Amended proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics (presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the EC Treaty)
Date: 2001-12-10
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: EU statistics, proposal (EU), waste, waste disposal, waste incineration, waste management, waste recycling

COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES

Brussels, 10.12.2001
COM(2001) 737 final

1999/0010 (COD)

Amended proposal for a

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on waste statistics

(presented by the Commission pursuant to Article 250 (2) of the EC Treaty)

1.

2.

3.

4.

EXPLANATORY MEMORANDUM

On 9 March 2001, the Commission adopted its amended proposal for a
“Regulation of
the Council on Waste
Statistics.”1, which was submitted to Parliament, pursuant to Article 285(1) of
the EC Treaty.

the European Parliament and of

The President of the Parliament referred the proposal to the Committee on the
Environment, Public Health and Consumer Policy for opinion. At its meeting of
11 July 2001 the Committee unanimously adopted the draft
legislative
resolution, subject to 28 amendments.

On 4 September 2001 the European Parliament adopted at First Reading all the
28 amendments proposed by the Committee.

The Commission accepts 13 of the 28 amendments:

• Amendments 1, 5, 17, 25, 26, 27 are accepted as they either clarify the text or
aim at increasing comparability of data. They all add a minor burden to
Member States’ data reporting.

• Amendments 2 and 11 are accepted, where the Parliament proposes to delete
the derogation time after adoption of the Regulation. However, a derogation
period should be maintained for the new area added by the Parliament
through amendments 15 and 20 below.

• Amendments 6 to 8 are accepted with the exception of

the uniform

methodology proposed in Article 3, paragraph 1.

• Amendments 15 and 20 extend the coverage of

the statistics to the
generation of waste in agriculture and fisheries. The Commission accepts the
extension on condition that a transitional period is granted for Member
States.

• Amendment 24 is accepted,

through which annual data collection is
extended to cover recovery operations. The Commission agrees with the
Parliament that there is an increasing need to cover these activities by annual
data collection.

5.

For ten of the amendments, the Commission amends its proposal to take into
partial account the concerns expressed by the Parliament:

• For amendments 3 and 12 relating to imports and exports of waste, the
proposal to include such statistics as compulsory from the beginning is
rejected. However, the Commission proposes that the deadline for finalising
the pilot studies should be shortened. There is also a change to clarify that
reporting of this area can become compulsory if it is so decided in accordance
with Comitology procedures. This will ensure that statistics on imports and

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OJ C 180 E, 26.6.2001, p. 202.

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exports of waste are produced as soon as methodologies are developed in
Member States.

• The reasoning behind amendment 4 is accepted. However, the Commission
proposes another text with a clear reference to Decision 2000/532/EC,
including an obligation for the Commission to adapt the annexes of the
regulation in Comitology procedures.

• As for amendment 10, the Commission accepts to delete the text as in the
amendment, but proposes to insert a similar but stricter text to meet the
concern of the Parliament, under Comitology procedures in Article 6(c).

• Amendment 13 on the equal footing of two Committees is not accepted as
only one Committee can be responsible. However, the role of the Technical
Adaptation Committee is made clearer through a change to Article 7.

• Amendment 14 relates to reviewing possible duplication of reporting. The
Commission agrees with the urgency of such reviewing. However,
the
Parliament amendment refers to “reporting year”, which is not defined in the
regulation. The paragraph is rephrased.

• Amendments 16, 22 and 23 are accepted by the Commission, but the text is

reformulated to remain in line with the terminology used in Annex III.

• As to Amendment 18 on annual data collection for generation of waste
instead of data collection every third year, the Commission agrees that
annual data would be useful. However, the costs of data collection and the
burden on enterprises must also be taken into account. The Commission has
amended its proposal to data collection every second year to strike a better
balance between the needs of data and the cost of collecting them.

6.

7.

The Commission is amending section 2, section 7(1) and section 8(1) of Annex II
in order to clarify the text and avoid misinterpretation of the level of detail
requested for production of results for recovery and disposal operations.

Acting under Article 250(2) of the EC Treaty, therefore, the Commission
amends its proposal for a regulation as outlined above.

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1999/0010 (COD)

Amended proposal for a

REGULATION OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL

on waste statistics

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community, and in particular
Article 285 thereof,

Having regard to the proposal from the Commission2,

Having regard to the opinion of the Economic and Social Committee3,

Acting in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 251 of the Treaty,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(5)

2

3

4

regular Community statistics on the production and management of waste from
businesses and private households are required by the Community for
monitoring the implementation of the waste policy; this creates the basis for
monitoring compliance with the principles of maximisation of recovery and safe
disposal. Statistical instruments are still required, however, to assess compliance
with the principle of waste prevention and to be able to establish a link between
waste generation data and global, national and regional inventories of resource
use;

the terms for the description of waste and waste management need to be defined in
order to ensure the comparability of results in waste statistics;

waste policy has led to the establishment of a set of principles to be followed by waste
producing units and waste management; whereas this requires the monitoring of waste
at different points of the waste stream generation, collection, recovery and disposal;

Council Regulation (EC) 322/97 of 17 February 1997 on Community Statistics 4
constitutes the reference framework for the provisions of this Regulation;

to guarantee comparable results, waste statistics should be produced in accordance
with the determined breakdown, in an appropriate form and within a fixed period of
time from the end of the reference year;

OJ C 87, 29.3.1999, p. 22.
OJ C 329, 17.11.1999, p. 17.
OJ L 52, 22.2.1997, p. 1

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(6)

in accordance with the principles of subsidiarity and proportionality as set out in Article
the objectives of the proposed measure, namely to establish a
5 of the Treaty,
framework for the production of Community statistics on waste cannot be sufficiently
achieved by the Member States, by reason of the need to define terms of description of
waste and waste management so as to ensure the comparability of the statistics supplied
by the Member States, and can therefore be better achieved by the Community;
whereas this Regulation confines itself to the minimum required in order to achieve
those objectives and does not go beyond what is necessary for that purpose;

(7) Member States may need a transition period for the adaptation or establishment
of their statistics on waste for the economic activities ‘Agriculture, hunting and
forestry’ and ‘Fishing’;

(8)

the measures necessary for the implementation of this Regulation are measures of
general scope within the meaning of Article 2 of Council Decision 1999/468/EC of 28
June 1999 laying down the procedures for the exercise if implementing powers
conferred on the Commission5, they should be adopted by use of the regulatory
procedure provided for in Article 5 of that Decision;

(9)

the Statistical Programme Committee has been consulted by the Commission;

HAVE ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Objectives

1.

2.

3.

4

The objective of this Regulation is to establish a framework for the production of
Community statistics on the generation, recovery and disposal of waste.

Member States and the Commission, within their respective fields of competence,
shall produce Community statistics on the generation, recovery and disposal of waste,
excluding radioactive waste, covered by other legislation.

The statistics shall cover the following areas:

(a) Generation of waste according to Annex I;

(b) Recovery and disposal of waste according to Annex II;

In compiling the statistics, Member States and the Commission shall observe the
mainly substance-oriented statistical classification, as set out in Annex III to this
Regulation.

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OJ L 184 17.7.1999, p. 23

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The Commission shall, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 7,
establish a table of equivalence between the statistical classification of Annex III
and the list of waste established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC6.

Article 2

Definitions

1.

For the purpose of this regulation:

(a)

(b)

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

“Waste” shall mean any substance or object as defined in Article 1 (a) of
Council Directive 75/442/EEC7 as amended;

“Separately collected fractions of waste” shall mean household and similar
waste selectively collected in homogeneous fractions by public services, non-
profit organisations and private enterprises acting in the field of organised waste
collection;

“Recycling” shall refer to the definition given in Art. 3(7) of Council Directive
94/62/EC; 8

“Recovery” shall mean any of the operations provided for in Annex II.B to
Directive 75/442/EEC as amended 9

“Disposal” shall mean any of the operations provided for in Annex II.A to
Directive 75/442/EEC as amended; 10

“Recovery or disposal facility” shall mean a facility that requires a permit or
registration persuant to article 9,10, or 11 of Council Directive 75/442/EC;

“Hazardous waste” shall mean any waste as defined in Article 1 (4) of Council
Directive 91/689/ EEC; 11

(h)

“Non-hazardous waste” shall mean waste which is not covered by point (g);

(i)

"Incineration" shall mean thermal treatment of waste in an incineration
plant as defined in Article 3(4) or a co-incineration plant as defined in
Article 3(5) of European Parliament and Council Directive 2000/76/EC of
4 December 2000 on the incineration of waste;12

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7

8

9

10

11

12

OJ L 266, 6.9.2000, p. 3
OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39
OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 10
OJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32
OJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32
OJ L 377, 31.12.1991, p: 20
OJ L 332, 28.12.2000, p. 91.

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(j)

(k)

(l)

(m)

“Landfill” shall mean a waste disposal site as defined in Article 2 (g) of Council
Directive 1999/31/EC; 13

“Capacity of waste incineration facilities” shall mean the maximum capacity to
incinerate waste in tonnes per annum, or in gigajoules;

“Capacity of waste recycling facilities” shall mean the maximum capacity to
recycle waste in tonnes per annum;

“Capacity of landfills” shall mean the remaining capacity (at the end of the data
reference year) of the landfill facility to dispose of waste in the future measured
in cubic meters;

(n)

“Capacity of other disposal facilities” shall mean the capacity of the facility to
dispose of waste measured in tonnes per annum.

Article 3

Collection of data

1.

Member States shall, whilst complying with conditions as to quality and
accuracy, acquire the data necessary for the specification of the characteristics
listed in Annexes I and II by means either of:

- surveys;*

- administrative or other sources, such as the reporting obligations for
Community legislation on waste management;

- statistical estimation procedures on the basis of samples or waste-related
estimators, or

- a combination of these means.

In order to reduce response burdens, the national authorities and the Commission
shall, subject to the limits and the conditions fixed by each Member State and by the
Commission in their respective spheres of competence, have access to administrative
data sources.

In order to reduce the administrative burden on small enterprises, enterprises of fewer
than 10 employees are excluded from surveys, unless they contribute significantly to
the generation of waste.

Member States shall produce statistical results,
stipulated in Annexes I and II.

following the breakdown

OJ L 182, 16.7.1999, p. 1
In accordance with the subsidiarity principle, the question whether such surveys are to be compulsory
or not is to be decided by the Member States.

7

2.

3.

13

*

4.

5.

6.

1

2

1.

2.

3.

4.

The exclusion referred to in paragraph (2) must be consistent with the coverage and
quality objectives as referred to in Section 7, paragraph 1, of Annexes I and II.

Member States shall transmit the results, including confidential data, to Eurostat in an
appropriate format and within a set period of time from the end of the respective
reference periods, as laid down in Annexes I and II.

The treatment of confidential data and the transmission of such data as provided for in
in accordance with the existing Community
Article 3 (5) shall be carried out
provisions governing statistical confidentiality.

Article 4

Transitional period

During a transitional period, which may not exceed two years, the Commission
may at the request of the Member States and in accordance with the procedure
set out in Article 7, grant a derogation from the provisions of Annex I , Section 8
(1.1), Item 1 (Agriculture, hunting and forestry) and Item 2 (Fishing)

This derogation can be granted only for the data of the first reference year.

Article 5

Import and Export of Waste

The Commission will draw up a programme for pilot studies to be carried out on a
voluntary basis by Member States on the Import and Export of waste. The pilot
studies will aim to assess the relevance and feasibility of obtaining data, and to
evaluate the costs and benefits of collecting the data, and the burden on business.

The Commission programme for pilot studies must be consistent with the contents of
Annexes I and II, particularly the aspects related to the scope and coverage of wastes,
waste categories for the classification of waste, reference years and periodicity taking
into account the reporting obligations under Council Regulation 259/9314.

The Commission shall finance up to 100% of the costs for conducting the pilot
studies.

On the basis of the conclusions of these pilot studies, the Commission will inform the
European Parliament and the Council of the possibilities of compiling statistics for the
activities and characteristics covered by the pilot studies for import and export of
waste. The Commission will adopt the necessary implementation measures, in
accordance with the procedure set out in Article 7 of this Regulation.

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OJ L 030, 6.2.1993, p.1

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5.

The pilot studies should be conducted within three years after the entry into
force of this Regulation.

Article 6

Implementation measures

The measures necessary for the implementation of this instrument, relating to the subject
matters referred to below shall be adopted in accordance with the procedure set out in Article
7. These shall include measures:

(a)

for adjustment
to economic and technical developments concerning the
collection and statistical processing of data, the processing and the transmission
of results;

(b)

for adaptation of the specifications listed in Annexes I, II and III;

(c)

(d)

(e)

(f)

(g)

for the production of results in accordance with Article 3(2), (3) and (4);
taking into account the economic structures and technical conditions in a
Member State, measures may allow an individual Member State not to
report certain items in the breakdown, provided the impact on the quality
of the statistics is proven to be limited. In all cases, where exemptions are
given, the total amount of waste for each item listed in sections 2(3) and
8(1) of Annex I shall be compiled.

for definition of the proper quality evaluation criteria and the contents of the
quality reports as referred to in Section 7 of Annexes I and II of the present
Regulation;

for setting out the appropriate format for the transmission of results by Member
States within 2 years from the date of entry into force of this Regulation;

for compiling the list for granting transitional periods and derogations to
Member States as specified in Article 4.

for implementation of the results of the pilot studies, as specified in Article 5(4),
Annex I Section 2(4) and Annex II Section 8(3).

Article 7

Comitology

1.

The Commission shall be assisted by the Statistical Programme Committee established
by Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom 15.

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OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47

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2.

3

1.

2.

Where reference is made to this article, Article 5 of Decision 1999/468/EC 16 shall
apply, in compliance with Articles 7(3) and 8 thereof. The period laid down in Article
5(6) of Decision 1999/468/EC shall be set at three months.

The Commission shall transmit to the Committee for adaptation to scientific
and technical progress of EC legislation, instituted by Directive 91/156/EEC 17
on waste, the draft measures that it intends to submit to the Statistical
Programme Committee.

Article 8

Report

The Commission shall, within five years after the date of entry into force of this
Regulation and every three years thereafter, submit a report
to the European
Parliament and the Council on the statistics compiled pursuant to this Regulation and
in particular on their quality and the burden on business.

The Commission is invited, within two years after the date of entry into force of
this Regulation, to submit to the European Parliament and the Council a
proposal abolishing overlapping reporting obligations.

Article 9

Entry Into Force

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of 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, […]

For the European Parliament
The President

For the Council
The President

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OJ L 184, 17.7.1999, p. 23
OJ L 78, 26.3.1991, p. 32

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ANNEX I

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Generation of waste

SECTION 1

Coverage

The statistics are to be compiled for all activities classified within the coverage of
Sections A to Q of NACE Rev. 118. These Sections cover all economic activities.

This annex also covers:

• waste generated by households;

• waste arising from recovery and/or disposal operations.

SECTION 2

Waste categories

1.

2.

3.

The waste categories for which statistics on waste generation are to be compiled are
derived as aggregation from the European Waste Catalogue (EWC).

Each item in the EWC is attributed to the aggregated substance-oriented waste list
tabled in paragraph 3 of this Section. The transposition table between EWC and
substance-oriented aggregation is listed in Annex III.

Statistics on the following waste categories are to be produced:

Item No.

EWC-Stat / Version 2

Aggregates list

Code

Description

01.1

Spent solvents

"

"

Hazardous / Non-
hazardous waste

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

01.2

Acid, alkaline or saline wastes

Non-hazardous

"

"

01.3

Used oils

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

1

2

3

4

5

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OJ L 83, 3.4.1993, p.1

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03.1

Chemical deposits and residues

Non-hazardous

Health care and biological wastes

Non-hazardous

Item No.

EWC-Stat / Version 2

Aggregates list

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

20

21

22

23

24

25

26

27

28

"

"

01.4

Spent chemical catalysts

"

02

"

"

Chemical preparation wastes

"

"

"

03.2

Industrial effluent sludges

"

"

05

"

06

"

07.1

07.2

07.3

07.4

07.5

07.6

"

08

"

"

Metallic wastes

"

Glass wastes

Paper and cardboard wastes

Rubber wastes

Plastic wastes

Wood wastes

Textile wastes

"

Discarded equipment

"

08.1

Discarded vehicles

13

Hazardous / Non-
hazardous waste

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Item No.

