Definition and further description of Annex III to WFD
Annex III to the Waste Framework Directive defines HP 15 as: ‘waste capable of exhibiting a hazardous property listed above not directly displayed by the original waste’ The WFD further explains that: ‘When a waste contains one or more substances assigned to one of the hazard statements or supplemental hazards shown in Table 9 [see Table 24 of this document], the waste shall be classified as hazardous by HP 15, unless the waste is in such a form that it will not under any circumstance exhibit explosive or potentially explosive properties. In addition, Member States may characterise a waste as hazardous by HP 15 based on other applicable criteria, such as an assessment of the leachate.’ A waste containing substances that are assigned hazard statement or supplemental hazard codes in Table 24: can be tested to show whether it exhibits that hazardous property or not. Alternatively a waste containing those substances can simply be assumed to be hazardous by HP 15. Member States may characterise a waste as hazardous by HP 15 based on other applicable criteria, such as an assessment of the leachate. Table 24 Hazard statements and supplemental hazards for waste constituents for the classification of wastes as hazardous by HP 15 Figure 20 sets out the assessment process for HP 15 (46).
Source: EUR-Lex (Cellar) · retrieved 2026-09-25 · Text as adopted (Official Journal); later amendments are not incorporated in this text.