)—

(aa)for “Union” in the first place it occurs substitute “ United Kingdom ”;

(bb)for “customs territory of the Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.

(3) After Article 2 insert—

Article 2AU.K.Modification of Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council

1.  For the purposes of this Regulation, a reference to Directive 2008/98/EC is a reference to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste, as last amended by [F24Directive (EU) 2018/851], and read in accordance with this Article.

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 competent authority, appropriate authority or local authority which, immediately before [F25IP completion day], was responsible for the United Kingdom's compliance with that obligation or able to exercise that discretion.

3.  Article 2 is to be read as if—

(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 1069/2009;

(iii)in point (d), as it extends to England and Wales, for the words from “Directive 2006/21/EC” to the end there were substituted “ the Mining Waste Directive ”;

(iv)for point (d), as it extends to Scotland, there were substituted—

(d)extractive waste, which has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010.;

(v)for point (d), as it extends to Northern Ireland, there were substituted—

(d)extractive waste, which has the same meaning as in regulation 2(2) of the Planning (Management of Waste from Extractive Industries) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2015.;

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

(c)paragraph 4 were omitted.

4.  Article 3(20) is to be read as if for “Article 2(11) of Directive 96/61/EC” there were substituted “ Article 3(10) of the Industrial Emissions Directive ”.

[F265.   Article 5 is to be read as if—

(a)in paragraph 1, “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 or the competent 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, “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 or the competent authority for the purposes of this Article.;

(c)in paragraph 2—

(i)the first subparagraph were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph, for “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 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 competent authority”;

(bb)the second sentence were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)for “Member States” there were substituted “The competent 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 England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).;

(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.  Annex 3 is to be read as if, in entry HP 9, in the second sentence, “in the Member States” were omitted.

Article 2BU.K.Meaning of “the Mining Waste Directive” and “the Industrial Emissions Directive”

1.  In Article 2A(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, read in accordance with paragraphs 2 and 3.

2.  Article 2 is to be read as if—

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

(b)paragraphs 3 and 4 were omitted.

3.  Article 3(1) is to be read as if, for “Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC” there were substituted “ Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive ”.

4.  In Article 2A(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), read in accordance with paragraphs 5 and 6.

5.  Article 3 is to be read as if—

(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 ”;

(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 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 ”;

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

6.  Annex 1 is to be read as if—

(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 (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 ”;

(ii)in point (b), in the words before point (i), for “Directive 91/271/EEC” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 ”;

(c)in point 5.4, the reference to Council Directive 1999/31/EC of 26 April 1999 on the landfill of waste were a reference to 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 England and Wales ”;

(e)in point 6.11, for “Directive 91/271/EEC” there were substituted “ the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994 ”.

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

(a)the reference to “Member States” were a reference to the competent authority or appropriate authority;

(b)in the words after the final indent, “environmental objectives”—

(i)in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, means the environmental objectives referred to in the WFD Regulations as applied by regulation 5 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003;

(ii)in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004;

(iii)in relation to a river basin district within the meaning of the WFD Regulations, has the same meaning as in those Regulations.

[F278.   In paragraph 6(c), “the Landfill Directive” means Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste, as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/850, and read as if, in Article 2—

(a)in point (a) “‘waste’,” were omitted; and

(b)after point (a) there were inserted—

(aa)“waste” means anything that—

(i)is waste within the meaning of Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive, and

(ii)is not excluded from the scope of that Directive by Article 2(1), (2) or (3) of that Directive;.]

9.  In paragraph 7(b), “the WFD Regulations” means the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017..

(4) In Article 5—

(a)in paragraph 5—

(i)in the first subparagraph, in the first sentence omit the words from “or an environmental” to “with that Regulation,”;

(ii)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)in the words before point (a), for the words from “NACE Codes” to the end substitute “ UK Standard Industrial Classification (SIC) by Economic Activity, issued under section 9 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007, as updated from time to time ”;

(bb)in points (a) and (b), for “* NACE” substitute “ UKSICEA ”;

(b)in paragraph 6—

(i)in the second subparagraph, omit point (b);

(ii)in the third subparagraph omit the words from “or Regulation (EC) No 1221/2009” to the end.

(5) After Article 5 insert—

Article 6AU.K.EU exit: transitional provision

1.  Paragraph 3 applies to verification obtained in compliance with Article 5 as it had effect immediately before [F28IP completion day].

2.  Paragraph 3 also applies where—

(a)before [F28IP completion day], a producer or supplier has submitted a management system to a conformity assessment body or an environmental verifier for verification in compliance with Article 5 as it had effect immediately before [F28IP completion day], and

(b)after [F28IP completion day], the producer or supplier obtains that verification.

3.  Where this paragraph applies, the verification obtained is deemed to be verification for the purposes of Article 5.

4.  In paragraph 2, “supplier” means the supplier of a producer or of an importer..

(6) Omit Article 6.

(7) After Article 6, omit the words from “This Regulation shall” to “Member States”.

(8) In Annex 1, in the first column of the table—

(a)in Section 1.5, omit the second sentence;

(b)in Section 3.3, in the first indent, for the words from “Article 6” in the first place it occurs to the end substitute “ the EU-derived domestic legislation that transposed Article 6 of Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on end-of life vehicles, as last amended by [F29Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2020/363], and Article 8 of Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), [F30as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/849].

(9) In Annex 2, in the sixth entry in the table, in the second column, for “customs territory of the Union” substitute “ United Kingdom ”.

Textual Amendments

Commencement Information

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