G/TBT/N/EU/399  
 
5 August 2016  
(16-4190) 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 a ddress (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 Commission  
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/tbt/  
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  
5. Title, number of pages  and language(s)  of the notified  document : Draft Commission 
Regulation amending Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of 
the Council as regards the hazardous property HP 14 ("Ecotoxic") (4 pages, in English)  
6. Description of content : This draft Commission Reg ulation concerns the adoption of a 
method to assess hazardous property HP 14 "Ecotoxic" as listed in Annex III to 
Directive  2008/98/EC on waste . 
7. Objective and rationale , including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable : Adaptation of existing l egislation to scientific and technical progress, in 
particular alignment classification of waste with classification of chemicals (as laid down in 
EU chemicals legislation, namely Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling 
and packagi ng of s ubstances and mixtures).  
8. Relevant documents : 
 Scientific  background  studies  are available : 
http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/studies/pdf/hazard%20property.pdf  
 Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 
2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives : http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT /?uri=CELEX:32008L0098   
 Commission Regulation (EU) No 1357/2014  of 18 December 2014 replacing Annex 
III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste 
and repealing certain Directives : http://eur -lex.europa.eu/legal -
content/EN/TXT/?uri=CELEX:32014R1357  G/TBT/N/EU/399  
 
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  9. Proposed date of adoption : October 2016  
Proposed date of entry into force : 6 months from publication in the Official Journal of the 
EU (about nine months after adoption approximately)   
10. Final date for comments : 60 days from notification  
11. Texts available from : National enquiry point  [ ] or address, telephone and fax 
number s and e mail and website address es, 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 Website : http://ec.europa.eu/growth/tools -databases/tbt/   
https://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2016/TBT/EEC/16_3122_00_e.pdf