Parliament adopted the recommendation for second reading by Mr Ivar VIRGIN,
(PPE, S) on the proposal for a Council Regulation on the control of shipments
of waste. In amending the common position of the Council, Parliament called on
the Commission to introduce a new waste category, i.e. mainly containing
contaminated metal scrap, which would otherwise escape the export ban. Under the
Basle Convention, the export of hazardous waste for recycling purposes is
prohibited from 1 January 1998.
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