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PCB/PCT Waste Disposal Ordinance.

Country/Territory
Germany
Document type
Regulation
Date
2000 (2012)
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Bundesgesetzblatt, Part I, No. 28, 29 June 2000, pp. 932-935.
Long title
Ordinance on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls, polychlorinated terphenyls as well as halogenous monomethyldiphenylmethan and amending several Chemical Ordinances.
Subject
Waste & hazardous substances
Keyword
Hazardous substances Pollution control
Geographical area
Alps, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Sea, North-East Atlantic, Western Europe
Abstract

The above-mentioned Ordinance is contained in articles 1 of the Ordinance on the on the disposal of polychlorinated biphenyls and polychlorinated terphenyls (PCB/PCT). In particular, it introduces the Council Directive 96/59/EC of 16 September 1996 on the same subject into German national legislation. The purpose of the said directive is to control the disposal of PCBs, the decontamination or disposal of equipment containing PCBs and/or the disposal of used PCBs in order to eliminate them completely. Article 4 of the present Ordinance establishes that the holders of PCB have to notify the competent authorities of the quantities which they hold and of any changes in this respect. The text consists of 5 articles.

Full text
German
Website
www.bmj.de

References - Legislation

Amends

Hazardous Substances Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 1993 (1999)

Keyword: Pollution control, Hazardous substances, Classification/declassification, Packaging/labelling, Offences/penalties

Source: FAO, FAOLEX

Amended by

Waste Disposal Evidence Ordinance.

Legislation | Germany | 2006 (2022)

Keyword: Waste disposal, Waste management, Registration, Hazardous waste, Data collection/reporting, Transport/storage, Waste non-domestic sources

Source: FAO, FAOLEX