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Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development 09-Mar-2004 

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COUNCIL 

 

Council 

AMENDMENT TO THE DECISION OF THE COUNCIL [C(2001)107/FINAL] ON THE CONTROL OF 

TRANSBOUNDARY MOVEMENTS OF WASTES DESTINED FOR RECOVERY OPERATIONS 

This note is submitted to Council for information. 

Contact: Soizick de Tilly Tel: 01 45 24 79 06 

Email : Soizick.Detilly@oecd.org 

JT00159615 

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1. This note describes the amendments, which came into force on 20 November 2003, in accordance 

with the provisions of Article 3, Section B, Chapter II of C(2001)107/FINAL. 

2. The OECD Decision C(2001)107/FINAL on the Control of Transboundary Movements of 

Wastes Destined for Recovery Operations states that amendments made to Annexes II , VIII and IX of the 

Basel Convention have to be incorporated into Appendices 3 and 4 of the OECD Decision if they have 

been agreed by OECD Member countries. 

3. Appendices 3 and 4 of Decision C(2001)107/FINAL, which include the Green and Amber lists of 

wastes have been revised according to the amendments made to Annexes VIII and IX of the Basel 

Convention, i.e. to the Basel lists of wastes. These Basel amendments were adopted at the 6th Meeting of 

the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention in December 2002 and entered into force on 20 

November 2003. 

4. Since no objection has been raised from OECD Member countries about the incorporation of the 

Basel amendments into the OECD Decision, the OECD amendments entered into force on the same date as 

the Basel amendments, i.e. on 20 November 2003. Consequently, a revision of Decision 

C(2001)107/FINAL is necessary. 

5. The present document explains in detail the amendments made to the OECD lists of wastes and 

includes, as an Annex, the revised Appendices 3 and 4 of Decision C(2001)107/FINAL. It is submitted to 

Council for information. Necessary updates of the Decision have to be made to the OECD Legal Database, 

the OLIS system and the relevant OECD webpages. 
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AMENDMENTS TO APPENDICES 3 AND 4 OF OECD DECISION C(2001)107/FINAL 

I – Amendments to Appendix 3, List of Wastes subject to the Green Control Procedure: 

Part I has not been revised. However the following amendments have been made to Part II: 

1. The heading “Metal and Metal-Alloy Wastes in Metallic, Non-Dispersible Form6

”, its related 

footnote 6 defining “non-dispersible” and its item “GA300 - ex 811220 – Chromium waste and 

scrap” have been deleted from the OECD list because this waste has been added as a new bullet 

under entry B1010 of Annex IX of the Basel Convention: “Chromium scrap”. 

2. The waste item “GC040 - ex 8701 05, ex 8709 11 – Motor vehicle wrecks drained of liquids” has 

been deleted from the OECD list because this waste has been added as a new entry to Annex IX of 

the Basel Convention: “B1250 – Waste end-of-life motor vehicles, containing neither liquids nor 

other hazardous components”. 

3. The heading “The following metal and metal alloy wastes in metallic dispersible form” and its 

items GC090 to GC140 (Molybdenum, Tungsten, Tantalum, Titanium, Niobium, Rhenium) have 

been deleted from the OECD list because these wastes have been added under a new entry of 

Annex IX of the Basel Convention: “B1031 – Molybdenum, tungsten, titanium, tantalum, niobium 

and rhenium metal and metal alloy wastes in metallic dispersible form (metal powder) excluding 

such wastes as specified in list A under entry A1050 – Galvanic sludges.” 

4. The waste item “GG160 – Bituminous materials (asphalt waste) from road construction and 

maintenance, not containing tar” has been deleted from the OECD list because this waste has been 

added as a new entry to Annex IX of the Basel Convention: “B2130 – Bituminous material 

(asphalt waste) from road construction and maintenance, not containing tara

 (note the related entry 

on List A, A3200). 

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 Footnote a: The concentration level of Benzol[a]pyrene should not be 50 mg/kg or more” 

5. The heading “Textile wastes” and its item “GJ140 – ex 6310 – Waste textile floor coverings, 

carpets” have been deleted from the OECD list because this waste has been added as a new entry 

of Annex IX of the Basel Convention: “B3035 - Waste textile floor coverings, carpets”. 

