Document ID: 31985L0469

COMMISSION DIRECTIVE
of 22 July 1985
adapting to technical progress Council Directive 84/631/EEC on the supervision and control within the European Community of the transfrontier shipment of hazardous waste
(85/469/EEC)
THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Economic Community,Having regard to Council Directive 78/319/EEC of 20 March 1978 on toxic and dangerous waste (1), and in particular Article 18 thereof,Having regard to Council Directive 84/631/EEC of 6 December 1984 on the supervision and control within the European Community of the transfrontier shipment of hazardous waste (2), and in particular Article 15 thereof,Whereas it is necessary to finalize Annexes I and III to Directive 84/631/EEC;Whereas, in order to ensure effective supervision and control, it is necessary that the holder of waste intending to ship it or to have it shipped from one Member State to another or through one or more Member States or to ship it to a Member State from a third State should notify the competent authorities of the Member States concerned;Whereas such notification must be made by means of a uniform consignment note, the contents of which are set out in Annex I to Directive 84/631/EEC;Whereas, in the case of non-ferrous metal waste intended for re-use, regeneration or recycling on the basis of a contractual agreement regarding such operations, only declarations on a
uniform document are required, the content of which is given in Annex III to Directive 84/631/EEC;Whereas this uniform document should conform with the layout-key drawn up under the auspices of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe;Whereas the measures provided for in this Directive are in conformity with the opinion of the Committee for adaptation to technical progress of Directive 78/319/EEC,HAS ADOPTED THIS DIRECTIVE:
Article 1
Annex I to Directive 84/631/EEC is hereby replaced by Annex I to this Directive.
Article 2
Annex III to Directive 84/631/EEC is hereby replaced by Annex II to this Directive.
Article 3
The forms set out in Annexes I and II must conform to the technical conditions set out in Annex III and must be completed in accordance with the instructions given in Annex IV.
Article 4
Member States shall take the measures necessary to ensure that Annex IV is brought to the attention of all parties required to complete the form contained in Annex I.
Article 5
Member States shall take the measures necessary to comply with this Directive as from 1 October 1985. They shall forthwith inform the Commission thereof.
Article 6
This Directive is addressed to the Member States.
Done at Brussels, 22 July 1985.

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