EWC-Stat / Version 2

Aggregates list

Hazardous / Non-
hazardous waste

29

30

31

32

33

34

35

36

37

38

39

40

41

42

43

44

45

08.41

Batteries and accumulators wastes

Non-hazardous

"

09

"

Hazardous

Animal and vegetal wastes

Non-hazardous

(excluding animal waste of food preparation and
products; and animal faeces, urine and manure)

09.11

Animal waste of food preparation and products Non-hazardous

09.3

10.1

10.2

10.3

11

Animal faeces, urine and manure

Non-hazardous

Household and similar wastes

Non-hazardous

Mixed and undifferentiated materials

Non-hazardous

Sorting residues

Non-hazardous

Common sludges (excluding dredging spoils)

Non-hazardous

11,3

Dredging spoils

Non-hazardous

12.1 +
12.2 +
12.3 +
12.5

"

12.6

12.4

"

13

"

Mineral wastes (excluding contaminated soils and
polluted dredging spoils)

Non-hazardous

"

Hazardous

Contaminated soils and polluted dredging spoils

Hazardous

Combustion wastes

"

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Solidified, stabilised or vitrified wastes

Non-hazardous

"

Hazardous

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4.

Taking into account the reporting obligation under the European Parliament and
Council Directive 94/62/EC,19 the Commission shall draw up a programme for pilot
studies to be carried out on a voluntary basis by Member States in order to assess the
relevance of including packaging waste entries (EWC-Stat Version 2)
in the
breakdown list above. The Commission shall finance up to 100% of the costs for
these pilot studies. On the basis of the conclusions of these pilot studies,
the
Commission will adopt the necessary implementation measures in accordance with the
procedure set out in Article 7 of this Regulation.

SECTION 3

Characteristics

1.

Characteristics for the waste categories:

For each waste category listed in Section 2 (3), the quantity of waste generated shall
be compiled.

2.

Regional characteristics:

Population or dwellings served by a collection scheme for mixed household and
similar waste (NUTS II level).

SECTION 4

Reporting unit

1.

2.

1.

2.

The reporting unit to be used for all waste categories is 1000 tonnes of (normal) wet
waste. For the waste categories "sludge" an additional figure for dry matter should be
provided.

The reporting unit for regional characteristics should be the percentage of the
population or dwellings.

SECTION 5

First reference year and periodicity

The first reference year is the second calendar year following the publication of the
Regulation in the Official Journal.

Member States shall furnish data for every second year after the first reference
year.

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OJ L 365, 31.12.1994, p.10.

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SECTION 6

Transmission of results to Eurostat

The results are to be transmitted within 18 months after the end of the reference year.

SECTION 7

Report on the coverage and quality of statistics

1.

2.

3.

For each item listed in Section 8 (activities and households), Member States shall
indicate the percentage to which the compiled statistics represent the universe of the
respective item. The minimum requirement for the coverage shall be defined in
accordance with the procedure set out in Article 7.

Member States shall give a quality report, indicating the degree of precision for the
collected data. A description shall be given on the estimations, aggregations or
exclusions, and the way these procedures affect the distribution of waste categories,
listed in Section 2 (3) by economic activities and households, as referred in Section 8.

The Commission shall include the coverage and quality reports in the report provided
for in Article 8 of this Regulation.

SECTION 8

Production of results

1.

The results for the characteristics listed in Section 3 (1), are to be compiled for:

1.1 The following Sections, Divisions, Groups and Classes of NACE Rev. 1:

Item No. NACE Rev.1

Code

Description

1

2

3

4

5

6

A

B

C

Agriculture, hunting and forestry

Fishing

Mining and quarrying

DA

Manufacture of food products, beverages and tobacco

DB+DC

Manufacture of textiles + Manufacture of leather and leather
products

DD

Manufacture of wood and wood products

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Item No. NACE Rev.1

Code

Description

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

15

16

17

18

19

DE

DF

Manufacture of pulp, paper and paper products; publishing and
printing

Manufacture of coke, refined petroleum products and nuclear
fuels

DG+DH

Manufacture of chemicals, chemical products, man-made fibres +
Manufacture of rubber and plastic products

DI

DJ

Manufacture of other non-metallic mineral products

Manufacture of basic metals and fabricated metal products

DK+DL+DM Manufacture of machinery and equipment + Manufacture of
electrical and optical equipment + Manufacture of transport
equipment

DN

Manufacture n.e.c.

Excluded 37

E

F

Electricity, gas, steam and hot water and water supply

Construction

G – Q

Services activities:

Excluded
and 51.57

90

Wholesale and retail trade; Repair of motor vehicles, motor cycles
and personal and household goods + Lodging, restaurant and
similar activities + Transports, storage and communications +
Financial activities + Real state activity, rentals and other services
to enterprises + Public administration, defence and obligatory
social security + Education activities + Social activities and
Health + Other personal, social and community services +
Families with household employees + International organisations
and other extra-territorial institutions

37

51.57

90

Recycling

Wholesale of waste and scrap

Sewage and refuse disposal, sanitation and similar activities

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1.2 Households

20

Waste generated by households

2

For economic activities, statistical units are Local Units or Kind of Activity Units, as
defined in Council Regulation 696/93/EEC 20 on the statistical units for
the
observation and analysis of the production system in the Community, according to
each Member State’s statistical system.

In the quality report, to be produced under Section 7, a description of how the chosen
statistical unit affects the groupings of NACE-Rev 1 data distribution should be
included.

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OJ L 76, 30.3. 1993, p. 2

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ANNEX II

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Recovery and Disposal of Waste

SECTION 1

Coverage

1.

2.

The statistics are to be compiled for all recovery and disposal facilities which run any
of the operations referred to in Section 8(2) and which belong to or are part of the
economic activities according to the groupings of NACE-Rev.1, mentioned in Annex
I, Section 8 (1.1).

Facilities whose waste treatment activities are limited to the recycling of waste on the
site where the waste was generated, are not covered by this Annex.

SECTION 2

Waste categories

The list of waste categories for which the statistics are to be compiled, according to the
recovery or disposal operations as referred to in section 8(2), are the following:

Incineration

Item No.

EWC-Stat Version 2

Hazardous / Non-
hazardous waste

Code

01 +
02 +
03

Description

Chemical wastes

Non-hazardous

(Chemical compound waste + Chemical preparation
wastes + Other chemical wastes)

“

“

01.3 Used oils

“

“

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

05

Health care and biological wastes

Non-hazardous

“

“

Hazardous

10.1 Mixed household and similar waste

Non-hazardous

10.2 Mixed and undifferentiated materials

Non-hazardous

10.3 Sorting residues

Non-hazardous

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

20

10

11

11

Common sludges

Other wastes

(Metallic wastes + Non-metallic wastes + Discarded
equipment + Animal and vegetal wastes + Mineral
wastes + Solidified, stabilised or vitrified wastes)

06 +
07 +
08 +
09 +
12 +
13

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

12

“

“

Hazardous

Item No.

EWC-Stat Version 2

Recycling

Code

Description

01.3

Used oils

1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

“

06

“

07.1

07.2

07.3

07.4

07.5

07.6

“

09

“

Metallic wastes

“

Glass wastes

Paper and cardboard wastes

Rubber wastes

Plastic wastes

Wood wastes

Textile wastes

“

Hazardous / Non-
hazardous waste

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Animal and vegetal wastes

Non-hazardous

(excluding animal waste of food preparation
and products; and animal faeces, urine and
manure)

13

09.11

Animal waste of
products

food preparation and

Non-hazardous

21

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15

16

17

09.3

Animal faeces, urine and manure

Non-hazardous

12

12

01 + 02 +
03 + 05 +
08 + 10 +
11 + 13

Mineral waste

Mineral waste

Other Wastes

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

compound wastes + Chemical
(Chemical
preparation wastes + Other chemical wastes +
Health care and biological wastes + Discarded
equipment + Mixed ordinary wastes + Common
sludges + Solidified,
stabilised or vitrified
wastes)

18

“

“

Hazardous

Disposal (other than incineration):

Item No.

EWC-Stat Version 2

Hazardous / Non-
hazardous waste

Code

01 + 02 +
03

Description

Chemical wastes

Non-hazardous

(Chemical
preparation wastes + Other chemical wastes)

compound waste + Chemical

“

“

01.3

Used oils

“

“

09

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Animal and vegetal wastes

Non-hazardous

(excluding animal waste of food preparation
and products; and animal faeces, urine and
manure)

09.11

Animal waste of
products

food preparation and

Non-hazardous

09.3

10.1

10.2

Animal faeces, urine and manure

Non-hazardous

Household and similar waste

Non-hazardous

Mixed and undifferentiated materials

Non-hazardous

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1

2

3

4

5

6

7

8

9

10

11

12

13

14

10.3

Sorting residues

11

12

"

05 + 06 +
07 + 08 +
13

Common sludges

Mineral wastes

"

Other wastes

(Health care and biological wastes + Metallic
wastes + Non-metallic wastes + Discarded
equipment + Solidified, stabilised or vitrified
wastes)

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Non-hazardous

Hazardous

Non-hazardous

15

"

"

Hazardous

SECTION 3

Characteristics

1.