6. The heading “Wastes arising from agro-food industries” and its item “GM140 – ex 1500 – Waste 

edible fats and oils of animal or vegetable origin (e.g. frying oils)” have been deleted from the 

OECD list because this waste has been added as a new entry to Annex IX of the Basel Convention: 

“B3065 - Waste edible fats and oils of animal or vegetable origin (e.g. frying oils), provided they 

do not exhibit an Annex III characteristic”. 
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II– Amendments to Appendix 4, List of Wastes subject to the Amber Control Procedure: 

Part I has not been revised. However the following amendment has been made to Part II: 

1. The waste item “AC020 – Bituminous materials (asphalt waste) not elsewhere specified or 

included” has been deleted from the OECD list because this waste has been added as a new entry 

to Annex VIII of the Basel Convention: “A3200 - Bituminous materials (asphalt waste) from road 

construction and maintenance, containing tar (note the related entry on List B, B2130)”.
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ANNEX 

APPENDICES 3 AND 4 OF OECD DECISION C(2001)107/FINAL 
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APPENDIX 3: 

LIST OF WASTES SUBJECT TO THE GREEN CONTROL PROCEDURE 

Regardless of whether or not wastes are included on this list, they may not be subject to the Green 

control procedure if they are contaminated by other materials to an extent which (a) increases the risks 

associated with the wastes sufficiently to render them appropriate for submission to the Amber control 

procedure, when taking into account the criteria in Appendix 6, or (b) prevents the recovery of the wastes 

in an environmentally sound manner. 

Part I: 

Wastes listed in Annex IX of the Basel Convention. 

For the purposes of this Decision: 

(a) Any reference to list A in Annex IX of the Basel Convention shall be understood as a reference to 

Appendix 4 of this Decision. 

(b) In Basel entry B1020 the term “bulk finished form” includes all metallic non-dispersible6

 forms 

of the scrap listed therein. 

(c) The part of Basel entry B1100 that refers to “Slags from copper processing” etc does not apply 

and OECD entry GB040 in Part II applies instead. 

(d) Basel entry B1110 does not apply and OECD entries GC010 and GC020 in Part II apply instead. 

(e) Basel entry B2050 does not apply and OECD entry GG040 in Part II applies instead. 

(f) The reference in Basel entry B3010 to fluorinated polymer wastes shall be deemed to include 

polymers and co-polymers of fluorinated ethylene (PTFE). 

Part II: 

The following wastes will also be subject to the Green control procedure: 

Metal Bearing Wastes Arising from Melting, Smelting and Refining of Metals

GB040 7112 Slags from precious metals and copper processing for further refining 

 262030 

 262090 

 

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 “Non-dispersible” does not include any wastes in the form of powder, sludge, dust or solid items 

containing encased hazardous waste liquids. 
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Other Wastes Containing Metals

GC010 Electrical assemblies consisting only of metals or alloys. 

GC020 Electronic scrap (e.g. printed circuit boards, electronic components, wire, etc.) 

and reclaimed electronic components suitable for base and precious metal 

recovery. 

GC030 ex 890800 Vessels and other floating structures for breaking up, properly emptied of any 

cargo and other materials arising from the operation of the vessel which may 

have been classified as a dangerous substance or waste 

GC050 Spent Fluid Catalytic Cracking (FCC) Catalysts (e.g.: aluminium oxide, zeolites) 

Glass Wastes in Non-dispersible Form

GE020 ex 7001 Glass fibre wastes 

 ex 701939 

Ceramic Wastes in Non-Dispersible Form

GF010 Ceramic wastes which have been fired after shaping, including ceramic vessels 

 (before and/or after use) 

