Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances (including: Directive 2003/105/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 16 December 2003 amending Council Directive 96/82/EC on the control of major accident hazards involving dangerous substances

Directive 2000/53/EC of the European Parliament and of the Council of 18 September 2000 on end-of-life vehicles

Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive 2002/96/EC

Council Directive 96/61/EC of 24 September 1996 concerning integrated pollution prevention and control

Regulation (EC) No 1013/2006 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 14 June 2006 on shipments of waste.

The "dangerous substances" directive focuses on operators handling dangerous substances, i.e. new or existing establishments where dangerous substances are present in one or more installations. This does not include military establishments, shipments of dangerous substances, and ionising radiation. Industries where these kinds of installations occur are frequently oil, chemical, and pharmaceutical industries whose production plants operate using dangerous substances.

The end-of-life directive focuses on two main groups:. producers, material and equipment manufacturers of vehicles and components of vehicles; and treatment facilities and producers/dealers/collectors acting on behalf of an authorised treatment facility .

The WEE directive focuses on producers of electrical and electronic equipment and treatment facilities for waste electrical and electronic equipment.

The IPPC directive focuses on energy, production, extraction, and agricultural industries, i.e. industrial activities related to the production and processing of metals and companies with chemical installations, installations for producing and processing of metals, asbestos, glass, melting mineral substances and ceramic products, installations for the disposal or recovery of hazardous waste, and installations for the incineration of municipal waste.

The "shipments of waste" directive focuses on companies that intend to carry out or intend to have carried out shipments of waste and on waste treatment facilities carrying out disposal or interim recovery operations.

EU IO

Prioritisation

Notification of the presence of dangerous substances

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Notification of changes to the presence of dangerous substances

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Written (update of) safety reports

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Written (update of) internal emergency plans

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Cooperation with inspectors on accident prevention in establishments where dangerous substances are present

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Written documents on major-accident prevention policy

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Information following a major accident involving dangerous substances

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EU IO

Prioritisation

Issuing a certificate of destruction for a vehicle

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Application for a permit to carry out treatment operations

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Information identifying different vehicle components

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Inspection in cases of derogations from permit requirements

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Identification of those components and materials which are suitable for re-use and recovery

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Information on requests concerning dismantling, storage and testing of components that can be re-used

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Publishing information in promotional literature used to market the new vehicle

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EU IO

Prioritisation

Keeping records of waste electrical and electronic equipment when entering and leaving the treatment facility

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Keeping information on the compliance with the equipment requirements of electrical and electronic equipment put on the market

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Applications for permits to carry out waste-treatment operations

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POSSIBILITY: Providing information to users of electrical and electronic equipment

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Providing re-use and treatment information for each type of new electrical and electronic equipment put on the market

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Cooperation with audits in cases of derogations from permit requirements

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Marking of electrical and electronic equipment with a symbol

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Placing a producer's identifying mark on electrical and electronic equipment

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Permission to export waste electrical and electronic equipment out of the EU Member States

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EU IO

Prioritisation

Application for permits for new installations

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Notification in cases of planned changes to the operation of the installation

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Submitting information about the results of the monitoring of releases

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Notification of any incident or accident significantly affecting the environment

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Cooperation with inspectors of installations

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EU IO

Prioritisation

Written notification of any planned shipments of waste

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Additional information and documentation on request to the competent authorities concerned

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POSSIBILITY: Keeping records of inputs, outputs and/or balances of waste and dispatches

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Written notification that the waste has been received

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Completion and dispatching of the shipment document to the consignee and competent authorities

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Document accompanying the waste to be shipped

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POSSIBILITY: Cooperation with inspectors concerning checks on shipments

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Certificate of completion of interim recovery or disposal

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Certificate of completion of subsequent non-interim recovery or disposal operations

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Written confirmation of receipt of waste

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Notification of changes to the consented shipment (transport)

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Dispatch on request of the contract between the notifier and the consignee

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Retention of all documents sent to or from the competent authorities

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Notification of rejection of a shipment

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Notification of take-back waste

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Duly reasoned request for taking back waste

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Completion and dispatching of the shipment document in the case of take-back shipment

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