The characteristics, for which the statistics are to be compiled on recovery and
disposal operations, as referred to in Section 8(2) are set out in the table below.

Number and capacity of recovery and disposal operations per region

Item No.

Code

Description

1

2

2 00

2 10

Number of operation facilities, NUTS 2 level

Capacity in units according to the operations defined in Article 2,
NUTS 2 level

Waste treated per recovery and disposal operation, including import

3

2 20

Total quantities of waste treated, by waste category, excluding
recycling of waste on the site where the waste was generated, at
NUTS 1 level

SECTION 4

Reporting unit

The reporting unit to be used for all waste categories is 1000 tonnes of (normal) wet waste.
For the waste categories “sludge” an additional figure for dry matter should be provided.

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SECTION 5

First reference year and periodicity

1.

2.

The first reference year is the second calendar year following the publication of the
Regulation in the Official Journal.

Member states shall furnish data for every year, after the reference year.

SECTION 6

Transmission of results to Eurostat

The results are to be transmitted within 18 months of the end of the calendar year of the
reference period.

SECTION 7

1.

2.

3.

1.

2.

Report on the coverage and quality of statistics

For the characteristics listed in Section 3, and for each item amongst the types
of operation listed in Section 8, paragraph 2, Member States shall indicate the
percentage to which the compiled statistics represent the universe of waste of
the respective item. The minimum requirement for the coverage shall be defined in
accordance with the procedure set out in Article 7.

For the characteristics listed in Section 3, paragraph 2, Member States shall give a
quality report, indicating the degree of precision for the collected data.

The Commission shall include the coverage and quality reports in the report provided
for in Article 8 of this Regulation.

SECTION 8

Production of results

The results are to be compiled for each item amongst the types of recovery and
disposal operation, as specified below, according to the characteristic 2 20 as
referred to in Section 3 and the operation specific waste categories listed in
Section 2.

List of Recovery and Disposal Operations; the codes refer to the codes in the Annexes
of the Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste as amended by 91/156/EEC and
adapted by Commission Decision 96/350/EC21:

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Item No.

Code

Types of recovery and disposal operations

Incineration

1

2

R1

Use principally as a fuel or other means to generate energy

D10

Incineration on land

Operations which may lead to recovery

3

R2 + Solvent reclamation/regeneration

R3 + Recycling/reclamation of organic substances which are not used

as solvents (including composting and other biological
transformation processes)

R4 + Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds

R5 + Recycling/reclamation of other inorganic materials

R6 + Regeneration of acids or bases

R7 + Recovery of components used for pollution abatement

R8 + Recovery of components from catalysts

R9 + Oil re-fining or other reuses of oil

R10 + Land treatment resulting in benefit to agriculture or ecological

improvement

R11 Use of wastes obtained from any of the operations numbered R1

to R10

Disposal operations

4

5

D1 +

D2 +

D3 +

D5 +

D12

D4 +

Deposit into or onto land (e.g. landfill etc.)

Land treatment (e.g. biodegradation of liquid of sludgy discards
in soils etc.)

Deep injection ( e.g. injection of pumpable discards into wells,
salt domes or naturally occurring repositories etc)

Special engineered landfill (e.g. placement into lined discrete cells
which are capped and isolated from one another and the
environment etc.)
Permanent storage (e.g. emplacement of containers in a mine
etc.)

Surface impoundment
discards into pits, pounds or lagoons etc.)

(e.g. placement of

liquid or sludge

D6 +

Release into a water body except seas/oceans

D7

Release into seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion

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3.

4.

The Commission shall draw up a programme for pilot studies, to be carried out on a
voluntary basis by Member States. The pilot studies will aim to assess the relevance
and feasibility of obtaining data on the amounts of waste conditioned by preparatory
operations, as defined in Annexes II.A and II.B of Council Directive 75/442/EEC and
adapted by Commission Decision 96/350/EC22. The Commission shall finance up to
100 % of the costs for conducting these pilot studies. Based on the conclusions of
these pilot studies,
the necessary implementation
measures, in accordance with the procedure set out in Article 6 of this Regulation.

the Commission will adopt

Statistical units are Local Units or Kind of Activity Units, as defined in Council
Regulation 696/93 EEC23 on the statistical units for the observation and analysis of
the production system in the Community, according to each Member State's statistical
system.

In the quality report, to be produced under Section 7, a description of how the chosen
statistical unit affects the groupings of NACE-Rev 1 data distribution should be
included.

22

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ANNEX III

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Transposition table

Related to ANNEX I, Section 2(2) and ANNEX II, Section 2

EWC-Stat Rev.2 (substance oriented waste statistical classification)

European Waste Catalogue (EWC)

