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21.2.2012 Official
Journal
of
the
European
Union L
48/15
DECISIONS
COMMISSION IMPLEMENTING DECISION
of 17 February 2012
amending Decision 2005/51/EC as regards the period during which soil contaminated by pesticides
or persistent organic pollutants may be introduced into the Union for decontamination purposes
(notified under document C(2012) 869)
(2012/102/EU)
THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,
good legislative practice, it is now appropriate to extend
that derogation by 5 years.
Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European
Union,
(3) Decision
2005/51/EC
should
therefore
be
amended
accordingly.
Having regard to Council Directive 2000/29/EC of 8 May 2000
on protective measures against the introduction into the
(4) The
measures
provided
for
in
this
Decision
are
in
Community of organisms harmful to plants or plant products
accordance with the opinion of the Standing
and against their spread within the Community ( 1 ), and in
Committee on Plant Health,
particular Article 15(1) thereof,
Whereas:
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:

(1) By way of derogation from Directive 2000/29/EC,
Article 1
Commission Decision 2005/51/EC of 21 January 2005
In the second paragraph of Article 1 of Decision 2005/51/EC
authorising Member States temporarily to provide for
the words ‘29 February 2012’ are replaced by the words
derogations from certain provisions of Council
‘28 February 2017’.
Directive 2000/29/EC in respect of the importation of
soil contaminated by pesticides or persistent organic
pollutants for decontamination purposes (
Article 2

2 ) authorises,
for a limited period, Member States participating in the
This Decision is addressed to the Member States.
United Nations Food and Agriculture Organisation (FAO)
programme on prevention and disposal of obsolete and
unwanted pesticides to permit the introduction of soil
contaminated by such pesticides into the Union for
Done at Brussels, 17 February 2012.
treatment in dedicated hazardous waste incinerators.
That programme is still ongoing.
For the Commission
(2) In
view
of
the
circumstances
justifying
the
derogation
John DALLI
granted by Decision 2005/51/EC and in the interest of
Member of the Commission
( 1 ) OJ L 169, 10.7.2000, p. 1.
( 2 ) OJ L 21, 25.1.2005, p. 21.

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