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

PURPOSE: to introduce, at Community level, a system permitting the regulation of trade in certain types of waste from the Community, defining appropriate common rules and procedures regarding their export. COMMUNITY MEASURE: Council Regulation 1420/1999/EC laying down common rules and procedures applicable to the transfer of certain types of wastes to certain countries that are not members of the OECD. CONTENT: the Regulation lays down the procedures to be applied with respect to non-OECD member countries which either have indicated that they do not wish to receive for processing certain types of wastes that are on the 'green list' of Regulation 259/93/EEC, or have not responded to the Commission's notes regarding transfers of wastes on the 'green list' for processing. ENTRY INTO FORCE: 01/10/1999.