Regulation 2007/172 - Amendment of Annex V to Regulation 850/2004 on persistent organic pollutants

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  1. Current status
  2. Key information
  3. Key dates
  4. Legislative text
  5. Original proposal
  6. Sources and disclaimer
  7. Full version
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Current status

This regulation was in effect from March 15, 2007 until July 14, 2019.

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Key information

official title

Council Regulation (EC) No 172/2007 of 16 February 2007 amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants Text with EEA relevance
 
Legal instrument Regulation
Number legal act Regulation 2007/172
Original proposal COM(2006)252 EN
CELEX number i 32007R0172

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Key dates

Document 16-02-2007
Publication in Official Journal 23-02-2007; OJ L 352M , 31.12.2008,OJ L 55, 23.2.2007,Special edition in Croatian: Chapter 15 Volume 009
Effect 15-03-2007; Entry into force Date pub. + 20 See Art 2
End of validity 14-07-2019; Repealed by 32019R1021

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Legislative text

23.2.2007   

EN

Official Journal of the European Union

L 55/1
 

COUNCIL REGULATION (EC) No 172/2007

of 16 February 2007

amending Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on persistent organic pollutants

(Text with EEA relevance)

THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,

Having regard to the Treaty establishing the European Community,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 29 April 2004 on persistent organic pollutants (1), and in particular Article 7(5) first subparagraph, Article 7(6), and Article 14(3) thereof,

Whereas:

 

(1)

The Commission conducted a study on the implementation of the waste-related provisions of Regulation (EC) No 850/2004. This study identified maximum concentration limits for the purpose of Part 2 of Annex V of Regulation (EC) No 850/2004. Above those limits, risks to human health and the environment could not be excluded.
 

(2)

The concentration limit for Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDF/PCDD) is expressed in toxic equivalent concentration (TEQ), using the 1998 World Health Organisation toxic equivalency factors (TEFs). Available data on dioxin like Polychlorinated Biphenyl (PCB) is not sufficient to include these compounds in the TEQ.
 

(3)

Hexachlorocyclohexane (HCH) is the name of a technical mixture of various isomers. The effort necessary to analyse them completely would be disproportionate. Only alpha-, beta- and gamma-HCH are of toxicological relevance. Therefore the concentration limit should refer to them exclusively. Most commercially available analytical standard mixtures for the analyses of this compound class only identify these isomers.
 

(4)

The measures provided for in this Regulation are the most appropriate to ensure a high level of protection.
 

(5)

Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 should therefore be amended accordingly.
 

(6)

The Committee established under Article 17(1) of Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 has not delivered an opinion following its consultation, on 25 January 2006, in accordance with the procedure laid down in Article 17(2) of that Regulation,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 is amended as set out in the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day following 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, 16 February 2007.

For the Council

The President

  • A. 
    SCHAVAN
 
 

ANNEX

Part 2 of Annex V to Regulation (EC) No 850/2004 shall be replaced by the following:

‘Part 2   Wastes and operations to which Article 7(4)(b) applies

The following operations are permitted for the purposes of Article 7(4)(b) in respect of the wastes specified, defined by the six-digit code as classified in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC (1)

 

Wastes as classified in Commission Decision 2000/532/EC

Maximum concentration limits of substances listed in Annex IV (2)

Operation

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WASTES FROM THERMAL PROCESSES

Aldrin: 5 000 mg/kg;

Chlordane: 5 000 mg/kg;

Dieldrin: 5 000 mg/kg;

Endrin: 5 000 mg/kg;

Heptachlor: 5 000 mg/kg;

Hexachlorobenzene: 5 000 mg/kg;

Mirex: 5 000 mg/kg;

Toxaphene: 5 000 mg/kg;

Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCB) (4): 50 mg/kg;

DDT (1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis(4-chlorophenyl)ethane): 5 000 mg/kg;

Chlordecone: 5 000 mg/kg;

Polychlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and dibenzofurans (PCDD/PCDF) (7) 5 mg/kg;

the sum of alpha-, beta- and gamma-HCH: 5 000 mg/kg;

Hexabromobiphenyl: 5 000 mg/kg

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