G/TBT/N/EU/199  
 
17 March 2014  
(14-1654)  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 telephon e 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:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
Website: http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/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 
covered by Directive 2008/98/EC.  
5. Title, number of pages and langua ge(s) of the notified document:  Draft 
Commission Directive replacing Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European 
Parliament and of the Council on waste and repealing certain Directives (4 pages + Annex 
7 pages, in English).     
6. Description of content:  Decision 2000/532/EC and Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC 
establish how waste has to be classified: These pieces of legislation had to be amended to adapt them to technical and scientific progress. They include the general principles to classify waste, the list of waste and the 15 hazardous properties (HPs) that render waste 
hazardous.  
7. Objective and rationale, including the nature of urgent problems where 
applicable:  Adaptation to scientific and technical progress and alignment with new 
chemicals legislation. For the assessment of se veral HPs, EU waste legislation refers to 
Directive 67/548/EEC which is being replaced by Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008. It is 
therefore necessary to review the legislation to include the appropriate references to the 
new chemicals legislation.  G/TBT/N/EU/199 
 
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  8. Relevant documents:   2000/532/EC: Commission Decision of 3 May 2000 replacing 
Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of 
hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous 
waste (OJ L 226, 6.9.2000, p. 3–24) 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2000:226:0003:0024:EN:PDF  
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) 
http://eur-
lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=OJ:L:2008:312:0003:0030:EN:PDF    
9. Proposed date of adoption:   
Proposed date of entry into force:    June 2014 The amendments shall enter into force on 
the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the 
European Union. They shall apply from 1 
June 2015.  
10. Final date for comments:  60 days from notification 
11. Text available from:  National enquiry point [  ], or address, telephone and fax 
numbers, e-mail and web-site addresse s, if available of the other body:    
European Commission 
EU-TBT Enquiry Point Fax:  + (32) 2 299 80 43 
E-mail:  eu-tbt@ec.europa.eu  
The text is available on the EU-TBT Website :  http://ec.europa.eu/enterprise/tbt/     
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1361_00_e.pdf  
http://members.wto.org/crnattach ments/2014/tbt/EEC/14_1361_01_e.pdf