Hazardous Waste Directive

PROPOSAL FOR A COUNCIL DIRECTIVE ON HAZARDOUS WASTE

Stage: In force
Procedure: Directive
Last activity: 12 Dec 1991

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Directive 91/689/EEC sets EU rules for the controlled management of hazardous waste, supplementing the general waste framework. Member States had to transpose it by 12 December 1993, when it replaced Directive 78/319/EEC.

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