24 April, 2019, the Official Journal of European Union released a directive (EU) 2019/636 to amend the Annex IV and Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of POPs. This directive shall come into force on 13 May 2019. The amendment shall apply from 31 October 2019.
Annex IV and Annex V are amended as follows:
1. The following is added in the table of Annex IV:
List of substances subject to waste management provisions set out in Article 7
Substance | CAS No | EC No | Concentration limit referred to in Article 7(4)(a) |
Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters | 87-86-5 and others | 201-778-6 and others | 100 mg/kg |
Wastes as classified in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC | Maximum concentration limits of substances listed in Annex IV | Operation | |
10 | WASTES FROM THERMAL PROCESSES | Alkanes C10-C13, chloro (short-chain chlorinated paraffins) (SCCPs): 10 000 mg/kg; Aldrin: 5 000 mg/kg; Chlordane: 5 000 mg/kg; Chlordecone: 5 000 mg/kg; DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (4-chlorophenyl) ethane): 5 000 mg/kg; Dieldrin: 5 000 mg/kg; Endosulfan: 5 000 mg/kg; Endrin: 5 000 mg/kg; Heptachlor: 5 000 mg/kg; Hexabromobiphenyl: 5 000 mg/kg; Hexabromocyclododecane (3): 1 000 mg/kg; Hexachlorobenzene: 5 000 mg/kg; Hexachlorobutadiene: 1 000 mg/kg; Hexachlorocyclohexanes, including lindane: 5 000 mg/kg; Mirex: 5 000 mg/kg; Pentachlorobenzene: 5 000 mg/kg; Pentachlorophenol and its salts and esters: 1 000 mg/kg; Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid and its derivatives (PFOS) (C8F17SO2X) (X=OH, Metal salt (O-M+), halide, amide, and other derivatives including polymers): 50 mg/kg; Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) (4): 50 mg/kg; Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans: 5 mg/kg; Polychlorinated naphthalenes (*1): 1 000 mg/kg; Sum of the concentrations of tetrabromodiphenyl ether C12H6Br4O), pentabromodiphenyl ether (C12H5Br5O), hexabromodiphenyl ether (C12H4Br6O) and heptabromodiphenyl ether (C12H3Br7O): 10 000 mg/kg; Toxaphene: 5 000 mg/kg. | Permanent storage shall be allowed only when all the following conditions are met: (1) The storage takes place in one of the following locations: — safe, deep, under-ground, hard rock formations; — salt mines; — a landfill site for hazardous waste, provided that the waste is solidified or partly stabilised where technically feasible as required for classification of the waste in subchapter 19 03 of Decision 2000/532/EC. (2) The provisions of Council Directive 1999/31/EC (5) and Council Decision 2003/33/EC (6) were respected. (3) It has been demonstrated that the selected operation is environmentally preferable. |
10 01 | Wastes from power stations and other combustion plants (except 19) | ||
10 01 14 | Bottom ash, slag and boiler dust from co-incineration containing hazardous substances | ||
10 01 16 | Fly ash from co-incineration containing hazardous substances | ||
10 02 | Wastes from the iron and steel industry | ||
10 02 07 | Solid wastes from gas treatment containing hazardous substances | ||
10 03 | Wastes from aluminium thermal metallurgy | ||
10 03 04 | Primary production slags | ||
10 03 08 | Salt slags from secondary production | ||
10 03 09 | Black drosses from secondary production | ||
10 03 19 | Flue-gas dust containing hazardous substances | ||
10 03 21 | Other particulates and dust (including ball-mill dust) containing hazardous substances | ||
10 03 29 | Wastes from treatment of salt slags and black drosses containing hazardous substances | ||
10 04 | Wastes from lead thermal metallurgy | ||
10 04 01 | Slags from primary and secondary production | ||
10 04 02 | Dross and skimmings from primary and secondary production | ||
10 04 04 | Flue-gas dust | ||
10 04 05 | Other particulates and dust | ||
10 04 06 | Solid wastes from gas treatment | ||
10 05 | Wastes from zinc thermal metallurgy | ||
10 05 03 | Flue-gas dust | ||
10 05 05 | Solid waste from gas treatment | ||
10 06 | Wastes from copper thermal metallurgy | ||
10 06 03 | Flue-gas dust | ||
10 06 06 | Solid wastes from gas treatment | ||
10 08 | Wastes from other non-ferrous thermal metallurgy | ||
10 08 08 | Salt slag from primary and secondary production | ||
10 08 15 | Flue-gas dust containing hazardous substances | ||
10 09 | Wastes from casting of ferrous pieces | ||
10 09 09 | Flue-gas dust containing hazardous substances | ||
16 | WASTES NOT OTHERWISE SPECIFIED IN THE LIST | ||
16 11 | Waste linings and refractories | ||
16 11 01 | Carbon-based linings and refractories from metallurgical processes containing hazardous substances | ||
16 11 03 | Other linings and refractories from metallurgical processes containing hazardous substances | ||
17 | CONSTRUCTION AND DEMOLITION WASTES (INCLUDING EXCAVATED SOIL FROM CONTAMINATED SITES) | ||
17 01 | Concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics | ||
17 01 06 | Mixtures of, or separate fractions of concrete, bricks, tiles and ceramics containing hazardous substances | ||
17 05 | Soil (including excavated soil from contaminated sites), stones and dredging spoil | ||
17 05 03 | Soil and stones containing hazardous substances | ||
17 09 | Other construction and demolition wastes | ||
17 09 02 | Construction and demolition wastes containing PCB, excluding PCB containing equipment | ||
17 09 03 | Other construction and demolition wastes (including mixed wastes) containing hazardous substances | ||
19 | WASTES FROM WASTE MANAGEMENT FACILITIES, OFF-SITE WASTE WATER TREATMENT PLANTS AND THE PREPARATION OF WATER INTENDED FOR HUMAN CONSUMPTION AND WATER FROM INDUSTRIAL USE | ||
19 01 | Wastes from incineration or pyrolysis of waste | ||
19 01 07 | Solid wastes from gas treatment | ||
19 01 11 | Bottom ash and slag containing hazardous substances | ||
19 01 13 | Fly ash containing hazardous substances | ||
19 01 15 | Boiler dust containing hazardous substances | ||
19 04 | Vitrified waste and waste from vitrification | ||
19 04 02 | Fly ash and other flue-gas treatment wastes | ||
19 04 03 | Non-vitrified solid phase | ||
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