“Article 2AMeaning of “Directive 2008/98/EC”

1.  In this Regulation, “Directive 2008/98/EC(4)” means (except in the expression “Directive 2008/98/EC as amended from time to time”) Directive 2008/98/EC as last amended by Directive (EU) 2018/851(5) and read in accordance with paragraphs 2 to 6.

2.  Article 2 of Directive 2008/98/EC is to be read as if—

(a)in paragraph 2—

(i)in the words before point (a), for “other Community legislation” there were substituted “retained EU law”;

(ii)for point (d), in relation to Scotland, there were substituted—

“(d)extractive waste, which has the same meaning as in regulation 2(1) of the Management of Extractive Waste (Scotland) Regulations 2010(6).”;

(b)after paragraph 2 there were inserted—

“2A.  In paragraph 2(d), as it relates to England and Wales, “Directive 2006/21/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 15 March 2006 on the management of waste from extractive industries(7)” means Directive 2006/21/EC read as if—

(a)in Article 2 of Directive 2006/21/EC—

(i)in paragraph 2(c), “Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC(8)” had the meaning given by paragraph 2B;

(ii)paragraphs 3 and 4 were omitted;

(b)in Article 3(1) of Directive 2006/21/EC, for “Article 1(a) of Directive 75/442/EC” there were substituted “Article 3(1) of Directive 2008/98/EC”.

2B.  For the purposes of paragraph 2A(a)(i), “Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC” means Article 11(3)(j) of Directive 2000/60/EC read as if—

(a)the first reference to “Member States” were a reference to—

(i)in relation to England, the Secretary of State or the Environment Agency;

(ii)in relation to Scotland, the Scottish Ministers or the Scottish Environment Protection Agency;

(iii)in relation to Wales, the Welsh Ministers or the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(b)in the words after the final indent, “environmental objectives”—

(i)in relation to the Northumbria River Basin District, means the objectives referred to in the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England and Wales) Regulations 2017(9) as applied by regulation 5 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Northumbria River Basin District) Regulations 2003(10);

(ii)in relation to the Solway Tweed River Basin District, has the same meaning as in regulation 2 of the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (Solway Tweed River Basin District) Regulations 2004(11);

(iii)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.”.

3.  Article 5 of Directive 2008/98/EC is to be read as if—

(a)in paragraph 1, “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

(b)after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

“1A.  Any decision as to whether a substance or object is a by-product must be made—

(a)in accordance with any regulations setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific substances or objects; and

(b)having regard to any guidance published by the Secretary of State, in relation to England, the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, or the Scottish Ministers, in relation to Scotland or the competent authority of dispatch (within the meaning of Article 2C(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) for the purposes of this Article.”;

(c)paragraphs 2 and 3 were omitted.

4.  Article 6 of Directive 2008/98/EC is to be read as if—

(a)in paragraph 1, “Member States shall take appropriate measures to ensure that” were omitted;

(b)after paragraph 1 there were inserted—

“1A.  Any decision as to whether a substance or object has ceased to be waste must be made—

(a)in accordance with any regulations or retained direct EU legislation setting out detailed criteria on the application of the conditions in paragraph 1 to specific types of waste; and

(b)having regard to any guidance published by the Secretary of State, in relation to England, the Welsh Ministers, in relation to Wales, or the Scottish Ministers, in relation to Scotland or the competent authority of dispatch (within the meaning of Article 2C(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006) for the purposes of this Article.”;

(c)in paragraph 2—

(i)the first subparagraph were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph, for “Those detailed criteria” there were substituted “Any detailed criteria set out in guidance as referred to in paragraph 1A”;

(iii)the third and fourth subparagraphs were omitted;

(d)paragraph 3 were omitted;

(e)in paragraph 4—

(i)in the first subparagraph—

(aa)in the first sentence, for the words from the beginning to “Member State”, there were substituted “Where criteria have not been set as referred to in paragraph 1A(a), the competent authority of dispatch (within the meaning of Article 2C(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006)”;

(bb)the second sentence were omitted;

(ii)in the second subparagraph—

(aa)for “Member States” there were substituted “The competent authority of dispatch (within the meaning of Article 2C(3) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006)”;

(bb)“by competent authorities” were omitted.

5.  Article 7 of Directive 2008/98/EC is to be read as if—

(a)before paragraph 1 there were inserted—

“A1.  In this Article, the “list of waste” means the list contained in the Annex to Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, as that list has effect in England, Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).”;

(b)in paragraph 1—

(i)the first and second sentences were omitted;

(ii)for the third sentence there were substituted “The list of waste shall, except as provided in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC, be binding as regards determination of the waste which is to be considered as hazardous waste or as non-hazardous waste.”;

(c)paragraphs 2, 3, 6 and 7 were omitted.

6.  Annex 3 to Directive 2008/98/EC is to be read as if—

(a)in the entry for HP 9, in the second sentence, “in the Member States” were omitted;

(b)in the entry for HP 15, in the sentence immediately after Table 9, for “Member States” there were substituted “the competent authority of destination and dispatch determined in accordance with regulation 6 of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007”.”.

Amendments to Article 2C

13.—(1) Article 2C is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1(a), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

(3) For paragraphs 3 and 4 substitute—

“3.  The competent authority of dispatch, or the competent authority of destination, in Great Britain is—

(a)where the area concerned is in England or the English area, the Environment Agency;

(b)where the area concerned is in Wales or the Welsh area, the Natural Resources Body for Wales;

(c)where the area concerned is in Scotland or the Scottish area, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency,

and “English area”, “Welsh area” and “Scottish area” have the meanings given by regulation 4(1) of the Transfrontier Shipment of Waste Regulations 2007.

4.  The competent authority of transit in Great Britain is the Environment Agency.”.

Amendments to Article 11

14.—(1) Article 11 is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 1, for point (h) substitute—

“(h)that the waste will be treated—

(i)in a relevant facility in Great Britain which does not apply best available techniques within the meaning given by Article 3(10) of Directive 2010/75/EU(12) in compliance with the permit of the facility; or

(ii)in an installation within the meaning given by Article 3(3) of Directive 2010/75/EU as amended from time to time in an EU country or Northern Ireland which does not apply the best available techniques within the meaning given by Article 3(10) of that Directive as amended from time to time in compliance with the permit of the installation;”.

(3) In paragraph 1A, omit point (b).

Amendment to Article 12

15.  In Article 12(1), for point (i) substitute—

“(i)that the waste will be treated—

(i)in a relevant facility in Great Britain which does not apply best available techniques within the meaning given by Article 3(10) of Directive 2010/75/EU in compliance with the permit of the facility; or

(ii)in an installation within the meaning given by Article 3(3) of Directive 2010/75/EU as amended from time to time in an EU country or Northern Ireland which does not apply the best available techniques within the meaning given by Article 3(10) of that Directive as amended from time to time in compliance with the permit of the installation;”.

Amendment to Article 18

16.  In Article 18(3), for “the United Kingdom” substitute “Great Britain”.

Substitution of Title 2, Chapter 6

17.  In Title 2, for Chapter 6 substitute—