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Division 1 Assessment of hazardous properties of wasteF1

United Kingdom

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When assessing the hazardous properties of wastes, the criteria laid down in Annex III to F2the Waste Framework Directive shall apply. For the hazardous properties HP 4, HP 6 and HP 8, cut-off values for individual substances as indicated in Annex III to the Waste Framework Directive shall apply to the assessment. Where a substance is present in the waste below its cut-off value, it shall not be included in any calculation of a threshold. Where a hazardous property of a waste has been assessed by a test and by using the concentrations of hazardous substances as indicated in Annex III to the Waste Framework Directive, the results of the test shall prevail.

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Textual amendments

F1

Substituted by Commission Decision of 18 December 2014 amending Decision 2000/532/EC on the list of waste pursuant to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council (Text with EEA relevance) (2014/955/EU).

F2

Words in Annex substituted (31.12.2020) by The Waste and Environmental Permitting etc. (Legislative Functions and Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1540), regs. 1(2), 16(4)(a)