ECJ Environment – Directives 75/442/EEC and 91/156/EEC – Concept of ‘waste’.
Advocate General Alber said: ‘The concept of waste underlying Community law on waste is defined in article 1(a) of Directive 75/442. According to that definition, ‘waste’ means ‘any substance or object in the categories set out in Annex I which the holder discards or intends or is required to discard’.’
Judges:
DAO Edward P
Citations:
[2003] All ER (EC) 237, [2002] 2 WLR 1240, C-418/97, [2000] EUECJ C-418/97, [2000] EUECJ C-419/97, [2002] QB 646
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Jurisdiction:
European
Cited by:
Cited – Ezeemo and Others v Regina CACD 16-Oct-2012
The defendants had been charged with offences relating to their intended transporting of waste materials to Nigeria. They appealed, complaining that the judge had directed that the offence under regulation 23 was an offence of strict liability.
Cited – Attorney-General’s Reference (No 5 of 2000) CACD 6-Jun-2001
Waste products could become ‘controlled waste’ and subject to licensing procedures without there being a recovery or disposal operation being involved. A rendering process produced a condensate which the company wished to spread on farm land without . .
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Environment
Updated: 18 August 2022; Ref: scu.415236