2001/119/EC: Commission Decision of 22 January 2001 amending Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 106)

• Published date: 16 February 2001
• Date of Signature: 28 September 2001
• Subject Matter: Environment
• Official Gazette Publication: Official Journal of the European Communities, L 47, 16 February 2001

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2001/119/EC: Commission Decision of 22 January 2001 amending Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste (Text with EEA relevance) (notified under document number C(2001) 106)

Official Journal L 047 , 16/02/2001 P. 0032 - 0032

Commission Decision

of 22 January 2001

amending Decision 2000/532/EC replacing Decision 94/3/EC establishing a list of wastes pursuant to Article 1(a) of Council Directive 75/442/EEC on waste and Council Decision 94/904/EC establishing a list of hazardous waste pursuant to Article 1(4) of Council Directive 91/689/EEC on hazardous waste

(notified under document number C(2001) 106)

(Text with EEA relevance)

(2001/119/EC)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Council Directive 91/689/EEC of 12 December 1991 on hazardous waste(1), as last amended by Directive 94/31/EC(2), and in particular Article 1(4) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) A Community list of hazardous waste was established by Council Decision 94/904/EC(3) and this Decision has been replaced by Commission Decision 2000/532/EC(4).

(2) Several Member States have notified end-of-life vehicles, not drained of liquids or other dangerous components as waste which they consider to display one of more of the properties listed in Annex III to Directive 91/689/EEC and have requested to list them as hazardous waste with the list set up under Article 1(4) of Directive 91/689/EEC.

(3) Article 1(4) of Directive 91/689/EEC requires the Commission to examine these notifications from Member States with a view to amending the list of hazardous wastes.

(4) The Commission is assisted in this task by the Committee established by Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC on waste(5).

(5) The measures laid down in this Decision were not in accordance with the opinion expressed by the aforementioned Committee and could therefore not be included in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC.

(6) The Council did not take a decision on a proposal from the Commission within the time provided for in Article 18 of Directive 75/442/EEC.

(7) Consequently, it falls to the Commission to adopt the proposed...