European Union (Properties of Waste which Render it Hazardous) Regulations 2018
Jurisdiction | Ireland |
Citation | IR SI 383/2018 |
Year | 2018 |
INDEX |
PART I |
Preliminary and General |
1. Citation |
2. Interpretation |
PART II |
Amendment to the Act of 1996 |
3. Amendment of the Second Schedule of the Act of 1996 |
S.I. No. 383 of 2018 |
EUROPEAN UNION (PROPERTIES OF WASTE WHICH RENDER IT HAZARDOUS) REGULATIONS 2018 |
Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in |
“Iris Oifigiúil” of 2nd October, 2018. |
I, DENIS NAUGHTEN, Minister for Communications, Climate Action and Environment, in exercise of the powers conferred on me by section 3 of the European Communities Act 1972 (No. 27 of 1972) and for the purpose of giving effect to Directive 2008/98/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November 2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives, hereby make the following regulations: |
PART I |
Preliminary and General |
Citation |
1. These Regulations may be cited as the European Union (Properties of Waste which Render it Hazardous) Regulations 2018. |
Interpretation |
2. (1) In these Regulations- |
"Act of 1996" means the Waste Management Act 1996 |
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PART II |
Amendment of the Act of 1996 |
Amendment of the Second Schedule of the Act of 1996 |
3. The Act of 1996 is amended |
(a) by substituting the following entry for HP 14 ‘Ecotoxic’ in the Second Schedule: |
“‘HP 14 ‘Ecotoxic’: waste which presents or may present immediate or delayed risks for one or more sectors of the environment. |
Waste which fulfils any of the following conditions shall be classified as hazardous by HP 14: |
Waste which contains a substance classified as ozone depleting assigned the hazard statement code H420 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council (*1) and the concentration of such a substance equals or exceeds the concentration limit of 0,1 %. |
[c(H420) ≥ 0,1 %] |
Waste which contains one or more substances classified as aquatic acute assigned the hazard statement code H400 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 and the sum of the concentrations of those substances equals or exceeds the concentration limit of 25 %. A cut-off value of 0,1 % shall apply to such substances. |
[Σ c (H400) ≥ 25 %] |
Waste which contains one or more substances classified as aquatic chronic 1, 2 or 3 assigned to the hazard statement code(s) H410, H411 or H412 in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008, and the sum of the concentrations of all substances classified as aquatic chronic 1 (H410) multiplied by 100 added to the sum of the... |
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