Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 of 12 July 1999 determining the control procedures under Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to certain countries to which OECD Decision C(92)39 final does not apply (Text with EEA relevance)
Modified by
Commission Regulation (EC) No 334/2000of 14 February 2000amending Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards the control procedures to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to Malaysia(Text with EEA relevance), 300R0334, February 15, 2000
Commission Regulation (EC) No 354/2000of 16 February 2000amending Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 concerning the control procedures to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to China(Text with EEA relevance), 300R0354, February 17, 2000
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1208/2000of 8 June 2000amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 establishing common rules and procedures to apply to shipments of certain types of waste from the European Community to Bulgaria and Nigeria, and Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 concerning the control procedures to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to Bulgaria and Nigeria(Text with EEA relevance), 300R1208, June 9, 2000
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1552/2000of 14 July 2000amending Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 concerning the control procedures to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to: Estonia, Hong Kong, Hungary, Indonesia, Lithuania, San Marino and Thailand(Text with EEA relevance), 300R1552, July 15, 2000
Commission Regulation (EC) No 77/2001of 5 January 2001amending the Annexes to Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 and Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Albania, Brazil, Bulgaria, Burundi, Jamaica, Morocco, Nigeria, Peru, Romania, Tunisia and Zimbabwe(Text with EEA relevance), 301R0077, January 16, 2001
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1800/2001of 13 September 2001amending 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), 301R1800, September 14, 2001
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2243/2001of 16 November 2001amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to Cameroon, Paraguay and Singapore(Text with EEA relevance), 301R2243, November 20, 2001
Actconcerning the conditions of accession of the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Cyprus, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Hungary, the Republic of Malta, the Republic of Poland, the Republic of Slovenia and the Slovak Republic and the adjustments to the Treaties on which the European Union is founded, 103T, September 23, 2003
Commission Regulation (EC) No 2118/2003of 2 December 2003amending 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), 303R2118, December 3, 2003
Commission Regulation (EC) No 105/2005of 17 November 2004amending Council Regulation (EC) No 1420/1999 and Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 as regards shipments of certain types of waste to China and Saudi Arabia(Text with EEA relevance), 305R0105, January 22, 2005
Corrected by
Corrigendum to Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999 of 12 July 1999 determining the control procedures under Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to certain countries to which OECD Decision C(92)39 final does not apply, 399R1547R(02), December 15, 1999
Commission Regulation (EC) No 1547/1999of 12 July 1999determining the control procedures under Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 to apply to shipments of certain types of waste to certain countries to which OECD Decision C(92)39 final does not apply(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 supervision and control of application shipments of waste within, into and out of the European CommunityOJ L 30, 6.2.1993, p. 1., as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 2408/98OJ L 298, 7.11.1998, p. 19., and in particular Article 17(3) thereof,After consultation of the countries of destination concerned,(1)Whereas Article 1(3)(a) of Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 excludes from its scope of application shipments of waste destined for recovery only and listed in Annex II to the same Regulation, as that Annex has been amended by Commission Decision 98/368/ECOJ L 165, 10.6.1998, p. 20., except as provided for by, inter alia, Articles 17(1), (2) and (3);(2)Whereas in accordance with Article 17(1) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 the Commission has notified to every country to which OECD Council Decision C(92) 39 Final of 30 March 1992 concerning the control of transfrontier movements of waste destined for recovery operations does not apply the list of waste included in Annex II to the said Regulation; whereas the Commission has requested confirmed that such waste is not subject to control in the country of destination, or has asked that such countries indicate whether the waste should be subject to the control procedures which apply to Annex III or IV to the said Regulation, or to the procedure laid down in Article 15 thereof;(3)Whereas certain countries indicated that such waste should be subject to one of these control procedures; whereas the Commission, acting pursuant to the provisions of Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93, adopted Decision 94/575/EC of 20 July 1994 determining the control procedure under Council Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 as regards certain shipments of waste to certain non-OECD countriesOJ L 220, 25.8.1994, p. 15.;(4)Whereas some OECD countries still do not apply OECD Decision C(92) 39 Final, but may do so in the future;(5)Whereas certain further third countries have also indicated that one of the control procedures provided for in Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 should be applied;(6)Whereas the Commission has notified the requests of these third countries to the Committee established pursuant to Article 18 of Council Directive 75/442/EEC of 15 July 1975 on wasteOJ L 194, 25.7.1975, p. 39., as last amended by Commission Decision 96/350/ECOJ L 135, 6.6.1996, p. 32.;(7)Whereas in accordance with Article 17(3) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93 where such waste is subject to control in the country of destination, or upon request of such a country, exports of such waste to that country are to be subjected to control;(8)Whereas it is appropriate to update and bring together all of these export arrangements in respect of the above countries in a single text, and, in the interests of clarity and legal certainty, to list those categories of waste which are not subject to control procedures; whereas Decision 94/575/EC should therefore be repealed;(9)Whereas with regard to shipments to ACP States, Article 39 of the Fourth ACP-EC Convention, signed at Lomé on 15 December 1989OJ L 229, 17.8.1991, p. 3., prohibits export to those countries of Hazardous wastes listed in Annexes I and II to the Basel Convention on the Control of transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal, which was concluded on behalf of the Community by Council Decision 93/98/EECOJ L 39, 16.2.1993, p. 1.; whereas, furthermore, certain items of such waste may be found in Annex II to Regulation (EEC) No 259/93; whereas, in those circumstances and in order to comply with the Community's international obligations, it must be made clear that such shipments of such items to ACP countries are prohibited,HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION: