Implementation of Waste Related Provisions of the POPs Regulation Topics: Commission Study State of work in the TAC PCB Directive Presentation on the 2nd CA-meeting on 21 February 2006 By Martin Pohlmann (e-mail: martin.pohlmann@cec.eu.int)

Commission Study http://europa.eu.int/comm/environment/waste/studies/index.htm Studie includes: POPs mass flow Methodology to identify and proposals for low and maximum concentration limits Methodology, reporting format and examples on POPs waste in another environmentally preferable manner Reference measurement methods

Waste consisting of, containing or contaminated with Waste flow under Article 7 of the Regulation (EC) 850/2004 Waste consisting of, containing or contaminated with PCB * Commission proposal Below low concentration limit acc. to Art. 7(4)(a) + Annex IV ? <50 mg/kg* Recovery or disposal in accordance with other Community waste legislation yes no D9, D10 Destruction or irreversible transformation of the POPs content in accordance with Art. 7(2) + Annex V, Part 1

Waste consisting of, containing or contaminated with Waste flow under Article 7 of the Regulation (EC) 850/2004 Waste consisting of, containing or contaminated with other 12 POPs * Commission proposal Below low concentration limit acc. to Art. 7(4)(a) + Annex IV ? <50 mg/kg* Dealt with in another env. preferable way, acc. to Art. 7(4)(b) + Annex V, part 2? < 5000 mg/kg* Recovery or disposal in accordance with other Community waste legislation Salt mines and underground storage in dry rock formations yes yes no no Solidification or partly stabilisation Landfill for hazardous waste R1, R4*, D9, D10 Destruction or irreversible transformation of the POPs content in accordance with Art. 7(2) + Annex V, Part 1

Waste consisting of, containing or contaminated with Waste flow under Article 7 of the Regulation (EC) 850/2004 Waste consisting of, containing or contaminated with PCDD / PCDF * Commission proposal Disposal in accordance with other Community waste legislation Below low concentration limit according to Art. 7(4)(a) + Annex IV? <15 μg/kg* Dealt with in another env. preferable way, acc. to Art. 7(4)(b) + Annex V, part 2? <5 mg/kg* Recovery in accordance with other Community waste legislation Salt mines and underground storage in dry rock formations yes yes Below 1μg/kg?* no no Solidification or partly stabilisation Landfill for hazardous waste yes no Solidification with ensured max. leachate rate R1, R4*, D9, D10 Destruction or irreversible transformation of the POPs content in accordance with Art. 7(2) + Annex V, Part 1

State of Work in the TAC Last meeting on 25 January 2006: 1 proposal adopted: clarification of permission to carry out pre-treatment operations (Annex V, part 2) 2 proposals no opinion by MS:maximum and low concentration limits (Annex IV and V) Referral to the Council expected by the end of March Two proposals withdrawn from the vote: solidification requirement for PCDD/F > 1 ppb (Annex IV), R4 operation (Annex V, part 1)

Implementation of PCB Directive 96/59/EC MS elaborate Inventories for equipment > 5 l (Article 4) plans for decontamination and/or disposal (Art. 11(1), first indent) Outlines for the collection and disposal of non-inventoried equipment (Art. 11(1), second indent)

PCB inventories (Art. 4) Most MS have sent summaries of their inventories to the Commission Except for Walloon, Slovenia 8 MS with remaining PCB quantities > 5000 tons: Czech Republic, Estonia, France, Italy, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, United Kingdom

Estimation of remaining gross weight of PCB containing equipment; total: 1,1 Mio tons (gross weight) MEURS report for CLEEN, 2005

PCB Plans (Art. 11) Most MS have sent their disposal/decontamination plans to the Commission except for Cyprus (not yet adopted?) Malta (only included in hazardous waste management plan) Slovakia Greece, France, Germany and Spain condemned by the EJC because of non communication of the plans (France, Germany and Spain have communicated their plans in the meantime) 2 MS (Denmark, Germany), where no significant quantities of PCB equipment is still in operation

PCB outlines (Art. 11) Most MS have sent their collection/disposal outlines to the Commission except for Estonia (unclear if covered by plans under indent 1), Cyprus (not adopted yet?) Malta (PCBs only included in general hazardous waste management plan) Slovenia (incomplete) Slovakia Spain condemned by the ECJ because of non-communication of the outlines

Conclusions POPs concentration limits are most likely set by the end of this semestre Commission study provides assistance to the implementation of the POPs Regulation PCB inventories are mostly established Disposal plans and outlines are still unsatisfactory in a number of MS