# The Hazardous Waste (Wales) Regulations 2005, Regulation 2B: Meaning of the “Mining Waste Directive” ...


(1) In regulation 2A(3)(a)(iii), “the Mining Waste Directive” means Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council on the management of waste from extractive industries, read in accordance with paragraphs (2) and (3).
(2) Article 2 is to be read as if—
(a) in paragraph 2(c), the reference to Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC were a reference to that Article read in accordance with paragraph (7) of this regulation;
(b) paragraphs 3 and 4 were omitted.
(3) Article 3(1) is to be read as if, for “Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EEC” there were substituted “ Article 3(1) of the Waste Directive, as read with Articles 5 and 6 of that Directive ”.
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(7) For the purposes of paragraph (2)(a), Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC is to be read as if—
(a) the first reference to “Member States” were a reference to the appropriate authority;
(b) at the end, there were inserted—
“and “environmental objectives”, in relation to a river basin district within the meaning of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017, has the same meaning as in those Regulations”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/wsi/2005/1806/regulation/2B (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/hazardous-waste-wales-regulations-2005/regulation-2B
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