Commission Regulation (EC) No 1800/2001 of 13 September 2001 amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Guinea (Text with EEA relevance)

Commission Regulation (EC) No 1800/2001
of 13 September 2001
amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Guinea
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES
,
Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 of 1 February 1993 on the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the European Community(1), as last amended by Commission Decision 1999/816/EC(2), and in particular Article 17(3) thereof,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 of 29 April 1999 establishing common rules and procedures to apply to shipments to certain non-OECD countries of certain types of waste(3), as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 77/2001(4), and in particular Article 3(5) thereof,
Whereas:
(1) Guinea notified the Commission on 22 March 2001 that the import of all wastes listed in category GM of Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 is accepted without any control procedure.
(2) In accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93, the committee set up by Article 18 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on waste(5), as last amended by Commission Decision 96/350/EC(6), was notified of the official request of Guinea on 5 April 2001.
(3) In order to take into account the new situation of this country, it is necessary to amend at the same time Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999(7), as last amended by Regulation (EC) No 1552/2000(8).
(4) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Committee set up by Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC,