Commission Regulation (EC) No 783/2005

of 24 May 2005

amending Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council on waste statistics

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COMMISSION OF THE EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 25 November 2002 on waste statistics [1], and in particular Article 1(5) and Article 6 point (b) thereof,

Whereas:

(1) By virtue of Article 6 of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002, the Commission is required to lay down the arrangements for implementing that Regulation.

(2) Under Article 6 point (b) of Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002, the Commission may adapt the specifications in the Annexes thereto.

(3) Commission Regulation (EC) No 574/2004 establishes an amendment of the statistical nomenclature in Annex I and Annex III to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002. Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 should now be adapted to match this amendment.

(4) Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002 should therefore be amended accordingly.

(5) The measures provided for in this Regulation are in accordance with the opinion of the Statistical Programme Committee established by Council Decision 89/382/EEC, Euratom [2],

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

In Annex II to Regulation (EC) No 2150/2002, Section 2 is replaced by the text set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.

This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.

Done at Brussels, 24 May 2005.

For the Commission

Joaquín Almunia

Member of the Commission

[1] OJ L 332, 9.12.2002, p. 1. Regulation as last amended by Commission Regulation (EC) No 574/2004 (OJ L 90, 27.3.2004, p. 15).

[2] OJ L 181, 28.6.1989, p. 47.

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ANNEX

"ANNEX II

SECTION 2

Waste categories

The list of waste categories for which the statistics are to be compiled, according to the recovery or disposal operations as referred to in section 8(2), are the following:

Incineration |

Item No | EWC-Stat Version 3 | Hazardous/Non-hazardous waste |

Code | Description |

1 | 01 + 02 + 03 | Chemical wastes (Chemical compound waste + Chemical preparation wastes + Other chemical wastes) | Non-hazardous |

2 | 01 + 02 + 03 excl. 01.3 | Chemical wastes excluding Used oils (Chemical compound waste + Chemical preparation wastes + Other chemical wastes) | Hazardous |

3 | 01.3 | Used oils | Hazardous |

4 | 05 | Health care and biological wastes | Non-hazardous |

5 | 05 | Health care and biological wastes | Hazardous |

6 | 07.7 | Waste containing PCB | Hazardous |

7 | 10.1 | Household and similar wastes | Non-hazardous |

8 | 10.2 | Mixed and undifferentiated materials | Non-hazardous |

9 | 10.2 | Mixed and undifferentiated materials | Hazardous |

10 | 10.3 | Sorting residues | Non-hazardous |

11 | 10.3 | Sorting residues | Hazardous |

12 | 11 | Common sludges | Non-hazardous |

13 | 06 + 07 + 08 + 09 + 12 + 13 | Other wastes (Metallic wastes + Non-metallic wastes + Discarded equipment + Animal and vegetal wastes + Mineral wastes + Solidified, stabilised or vitrified wastes) | Non-hazardous |

14 | 06 + 07 + 08 + 09 + 12 + 13 excl. 07.7 | Other wastes (Metallic wastes + Non-metallic wastes excluding Waste containing PCB + Discarded equipment + Animal and vegetal wastes + Mineral wastes + Solidified, stabilised or vitrified wastes) | Hazardous |

Operations which may lead to recovery (excluding energy recovery) |

Item No | EWC-Stat Version 3 | Hazardous/Non-hazardous waste |

Code | Description |

1 | 01.3 | Used oils | Hazardous |

2 | 06 | Metallic wastes | Non-hazardous |

3 | 06 | Metallic wastes | Hazardous |

4 | 07.1 | Glass wastes | Non-hazardous |

5 | 07.1 | Glass wastes | Hazardous |

6 | 07.2 | Paper and cardboard wastes | Non-hazardous |

7 | 07.3 | Rubber wastes | Non-hazardous |

8 | 07.4 | Plastic wastes | Non-hazardous |

9 | 07.5 | Wood wastes | Non-hazardous |

10 | 07.6 | Textile wastes | Non-hazardous |

11 | 09 excl. 09.11, 09.3 | Animal and vegetal wastes (excluding animal waste of food preparation and products; and animal faeces, urine and manure) | Non-hazardous |

12 | 09.11 | Animal waste of food preparation and products | Non-hazardous |

13 | 09.3 | Animal faeces, urine and manure | Non-hazardous |

14 | 12 | Mineral waste | Non-hazardous |

15 | 12 | Mineral waste | Hazardous |

16 | 01 + 02 + 03 + 05 + 08 + 10 + 11 + 13 | Other wastes (Chemical compound wastes + Chemical preparation wastes + Other chemical wastes + Health care and biological wastes + Discarded equipment + Mixed ordinary wastes + Common sludges + Solidified, stabilised or vitrified wastes) | Non-hazardous |

17 | 01 + 02 + 03 + 05 + 07.5 + 07.7 + 08 + 10 + 11 + 13 excl. 01.3 | Other wastes (Chemical compound wastes excluding Used oils + Chemical preparation wastes + Other chemical wastes + Health care and biological wastes + Wood wastes + Waste containing PCB + Discarded equipment + Mixed ordinary wastes + Common sludges + Solidified, stabilised or vitrified wastes) | Hazardous |

Disposal (other than incineration) |

Item No | EWC-Stat Version 3 | Hazardous/Non-hazardous waste |

Code | Description |

1 | 01 + 02 + 03 | Chemical wastes (Chemical compound waste + Chemical preparation wastes + Other chemical wastes) | Non-hazardous |

2 | 01 + 02 + 03 excl. 01.3 | Chemical wastes excluding Used oils (Chemical compound waste + Chemical preparation wastes + Other chemical wastes) | Hazardous |

3 | 01.3 | Used oils | Hazardous |

4 | 09 excl. 09.11, 09.3 | Animal and vegetal wastes (excluding animal waste of food preparation and products; and animal faeces, urine and manure) | Non-hazardous |

5 | 09.11 | Animal waste of food preparation and products | Non-hazardous |

6 | 09.3 | Animal faeces, urine and manure | Non-hazardous |

7 | 10.1 | Household and similar wastes | Non-hazardous |

8 | 10.2 | Mixed and undifferentiated materials | Non-hazardous |

9 | 10.2 | Mixed and undifferentiated materials | Hazardous |

10 | 10.3 | Sorting residues | Non-hazardous |

11 | 10.3 | Sorting residues | Hazardous |

12 | 11 | Common sludges | Non-hazardous |

13 | 12 | Mineral wastes | Non-hazardous |

14 | 12 | Mineral wastes | Hazardous |

15 | 05 + 06 + 07 + 08 + 13 | Other wastes (Health care and biological wastes + Metallic wastes + Non-metallic wastes + Discarded equipment + Solidified, stabilised or vitrified wastes) | Non-hazardous |

16 | 05 + 06 + 07 + 08 + 13 | Other wastes (Health care and biological wastes + Metallic wastes + Non-metallic wastes + Discarded equipment + Solidified, stabilised or vitrified wastes) | Hazardous" |

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