01 Chemical compound wastes

01.1 Spent solvents

01.11 Halogenated spent solvents

1 Hazardous

04.01.03

degreasing wastes containing solvents without a liquid phase

07.01.03

07.02.03

07.03.03

07.04.03

07.05.03

07.06.03

07.07.03

organic halogenated solvents, washing liquids and mother
liquors

organic halogenated solvents, washing liquids and mother
liquors

organic halogenated solvents, washing liquids and mother
liquors

organic halogenated solvents, washing liquids and mother
liquors

organic halogenated solvents, washing liquids and mother
liquors

organic halogenated solvents, washing liquids and mother
liquors

organic halogenaged solvents, washing liquids and mother
liquors

14.01.01

chlorofluorocarbons

14.01.02

other halogenated solvents and solvent mixes

14.01.04

aqueous solvent mixes containing halogens

14.01.06

sludges or solid wastes containing halogenated solvents

14.02.01

halogenated solvents and solvent mixes

14.02.03

sludges or solid wastes containing halogenated solvents

14.03.01

chlorofluorocarbons

14.03.02

other halogenated solvents

14.03.04

sludges or solid wastes containing halogenated solvents

14.04.01

chlorofluorocarbons

14.04.02

other halogenated solvents and solvent mixes

14.04.04

sludges or solid wastes containing halogenated solvents

14.05.01

chlorofluorocarbons

14.05.02

halogenated solvents and solvent mixes

14.05.04

sludges containing halogenated solvents

01.12 Non halogenated spent solvents

0 Non-hazardous

02.03.03 wastes from solvent extraction

1 Hazardous

07.01.04

other organic solvents, washing liquids and mother liquors

07.02.04

other organic solvents, washing liquids and mother liquors

07.03.04

other organic solvents, washing liquids and mother liquors

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07.04.04

other organic solvents, washing liquids and mother liquors

07.05.04

other organic solvents, washing liquids and mother liquors

07.06.04

other organic solvents, washing liquids and mother liquors

07.07.04

other organic solvents, washing liquids and mother liquors

14.01.03

other solvents and solvent mixes

14.01.05

aqueous solvent mixes free of halogens

14.01.07

sludges or solid wastes free of halogenated solvents

14.02.02

solvent mixes or organic liquids free of halogenated solvents

14.02.04

sludges or solid wastes containing other solvents

14.03.03

solvents and solvent mixes free of halogenated solvents

14.03.05

sludges or solid wastes containing other solvents

14.04.03

other solvents and solvent mixes

14.04.05

sludges or solid wastes containing other solvents

14.05.03

other solvents and solvent mixes

14.05.05

sludges containing other solvents

20.01.13

solvents

01.2 Acid, alkaline or saline wastes

01.21 Acid wastes

0 Non-hazardous

11.01.04

cyanide-free wastes not containing chromium

20.01.14

acids

1 Hazardous

06.01.01

sulphuric acid and sulphurous acid

06.01.02

hydrochloric acid

06.01.03

hydrofluoric acid

06.01.04

phosphoric and phosphorous acid

06.01.05

nitric acid and nitrous acid

06.01.99 waste not otherwise specified

09.01.04

fixer solutions

09.01.05

bleach solutions and bleach fixer solutions

10.01.09

sulphuric acid

11.01.03

cyanide-free wastes containing chromium

11.01.05

acidic pickling solutions

11.01.06

acids not otherwise specified

16.06.06

electrolyte from batteries and accumulators

01.22 Alkaline wastes

0 Non-hazardous

20.01.15

alkalines

1 Hazardous

06.02.01

calcium hydroxide

06.02.02

soda

06.02.03

ammonia

06.02.99 wastes not otherwise specified

09.01.01 water based developer and activator solutions

09.01.02 water based offset plate developer solutions

09.01.03

solvent based developer solutions

11.01.01

cyanidic (alkaline) wastes containing heavy metals other than
chromium

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11.01.02

cyanidic (alkaline) wastes which do not contain heavy metals

11.01.07

alkalis not otherwise specified

11.03.01 wastes containing cyanide

19.02.01 metal hydroxide sludges and other

sludges

from metal

insolubilisation treatment

01.23 Saline solutions

0 Non-hazardous

06.03.02

saline solutions containing sulphates, sulphites or sulphides

06.03.04

saline solutions containing chlorides, fluorides and halides

06.03.06

saline solutions containing phosphates and related solid salts

06.03.08

saline solutions containing nitrates and related compounds

1 Hazardous

10.06.05 waste from electrolytic refining

01.24 Other saline wastes

0 Non-hazardous

01.04.04 waste from potash and rock salt processing

01.05.02

barite-containing drilling muds and wastes

01.05.03

chloride-containing drilling muds and wastes

01.05.99 wastes not otherwise specified

05.05.01 waste containing sulphur

05.07.02 wastes containing sulphur

06.03.01

carbonates (except 02 04 02 and 19 10 03)

06.03.03

solid salts containing sulphates, sulphites or sulphides

06.03.05

salts

solid
halogenated solid salts

containing

chlorides,

fluorides

and

other

06.03.07

phosphates and related solid salts

06.03.09

solid salts containing nitrides (nitrometallic)

06.03.10

solid salts containing ammonium

06.03.12

salts and solutions containing organic compounds

06.03.99 wastes not otherwise specified

06.04.01 metallic oxides

06.04.99 wastes not otherwise specified

06.06.01 waste containing sulphur

11.02.01

sludges from copper hydrometallurgy

1 Hazardous

06.03.11

salts and solutions containing cyanides

06.04.02 metallic salts (except 06 03 00)

06.04.03 wastes containing arsenic

06.04.04 wastes containing mercury

06.04.05 wastes containing other heavey metals

10.03.08

salt slags from secondary smelting

10.03.10 waste from treatment of salt slags and black drosses treatment

11.01.08

phosphatizing sludges

11.02.02

sludges
goethite)

from zinc hydrometallurgy (including

jarosite,

11.03.02

other wastes

01.3 Used oils

01.31 Used motor oils

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1 Hazardous

13.02.01

chlorinated engine, gear and lubricating oils

13.02.02

non-chlorinated engine, gear and lubricating oils

13.02.03

other engine, gear and lubricating oils

01.32 Other used oils

0 Non-hazardous

01.05.01

oil-containing drilling muds and wastes

05.01.02

desalted sludges

05.01.06

sludges from plant, equipment and maintenance operations

12.02.02

sludges from grinding, honing and lapping

12.02.03

polishing sludges

12.02.99 wastes not otherwise specified

1 Hazardous

05.01.03

tank bottom sludges

05.01.04

acid alkyl sludges

12.01.06 waste machining oils containing halogens (not emulsioned)

12.01.07 waste machining oils free of halogens (not emulsioned)

12.01.08 waste machining emulsions containing halogens

12.01.09 waste machining emulsions free of halogens

12.01.10

synthetic machining oils

12.01.11 machining sludges

12.01.12

spent waxes and fats

13.01.01

hydraulic oils, containing PCBs or PCTs

13.01.02

other chlorinated hydraulic oils (not emulsions)

13.01.03

non chlorinated hydraulic oils (not emulsions)

13.01.04

chlorinated emulsions

13.01.05

non chlorinated emulsions

13.01.06

hydraulic oils containing only mineral oil

13.01.07

other hydraulic oils

13.01.08

brake fluids

13.03.01

13.03.02

13.03.03

13.03.04

insulating or heat
containing PCBs or PCTs

transmission oils

and other

liquids

other chlorinated insulating and heat
other liquids

transmission oils and

non-chlorinated insulating and heat transmission oils and other
liquids

synthetic insulating and heat
liquids

transmission oils and other

13.03.05 mineral insulating and heat transmission oils

13.06.01

oil waste not otherwise specified

01.4 Spent chemical catalysts

01.41 Spent chemical catalysts

0 Non-hazardous

05.03.01

spent catalysts containing precious metals

05.03.02

other spent catalysts

06.12.01

spent catalysts containing precious metals

06.12.02

other spent catalysts

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07.01.05

spent catalysts containing precious metals

07.01.06

other spent catalysts

07.02.05

spent catalysts containing precious metals

07.02.06

other spent catalysts

07.03.05

spent catalysts containing precious metals

07.03.06

other spent catalysts

07.04.05

spent catalysts containing precious metals

07.04.06

other spent catalysts

07.05.05

spent catalysts containing precious metals

07.05.06

other spent catalysts

07.06.05

spent catalysts containing precious metals

07.06.06

other spent catalysts

07.07.05

spent catalysts containing precious metals

07.07.06

other spent catalysts

10.01.10

spent catalysts eg from removal of NOx

19.01.09

spent catalysts eg from NOx removal

02 Chemical preparation wastes

02.1 Off-specification chemical wastes

02.11 Agrochemical product wastes

1 Hazardous

02.01.05

agrochemical wastes

06.13.01

inorganic pesticides, biocides and wood preserving agents

20.01.19

pesticides

02.12 Unused medicines

0 Non-hazardous

18.01.05

discarded chemicals and medicines

20.01.18 medicines

02.13 Paints, varnish, inks and adhesive wastes

0 Non-hazardous

03.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

04.02.13

dye stuffs and pigments

08.01.03 waste from water-based paints and varnishes

08.01.04

powder paints

08.01.05

hardened paints and varnishes

08.01.08

aqueous sludges containing paint or varnish

08.01.09 waste from paint or varnish removal (except 08 01 05 and 08

01 06)

08.01.10

aqueous suspensions containing paint or varnish

08.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

08.02.01 waste coating powders

08.02.99 wastes not otherwise specified

08.03.03 waste from water-based ink

08.03.04

dried ink

08.03.07

aqueous sludges containing ink

08.03.08

aqueous liquid waste containing ink

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08.03.09 waste printing toner (including cartridges)

08.03.99 wastes not otherwise specified

08.04.03 wastes from water-based adhesives and sealants

08.04.04

hardened adhesives and sealants

08.04.07

aqueous sludges containing adhesives and sealants

08.04.08

aqueous liquid wastes containing adhesives and sealants

08.04.99 wastes not otherwise specified

1 Hazardous

08.01.01 waste paints and varnish containing halogenated solvents

08.01.02 waste paints and varnish free of halogenated solvents

08.01.06

08.01.07

sludges from paint or varnish removal containing halogenated
solvents

sludges from paint or varnish removal free of halogenated
solvents

08.03.01 waste ink containing halogenated solvents

08.03.02 waste ink free of halogenated solvents

08.03.05

ink sludges containing halogenated solvents

08.03.06

ink sludges free of halogenated solvents

08.04.01 waste adhesives and sealants containing halogenated solvents

08.04.02 waste adhesives and sealants free of halogenated solvents

08.04.05

adhesives and sealants sludges containing halogenated solvents

08.04.06

adhesives and sealants sludges free of halogenated solvents

20.01.12

paint, inks, adhesives and resins

02.14 Other chemical preparation wastes

0 Non-hazardous

02.03.02 wastes from preserving agents

02.06.02 wastes from preserving agents

02.07.03 waste from chemical treatment

03.03.03

bleaching sludges from hypochlorite and chlorine processes

03.03.04

bleaching sludges from other bleaching processes

06.06.99 wastes not otherwise specified

06.07.99 wastes not otherwise specified

06.08.01 wastes from production of silicon and silicon derivatives

06.09.99 wastes not otherwise specified

06.10.01 waste

from nitrogen chemical processes

and fertilizer

manufacture

06.11.99 wastes not otherwise specified

06.13.99 wastes not otherwise specified

09.01.07

16.05.01

photographic film and paper containing silver or
compounds

silver

industrial gases in high pressure cylinders, LPG containers and
industrial aerosol containers (including halons)

