Annexes to COM(2020)362 - Submission of proposals to amend Annex to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal - Main contents
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| dossier | COM(2020)362 - Submission of proposals to amend Annex to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes ... |
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| document | COM(2020)362  |
| date | November 24, 2020 |
PART I
Proposal on behalf of the European Union for amendments to Annex IV to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
(proposal for a new text for Annex IV)
ANNEX IV (1)
Disposal operations
There are two categories of disposal operations, namely recovery operations and non-recovery operations. Section A encompasses non-recovery operations and section B recovery operations.
This Annex also covers in both sections A and B disposal operations that occur prior to submission to any of the operations in the respective section (2).
This Annex covers all disposal operations, regardless of their legal status and regardless of whether they are considered to be environmentally sound.
A. Non-recovery operations
A non-recovery operation is an operation which is not a recovery operation even where the operation has as a secondary consequence the reclamation of substances or energy.
| D20 | Deposit in an aboveground engineered landfill isolated from the environment |
| D21 | Surface impoundment (e.g. placement of liquids or sludge into pits, basins or tailing dams) |
| D22 | Deposit onto land other than covered by D20 and D21 (e.g. permanent aboveground storage) |
| D23 | Permanent underground storage (e.g. placement of containers in a mine) |
| D24 | Deposit into land other than covered by D23 (e.g. injection into wells, salt domes of naturally occurring repositories) |
| D25 | Treatment of land in situ (e.g. biodegradation or biological or chemical treatment) |
| D26 | Release into a water body except seas/oceans |
| D27 | Release into seas/oceans including sea-bed insertion |
| D28 | Release to the atmosphere (e.g. venting of compressed or liquefied gases) |
| D29 | Thermal treatment other than covered by R24 in section B (e.g. incineration) |
| D30 | Non-recovery other than covered by D20 to D29 |
| D31 | Biological treatment prior to submission to any of the operations in section A |
| D32 | Mixing, including blending, prior to submission to any of the operations in section A |
| D33 | Manual treatment (e.g. separation), physical/mechanical treatment other than covered by D32 (e.g. separation, size reduction, evaporation, drying, autoclaving), physical/chemical treatment (e.g. solvent extraction), chemical treatment (e.g. neutralization, chemical precipitation) or immobilization (e.g. stabilization, solidification) prior to submission to any of the operations in section A |
| D34 | Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations in section A |
| D35 | Other treatment than covered by D31 to D34 prior to submission to any of the operations in section A |
| D36 | Temporary storage prior to submission to any of the operations in section A |
B. Recovery operations
A recovery operation is an operation the principal result of which is waste serving a useful purpose by replacing other materials which would otherwise have been used to fulfil a particular function, or waste being prepared to fulfil that function, in the plant or in the wider economy.
| R20 | Preparing for reuse (e.g. checking, cleaning, repair, refurbishment) |
| R21 | Recycling of organic substances (e.g. physical/mechanical treatment, chemical treatment) |
| R22 | Recycling of metals and metal compounds (e.g. smelting, hydrometallurgy, physical/mechanical treatment) |
| R23 | Recycling of inorganic materials other than covered by R22 (e.g. physical/mechanical treatment, chemical treatment) |
| R24 | Thermal treatment with the principal result to generate energy (e.g. incineration) |
| R25 | Recovery other than covered by R20 to R24 |
| R26 | Biological treatment prior to submission to any of the operations in section B |
| R27 | Mixing, including blending, prior to submission to any of the operations in section B |
| R28 | Manual treatment (e.g. separation), physical/mechanical treatment other than covered by R27 (e.g. separation, size reduction, evaporation, drying, autoclaving), physical/chemical treatment (e.g. solvent extraction) or chemical treatment (e.g. neutralization, precipitation) prior to submission to any of the operations in section B |
| R29 | Repackaging prior to submission to any of the operations in section B |
| R30 | Other treatment than covered by R26 to R29 prior to submission to any of the operations in section B |
| R31 | Temporary storage prior to submission to any of the operations in section B |
PART II
Proposals on behalf of the European Union for amendments to Annexes II and IX to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of Hazardous Wastes and their Disposal
In two footnotes of entry Y48 in Annex II to the Convention and in two footnotes of entry B3011 in Annex IX to the Convention, the text “Recycling/reclamation of organic substances that are not used as solvents (R21 in Annex IV, sect. B)” shall be replaced by “Recycling of organic substances (e.g. physical/mechanical treatment, chemical treatment) (R21 in Annex IV, sect. B)” and the text “operation R3” shall be replaced by “operation R21”.
Those changes shall become effective when the amendments to Annex IV to the Convention become effective.
(1) The amendments to this Annex become effective as of [date occurring [three][four] years after adoption by the Conference of the Parties].
(2) See operations D31 to D36 in section A and operations R26 to R31 in section B.