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COMMISSION REGULATION (EU) No 255/2013
of 20 March 2013
amending, for the purposes of adaptation to scientific and technical progress, Annexes IC, VII and
VIII to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council on shipments
of waste
(Text with EEA relevance)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
(3)
At the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to
the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Movements of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal
Union,
which took place from 17 to 21 October 2011,
technical guidelines and guidance documents on environ
mentally sound management were adopted. Following
Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the
their adoptions, Annex VIII to Regulation (EC) No
European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on
1013/2006 needs to be updated accordingly.
shipments of waste ( 1 ), and in particular Article 58(1) thereof,
(4) Regulation
(EC)
No
1013/2006
should
therefore
be
Whereas:
amended accordingly.
(1) Regulation
(EC)
No
1013/2006
specifies
under
which (5) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Regulation
are
in
conditions the shipment of wastes listed in either
accordance with the opinion of the Committee estab
Annex IIIA or IIIB to that Regulation is subject to the
lished by Article 39 of Directive 2008/98/EC of the
procedure of prior written notification and consent. The
European Parliament and of the Council of 19 November
submission of a notification requires completion of the
2008 on waste and repealing certain Directives ( 2 ),
notification and movement documents as set out in
Annexes IA and IB to that Regulation. Wastes listed in
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Annex IIIA, IIIB or IVA to Regulation (EC) No
1013/2006 can be identified in Block 14 of Annex IA
Article 1
or Annex IB, under subheading (vi) ‘Other (specify)’.
Annex IC to that Regulation, providing specific
Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 is amended as follows:
instructions for completing either Annex IA or IB
needs to be amended in order to clarify how those
(1) Annex IC is amended in accordance with Annex I to this
wastes should be indicated in Annex IA or IB.
Regulation;
(2) Regulation
(EC)
No
1013/2006
also
specifies
under (2) Annex VII is replaced by the text set out in Annex II to this
which conditions wastes listed in Annexes IIIA and IIIB
Regulation;
to that Regulation need to be accompanied by the
document contained in Annex VII to that Regulation
(3) Annex VIII is replaced by the text set out in Annex III to
when these wastes are intended for shipment. As Block
this Regulation.
10 of Annex VII does not provide the option to identify
wastes listed in Annexes IIIA and IIIB, such wastes
Article 2
cannot be properly identified in Annex VII. The
inclusion of wastes in Annexes IIIA and IIIB necessitates
This Regulation shall enter into force on the twentieth day
the expansion of the options listed in Block 10 of Annex
following that of its publication in the Official Journal of the
VII.
European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 March 2013.
For the Commission
The President
José Manuel BARROSO
( 1 ) OJ L 190, 12.7.2006, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 312, 22.11.2008, p. 3.

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ANNEX I
Annex IC to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 is amended as follows:
(a) In point 25(c), the second sentence is deleted.
(b) In point 25(d), the second sentence is deleted.
(c) In point 25(e), the following paragraph is added:
‘Such codes may be included in Annexes IIIA, IIIB or IVA of this Regulation. In that case, the Annex number should
be stated in front of the codes. As regards Annex IIIA, the relevant code(s) as indicated in Annex IIIA should be used,
as appropriate in sequence. Certain Basel entries such as B1100, B3010 and B3020 are restricted to particular waste
streams only, as indicated in Annex IIIA.’.

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ANNEX II
‘ANNEX VII
INFORMATION ACCOMPANYING SHIPMENTS OF WASTE AS REFERRED TO IN ARTICLE 3(2) AND (4)

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ANNEX III
‘ANNEX VIII
GUIDELINES ON ENVIRONMENTALLY SOUND MANAGEMENT (ARTICLE 49)
I. Guidelines and guidance documents adopted under the Basel Convention:
1. Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Biomedical and Health Care Wastes (Y1;
Y3) ( 1 )
2. Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of Waste Lead Acid Batteries ( 1 )
3. Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Management of the Full and Partial Dismantling of Ships ( 1 )
4. Technical Guidelines on the Environmentally Sound Recycling/Reclamation of Metals and Metal Compounds
(R4) ( 2 )
5. Updated General Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of,
Containing or Contaminated with Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) ( 3 )
6. Updated Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of, Containing
or Contaminated with Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs), Polychlorinated Terphenyls (PCTs) or Polybrominated
Biphenyls (PBBs) ( 3 )
7. Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of, Containing or
Contaminated with the Pesticides Aldrin, Chlordane, Dieldrin, Endrin, Heptachlor, Hexachlorobenzene (HCB),
Mirex or Toxaphene or with HCB as an Industrial Chemical ( 3 )
8. Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of, Containing or
Contaminated with 1,1,1-trichloro-2,2-bis (4 chlorophenyl)ethane (DDT) ( 3 )
9. Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Containing or Contaminated with
Unintentionally Produced Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-dioxins (PCDDs), Polychlorinated Dibenzofurans (PCDFs),
Hexachlorobenzene (HCB) or Polychlorinated Biphenyls (PCBs) ( 3 )
10. Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Used and Waste Pneumatic Tyres ( 4 )
11. Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Management of Wastes Consisting of Elemental Mercury and
Wastes Containing or Contaminated with Mercury ( 4 )
12. Technical Guidelines for the Environmentally Sound Co-processing of Hazardous Wastes in Cement Kilns ( 4 )
13. Guidance Document on the Environmentally Sound Management of Used and End-of-life Mobile Phones ( 4 )
14. Guidance Document on Environmentally Sound Management of Used and End-of-life Computing Equipment,
Sections 1, 2, 4 and 5 ( 4 )
II. Guidelines adopted by the OECD:
Technical guidance for the environmentally sound management of specific waste streams:
Used and scrap personal computers ( 5 )
( 1 ) Adopted by the sixth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements of
Hazardous Waste and Their Disposal, 9-13 December 2002.
( 2 ) Adopted by the seventh meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements
of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 25-29 October 2004.
( 3 ) Adopted by the eighth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements
of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 27 November-1 December 2006.
( 4 ) Adopted by the tenth meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention on the Control of Transboundary Movements
of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, 17-21 October 2011.
( 5 ) Adopted by the Environment Policy Committee of the OECD in February 2003 (document ENV/EPOC/WGWPR(2001)3/FINAL).

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III. Guidelines adopted by the International Maritime Organization (IMO):
Guidelines on ship recycling ( 1 )
IV. Guidelines adopted by the International Labour Organization (ILO):
Safety and health in shipbreaking: guidelines for Asian countries and Turkey ( 2 )’
( 1 ) Resolution A.962 adopted by the Assembly of the IMO at its 23rd Regular session, 24 November to 5 December 2003.
( 2 ) Approved for publication by the Governing Body of the ILO at its 289th session, 11-26 March 2004.

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