20.01.16

detergents

20.01.22

aerosols

1 Hazardous

03.02.01

non-halogenated organic wood preservatives

03.02.02

organochlorinated wood preservatives

03.02.03

organometallic wood preservatives

03.02.04

inorganic wood preservatives

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05.07.01

sludges containing mercury

18.02.04

discarded chemicals

20.01.17

photo chemicals

02.2 Unused explosives

02.21 Waste explosives and pyrotechnical products

1 Hazardous

16.04.02

fireworks waste

16.04.03

other waste explosives

02.22 Waste ammunition

1 Hazardous

16.04.01 waste ammunition

02.3 Mixed chemical wastes

02.31 Minor mixed chemical wastes

0 Non-hazardous

16.05.02

16.05.03

other waste containing inorganic chemicals, e.g. lab chemicals
not otherwise specified, fire extinguishing powders

other waste containing organic chemicals, eg lab chemicals not
otherwise specified

02.32 Chemical wastes mixed for treatment

0 Non-hazardous

19.02.02

premixed wastes for final disposal

02.33 Packaging polluted by hazardous substances

03 Other chemical wastes

03.1 Chemical deposits and residues

03.11 Tars and carbonaceous wastes

0 Non-hazardous

05.06.02

asphalt

05.06.99 wastes not otherwise specified

06.13.03

carbon black

10.03.02

anode scraps

11.02.03 wastes from the production of anodes for aqueous electrolytical

processes

1 Hazardous

05.01.07

acid tars

05.01.08

other tars

05.06.01

acid tars

05.06.03

other tars

05.08.02

acid tars

05.08.03

other tars

10.03.01

and

tars
manufacture

03.12 Oils/water emulsions sludges

1 Hazardous

other

carbon-containing wastes

from anode

13.04.01

bilge oils from inland navigation

13.04.02

bilge oils from jetty sewers

13.04.03

bilge oils from other navigation

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13.05.01

oil/water separator solids

13.05.02

oil/water separator sludges

13.05.03

interceptor sludges

13.05.04

desalter sludges or emulsions

13.05.05

other emulsions

16.07.01 waste

from marine

transport

tank cleaning,

containing

chemicals

16.07.04 waste from railway and road transport tank cleaning containing

chemicals

16.07.05 waste from storage tank cleaning, containing chemicals

03.13 Chemical reaction residues

0 Non-hazardous

03.03.02

dregs and green liquor sludge (from black liquor treatment)

04.01.04

tanning liquor containing chromium

04.01.05

tanning liquor free of chromium

07.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

07.02.99 wastes not otherwise specified

07.03.99 wastes not otherwise specified

07.04.99 wastes not otherwise specified

07.05.99 wastes not otherwise specified

07.06.99 wastes not otherwise specified

07.07.99 wastes not otherwise specified

1 Hazardous

07.01.01

aqueous washing liquids and mother liquors

07.01.07

halogenated still bottoms and reaction residues

07.01.08

other still bottoms and reaction residues

07.02.01

aqueous washing liquids and mother liquors

07.02.07

halogenated still bottoms and reaction residues

07.02.08

other still bottoms and reaction residues

07.03.01

aqueous washing liquids and mother liquors

07.03.07

halogenated still bottoms and reaction residues

07.03.08

other still bottoms and reaction residues

07.04.01

aqueous washing liquids and mother liquors

07.04.07

halogenated still bottoms and reaction residues

07.04.08

other still bottoms and reaction residues

07.05.01

aqueous washing liquids and mother liquors

07.05.07

halogenated still bottoms and reaction residues

07.05.08

other still bottoms and reaction residues

07.06.01

aqueous washing liquids and mother liquors

07.06.07

halogenated still bottoms and reaction residues

07.06.08

other still bottoms and reaction residues

07.07.01

aqueous washing liquids and mother liquors

07.07.07

halogenated still bottoms and reaction residues

07.07.08

other still bottoms and reaction residues

19.04.03

non-vitrified solid phase

03.14 Spent filtration and absorbent materials

0 Non-hazardous

19.09.03

sludges from decarbonation

19.09.04

spent activated carbon

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19.09.05

saturated or spent ion exchange resins

19.09.06

solutions and sludges from regeneration of ion exchangers

1 Hazardous

05.04.01

spent filter clays

05.08.01

spent filter clays

06.07.02

activated carbon from chlorine production

06.13.02

spent activated carbon (except 06 07 02)

07.01.09

halogenated filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.01.10

other filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.02.09

halogenated filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.02.10

other filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.03.09

halogenated filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.03.10

other filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.04.09

halogenated filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.04.10

other filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.05.09

halogenated filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.05.10

other filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.06.09

halogenated filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.06.10

other filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.07.09

halogenated filter cakes, spent absorbents

07.07.10

other filter cakes, spent absorbents

19.01.05

filter cake from gas treatment

19.08.06

saturated or spent ion exchange resins

19.08.07

solutions and sludges from regeneration of ion exchangers

03.2 Industrial effluent sludges

03.21 Sludges from industrial processes and effluent treatment

0 Non-hazardous

03.03.05

de-inking sludges from paper recycling

04.01.06

sludges containing chromium

04.01.07

sludges free of chromium

04.02.99 wastes not otherwise specified

05.01.01

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

06.05.01

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

07.01.02

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

07.02.02

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

07.03.02

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

07.04.02

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

07.05.02

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

07.06.02

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

07.07.02

sludges from on site effluent treatment

11.02.04

sludges not otherwise specified

19.06.01

anaerobic treatment sludges of municipal and similar wastes

19.06.02

anaerobic treatment sludges of animal and vegetal wastes

19.06.99 wastes not otherwise specified

19.07.01

landfill leachate

03.22 Sludges containing hydrocarbons

0 Non-hazardous

05.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

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05.05.99 wastes not otherwise specified

05.07.99 wastes not otherwise specified

05.08.99 wastes not otherwise specified

1 Hazardous

05.08.04

aqueous liquid waste from oil regeneration

12.03.01

aqueous washing liquids

12.03.02

steam degreasing wastes

16.07.02 waste from marine transport tank cleaning, containing oil

16.07.03 waste from railway and road transport tank cleaning containing

oil

16.07.06 waste from storage tank cleaning, containing oil

19.08.03

grease and oil mixture from oil/waste water separation

04 Radioactive wastes

04.1 Nuclear waste

04.11 Nuclear wastes

04.2 Spent ionising sources

04.21 Spent ionising sources

04.3 Equipment and products contaminated by radioactivity

04.31 Equipment and products contaminated by radioactivity

04.4 Soils contaminated by radioactivity

04.41 Soils contaminated by radioactivity

05 Health care and biological wastes

05.1 Infectious health care wastes

05.11 Human infectious health care wastes

0 Non-hazardous

18.01.02

body parts and organs including blood bags and blood
preserves

1 Hazardous

18.01.03

other wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special
requirements in view of the prevention of infection

05.12 Animal infectious health care wastes

0 Non-hazardous

18.01.01

sharps

18.02.01

sharps

05.2 Non-infectious health care wastes

05.21 Non-infectious human health care wastes

05.22 Non-infectious animal health care wastes

05.3 Genetic engineering wastes

05.31 Genetic engineering wastes

1 Hazardous

18.02.02

other wastes whose collection and disposal is subject to special
requirements in view of the prevention of infection

06 Metallic wastes

06.1 Ferrous metal waste and scrap

06.11 Ferrous metal waste and scrap

0 Non-hazardous

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10.12.06

discarded moulds

12.01.01

ferrous metal filings and turnings

12.01.02

other ferrous metals particles

17.04.05

iron and steel

19.01.02

ferrous materials removed from bottom ash

06.2 Non-ferrous metal waste and scrap

06.21 Waste precious metal

1 Hazardous

09.01.06 waste containing silver from on-site treatment of photographic

waste

06.22 Waste aluminium packaging

06.23 Other waste aluminium

0 Non-hazardous

17.04.02

aluminium

06.24 Copper waste

0 No-hazardous

17.04.01

copper, bronze, brass

17.04.08

cables

06.25 Lead waste

0 Non-hazardous

17.04.03

lead

06.26 Other metal wastes

0 Non-hazardous

12.01.03

non-ferrous metal filings and turnings

12.01.04

other non-ferrous metal particules

17.04.04

zinc

17.04.06

tin

06.3 Mixed metal wastes

06.31 Mixed metallic packaging

0 Non-hazardous

15.01.04 metallic

20.01.05

small metals (cans etc)

