Waste: common rules to apply to shipments to non OECD countries

Regulation (EEC) 259/92, which entered into force on 6 May 1994, established a system for the supervision and control of shipments of waste within, into and out of the Community. This Regulation distinguished between waste that was to be disposed of once and for all (fill, incineration, etc.) and waste that was to be recovered (recycling, production of energy). With regard to waste that was to be recovered, the Regulation distinguished further between: - waste on the ‘green’ list, listed in Annex II to the Regulation; - waste on the ‘orange’ list (Annex III to the Regulation); - waste on the ‘red’ list (Annex IV to the Regulation); - waste not yet classified. This proposal only related to shipments from the Community to third countries of waste on the ‘green’ list to be recovered.