Commission Regulation (EU) No 733/2014 of 24 June 2014 amending Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste to certain non-OECD countries Text with EEA relevance

THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION,

Having regard to the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union,

Having regard to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste (1), and in particular Article 37 thereof,

After consultation of the countries concerned,

Whereas:

(1) Pursuant to Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 the Commission periodically updates Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 (2) concerning the export for recovery of certain waste to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes (‘the OECD decision’ (3)) does not apply. The Commission has sent a written request to each country to which the OECD decision does not apply seeking confirmation in writing that waste and mixtures of wastes listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006, the export of which is not prohibited under Article 36 of that Regulation, may be exported from the European Union for recovery in that country and requesting an indication as to which control procedure, if any, would be followed in the country of destination. The Commission has received replies from seventy-four countries. The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 should be amended to take into account those replies.

(2) On 13 February 2013, the OECD Council approved the Opinion of the Environment Policy Committee regarding the compliance by Israel with the OECD decision. Consequently, Article 37(2) of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 does not apply to that country anymore and the entry for Israel should therefore be deleted from the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007.

(3) New Zealand is a country to which the OECD decision applies. Therefore, Article 37 of Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 does not apply to that country and the entry for New Zealand should be deleted from the Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007,

HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:

Article 1

The Annex to Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.

Article 2

This Regulation shall enter into force on the fourteenth day following that of 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, 24 June 2014.

For the Commission The President José Manuel BARROSO

(1) OJ L 190, 12.7.2006, p. 1.

(2) Commission Regulation (EC) No 1418/2007 of 29 November 2007 concerning the export for recovery of certain waste listed in Annex III or IIIA to Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council to certain countries to which the OECD Decision on the control of transboundary movements of wastes does not apply (OJ L 316, 4.12.2007, p. 6).

(3) Decision C(2001)107/Final of the OECD Council concerning the revision of Decision C(92)39/Final on control of transboundary movements of wastes destined for recovery operations.