20.01.06

other metals

06.32 Other mixed metallic wastes

0 Non-hazardous

10.10.99 wastes not otherwise specified

17.04.07 mixed metals

07 Non-metallic wastes

07.1 Glass wastes

07.11 Glass packaging

0 Non-hazardous

20.01.02

glass

07.12 Other glass wastes

0 Non-hazardous

10.11.02 waste glass

17.02.02

glass

07.2 Paper and cardboard wastes

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07.21 Waste paper and cardboard packaging

0 Non-hazardous

15.01.01

paper and cardboard

07.22 Waste composite packaging carton

07.23 Other paper and cardboard wastes

0 Non-hazardous

03.03.06

fibre and paper sludge

03.03.99 wastes not otherwise specified

20.01.01

paper and cardboard

07.3 Rubber wastes

07.31 Used tyres

0 Non-hazardous

16.01.03

used tyres

07.32 Other rubber wastes

07.4 Plastic wastes

07.41 Plastic packaging wastes

0 Non-hazardous

15.01.02

plastic

07.42 Other plastic wastes

0 Non-hazardous

02.01.04 waste plastics (excluding packaging)

12.01.05

plastics particles

16.02.07 waste from the plastic convertor industry

17.02.03

plastic

20.01.03

small plastics

20.01.04

other plastics

07.5 Wood wastes

07.51 Wood packaging

0 Non-hazardous

15.01.03 wooden

07.52 Sawdust and shavings

0 Non-hazardous

03.01.02

sawdust

03.01.03

shavings, cuttings, spoiled timber/particle board/veneer

07.53 Other wood wastes

0 Non-hazardous

03.01.01 waste bark and cork

03.03.01

bark

17.02.01 wood

20.01.07 wood

07.6 Textile wastes

07.61 Worn clothing

07.62 Miscellaneous textiles wastes

0 Non-hazardous

04.02.01 wastes from unprocessed textile fibres and other natural

fibrous substances mainly of vegetable origin

04.02.02 wastes from unprocessed textile fibres mainly of animal origin

04.02.03 wastes from unprocessed textile fibres mainly artificial or

synthetic

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04.02.04 wastes from unprocessed mixed textile fibres before spinning

and weaving

04.02.05 wastes from processed textile fibres mainly of vegetable origin

04.02.06 wastes from processed textile fibres mainly of animal origin

04.02.07 wastes from processed textile fibres mainly of artificial or

synthetic origin

04.02.08 wastes from processed mixed textile fibres

04.02.09 wastes

from composite materials

(impregnated

textile,

elastomer, plastomer)

04.02.12

non-halogenated wastes from dressing and finishing

15.02.01

absorbents, filter materials, wiping cloths, protective clothing

20.01.10

clothes

20.01.11

textiles

1 Hazardous

04.02.11

halogenated wastes from dressing and finishing

07.63 Leather wastes

0 Non-hazardous

04.01.08 waste tanned leather

(blue sheetings,

shavings, cuttings,

buffing dust) containing chromium

04.01.09 wastes from dressing and finishing

04.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

08 Discarded equipment

08.1 Discarded vehicles

08.11 Discarded private cars

0 Non-hazardous

20.03.05

end of life vehicles

08.12 Other discarded vehicles

0 Non-hazardous

08.2 Discarded electrical and electronic equipment

16.01.04

discarded vehicles

08.21 Discarded major household equipment

08.22 Discarded minor household equipment

08.23 Other discarded electrical and electronic equipment

0 Non-hazardous

09.01.09

single-use cameras with batteries

09.01.10

single use cameras without batteries

16.02.02

other discarded electronic equipment
boards)

(eg printed circuit

20.01.24

electronic equipment (eg printed circuit boards)

08.3 Bulky household equipment

08.31 Bulky household equipment

08.4 Discarded machines and equipment components

08.41 Batteries and acumulators wastes

0 Non-hazardous

16.06.04

alkaline batteries

16.06.05

other batteries and accumulators

20.01.20

batteries

1 Hazardous

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16.02.01

transformers and capacitors containing PCB or PCTs

16.06.01

lead batteries

16.06.02 Ni-Cd batteries

16.06.03 mercury dry cells

08.42 Spent catalytic equipment

0 Non-hazardous

16.01.01

catalysts removed from vehicles containing precious metals

16.01.02

other catalysts removed from vehicles

08.43 Other discarded machines and equipment components

0 Non-hazardous

16.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

16.02.03

equipment containing chlorofluorocarbons

16.02.05

other discarded equipment

20.01.23

equipment containing chloroflurocarbons

1 Hazardous

20.01.21

fluorescent tubes and other mercury containing waste

09 Animal and vegetal wastes

09.1 Waste of food preparation and products

09.11 Animal waste of food preparation and products

0 Non-hazardous

02.01.02

animal tissue waste

02.02.01

sludges from washing and cleaning

02.02.02

animal tissue waste

04.01.01

fleshings and lime split waste

04.01.02

liming waste

04.02.10

organic matter from natural products (eg. grease, wax)

09.12 Vegetal waste of food preparation and products

0 Non-hazardous

02.01.01

sludges from washing and cleaning

02.01.03

plant tissue waste

02.03.01

sludges from washing, cleaning, peeling, centrifuging and
separation

02.03.04 materials unsuitable for consumption or pro_cessing

02.03.99 wastes not otherwise specified

02.04.99 wastes not otherwise specified

02.07.01 wastes from washing, cleaning and mechanical reduction of the

raw material

02.07.05

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

09.13 Mixed waste of food preparation and products

0 Non-hazardous

02.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

02.02.03 materials unsuitable for consumption or processing

02.02.99 wastes not otherwise specified

02.05.01 materials unsuitable for consumption or processing

02.05.99 wastes not otherwise specified

02.06.01 materials unsuitable for consumption or processing

02.07.04 materials unsuitable for consumption or processing

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20.01.08

organic compostable kitchen waste (including frying oil and
kitchen waste from canteens and restaurants)

20.01.09

oil and fat

09.2 Green wastes

09.21 Green wastes

0 Non-hazardous

02.01.07 waste from forestry exploitation

20.02.01

compostable wastes

09.3 Slurry and manure

09.31 Slurry and manure

0 Non-hazardous

02.01.06

animal feces, urine and manure (including_ spoiled straw),
effluent, collected separately and treated off-site

10 Mixed ordinary wastes

10.1 Household and similar wastes

10.11 Household wastes

0 Non-hazardous

20.03.01 mixed municipal waste

10.12 Street cleaning wastes

0 Non-hazardous

20.03.02 waste from markets

20.03.03

street cleaning residues

10.2 Mixed and undifferentiated materials

10.21 Mixed packaging

0 Non-hazardous

15.01.06 mixed

10.22 Other mixed and undifferentiated matarials

0 Non-hazardous

02.06.99 wastes not otherwise specified

02.07.99 wastes not otherwise specified

09.01.08

photographic film and paper free of silver or silver compounds

09.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.06.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.07.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.08.99 wastes not otherwise specified

11.04.01

other inorganic wastes with metals not otherwise specified

12.01.13 welding wastes

12.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

12.02.01

spent blasting grit

15.01.05

composite packaging

16.03.01

inorganic off-specification batches

16.03.02

organic off-specification batches

16.07.07

solid wastes from ship cargoes

16.07.99 waste not otherwise specified

18.01.04 wastes whose collection and disposal is not subject to special
infection (eg

requirements in view of
dressing, plaster casts, linen, disposable clothing, diapers)

the prevention of

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18.02.03 wastes whose collection and disposal is not subject to special
requirements in view of the prevention of infection

19.04.04

aqueous liquid waste from vitrified waste tempering

10.3 Sorting residues

10.31 Vehicle shredder wastes

0 Non-hazardous

16.01.05

light fraction from automobile shredding

10.32 Other sorting residues

0 Non-hazardous

03.03.07

rejects from paper and cardboard recycling

16.02.08

shredder residues

19.05.01

non-composted fraction of municipal and similar wastes

19.05.02

non-composted fraction of animal and vegetable wastes

19.05.03

off specification compost

19.05.99 wastes not otherwise specified

19.08.01

screenings

11 Common sludges

11.1 Waste water treatment sludges

11.11 Sludges from treatment of public sewerage water

0 Non-hazardous

19.08.05

sludges from treatment of urban waste water

11.12 Biodegradable sludges from treatment of other waste water

0 Non-hazardous

02.02.04

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

02.03.05

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

02.04.03

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

02.05.02

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

02.06.03

sludges from on-site effluent treatment

05.02.02 waste from cooling columns

05.02.99 wastes not otherwise specified

05.06.04 waste from cooling columns

19.08.04

sludges from the treatment of industrial waste water

19.08.99 wastes not otherwise specified

11.2 Sludges from purification of drinking and process water

11.21 Sludges from purification of drinking and process water

0 Non-hazardous

05.02.01

boiler feedwater sludges

19.09.02

sludges from water clarification

19.09.99 wastes not otherwise specified

11.3 Unpolluted dredging spoils

11.31 Unpolluted dredging spoils

0 Non-hazardous

17.05.02

dredging spoil

11.4 Cesspit contents

11.41 Cesspit contents

0 Non-hazardous

20.03.04

septic tank sludge

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12 Mineral wastes

12.1 Construction and demolition wastes

12.11 Concrete, bricks and gypsum waste

0 Non-hazardous

10.12.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.13.03 wastes from other cement-based composite materials

