The Commission's amended proposal incorporates four of the five amendments adopted by
Parliament at first reading. The amendments made by the Commission seek to:
- insert a reference to the decision of the Third Conference of the Parties to the Basel Convention
and draw attention to the need to bring the EC definitions and lists of hazardous waste into line with
the Basel Convention;
- establish as soon as possible by way of the appropriate procedure an Annex II(a) listing those
wastes which appear on the Community's list of hazardous waste but are not listed in Annexes III
or IV to the Regulation, in order to ensure that such wastes are also subject to the export ban from
1 January 1998.
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