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 titleOrdinance 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