ABBREVIATIONS
ATP Adaption to Technical Progress BDE Brominated diphenyl ethers BREF Best Available Techniques Reference Document BTEX Benzene, Toluene, Ethylbenzene and Xylene CEN European Committee for Standardization C&L Classification & Labelling CLP Classification, Labelling and Packaging CLRTAP Convention on Long-Range Transboundary Air Pollution ECHA European Chemicals Agency EEA European Environmental Agency ELV End-of life vehicles GHS Globally Harmonised System ODS Ozone depleting substances PAH Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons POP Persistent Organic Pollutant SDS Safety Data Sheet UN United Nations WAC Waste Acceptance Criteria WEEE Waste electrical and electronic equipment ABBREVIATIONS 3 1. INTRODUCTION 5 1.1. Background 5 1.2. To whom is the guidance addressed? 5 1.3. How to read the guidance? 5 2. LEGISLATIVE FRAMEWORK 6 2.1. Waste Legislation 6 2.1.1. Waste Framework Directive (WFD) 6 2.1.2. European List of Waste (LoW) 7 2.1.3. Waste Shipment Regulation (WSR) 8 2.1.4. Landfill Directive 8 2.1.5. Directive on waste from the extractive industries (Extractive Waste Directive) 9 2.1.6. REACH Regulation 9 2.1.7. Classification Labelling Packaging (CLP) Regulation 10 2.1.8. Persistent Organic Pollutants (POP) Regulation 10 2.1.9. Seveso III Directive 11 3. PROCEDURES FOR THE CLASSIFICATION OF WASTE 12 3.1. General approach to the classification of waste 12 3.1.1. Step 1: Is the WFD applicable? 13 3.1.2. Step 2: Which entry of the List of Waste is applicable? 14 3.2. Assignment of MH or MNH entry 15 3.2.1. Step 3: Is sufficient knowledge on the composition of the waste available to determine if it displays hazardous properties either by calculating or testing in line with Step 4? 16 3.2.2. Step 4: Does the waste display any of the hazardous properties HP1 to HP15? 17 3.2.3. Step 5: Is it likely or known that the waste contains any of the POPs indicated in in the Annex to the LoW (point 2, indent 3)? 18 ANNEX 1: Annotated List of Waste 21 ANNEX 2: Data sources and information basis on hazardous substances 83 ANNEX 3: Specific approaches to determine hazard properties (HP1 to HP15) 87 ANNEX 4: Sampling and chemical analysis of waste 124 ANNEX 5: Sources and external references 134
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