10.13.99 wastes not otherwise specified

17.01.01

concrete

17.01.02

bricks

17.01.04

gypsum based construction materials

12.12 Waste hydrocarbonised road-surfacing material

0 Non-hazardous

17.03.01

asphalt containing tar

17.03.02

asphalt (not containing tar)

17.03.03

tar and tar products

1 Hazardous

17.06.01

insulation materials containing asbestos

12.13 Mixed construction wastes

0 Non-hazardous

17.06.02

other insulation materials

17.07.01 mixed construction and demolition waste

12.2 Asbestos wastes

12.21 Asbestos wastes

0 Non-hazardous

10.13.02 wastes from asbestos-cement manufacture

16.02.04

discarded equipment containing free asbestos

16.02.06 wastes from the asbestos processing industry

17.01.05

asbestos based construction materials

1 Hazardous

06.07.01 wastes containing asbestos from electrolysis

12.3 Waste of naturally ocurring minerals

12.31 Waste of naturally occuring minerals

0 Non-hazardous

01.01.01 waste from mineral metaliferous excavation

01.01.02 waste from mineral non-metaliferous excavation

01.02.01 waste from the dressing of metalferous minerals

01.02.02 waste from the dressing of non-metalferous minerals

01.03.01

tailings

01.03.02

dusty and powdery waste

01.03.03

red mud from the alumina production

01.03.99 wastes not otherwise specified

01.04.01 waste gravel and crushed rocks

01.04.02 waste sand and clays

01.04.03

dusty and powdery waste

01.04.05 waste from washing and cleaning of minerals

01.04.06 waste from stone cutting and sawing

01.04.99 wastes not otherwise specified

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01.05.04

fresh-water drilling muds and wastes

02.04.01

soil from cleaning and washing beet

08.02.02

aqueous sludges containing ceramic materials

10.11.01 waste preparation mixture before thermal processing

10.12.01 waste preparation mixture before thermal processing

10.13.01 waste preparation mixture before thermal processing

17.05.01

soil and stones

19.01.99 wastes not otherwise specified

19.08.02 wastes from desanding

19.09.01

solid wastes from primary filtration and screening

20.02.02

soil and stones

20.02.03

other non-compostable wastes

12.4 Combustion wastes

12.41 Waste from flue gas purification

0 Non-hazardous

10.01.05

calcium based reaction wastes from flue gas desulphurisation
in solid form

10.01.06

other solid wastes from gas treatment

10.01.07

calcium based reaction wastes from flue gas desulphurisation
in sludge form

10.01.08

other sludges from gas treatment

10.02.03

solid wastes from gas treatment

10.02.04

sludges from gas treatment

10.03.11

flue gas dust

10.03.13

solid waste from gas treatment

10.03.14

sludges from gas treatment

10.07.03

solid waste from gas treatment

10.07.05

sludges from gas treatment

10.08.03

flue gas dust

10.08.05

solid waste from gas treatment

10.08.06

sludges from gas treatment

10.11.04

flue gas dust

10.11.06

solid waste from gas treatment

10.11.07

sludges from gas treatment

10.12.02

flue gas dust

10.12.05

sludges from gas treatment

10.13.05

solid waste from gas treatment

10.13.07

sludges from gas treatment

1 Hazardous

10.04.04

flue gas dust

10.04.06

solid waste from gas treatment

10.04.07

sludges from gas treatment

10.05.03

flue gas dust

10.05.05

solid waste from gas treatment

10.05.06

sludges from gas treatment

10.06.03

flue gas dust

10.06.06

solid waste from gas treatment

10.06.07

sludges from gas treatment

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19.01.06

aqueous liquid waste from gas treatment and other aqueous
liquid wastes

19.01.07

solid waste from gas treatment

19.04.02

fly ash and other flue gas treatment wastes

12.42 Slags and ashes from thermal treatment and combustion

0 Non-hazardous

06.09.02

phosphorous slag

10.01.01

bottom ash

10.01.02

coal fly ash

10.01.03

peat fly ash

10.01.11

aqueous sludges from boiler cleansing

10.02.01 waste from the processing of slag

10.02.02

unprocessed slag

10.02.05

other sludges

10.03.12

other particulates and dust (including ball mill dust)

10.03.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.05.04

other particulates and dust

10.06.01

slags (first and second smelting)

10.06.02

dross and skimmings (first and second smelting)

10.06.04

other particulates and dust

10.07.01

slags (first and second smelting)

10.07.02

dross and skimmings (first and second smelting)

10.07.04

other particulates and dust

10.08.01

slags (first and second smelting)

10.08.02

dross and skimmings (first and second smelting)

10.08.04

other particulates and dust

10.09.03

furnace slag

10.10.03

furnace slag

10.10.04

furnace dust

10.11.05

other particulates and dust

10.12.03

other particulates and dust

10.12.04

solid waste from gas treatment

19.01.01

bottom ash and slag

19.01.08

pyrolysis wastes

1 Hazardous

10.01.04

oil fly ash

10.03.03

skimmings

10.03.04

primary smelting slags/white drosses

10.03.09

black drosses from secondary smelting

10.04.01

slags (first and second smelting)

10.04.02

dross and skimmings (first and second smelting)

10.04.03

calcium arsenate

10.04.05

other particulates and dust

10.05.01

slags (first and second smelting)

10.05.02

dross and skimmings (first and second smelting)

19.01.03

fly ash

19.01.04

boiler dust

12.5 Various mineral wastes

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12.51 Artificial mineral wastes

0 Non-hazardous

02.04.02

off specification calcium carbonate

02.07.02 wastes from spirits distillation

06.09.01

phosphogypsum

06.11.01

gypsum from titanium dioxide production

08.02.03

aqueous suspensions containing ceramic materials

10.02.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.03.05

alumina dust

10.04.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.05.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.11.03 waste glass-based fibrous materials

10.11.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.13.04 waste from calcination and hydration of lime

10.13.06

other particulates and dust

17.01.03

tiles and ceramics

12.52 Waste refractory materials

0 Non-hazardous

10.01.12

spent linings and refractories

10.02.06

spent linings and refractories

10.03.06

used carbon strips and fireproof materials from electrolysis

10.04.08

spent linings and refractories

10.05.07

spent linings and refractories

10.06.08

spent linings and refractories

10.07.06

spent linings and refractories

10.08.07

spent linings and refractories

10.09.01

10.09.02

casting cores and moulds containing organic binders which
have not undergone pouring

casting cores and moulds containing organic binders which
have undergone pouring

10.09.04

furnace dust

10.09.99 wastes not otherwise specified

10.10.01

10.10.02

casting cores and moulds containing organic binders which
have not undergone pouring

casting cores and moulds containing organic binders which
have undergone pouring

10.11.08

spent linings and refractories

10.12.07

spent linings and refractories

10.13.08

spent linings and refractories

1 Hazardous

10.03.07

spent pot linings

19.01.10

spent activated carbon from flue gas treatment

12.6 Contaminated soils and polluted dredging spoils

12.61 Polluted soils and rubble

1 Hazardous

05.01.05

oil spills

12.62 Polluted dredging spoils

13 Solidified, stabilised or vitrified waste

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13.1 Solidified or stabilised waste

13.11 Solidified or stabilised waste

0 Non-hazardous

19.03.01 wastes stabilized/solidified with hydraulic binders

19.03.02 wastes stabilized/solidified with organic binders

19.03.03 wastes stabilized by biological treatment

13.2 Vitrified wastes

13.21 Vitrified wastes

0 Non-hazardous

19.04.01

vitrified wastes

Note: Hazardous wastes positions have been classified according to Council Decision

94/904/EC (22 December 1994).24

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