Other Wastes Containing Principally Inorganic Constituents, Which May Contain Metals 

and Organic Materials

GG030 ex 2621 Bottom ash and slag tap from coal fired power plants 

GG040 ex 2621 Coal fired power plants fly ash

Solid Plastic Wastes

GH013 391530 Polymers of vinyl chloride 

 ex 390410-40 

Wastes Arising from Tanning and Fellmongery Operations and Leather Use 

GN010 ex 050200 Waste of pigs’, hogs’ or boars’ bristles and hair or of badger hair and other brush 

making hair 

GN020 ex 050300 Horsehair waste, whether or not put up as a layer with or without supporting 

material 

GN030 ex 050590 Waste of skins and other parts of birds, with their feathers or down, of feathers 

and parts of feathers (whether or not with trimmed edges) and down, not further 

worked than cleaned, disinfected or treated for preservation 
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APPENDIX 4: 

LIST OF WASTES SUBJECT TO THE AMBER CONTROL PROCEDURE

Part I: 

Wastes listed in Annexes II and VIII of the Basel Convention. 

For the purposes of this Decision: 

(a) Any reference to list B in Annex VIII of the Basel Convention shall be understood as a reference 

to Appendix 3 of this Decision. 

(b) In Basel entry A1010, the term “excluding such wastes specifically listed on List B (Annex IX)” 

is a reference both to Basel entry B1020 and the note on B1020 in Appendix 3 to this Decision, 

Part I (b). 

(c) Basel entries A1180 and A2060 do not apply and OECD entries GC010, GC020 and GG040 in 

Appendix 3 Part II apply instead when appropriate. Member countries may control these wastes 

differently in accordance with Chapter II B (6) of this Decision concerning wastes not listed in 

Appendices 3 or 4, and the chapeau of Appendix 3. 

(d) Basel entry A4050 includes spent potlinings from aluminium smelting because they contain Y33 

inorganic cyanides. If the cyanides have been destroyed, spent potlinings are assigned to Part II 

entry AB120 because they contain Y32, inorganic fluorine compounds excluding calcium 

fluoride.

Part II: 

The following wastes will also be subject to the Amber control procedure: 

Metal Bearing Wastes

AA010 261900 Dross, scalings and other wastes from the manufacture of iron and steel7

 

AA060 262050 Vanadium ashes and residues7

AA190 810420 Magnesium waste and scrap that is flammable, pyrophoric or emits, upon contact 

 ex 810430 with water, flammable gases in dangerous quantities 

 

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 This listing includes wastes in the form of ash, residue, slag, dross, skimming, scaling, dust, powder, 

sludge and cake, unless a material is expressly listed elsewhere. 
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Wastes Containing Principally Inorganic Constituents, Which May Contain Metals and Organic 

Materials 

AB030 Wastes from non-cyanide based systems which arise from surface treatment of 

metals 

AB070 Sands used in foundry operations 

AB120 ex 281290 Inorganic halide compounds, not elsewhere specified or included 

 ex 3824 

AB130 Used blasting grit 

AB150 ex 382490 Unrefined calcium sulphite and calcium sulphate from flue gas desulphurisation 

(FGD) 

Wastes Containing Principally Organic Constituents, Which May Contain Metals and Inorganic 

Materials

AC060 ex 381900 Hydraulic fluids 

AC070 ex 381900 Brake fluids 

AC080 ex 382000 Antifreeze fluids 

AC150 Chlorofluorocarbons 

AC160 Halons 

AC170 ex 440310 Treated cork and wood wastes 

AC250 Surface active agents (surfactants) 

AC260 ex 3101 Liquid pig manure; faeces 

AC270 Sewage sludge 

Wastes Which May Contain either Inorganic or Organic Constituents

AD090 ex 382490 Wastes from production, formulation and use of reprographic and photographic 

chemicals and materials not elsewhere specified or included 

AD100 Wastes from non-cyanide based systems which arise from surface treatment of 

plastics 

AD120 ex 391400 Ion exchange resins 

 ex 3915 

AD150 Naturally occurring organic material used as a filter medium (such as bio-filters) 

Wastes Containing Principally Inorganic Constituents, Which May Contain Metals and Organic 

Materials

RB020 ex 6815 Ceramic based fibres of physico-chemical characteristics similar to those of 

asbestos.