CELEX: 51977PC0055
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Date: 1977-03-09
Title: AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON TOXIC AND DANGEROUS WASTE (submitted to the Council by the Commission according to article 149, paragraph 2 of the E.E.C. Treaty)

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                AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE
                          ON TOXIC AND DANGEROUS WASTE
       ( submitted to the Council "by the Commission according to
            article 149 » paragraph 2 of the E.E.C a Treaty)
CQM(77) 55 final .
 ---pagebreak---               AMENDMENTS TO PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON TOXIC
                          AND DANGEROUS WASTE
        t     ( submitted to the Council by the Commission according to
     "          article 149, paragraph 2 of the E.E.C. Treaty )
In virtue of Article 149, par . 2 of the E.E.C. Treaty , the 3 rc' recital and
articles 2 , 4 , 8, 9 , 12 and 13 of the Commission 's original proposal are
amended as follows :
   Original text                              Amended text
   Récital 3                                  Recital 3
   Whereas the essential objective of         Whereas the essential objective of
   all provisions relating to toxic and       all provisions relating to toxic and
   dangerous waste disposal must be the       dangerous waste disposal must be the
   protection of human health and the         protection of human and a.-iir ?.* health
   safeguarding of the environment             and the safeguarding of the environ­
   against harmful effects caused by          ment against harmful effects caused
   the collection of toxic and danger­        by the collection of toxic and
   ous waste as well as its storage and       dangerous waste as well as its
   tipping ;                                   storage and tipping ;
   Article 2                                   Article 2
   The following shall be excluded from        The following shall be excluded from
   the scope of this Directive :               the scope of this Directive :
      ( a)  radioactive waste ;                   ( a ) - ( d ) unchanged
      (b)   animal carcases and the
            following agricultural waste :
            faecal matter and other sub­
            stances used in farming ;
      ( c)  explosive substances ;
       (d ) hospital waste ;
       (e)  waste waters , with the excep­        (e)    waste waters , with the excep­
            tion of waste in liquid form ;               tion of tcxic    ar.d darcerous
                                                         waste in liquid form ;
       (f)  gaseous effluents emitted into        ( f ) - ( g ) unchanaed
            the atmosphere ;
       (g)  other waste covered by
            specific Community rules .
 ---pagebreak--- Article 4                                    Article 4
1 . Kerb«»r States shall take the            1 . Member States shall take the neces­
    rrrcssary measures to ensure that            sary measures to ensure that toxic
    t-xi : and dangerous waste is dis-           and dangerous waste is disposed of
    5: sri of without endanqering                without endangering human and animal
    h      health and without harming            health and without harming the
    the environment , and in particular :        environment , and in particulars
       without risk to water , air , soil        - without risk to water , air , soil
       and plants and_ animals ;                   and plants ( two words dele ted ) 1
       without causing a nuisance                - unchanged
       through noise or odours ;
       without adversely affecting the           - unchanged
       countryside or places of special
       interest .
                               Paragraph 2 unchanged
Article 8                                    Article 8
Any holder of toxic and dangerous            Any holder of toxic and dangerous
waste who has not been granted an            waste who has not been granted an
authorization pursuant to Article 7(1 )      authorization pursuant to Article 7(1 )
shall place it at the disposal of the        shall keep it at the disposal of the
installations , establishments or         ^  installations , establishments or
undertakings referred to in                  undertakings referred to in
Article 7(1 ).                               Article 7(1 ).
 ---pagebreak--- Article 9                                    Article 9
      «
Any holder of such waste who causes          Any holder of such waste who kafi£2_
it . to be disposed of by an installa­       it at the disposal o f an' installation ,
tion , establishment or undertaking          establishment or undertaking not
not authorized to dispose of it under        authorized to dispose of it under
Article 7(1 ) shall be jointly liable        Article 7(1 ) shall be jointly liable
with that installation , establishment       with that installation , establishment
or undertaking , for any damage caused       or undertaking , for any damage caused
to a third party by the waste .              to a third party by the waste .
Article 12                                   Article 12
1 . The competent authorities shall be       1 . The competent authorities shall be
     required to draw up and keep up to          required to draw up and keep up to
     date special plans for the dis­             date special plans for the dis­
     posal of toxic and dangerous waste .        posal of toxic and dangerous waste .
     The plans shall cover in parti­             The plans shall cover in parti­
     cular :                                     cular :
      - specialized treatment centres            - specialized treatment centres
                                                             »
        and sites ;                                and sites ;
                                                 - storage locations :
     - technical requirements ;                  - technical requirements ;
     - the type and quantity of waste            - the type ind quantity of waste
        to be disposed of ;                        to be disposed of ;
     - the persons authorized to dispose         - the persons authorized to dispose
        of toxic and dangerous waste ;             of toxic and dangerous waste ;
     - the methods of disposal .                 - the methods of disposal .
    The plans may also cover the esti­           The plans shall also cover the
     mated costs of the disposal                 estimated costs of the disposal
     operations .                                operations .
                            Paragraphs 2 and 3 unchanged
Article 13                                   Article 13
In case of emergency or grave danger ,        In case of emergency or grave danger ,
the competent authorities may , after        the competent authorities shall » after
giving notice wherever possible to           giving notice wherever possible to
the holder , order that toxic and            the holder , order that toxic and
dangerous waste which is likely to           dangerous waste which is likely to
constitute a threat to the population        constitute a threat to the population
or the environment be transferred and .      or the environment be transferred and ,
if need be , treated at a place to be         if need be , treated at a place to be
 stipulated by the said authorities . <       stipulated by the said authorities .