2001/573/EC: Council Decision of 23 July 2001 amending Commission Decision 2000/532/EC as regards the list of wastes
Date: 2001-07-23
Institutions: Council of the European Union
Subjects: application of EU law, catalogue, dangerous substance, standardisation, waste management

L 203/18

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

28.7.2001

COUNCIL DECISION

of 23 July 2001

amending Commission Decision 2000/532/EC as regards the list of wastes

(2001/573/EC)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12
December 1991 on hazardous waste (1), and in particular
Article 1(4) thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

A Community list of waste was established by Commis-
sion Decision 2000/532/EC 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 (2).

Article 1(4) of Directive 91/689/EEC requires Member
States to notify the Commission of waste not included
on the list of hazardous waste which they consider to
display one or more of the properties listed in Annex III
to that Directive. Several Member States have notified
waste containing chlorosilanes, waste containing sili-
cones and construction materials containing asbestos
and requested that
the list of hazardous waste be
adapted accordingly.

For the sake of clarity, it should be expressly provided
that exclusively grease and oil mixture from oil/water
separation containing only edible oil and fats can be
considered non-hazardous.

(4)

(5)

Decision 2000/532/EC should be amended accordingly.

The measures provided for in this Decision are not in
accordance with the opinion delivered by the Committee
established by Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC of 15
July 1975 on waste (3). They must therefore, by virtue of
the fourth paragraph of Article 18 of Directive 75/
442/EEC, be adopted by the Council,

HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

Article 1

The Annex to Decision 2000/532/EC shall be amended in
accordance with the Annex to this Decision.

Article 2

This Decision shall apply from 1 January 2002.

Article 3

This Decision is addressed to the Member States.

Done at Brussels, 23 July 2001.

For the Council

The President

A. NEYTS-UYTTEBROECK

(1) OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p. 20. Directive as amended by Directive

94/31/EC (OJ L 168, 2.7.1994, p. 28).

(2) OJ L 226, 6.9.2000, p. 3. Decision as amended by Decision 2001/

119/EC (OJ L 47, 16.2.2001, p. 32).

(3) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39. Directive as last amended by Commis-

sion Decision 96/350/EC (OJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32).

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Official Journal of the European Communities

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ANNEX

The Annex to Decision 2000/532/EC is amended as follows:

1. entry number 06 08 02 entitled ‘waste containing chlorosilanes’

is replaced by the following:

‘06 08 02*

waste containing dangerous silicones’

2. entry number 07 02 16 entitled ‘waste containing silicones’

is replaced by the following:

‘07 02 16*
07 02 17

waste containing dangerous silicones
waste containing silicones other than those mentionned in 07 02 16’

3. entry number 17 06 05 entitled ‘construction materials containing asbestos’

is replaced by the following:

‘17 06 05*

construction materials containing asbestos (1)

(1) As far as the landfilling of waste is concerned, Member States may decide to postpone the entry into force of this
entry until the establishment of appropriate measures for the treatment and disposal of waste from construction
material containing asbestos. These measures are to be established according to the procedure referred to in Article
17 of Council Directive 1999/31/EC on the landfill of waste (OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1) and shall be adopted by
16 July 2002 at the latest.’

4. entry number 19 08 09* entitled ‘grease and oil mixture from oil/water separation containing edible oil and fats’ is

replaced by the following:

‘19 08 09

grease and oil mixture from oil/water separation containing only edible oil and fats’