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This Directive repealed聽<a title="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006L0012:EN:NOT" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140312223737/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006L0012:EN:NOT">Directive 2006/12/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council</a>聽of 5 April 2006 on聽waste聽(the codified version of Directive 75/442/EEC as amended),聽<b><a href="/web/20140312223737/http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/hazardous_index.htm">hazardous waste Directive</a></b> 91/689/EEC, and the聽<b><a href="/web/20140312223737/http://ec.europa.eu/environment/waste/oil_index.htm">Waste Oils Directive</a></b> 75/439/EEC. It provides for a general framework of waste management requirements and sets the basic waste management definitions for the EU.</p> <li> <p><a title="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000D0532:EN:NOT" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140312223737/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32000D0532:EN:NOT">Decision 2000/532/EC</a>聽establishing a聽<b>list of wastes</b>. This Decision establishes the classification system for wastes, including a distinction between hazardous and non-hazardous wastes. It is closely linked to the list of the main characteristics which render waste hazardous contained in Annex III to the Waste Framework Directive above.</p> <li> <p><a title="http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006R1013:EN:NOT" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20140312223737/http://eur-lex.europa.eu/LexUriServ/LexUriServ.do?uri=CELEX:32006R1013:EN:NOT">Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council</a>聽of 14 June 2006 on聽<b>shipments of waste. </b>This Regulation specifies under which conditions waste can be shipped between countries.</p> </li> </ol></td> </tr> </table> <div></div> <div></div>  </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> <div class="layout-right"> <div class="column-wrapper">  <div id="rightmenu"> </div>  </div> </div> </div>  <div class="layout-footer"> <script type="text/javascript">  </script> | <a href="#top-page">Top</a> </div>  </div> </body> </html>

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