98/184/EC: Commission Decision of 25 February 1998 concerning a questionnaire for Member States' reports on the implementation of Council Directive 94/67/EC on the incineration of hazardous waste (implementation of Council Directive 91/692/EEC) (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 1998-02-25
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU Member State, European Commission, dangerous substance, national implementing measure, report, waste incineration

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COMMISSION DECISION

of 25 February 1998

concerning a questionnaire for Member States’ reports on the implementation
of Council Directive 94/67/EC on the incineration of hazardous waste
(implementation of Council Directive 91/692/EEC)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(98/184/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

established in accordance with Article 6 of the aforemen-
tioned Directive,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/692/EEC of 23
December 1991 on standardising and rationalising reports
on the implementation of certain Directives relating to
the environment (1) and in particular Articles 5 and 6,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The questionnaire attached to this Decision, which relates
to Council Directive 94/67/EC on the incineration of
hazardous waste is hereby adopted.

Having regard to Council Directive 94/67/EC on the in-
cineration of hazardous waste (2),

Article 2

Whereas Article 17 of Directive 94/67/EC requires
Member States to report on the implementation of this
Directive in accordance with Article 5 of Council Dir-
ective 91/692/EEC;

Whereas this report has to be established on the basis of a
questionnaire or outline drafted by the Commission in
accordance with the procedure set out in Article 6 of
Directive 91/692/EEC;

Whereas the first report will cover the period 1998 to
2000 inclusive;

Whereas the measures envisaged by this Decision are in
accordance with the opinion expressed by the Committee

The Member States will use this questionnaire as a basis
for the drawing up of the report they are required to
to Article 5 of
submit
Council Directive 91/692/EEC and Article 17 of Council
Directive 94/67/EC.

to the Commission pursuant

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 25 February 1998.

For the Commission

Ritt BJERREGAARD

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 377, 31. 12. 1991, p. 48.
(2) OJ L 365, 31. 12. 1994, p. 34.

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ANNEX

QUESTIONNAIRE

for the report of the Member States on the transposition and implementation of Directive
94/67/EC on the incineration of hazardous waste

References shall be provided to identify information that has already been submitted to the Commission.

I. TRANSPOSITION INTO NATIONAL LAW

1.

(a) Has the Commission been provided with details of the laws, regulations and administrative provi-

sions adopted to comply with the Directive?

(Yes/No)

(b) If the answer to (a) is ‘No’ state the reasons why.

II. IMPLEMENTATION OF THE DIRECTIVE

1.

(a) What measures in general have been taken in accordance with Article 3(1) to prevent environmental

pollution resulting from the design, equipment and operation of incineration plants.

(b) If this information is available, indicate the number of permits issued in accordance with Article 3(1)

and the associated operating capacities.

2.

(a) What requirements in general for the granting of permits for coincineration have been introduced in

accordance with Article 3(4)?

(b) Have exemptions to the percentage required by Article 3(3) been granted during the period of six

months after the start of operation in accordance with Article 3(4)?

(c) If the answer to (b) is ‘Yes’ state the reasons why.

(d) If this information is available, indicate the number of permits and the authorised total volume of

waste coincinerated in accordance with Article 3(3).

(Yes/No)

3. What measures in general have been taken in accordance with Article 4 to ensure the public access to

the information laid down in that Article?

4.

(a) What measures in general to prevent or reduce negative effects on the environment from delivery

and reception of waste have been taken in accordance with Article 5?

(b) Where available indicate the number of exemptions from paragraphs 2 and 3 of Article 5 granted in

accordance with Article 5(4).

5.

(a) Have requirements other than those laid down in Article 6(2) been authorised in accordance with

Article 6(4)?

(b) If the answer to (a) is ‘Yes’ give details of the number of cases and for each one give the authorised

conditions as well as of the results of verifications made.

(c) What measures in general have been taken to comply with Article 6(3)?

(d) What measures in general in accordance with Article 6(6) have been taken to ensure that the ground-

level air pollution resulting from emissions is not significant?

(Yes/No)

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6.

(a) What measures in general have been taken to comply with the requirements laid down in Article 6(5)

and Article 7(1) and 7(2)?

(b) What provisions have been made concerning the maximum permissible time periods for stoppages,
disturbances or failures of the purification devices or the measurement devices in accordance with
Article 12(2) as well as concerning the information without delay of the competent authorities in
accordance with Article 12(1), if the emission limit values laid down in Article 6(5), Article 7(1) and
Article 7(2) have been exceeded.

(c) Have emission limit values for pollutants other than those laid down in Article 7 been set in national

regulations?

(d) If the answer to (c) is ‘Yes’ give details of the reasons and indicate for each pollutant the emission

value.

(e) What provisions have been made for the determination of appropriate emission limit values or guide

values in accordance with Article 7(4).

(Yes/No)

7. What measures in general have been taken to minimise the waste water discharges in accordance with

Article 8?

8.

(a) What measures in general have been taken in accordance with Article 9 to ensure compliance with

Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/689/EEC?

(b) Where this information is available indicate whether the heat produced by incineration is recovered,

the type of recovery and the efficiencies.

9. What measures in general have been taken to ensure compliance with the measurement requirements in

accordance with Article 10 including the requirements of Annex III?

10. With regard to Article 13(2), indicate the number of notifications of complete shut down of installations

received including the capacity of incineration, the number of hours and the period of operation.