Commission Regulation (EC) No 1800/2001 of 13 September 2001 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Guinea (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-09-13
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Guinea, export of waste

14.9.2001

EN

Official Journal of the European Communities

L 244/19

COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 1800/2001

of 13 September 2001

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards
shipments of certain types of waste to Guinea

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are in
accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by
Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European
Community,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1
February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of
waste within, into and out of the European Community (1), as
last amended by Commission Decision 1999/816/EC (2), and in
particular Article 17(3) thereof,

Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 of 29
April 1999 establishing common rules and procedures to apply
to shipments to certain non-OECD countries of certain types of
waste (3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No
77/2001 (4), and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

Guinea notified the Commission on 22 March 2001 that
the import of all wastes listed in category GM of Annex
II to Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 is accepted without
any control procedure.

In accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No
259/93, the committee set up by Article 18 of Council
Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste (5), as
last amended by Commission Decision 96/350/EC (6),
was notified of the official request of Guinea on 5 April
2001.

In order to take into account the new situation of this
country,
it is necessary to amend at the same time
Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Commission Regu-
lation (EC) No 1547/1999 (7), as last amended by Regu-
lation (EC) No 1552/2000 (8).

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Between the text related to GRENADA and HONGKONG in
Annex D to Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999, the following text
is inserted:

‘GUINEA

All types in section GM (Wastes arising from agro-food
industries).’

Article 2

After the text ‘All types except’ related to Guinea in Annex B to
Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 the text:

‘GJ 120

6309 00 Worn clothing

and other worn

textile articles’

is replaced by the text:

‘1. GJ 120

6309 00 Worn clothing and other worn

textile articles

2. All types in section GM (Wastes arising from agro-food

industries).’

Article 3

into force on the 20th day
This Regulation shall enter
following its publication in the Official journal of the European
Communities.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 13 September 2001.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

(1) OJ L 30, 6.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 316, 10.12.1999, p. 45.
(3) OJ L 166, 1.7.1999, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 11, 16.1.2001, p. 14.
(5) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39.
(6) OJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32.
(7) OJ L 185, 17.7.1999, p. 1.
(8) OJ L 176, 15.7.2000, p. 27.