Commission Regulation (EC) No 2118/2003 of 2 December 2003 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Tanzania and to Serbia and Montenegro (Text with EEA relevance)
Date: 2003-12-02
Institutions: European Commission
Subjects: Serbia and Montenegro, Tanzania, export of waste, waste management

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COMMISSION REGULATION (EC) No 2118/2003

of 2 December 2003

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

(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 Regulation (EC) No 2557/
2001 (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
2243/2001 (4), and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,

(3)

(4)

(5)

(6)

On 27 February 2003, the Commission was officially
informed by Tanzania of a change in the procedure
applicable to imports from the Community of waste
recovery. Imports of waste type GE 010 ex 7001 00 are
no longer prohibited and will be subject only to the
procedures applied to normal commercial transactions.

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 (7), as
last amended by Commission Decision 96/350/EC (8),
was notified of the official request of Tanzania and of
the official request of Serbia and Montenegro on 30
April 2003.

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.

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,

Whereas:

(1)

(2)

On 21 October 2002,
the Commission sent a note
verbale to the authorities of the Federal Republic of
Yugoslavia, asking whether that country would accept
exports out of the Community of non-hazardous waste
for recovery and, if so, which control procedure, if any,
would be applied.

In its reply of 30 January 2003 Serbia and Montenegro
informed the Commission that imports from the Com-
munity of all wastes listed in Annex II to Regulation
(EEC) No 259/93 would be accepted and that no control
procedure would apply. As the former Federal Republic
of Yugoslavia has recently changed constitution and
name to become ‘Serbia and Montenegro’, the request
(to have all waste covered by Annex D of Commission
Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 (5), as last amended by
Regulation (EC) No 2243/2001 (6)) should be reflected in
the new entry, bearing the new country name.

(1) OJ L 30, 6.2.1993, p. 1.
(2) OJ L 349, 31.12.2001, p. 1.
(3) OJ L 166, 1.7.1999, p. 6.
(4) OJ L 303, 20.11.2001, p. 11.
(5) OJ L 185, 17.7.1999, p. 1.
(6) OJ L 303, 20.11.2001, p. 11.

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex D to Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 is 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

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

(7) OJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39.
(8) 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, 2 December 2003.

For the Commission

Pascal LAMY

Member of the Commission

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Annex D to Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 is amended as follows:

1. In Annex D, between the entry relating to São Tomé e Príncipe and the entry relating to Sierra Leone, the following

ANNEX I

entry is inserted:

‘SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO

All types’.

2. The entry relating to Tanzania is replaced by the following:

‘TANZANIA

1. In section GE (Glass waste in non-dispersible (*) form):

GE 010 ex 7001 00

Cullet or other waste and scrap of glass except for glass from cathode-ray tubes and other
activated (with coatings) glasses

2. In section GJ (Textile wastes)

GJ 120 — 6309 00 Worn clothing and other worn textile articles’

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

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ANNEX II

In Annex A to Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999, the entry relating to Tanzania is replaced by the following:

‘All types except:

1. In section GE (Glass waste in non-dispersible (*) form):

GE 010 ex 7001 00

Cullet or other waste and scrap of glass except for glass from cathode-ray tubes and
other activated (with coatings) glasses

2. In section GJ (Textile wastes):

GJ 120 — 6309 00 Worn clothing and other worn textile articles’

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