{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-59/article-8",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-59/article-8.json",
  "legislation": "eudr/1996/59",
  "legislation_title": "Council Directive 96/59/EC of 16 September 1996 on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/eu-directive-1996-59",
  "path": "article/8",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "1. Member States shall take the necessary measures to ensure that all undertakings engaged in the decontamination and/or the disposal of PCBs, used PCBs and/or equipment containing PCBs obtain permits in accordance with Article 9 of Directive 75/442/EEC.\n2. Where incineration is used for disposal, Council Directive 94/67/EC of 16 December 1994 on the incineration of dangerous waste shall apply. Other methods of disposing of PCBs, used PCBs and/or equipment containing PCBs may be accepted provided they achieve equivalent environmental safety standards — compared with incineration — and fulfil the technical requirements referred to as best available techniques.\n3. Member States shall individually or jointly take the necessary measures to develop, if appropriate and taking account of Article 4 (3) (a) (ii) of Regulation (EEC) No 259/93/EEC and Article 5 (1) of Directive 75/442/EEC, installations for the disposal, decontamination and safe storage of PCBs, used PCBs and/or equipment containing PCBs.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No L 365, 31.12.1994, p. 34."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No L 30, 6.2.1993, p. 1. Regulation as amended by Commission Decision 94/721/EC (OJ No L 288, 9.11.1994, p. 36)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/eudr/1996/59/article/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-11-01T15:23:12.380668+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}