G/TBT/N/EU/865  
17 January 2022  
(22-0363) Page: 1/2 
Committee on Technical Barriers to Trade  Original:  English  
 
  
NOTIFICATION  
The following notification is being circulated in accordance with Article 10.6  
 
1. Notifying Member:  EUROPEAN UNION   
If applicable, name of local government involved (Article 3.2 and 7.2):   
2. Agency responsible:  European Commission  
Name and address (including telephone and fax numbers , email and website 
addresses, if available) of agency or authority designated to handle comments 
regarding the notification shall be indicated if different from above:   
European Comm ission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: +(32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tb t/en/  
3. Notified under Article 2.9.2 [X], 2.10.1 [   ], 5.6.2 [   ], 5.7.1 [   ], other :  
4. Products covered (HS or CCCN where applicable, otherwise national tariff 
heading. ICS numbers may be provided in addition, where applicable):  Waste, as 
defined in Directive 2008/98/EC on waste, that contains any of the following persistent 
organic pollutants: perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and its salts and related compounds; 
dicofol; pentachlorophenol, its salts and esters; Polybrominated diphe nyl ethers (PBDEs); 
Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCDD); Short -chain chlorinated paraffins (SCCPs); 
Polychlorinated dibenzo -p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDDs/PCDFs) and dioxin -like 
PCBs.; Wastes in general (ICS 13.030.01)  
5. Title, number of pages and languag e(s) of the notified document:  Proposal for a 
Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council amending Annexes IV and V to 
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent 
organic pollutants (COM(2021)656 final ) (13 page(s), in English; 6 page(s), in English)  
6. Description of content:  This Proposal for a Regulation amends the annexes that deal 
with waste in the Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 (the POPs Regulation). These annexes set 
limits for persistent organic pol lutants in waste and determine, together with provisions 
in Article 7 of the Regulation, how waste that contains POP substances has to be managed 
in the EU. Generally, wastes meeting or exceeding the Annex IV limit must be treated in 
such a way that the PO P substances are destroyed or irreversibly transformed, subject to 
exceptions. The proposed amendment proposes to list and introduce limits for 3 POP 
substances and to lower the existing limits for 5 substances already listed.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Protection of human health or safety; Protection of the environment  G/TBT/N/EU/865  
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   
Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 
2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives (OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3 –30) 
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A32008L0098&qid=1640084713099  
Regulation (EU) 2019/1021 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 
2019 on persistent organic pollutants (OJ L 169, 25.6.2019, p. 45 –77) 
https://eur -lex.eur opa.eu/legal -content/en/ALL/?uri=CELEX:32019R1021  
Commission Staff Working Document – Impact Assessment Report accompanying the 
proposal (SWD(2021) 300 final) (available only in English)  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -content/EN/TXT/?uri=SWD%3A2021%3A0300%3AFIN  
9. Proposed date of adoption:  4th quarter 2022 - 1st quarter 2023  
Proposed date of entry into force:  The amendment will enter into force on the 
twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union 
and will apply 6 months after publication.  
10. Final date for comments : 90 days from notification  
11. Texts available from:  National enquiry point [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
numbers and email and website addresses, if available , of other body:   
European Commission,  
EU-TBT Enquiry Point,  
Fax: + (32) 2 299 80 43,  
E-mail: grow-eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
 
The text is available on the EU -TBT Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -
databases/tbt/en/  
https://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX%3A52021PC0656&qid=1640085182105  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_0403_00_e.pdf  
https://members.wto.org/crnattachments/2022/TBT/EEC/22_0403_01_e.pdf