On the 18th of December 2014, EU Regulation no. 1357/2014 was published for the replacement of Annex III to Directive 2008/98/EC on the criteria for hazardous waste. The regulation will be entered into force within 20 days of its publication and will apply to all Member States from June 1, 2015.
Under the scope of Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/ EC, the classification of waste as hazardous waste should be based on the European legislation on chemicals, in particular the rules of classification of mixtures as hazardous and limit values concentration present in legislation on chemicals should be taken into account during evaluation. However, the legal framework for the classification of chemical substances and mixtures has changed since 2008 with the Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 – CLP on classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
Under the scope of Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/ EC, the classification of waste as hazardous waste should be based on the European legislation on chemicals, in particular the rules of classification of mixtures as hazardous and limit values concentration present in legislation on chemicals should be taken into account during evaluation. However, the legal framework for the classification of chemical substances and mixtures has changed since 2008 with the Regulation (EC) 1272/2008 – CLP on classification, labeling and packaging of substances and mixtures.
Therefore, in order to align the European legislation on waste and with the changes that have occurred in the hazard assessment of chemicals, the revised Waste hazard classification criteria and the relevant limit values should be considered when evaluating a waste stream. In addition to that hazardous properties H 1 to H 15, as defined in Annex III to Directive 2008/98 / EC, renamed HP 1 to HP 15 so as to avoid possible confusion with the codes hazard statements, as defined in Regulation (EC ) No. 1272/2008
These changes led to the replacement of Annex III of Directive 2008/98/EC, regarding the criteria for classifying waste as hazardous (Hazardous Properties 1-15) and the adoption of Regulation (EU) No. 1357/2014, the which you may find here.
These changes led to the replacement of Annex III of Directive 2008/98/EC, regarding the criteria for classifying waste as hazardous (Hazardous Properties 1-15) and the adoption of Regulation (EU) No. 1357/2014, the which you may find here.