Environmental Protection, Wales Title, commencement and application 1 1 The title of these Regulations is the Hazardous Waste (Miscellaneous Amendments) (Wales) Regulations 2015. 2 These Regulations come into force on 20 July 2015. 3 These Regulations apply in relation to Wales. Amendment of the Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2004 2 1 The Landfill Allowances Scheme (Wales) Regulations 2004 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2(1) (interpretation) in the appropriate place, insert— “ the List of Wastes ” (“ y Rhestr Wastraffoedd ”) means the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended from time to time; . 3 In regulation 6(2)(b) (obligation for waste disposal authorities to keep records and make returns), for “list of hazardous waste pursuant to List of Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 for, the waste” substitute “ List of Wastes ” . 4 In regulation 7(1)(b) (obligation for operators of landfills to keep records and make returns), for “List of Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005” substitute “ List of Wastes ” . Amendment of the Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 3 1 The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005 are amended as follows. 2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 In regulation 3(a) (Annex III to the Waste Directive), omit “, as that Annex is set out in Schedule 3”. 4 For regulation 4(1) (the List of Wastes), substitute— 1 In these Regulations, “the List of Wastes”(“ y Rhestr Wastraffoedd ”) means the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended from time to time. . 5 In regulation 6(b), for “62A(1)” substitute “ 62A(2) ” . 6 In regulation 8— a in paragraph (1)(b), for “62A(1)” substitute “ 62A(2) ” ; b in paragraph (2) (specific waste to be treated as hazardous), for “Article 3 of the List of Wastes Decision” substitute “ Article 7(2) of the Waste Directive ” . 7 In regulation 9— a in paragraph (1)(b), for “62A(1)” substitute “ 62A(2) ” ; b in paragraph (2), for “Article 3 of the List of Wastes Decision” substitute “ Article 7(3) of the Waste Directive ” . 8 Omit Schedule 3 (Annex III to the Waste Directive). 9 For Schedule 8 (form of consignee's return to producer or holder) substitute the text in the Schedule to these Regulations. Amendment of the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 4 1 The Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations 2010 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 2(1) (interpretation: general) in the definition of “WEEE”, for “Article 3(b)” substitute “ Article 3(1)(e) ” . 3 In regulation 3 (interpretation: Directives)— a for the definition of “the Waste Framework Directive” substitute— “ the Waste Framework Directive ” means Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on Waste ; ; b for the definition of “the WEEE Directive” substitute— “ the WEEE Directive ” means Directive 2012/19/EU of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) . . 4 In paragraph 1 of chapter 1 of Part 1 of Schedule 3, (exempt facilities: descriptions and conditions)— a in sub-paragraph (1) at the appropriate place insert— “ List of Wastes ” means the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended from time to time; ; b for sub-paragraph (2) substitute— 2 In this Part, a six digit code used to refer to a waste is a reference to the waste specified by the six digit code in the List of Wastes except insofar as the waste in this Part in relation to such a code does not include some of the types of waste specified by the code in the List . 5 In section 2 of chapter 3 of part 1 of Schedule 3— a in paragraph 1— i in sub-paragraph (3)(e), for “dangerous substance” substitute “ hazardous substance ” ; ii for sub-paragraph (5), substitute— 5 In this paragraph, “ hazardous substance ” means a substance classified as hazardous as a consequence of fulfilling the criteria laid down in parts 2 to 5 of Annex 1 to Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 on classification, labelling and packaging of substances and mixtures . ; b in paragraph 11 sub-paragraph (3)(c), for “Annex III” substitute “ Annex VIII ” ; and c in the table at paragraph 15(2), in the second column of the row beginning “160504*”, for “dangerous substances”, substitute “ hazardous substances ” . 6 In section 2 of chapter 5 of part 1 of Schedule 3, in the table at paragraph 1(2), in the second column of the row beginning “150202*”, for “dangerous substances” substitute “ hazardous substances ” . 7 In Schedule 12 (waste electrical and electronic equipment)— a in paragraph 2, sub-paragraph (1), for “Article 3(b)” substitute “ Article 3(1)(e) ” ; b in paragraph 3— i in sub-paragraph (1), for “Article 6(1) first paragraph and Article 6(3) and (4)” substitute “ Articles 8(1) to (3) and 9(3) ” ; ii for sub-paragraph (2) substitute— 2 But when interpreting the WEEE Directive for the purposes of this paragraph, ignore the following words in Article 9(3)— a “or the registration referred to in paragraphs 1 and 2”; and b “and for the achievement of the recovery targets set out in Article 11”. . Amendment of the Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 5 1 The Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2011 are amended as follows. 2 In regulation 3(1) (interpretation), in the appropriate place, insert— “ the List of Wastes ” means the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended from time to time; . 3 In regulation 35(2)(a) (waste information), omit “(England) Regulations 2005 or, as the case may be, the List of Wastes (Wales) Regulations 2005”. 4 For paragraph 11(3)(b) of Schedule 1 (waste prevention programmes and waste management plans), substitute— b naturally occurring material falling within the description relating to code 17 05 04 in the List of Wastes. . Amendment of the Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 6 In paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Controlled Waste (England and Wales) Regulations 2012 (household, industrial and commercial waste), for paragraph (c) of the definition of “offensive waste”, substitute— c falls within the description relating to code 18 01 04, 18 02 03 or 20 01 99 in the list of wastes established by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste, as amended from time to time; . Revocations 7 The following provisions are revoked— a The List of Wastes (Wales) Regulations 2005 ; b regulation 4 (amendment of the List of Wastes (Wales) Regulations 2005) of the Waste (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Wales) Regulations 2011 . Carl Sargeant Minister for Natural Resources, one of the Welsh Ministers