Commission Regulation (EC) No 2243/2001 of 16 November 2001 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Cameroon, Paraguay and Singapore (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2001-11-16
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Cameroon, Paraguay, Singapore, export monitoring, export of waste, waste management

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2243/2001

of 16 November 2001

amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999
as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Cameroon, Paraguay and Singapore

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

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
1800/2001 (4), and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

In January 2000, the Commission sent a note verbale to
all non-OECD countries (plus Hungary and Poland
which do not yet apply OECD Decision C(92)39 final).
The purpose of this note verbale was threefold:
(a) to
inform these countries of the Community's new regula-
tions; (b) to ask for confirmation of the respective posi-
tions as outlined in the annexes to Regulation (EC) No
1420/1999 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/
1999 of 12 July 1999 determining the control proced-
ures under Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 to
apply to shipments of certain types of waste to certain
countries to which OECD Decision C(92) 39 final does
not apply (5), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No
1800/2001; and (c) to have an answer from those coun-
tries which did not reply in 1994.

Among the countries that replied, Paraguay notified the
Commission that the import of certain wastes listed in
Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 is accepted
without any control procedure. Concerning other waste,
they have indicated that their position is not changed
(reply of 1 March 2000).

Singapore notified the Commission that the import of
certain wastes listed in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No
259/93 is accepted either without any control procedure

(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 244, 14.9.2001, p. 19.
(5) OJ L 185, 17.7.1999, p. 1.

or following the procedure applying to waste listed in
Annex III to the same regulation (‘amber procedure’).
Concerning other waste, they have indicated that their
position is not changed (reply of 4 January 2001).

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 (6), as
last amended by Commission Decision 96/350/EC (7),
was notified of the official request of Singapore on 11
January 2001 and was notified of the official request of
Paraguay on 8 February 2001.

In order to take into account the new situation of these
countries,
it is necessary to amend at the same time
Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Regulation (EC) No
1547/1999.

Concerning Cameroon it is necessary to amend section
GA of Annexe A to Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 to
ensure consistency with Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999.

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,

(4)

(5)

(6)

(7)

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annexes A and D to Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 are
amended as set out in Annex I to this Regulation.

Article 2

Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 is amended as set
out in Annex II to this Regulation.

Article 3

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

(6) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39.
(7) OJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32.

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

Done at Brussels, 16 November 2001.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

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ANNEX I

Annexes A and D to the Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 are amended as follows:

1. In Annex A, section GC (‘Other wastes containing metals’) to the text related to SINGAPORE, the following entry is

inserted:

‘GC 020

Electronic scrap (e.g. printed circuit boards, electronic components, wire, etc.)
and reclaimed electronic components suitable for base and precious metal
recovery’.

2. In Annex D, all the text related to PARAGUAY is replaced by the text:

‘PARAGUAY

1. In section GA (“Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic non-dispersible (*) form”)

GA 120

GA 140

GA 150

GA 160

GA 170

GA 430

7404 00

7602 00

Copper waste and scrap

Aluminium waste and scrap

ex 7802 00

Lead waste and scrap

7902 00

8002 00

7204

Zinc waste and scrap

Tin waste and scrap

Iron or steel scrap

2. All types in section GH (“Solid plastic waste”)

3. All types in section GI (“Paper, paperboard and paper product wastes”).

4. In section GJ (“Textile waste”):

GJ 010

GJ 011

GJ 030

GJ 031

GJ 032

5003

Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted
stock):

5003 10

— Not carded or combed

5202

5202 10

5202 91

Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)

Yarn waste (including thread waste)

Garnetted stock

5. In section GL (“Untreated cork and wood wastes”)

GL 010

ex 4401 30

Wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes,
pettels or similar forms

GL 020

4501 90

Cork waste; crushed, granulated or ground cork

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

encased hazardous waste liquids.’

3. In Annex D all the text related to SINGAPORE is replaced by the text:

‘SINGAPORE

1. In section GA (“Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic non-dispersible (*) form”)

GA 430

7204

Iron or steel scrap

(*) “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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Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 is amended as follows:

ANNEX II

1. In Section GA (‘Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic non-dispersible form’) to the text related to CAMEROON the

entry:

‘GA 130

7503 00

Nickel waste and scrap’

is replaced by the entry:

‘GA 140

7602 00

Aluminium waste and scrap’.

2. All the text related to PARAGUAY is replaced by the text:

‘PARAGUAY

All types except:

1. In section GA (“Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic non-dispersible (*) form”)

GA 120

GA 140

GA 150

GA 160

GA 170

GA 430

7404 00

7602 00

Copper waste and scrap

Aluminium waste and scrap

ex 7802 00

Lead waste and scrap

7902 00

8002 00

7204

Zinc waste and scrap

Tin waste and scrap

Iron or steel scrap

2. All types in section GH (“Solid plastic wastes”)

3. All types in section GI (“Paper, paperboard and paper product wastes”).

4. In section GJ (“Textile waste”):

GJ 010

5003

Silk waste (including cocoons unsuitable for reeling, yarn waste and garnetted
stock):

GJ 011

GJ 030

GJ 031

GJ 032

5003 10

— Not carded or combed

5202

5202 10

5202 91

Cotton waste (including yarn waste and garnetted stock)

Yarn waste (including thread waste)

Garnetted stock

5. In Section GL (“Untreated cork and wood wastes”)

GL 010

ex 4401 30

Wood waste and scrap, whether or not agglomerated in logs, briquettes,
pellets or similar forms

GL 020

4501 90

Cork waste; crushed, granulated or ground cork.

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

encased hazardous waste liquids.’

3. All the text related to SINGAPORE is replaced by the text:

‘SINGAPORE

All types except:

1. In section GA (“Metal and metal-alloy wastes in metallic, non-dispersible (*) form”):

The following waste and scrap of precious metals and their alloys:

GA 010

GA 020

ex 7112 10

— Of gold

ex 7112 20

— Of platinum (the expression “platinum”

includes platinum,

iridium,

osmium, palladium, rhodium and ruthenium)

GA 030

ex 7112 90

— Other precious metals, e.g. silver

NB: Mercury is specifically excluded as a contaminant of these metals or their alloys or amalgams.

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The following waste and scrap of non-ferrous metals and their alloys:

GA 120

GA 130

GA 140

GA 150

GA 170

GA 190

GA 250

GA 260

GA 280

GA 300

GA 320

GA 350

GA 430

7404 00

7503 00

7602 00

Copper waste and scrap

Nickel waste and scrap

Aluminium waste and scrap

ex 7802 00

Lead waste and scrap

8002 00

Tin waste and scrap

ex 8102 91

ex 8108 10

ex 8109 10

ex 8111 00

ex 8112 20

ex 8112 40

ex 8112 91

Molybdenum waste and scrap

Titanium waste and scrap

Zirconium waste and scrap

Manganese waste and scrap

Chromium waste and scrap

Vanadium waste and scrap

Niobium waste and scrap

7204

Iron or steel scrap

2. In section GC (“Other wastes containing metals”):

GC 020

GC 070

ex 2619 00

Electronic scrap (e.g. printed circuit boards, electronic components, wire, etc.)
and reclaimed electronic components suitable for base and precious metal
recovery

Slags arising from the manufacture of iron and carbon steel (including low
alloy steel) excluding those slags which have been specifically produced to
meet both national and relevant international requirements and standards (**)

(**) This entry covers the use of such slags as a source of titanium dioxide and vanadium

3. In section GD (“Wastes from mining operations: these wastes to be in non-dispersible form”):

GD 020

ex 2514 00

Slate waste, whether or not roughly trimmed or merely cut by sawing or
otherwise

4. In section GH (“Solid plastic wastes”):

GH 013

ex 3915 30

Waste, parings and scrap of plastics of:
— Polymers of vinyl chloride

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

encased hazardous waste liquids.’