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Part I

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The following wastes will be subject to the procedure of prior written notification and consent:

Wastes listed in Annexes II and VIII to the Basel Conventionf1.

For the purposes of this Regulation:

  1. (a)

    Any reference to list B in Annex VIII to the Basel Convention shall be understood as a reference to Annex III to this Regulation.

  2. (b)

    In Basel entry A1010, the term ‘excluding such wastes specifically listed on List B (Annex IX)’ is a reference both to Basel entry B1020 and the note on B1020 in Annex III to this Regulation, Part I(b).

  3. (c)

    F1Basel entry A2060 does not apply and OECD entry GG040 in Part 2 of Annex 3 applies instead when appropriate.

  4. (d)

    Basel entry A4050 includes spent potlinings from aluminium smelting because they contain Y33 inorganic cyanides. If the cyanides have been destroyed, spent potlinings are assigned to Part II entry AB120 because they contain Y32, inorganic fluorine compounds excluding calcium fluoride.

  5. (e)

    F2Basel entry A3210 does not apply and entry AC300 in Part II applies instead when appropriate.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Annex 4 Pt. 1 point (c) substituted (E.W.S.) (1.1.2025) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/1281), regs. 1(2), 5(2)

F2

Annex 4 Pt. 1 point (e) inserted (1.1.2021) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1455), regs. 2, 7(3)

Footnotes

f1

Annex VIII to the Basel Convention is listed in this Regulation in Annex V, Part 1, List A. Annex II to the Basel Convention contains the following entries: Y46 Waste collected from households unless appropriately classified under a single entry in Annex III. Y47 Residues arising from the incineration of household wastes.

Notes on Annex IV

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Annex 4 title footnote substituted (1.1.2021) by The International Waste Shipments (Amendment of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1455), regs. 2, 7(2)

Footnotes

f1

This list is no longer the same as the list in the OECD Decision, Appendix 4.